PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Stanford University officials say hard liquor is now prohibited in undergraduate on-campus parties.
President John L. Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy announced the new student alcohol policy in a letter sent Monday to all new and returning undergraduates.
The change comes after former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman, after both drank at a campus party. The case caused a national furor when a judge sentenced Turner to just six months in jail.
Hennessy and Etchemendy say the new policy is part of an effort “to build a healthier campus culture around alcohol.”
According to the new policy, only beer and wine will be allowed at on-campus undergraduate student parties.
Hard alcohol use will be allowed at parties hosted by graduate students and only in the form of mixed drinks.
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That’s an awkward statement.
Sure, that’ll fix it because you can’t get smashed drinking only beer or wine. Brilliant.
Because everyone knows you can’t get as drunk on beer or wine. Problem solved.
In truth, perhaps it’s an “affluenza” problem. And in mini-Marshal Applewhite’s case perhaps somewhat more.
Stanford has a policy that actually allows alcohol at undergrad parties on campus? - their liability insurance must be extremely expensive. I can’t even imagine what they were thinking and how it wasn’t limited to beer and wine before this.
On-campus alcohol at undergraduate parties… where only seniors are the ones potentially over 21. At least all the kids at non-elite schools have to worry about possible arrest for underage drinking while they’re binging. It’s good to see that Stanford condones it.
I’m sure limiting the consumption to beer and wine will make everything all right, because undergrads never get drunk from beer-bongs. And thankfully, jello shots aren’t technically drinking anything.