Dartmouth College bans hard liquor: Can booze limits improve student safety? [View all]

[KamaAina]

http://news.yahoo.com/dartmouth-college-bans-hard-liquor-booze-limits-improve-205446575.html

Dartmouth College, a school with a notoriously rowdy and widespread Greek culture, is taking action to curb misconduct on the Hanover, N.H., campus by banning hard liquor.

On Thursday, school President Philip Hanlon announced that starting March 30, all students, regardless of age, will be prohibited from possessing hard alcohol on campus. The school’s Greek societies have also been warned that they need to improve their behavior or risk being banned.

The measures come at a time when school officials across the United States are considering ways to crack down on a culture of excessive partying found at many colleges. The White House says the behavior has led to an “epidemic” of sexual assault on school campuses....

Dartmouth’s plan, entitled Move Dartmouth Forward, is just one response to the party culture. Instead of banning fraternities, Dartmouth is experimenting with new rules to make the campus safer.

Dartmouth introduced Jello shots to the rest of the Ivy League. An old buddy who was in the Yale band and thus used to road-trip up there is encouraging them to go for the beer and wine options with the highest alcohol content, such as malt liquor and Night Train. (OK, that one was my suggestion. )