What does that mean — responsible drinking?
Thorn: Responsible imbibers won’t get trashed when they have important work to do the next day. Irresponsible drinkers will get wasted at the tap of a keg. Responsible drinkers think before they act, are considerate of others and try to keep themselves out of trouble. Irresponsible drinkers drink to see how drunk they can get. What’s wrong with campus alcohol policies? Natoli: Stanford recently banned alcohol in public spaces of freshman dorms. But that just pushes froshes into private rooms to drink. That is far harder to monitor. And it’s one step closer to banning alcohol across campus. The more drinking gets pushed behind closed doors, the harder it is to ensure the safety of students. Wachtel: At Duke, every social event must be registered through the student affairs office and must have a party monitor, trained by campus staff, for every 25 people expected to attend. The policy was adopted a few years ago when a student died from complications after alcohol-related vomiting. The
