[1721] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] Seeking feedback on alcohol policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cathy Zhang)
Thu Feb 9 13:28:15 2006
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:27:33 -0500
From: Cathy Zhang <zhangc@mit.edu>
To: Jessica H Lowell <jessiehl@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060209124538.4cq659l8rwv4g4o0@webmail.mit.edu>
Cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
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I'm not sure how much the housemaster-or-GRT-on-call system would work,
because of the disorientation issue that you mentioned earlier. If a
freshman is in a dorm other than his/her own dorm, he/she may not
remember how to return to the front desk, because he/she came with
another friend of theirs and that other friend wandered off. I don't
know how likely this possibility is, but I just wanted to point it out
for your consideration.
-Cathy Zhang
Class of '09
Jessica H Lowell wrote:
> This is bcc-ed to all the dorm talk lists, I think. If I've sent it to the
> wrong list, please forward it to the right one. Also, pass it along to the
> residents of the FSILGs - I would like to include them, but as far as I know
> they don't have talk lists that contain a large proportion of their population.
>
> Background: There were incidents in fall '04 and fall '05 involving "dangerous
> alcohol consumption" by freshmen. The freshmen would get drunk, and their
> friends, who didn't know what to do, would leave them somewhere to be
> discovered, or would be confused because they were in a strange residence and
> didn't know who to contact. People from CDSA, SLP, the UA, DormCon, the IFC,
> and Panhel were brought together to talk about this.
>
> Disclaimer: This is my attempt to get feedback from students and others in the
> community, and I am speaking as an individual who was part of the group, rather
> than speaking officially for the group.
>
> The first initiative that the group came up with was "communication and
> education of the community" which includes the red "How to help a friend"
> posters that you should have gotten and will also include dissemination of
> policy/procedure info.
>
> The second initiative involves each dorm developing a sort of
> housemaster-or-GRT-on-call system, where some member of the houseteam will be
> in the dorm from midnight to 4am during weekend and other "high-risk" times,
> and that person's contact info will be posted at the dorm's front desk or
> entrance while they are on call so that someone at, say, a party in an
> unfamiliar dorm, or bringing a very intoxicated friend home, will know who to
> talk to. I believe this idea was presented to the housemasters and received
> positively.
>
> A student who is taken to medical for alcohol intoxication will not be subject
> to MIT discipline unless the situation also involves violence, sexual assault,
> hazing, etc. This also applies to a student who gets another student help.
> The student who is treated will be expected to participate in a confidential
> alcoholism screening program known as BASICS, which is administered by MIT
> Mental Health and consists of two 55 minute meetings, and does not go on the
> student's disciplinary record.
>
> Please let me know what you think about this. Also, if you're a member of the
> group, and see that I've somehow botched something horribly, speak up.
>
> - Jessie
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