Hard Liquor

Banned from
Undergraduate
Parties
By Hannah
Wenzelburger
Stanford University
Private Research University

Mission Statement:
Its nature, that of a university with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade, including mechanical
institutes, museums, galleries of art, laboratories, and conservatories, together with all things necessary for the study of
agriculture in all its branches, and for mechanical training, and the studies and exercises directed to the cultivation and
enlargement of the mind;

Its object, to qualify its students for personal success, and direct usefulness in life;

And its purposes, to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the
blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government as derived from
the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

President Provost Vice Provost for Student Affairs

Other Universities Respond to
Drinking
2014

California State University, Chico

Lehigh University

Yale University

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

January 2015

Dartmouth
Stanfords Ban on Hard Liquor
Talk started in March of 2016
...create a campus
New policy announced August of 2016 community that allows for
alcohol to be a part of the
Distilled liquor, spirits, and hard alcohol in social lives of some of our
containers 750 mL or larger are prohibited
in all campus housing students, but not to define
20% ABV is the cut off by standard
the social and communal
lives of all of our students.
Beer and wine are still allowed at - Greg Boardman, Vice Provost for Student Affairs
undergraduate events, but NO HARD
LIQUOR!

No shots at any events are ever allowed

Impact

All institutions, especially those with

wet campuses

Increasing concern with the number

of students binge drinking and
blacking out

Effect on Greek life and other

campus organizations
Bias/Driver/Importance

Dry campuses experiences same issues

Can a new policy change the norm?

Drinking Stats

60% of college students, age 18-22 drank

alcohol in the past month

Of that 60%, almost reported binge drinking

20% of college students meet the criteria for an

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Create safe outlets for students

Cardinal Nights (SU)

Conclusions/Practice Implications -
Discussion
How can we encourage creating safe outlets
for students on campus?

What policies and follow-throughs are needed

to change a drinking culture?

Who should be involved when trying to

change a social drinking culture?
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http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/CollegeFactSheet/CollegeFactSheet.pdf

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http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/stanford-bans-hard-liquor-from-undergraduate-parties/113667

Stanford University Communications. (2016, March 9). President and provost discuss student alcohol use, seek campus dialogue on new solutions. Retrieved

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