The four subcommittees, consisting of students, administrators and faculty, discussed alcohol use on campus and made recommendations for a safer drinking culture. They met Thursday to share the results. The subcommittees had overlapping ideas in many areas and their proposed recommendations will go into a final report that may influence future policy decisions.
The subcommittee on overall Alcohol Use
Recommendations
• Make students more aware of insurance policies for fraternities and safety strategies
• Look into effectiveness of IFC policies and change, further implement, or eradicate policies accordingly
• Work to reduce pre-gaming
• Restructure Winter Term to promote safety and reduce opportunities to use alcohol
The subcommittee on Enforcement and Sanctioning
Recommendations
• Further improve relations between students and Public Safety officers by using further outreach efforts
• Show faculty members the processes Public Safety uses in reprimanding students so as to reduce opinions that Public Safety does not prepare students for the real world
• Facilitate a peer-to-peer mechanism of preventing dangers of alcohol
• Implement policies that create larger sanctions for consuming beverages with an alcohol content over 14 percent
The Subcommittee on Policies and Procedures
Recommendations
• Create definition for excessive consumption
• Make fraternity chapters more aware of procedures for events
• Potentially set a maximum number of attendees for parties so as to limit dangerous issues with excessive drinking
• Further discuss kegs on campus
The subcommittee on Education and Intervention
Recommendations
• Provide additional information on the health effects of using alcohol and more information regarding treatment and interventions
• Provide more information on alcohol throughout a student's time at DePauw, not just in the first year
• Create a clear institutional goal around alcohol