OVER THE past couple of years, the University has made an effort to provide students with social alternatives that do not involve alcohol. Do these alternatives work? They can, but they must capture the interest of the student population.
When the University-Wide Task Force on Alcohol Abuse presented its findings to President Casteen in May of 1998, it suggested a number of programs and programming initiatives aimed at curbing alcohol abuse at the school. The idea was to provide larger-scale social events that would attract student interest. In particular, these events would take place late at night on weekends, so that students would have options other than the bars or parties involving alcohol. Unfortunately, in recent weeks there has been a collapse of such initiatives at other universities because of a lack of student support. This should not, however, convince University students that our programming alternatives are ineffective.
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Currently there are a wide variety of social alternatives for the student population. Intramural Sports, athletic events, the Newcomb Hall Game Room and Alderman Caf
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