Article: Harvard students binge less, but hurt more by others' drinking

Joseph P. Flood & F. Reynolds McPherson
University Wire
02-09-2001
(Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- While Harvard University students binge far less often than the national average, they cause just as much harm to their peers as students at other colleges.

A Crimson survey found that Harvard has half the number of frequent binge drinkers as the rest of the nation's schools, but Harvard students experience the same levels of assault, vandalism and serious quarrels due to other students' drinking.

And more Harvard students report suffering unwanted sexual advances because of the alcohol use of their peers.

These "secondhand" effects of drinking on campus can lead to serious ...

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