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- NATION, Page 35American NotesCOLLEGESTo Keg or Not to Keg?
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- It has been the centerpiece of countless late-night dormitory
- parties. But the enduring popularity of the venerable beer
- half-keg has led dozens of colleges to ban its use in an effort
- to curb campus alcohol abuse. This year Princeton University
- banished the container, concluding that underage undergraduates
- will find it more difficult to purchase the same amount of beer
- in cans and bottles from local liquor stores. But many
- Princeton alumni have opposed the ban, explaining in a letter
- that bottles and cans were "more likely . . . to cause injury"
- than a plastic keg cup.
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- Meanwhile, Princeton's neighbor to the north, Cook College
- of Rutgers University, has tapped into a different idea:
- encouraging the use of kegs. Students who want to host campus
- parties must attend a seminar on responsible drinking and
- register a keg with the school before serving the brew. Rut gers
- officials acknowledge that the policy was drawn up only after
- concluding that it was virtually impossible to keep track of the
- cans and bottles students had secretly stashed away. Under the
- new restrictions, says Lee Schneider, the dean in charge of
- monitoring the plan, "students will act responsibly and take
- responsibility for others."
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