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<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Enforcement of alcohol rules varies widely](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2005/02/10/enforcement-of-alcohol-rules-varies-widely/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2005/02/10/enforcement-of-alcohol-rules-varies-widely/)</p>
<p>Excerpts:</p>
<p>"This story, related by Columbia Vice President for Campus Life Marc Aspis, is just one entry in the canon of student tales of underage drinking and run-ins with authorities. The Barnard incident illustrates one end of the spectrum: a case where underage drinking landed a student in AA meetings. On the other end is the night last fall when Alessandro Presti '07 and his friends walked by the Yale Police station holding 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor. When Presti stumbled past an officer on patrol, the policeman simply nodded at the drunken students and kept walking.</p>
<p>The alcohol policies printed in the handbooks of each Ivy League university are essentially the same: underage drinking is prohibited by law and a student will face administrative punishment if he or she is caught intoxicated before turning 21 or serving alcohol to someone under 21. Yale is no exception – the gist of its alcohol policy is compliance with Connecticut state law. But even though on paper all the Ivies have similar rules, the enforcement of these rules varies significantly from campus to campus."</p>
<p>“Like at Yale and Brown, students at Columbia and Cornell are guaranteed amnesty for seeking medical attention. But students at Columbia and Cornell said other areas of alcohol policy are more strict than at Yale and Brown. Aspis said Columbia student organizations are required to comply with a long list of regulations and specifications in order to host parties.”</p>