Modern Liability Rules and Policies Regarding College Student Alcohol Injuries: Reducing High-Risk Alcohol Use Through Norms of Shared Responsibility and Environmental Management 53 Oklahoma Law Review 2000

53 Okla. L. Rev. 611 (2000)
Modern Liability Rules and Policies Regarding College Student Alcohol Injuries: Reducing High-Risk Alcohol Use Through Norms of Shared Responsibility and Environmental Management

handle is hein.journals/oklrv53 and id is 621 raw text is: MODERN LIABILITY RULES AND POLICIES
REGARDING COLLEGE STUDENT ALCOHOL
INJURIES: REDUCING HIGH-RISK ALCOHOL USE
THROUGH NORMS OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT*
PETER F. LAKE** & JOEL C. EPSTEIN***
The hottest questions for colleges and universities today regarding student life and
safety are student/alcohol issues.' Even in 1989, approximately two-thirds of
college and university presidents who were surveyed ranked high-risk alcohol use
as a moderate or major problem on their campuses Concerns about the
problem of high-risk alcohol use have risen since then? Pennsylvania State
University President Graham Spanier stated in a recent address:
A companion concern to academic integrity is the challenge of
developing character, conscience, citizenship, and social responsibility
in our students. In my view, this is one of the most fundamental
problems facing higher education today. No aspect of this challenge is
O Peter F. Lake and Joel C. Epstein (2001).
* This article draws in part upon a paper prepared by Joel Epstein for the National Association of
College and University Attorneys (NACUA) Hot Topic Alcohol on Campus Workshop, held in
Orlando, Florida, March 11, 1999. The article draws as well on William Delong et al., Environmental
Management - A Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Use on College
Campuses (Newton, Mass.: The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1998).
available at <http-//www.edc.orgfhc/pubs/enviro-mgntpdf>, and other publications of The Higher
Education Center, including its website.
** Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida. A.B., J.D.,
Harvard University.
*** Senior Associate, Health and Human Development Programs, Education Development Center,
Inc., Newton, Massachusetts. B.A, University of Michigan, J.D., Cardozo School of Law.
1. See Carolyn Kleiner, Turning Off the Tap, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REP., Aug. 30, 1999, at 74.
2. CARNEGIE FOUND. FOR THE ADvANCEMENT OF TEACHING, CAMPUS LIFE: IN SEARCH OF
CoMMuNrry (1994).
3. See Higher Educ. Ctr. for Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention, Be Voca4 Be Visible, Be Visionary:
Recommendations for College and University Presidents on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention (visited
Feb. 28, 2001) <http'/www.edc.org/hec/pubs/plgvisionary.htm>; see also The National Association of
State University and Land Grant Colleges Fall 1999 Ad Campaign (visited Oct. 9, 2000) <http:J/
www.nasulgc.org/bingedrink/> (NASULGC has replaced this ad with a newer ad design, but a hard copy
of the referenced advertisement is on file with the Oklahoma Law Review). Regrettably, NASULOC's
Binge Beer ad campaign is likely to be remembered more for its attractive bottle and label than for its
message to parents that they should talk with their college.bound sons and daughters about high-risk
drinking. The advertisement offers no clear advice about how either college presidents or parents are to
combat the problem.

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