The Bowdoin Orient

Hazing is a serious allegation and for good reason. It can cause significant emotional and, in the most serious instances, physical harm. Hazing demeans people and can ostracize those we ought to welcome.

The way I see it, Bowdoin's alcohol policy does just what the school wants it to do, and what it should. It keeps students out of the hospital. Compare the number of alcohol-related hospital transports at Bowdoin to say, Bates. Sometime earlier this year, Bates had a weekend with 21 transports. One weekend! Bowdoin will barely have that many in a decade at this rate. We've all heard how we have the lowest transport rate in NESCAC.