* Alcohol must be served in an illuminated area separate from serving places for non-alcoholic beverages.

*Master-approved, non-student supervision will ordinarily be required at parties, though not necessarily at the bar.

* House committees and masters can choose to enforce the ban by either stamping the hands of students who can drink or requiring proof of age at the bar.

THE OLD POLICY

*At strictly in-house parties alcohol could be served without checking students' ages.

*Campus-wide, publicized parties could not serve alcohol.

*No party could charge for alcohol.

"The people who are supervising the parties will report to the masters, and I think there will be constant conversation this fall and winter to see if it's acheiving what's intended," said Dingman.

Previously the College allowed strictly in-house parties to serve alcohol without checking students' ages. Publicized campus-wide parties could not serve alcohol, and no admissions charges were allowed.

The new policy only changes the first part of the old policy. However, the masters will review the old provisions banning alcohol at campus-wide parties and charging for liquor.

The College will also continue to investigate proposals made by the Undergraduate Council on methods for maintaining house spirit and unity.

The College moved to change its alcohol policy this fall after the Massachussets state legislature this summer raised the drinking age to 21 in the wake of increasing public scrutiny and vulnerability to liability suits.

House committee chairmen yesterday said the new policy came as no surprise. "This sounds easily like something we can live with and work with," said Dunster House Committee Co-chairman Jonathan E. Klaaren '86.

"We'll have a party this weekend," said North House Committee Chairman James A. Messina '86.

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