"The alcohol policies never seemed enforced before," Jeffrey C. Vacanti '95 says. "If they really enforced it, college life would be so drastically changed that they won't ever enforce it."

Winthrop House Senior Tutor Greg Mobley says as long as parties don't create noticeable disturbances, social life in houses will continue as usual.

"Every time the policy has changed, the students have adjusted their behavior and still managed to have a social life that involves alco- hol,' Mobley says. 'Everyone will adjust andsocial life will go on happily."

"If students keep the parties in their rooms,unless there's a disturbance, we are not going toraid anyone's rooms."

Cabot House Senior Tutor Julian P. Chang alsoemphasizes that resident tutors are not going tosearch for violators.

"There's not a lot of desire on the part oftutors to act like policemen," he says. "I don'tthink it will be any different than what we hadbefore."

Kirkland House Senior Tutor Garth O. McCavanaagrees that as long as parties do not exceednormal proportions, there is little reason forresident tutors to interfere.

"We're not going to go poking our noses intowhere we have not a need to," McCavana says. "Ifpeople draw attention to themselves by having aloud party, then they have to issue warnings."

The new regulation, however, may affectfirst-years more than other under-age studentsbecause their parties are usually filled withunderage drinkers.

"In the freshman Yard it's a clear cutsituation," Jewett says. "But in the houses itwill make things much more difficult because thereare students who can drink legally."

If the first-years do begin testing Harvard'snew guidelines, the proctors are prepared to dealwith the violators.

"It certainly requires us to be even morecareful and thoughtful about how we work with ourfreshmen, and it does raise the specter of bigbrother-big sister watching you," says seniorproctor Keith W. Light.

A major concern of proctors is that the newpolicy prohibits them from discussing responsiblesocial drinking with their students.

"I just worry about the University not beingable to have a role in teaching students aboutresponsible drinking," says Lionel proctor JamesJ. Monroe '86. "There's a way to do it right and away to do it wrong and this does not let us be apart of that education."

"There can be no dialogue," Monroe says. "Thedialogue was what was said at the Sunday nightmeeting [of individual proctor groups at the startof Freshman Week]: there can be no drinking."

Nathans, however, says proctors can still helptheir first-years without directly addressing theissue of responsible drinking.