"If they [want] to be at their 100 percent best for practice, they're not going to drink," she says.
Going Clubbing
Final clubs are known on campus as notorious bastions of elitism, wealth and secrecy--and drinking.
The reported drinking patterns of members do nothing to dispel this stereotype.
One out of five final club members describes himself as a "heavy drinker," compared to only one out of 20 Harvard students.
And almost 11 percent of final club members reported having nine or more drinks the last time they drank, compared to less then two percent of the total College population.
"For members, nine drinks isn't that big of a deal," says a sophomore club member. "It's going to take people who are used to drinking more drinks to get drunk. That's not binge drinking, it's what people can handle."
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