One senior tutor incorrectly believed that it was UHS policy to notify senior tutors of both the admittance and the reason should one of their students be admitted for alcohol-related problems.

One nurse said it was up to the discretion of the nurse on call whether or not to notify administrators--even though UHS policy requires they be notified unless the student expressly forbids them from doing so.

Students say this kind of confusion reduces the likelihood that they will seek help at UHS when they need it, or that others will seek it on their behalf.

"No one wants to bring the guy passed out on the floor to UHS--not because they care about him getting in trouble, but because they don't want to get in trouble themselves for having the party or for buying the alcohol," says Alexis M. Craig '02.

Craig says she would take an inebriated friend to any hospital but UHS.

"Only if I had a friend who had alcohol poisoning, and I thought they might die in five seconds, would I maybe take them to UHS," Craig says.

But Lewis and UHS Director David S. Rosenthal '59 say they are not worried that nearly three in 10 undergraduates believe they would face disciplinary action as a result of going to UHS.