These high levels of incidence are troubling, says Ralph Hingson, director of the social and behavioral sciences department at the Boston University School of Public Health.
"It's no big deal that 11 percent of people had their property damaged?" Hingson asks. "There's a degree of people being pushed around that's remarkable."
Serious Consequences
About 11 percent of Harvard students report having been hit or assaulted by a fellow student who has been drinking, just slightly below the national average of 12.3 percent.
And drunk students are much more likely than sober ones to hurt themselves or others--Perlo says about half of all trauma cases UHS treats involve alcohol use.
The numbers are even more dramatic for rates of sexual assault on campus.
More Harvard students report suffering unwanted sexual advances than the rest of the country--21.8 to 19.4 percent of undergraduates.
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