One school is taking some concrete steps to curb alcohol abuse on campus.

In the past two years, the University of Wisconsin – Stout has dealt with the alcohol-related deaths of six students. To fight student alcohol abuse, chancellor Charles Sorensen issued an e-mail directive explaining three new steps the school is taking to combat the problem.

First, the school will beef up the number of classes scheduled on Fridays. Research shows students who have Friday classes tend to drink less on Thursdays than students who don’t, Sorensen’s e-mail said.

Second, Sorensen said the school “will consistently take strong disciplinary measures” against students who commit alcohol-related offenses. Why wasn’t this already being done? Good question.

Third, the school will work with city officials and other community partners to make it harder for underage students to get alcohol. It plans to crack down on hosts and landlords involved with large house parties, and it also wants to require keg registration and ban drink specials.

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Tags: alcohol abuse, student drinking, University of Wisconsin - Stout