<p>Perhaps it is time to let DartmouthAlum have the last word. Go ahead and respond to this. The rest of us who know a different Dartmouth should stop bothering to respond. </p>
<p>My reading of the Boston Globe article is that Dartmouth is no different than lots of colleges because underage binge drinking is pervasive. It was way back in the late '70s when I attended MIT and I have yet to hear of a college where it isn’t a problem. My understanding of the Boston Globe article is that Dartmouth is trying to be at the forefront of the solution. Blaming it on the fraternities is a simplistic reaction to a deeper problem. My D who is an incoming freshman at Dartmouth is eager to learn more about the Green Team. She has already had the “pleasure” of witnessing underage binge drinking in our neighborhood with alcohol supplied by parents, at high school parties, and at parties at her boyfriend’s college. Sidestepping vomit was necessary at all of these. This is not a problem that is unique to Dartmouth and to denigrate a school for something that is endemic in our culture is misguided and misleading.</p>