<p>Sam Lee:</p>
<p>I’m not sure it matters, but the Daily Northwestern is a daily newspaper only during the school year; and Evanston is served year-round by the weekly Evanston Record.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the 74 schools cited in the article (now over 100, according to [Colleges</a> Struggle with Binge Drinking, Students Propose Medical Amnesty Policy - ABC News](<a href=“Can Medical Amnesty Bring Sense to Underage Drinking Debate? - ABC News”>Can Medical Amnesty Bring Sense to Underage Drinking Debate? - ABC News)) have not adopted amnesty programs but are participating in [Red</a> Watch Band - Helping to prevent toxic drinking](<a href=“http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/redwatchband/]Red”>http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/redwatchband/), a program of peer education and intervention that was founded very recently in response to Matthew Sunshine’s death. Medical amnesty is a separate discussion that is active on many campuses.</p>
<p>Obviously university administrators have an obligation to consider the legal ramifications of their actions. In this case, however, it does not seem clear that their approach has succeeded either in shielding them from tort liability or in safeguarding the lives of their students.</p>