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Report on dangerous drinking to be discussed tomorrow

The co-chairs of the Working Group on Binge Drinking -- Professor Phillip Sharp, head of the Department of Biology, and Dr. Mark Goldstein, chief of Pediatric and Student Health Services -- will hold a community meeting Thursday at 1pm in the Student Center Mezzanine Lounge to discuss the report's recommendations for continuing actions to curb dangerous drinking among MIT students. Copies of the report will be available at the meeting.

President Charles Vest and the Academic Council received and discussed the report with Dr. Sharp and Dr. Goldstein at the Academic Council meeting on Tuesday.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on May 13, 1998.

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