“We tend to talk about what we’re losing rather than what we’re gaining.” 
 
 According to the University’s frequently-asked-questions page, the policy will reduce the availability of hard alcohol since most retailers only sell large volumes of hard alcohol. The elite northern California school – which faced widespread scrutiny after former swimmer Brock Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity – announced on Monday that “hard alcohol” and “shots” of liquor would be banned from all on-campus parties open to undergraduates. Additionally, graduate groups that host parties may only have hard alcohol in mixed drinks (rather than shots, which have long been prohibited at parties) and must register their “Members” parties. The new rules – which also prohibit certain “high-volume” liquor containers from undergraduate housing – were unveiled months after Turner blamed his sexual assault on Stanford’s “party culture … surrounded by binge drinking and sexual promiscuity”. Brock Turner's statement blames sexual assault on Stanford ‘party culture’ Read more 
 
 In its announcement, Stanford said the policy change is designed to “reduce the availability and accessibility of hard alcohol” and is part of a broader effort to “meaningfully change the campus culture around alcohol”. The website explains that limits were chosen over a complete ban because the focus is on “not a total prohibition of a substance, but rather a targeted approach that limits high-risk behavior and has the backing of empirical studies on restricting the availability of and access to alcohol.” 
 
 The repercussions for policy violations remain unchanged; students failing to comply with the new changes will be referred to Residence Deans and the Office of Alcohol Policy and Education (OAPE). The light sentence — he could have gotten six years in prison — sparked national outrage and an online campaign to remove the judge in the case, Aaron Persky, from the bench. “Brock Turner said he was a victim of Stanford’s alcohol culture … and I believe Stanford was really stung and embarrassed,” said Dauber, who is a family friend of Turner’s victim and is leading a campaign to recall the judge who gave him a light sentence.  New rules banning ‘hard alcohol’ and ‘shots’ from campus events were unveiled months after Brock Turner blamed his sexual assault on school’s ‘party culture’ 
 
 Stanford University has banned liquor from campus parties with a new policy that critics say is a tone-deaf response to growing concerns about sexual assault. The policy, which is effective immediately, was characterized by President John Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy as an attempt to “meaningfully change the campus culture around alcohol.” 
 
 “We must create a campus community that allows for alcohol to be a part of the social lives of some of our students, but not to define the social and communal lives of all of our students,” Greg Boardman, vice provost for student affairs, wrote to all incoming students. Multiple violations or “concerning behavior” could also result in removal from university housing or a referral to the Office of Community Standards.
– After months of headlines about the heavy drinking culture at Stanford thanks to the Brock Turmer rape case, the university has announced new rules on drinking: No more hard alcohol at undergrad parties, reports the Stanford Daily. Beer and wine are still OK, but no booze more than 40 proof or 20% alcohol by volume. Undergrads can still keep hard alcohol in their dorm rooms, provided the bottles are smaller than 750ml. “Our intention is not a total prohibition of a substance, but rather a targeted approach that limits high-risk behavior," says a school official. Critics, however, think the new rules carry risks of their own—specifically, students "pre-gaming" in their rooms before parties. “I actually think this is putting students in danger,” Stanford law professor Michele Landis Dauber, who has been critical of the school's sexual assault policies, tells the Guardian. “It’s going to drive it underground … and encourage this super quick consumption not in a public area.” The Turner case "highlighted for many women’s advocates how sex assault cases are often trivialized as a result of the college drinking culture," observes the San Francisco Chronicle, though a campus spokeswoman says the new policy is not directly related to the case.