I want to alert everyone about an upcoming event this Thursday, September 25th at 8PM in the Red Room in Converse Hall.  Following President Marx’s recent decision to forgo signing the Amethyst Initiative:

The Indicator and The Amherst Public (that’s us) are sponsoring a student-moderated “Forum on the Amethyst Initiative and the College’s Drinking Policy.”  The forum will open with Dean Ben Lieber, Assistant Director of Health Education Gretchen Krull, and Chief of Campus Police John Carter discussing Amherst’s drinking policy, its enforcement, and statistics regarding Amherst students and drinking.  After these opening comments, students will have the opportunity to engage the three panel members and other students in an open discussion on the issue.  AAS Vice-President Raj Borsellino ‘09E will moderate.

We’ll be live-blogging the event on this very site.  You all can, as well.  Additionally, students will be able to post comments on AmhPub and have their comments read in the forum.  AmhPub will feature any posts made regarding the forum.

This it shaping up to be a really interesting and rewarding event.  And the electronic aspect of the forum makes it the first of its kind at Amherst.  Hope to see all of you there!