Barreira commended the report for spelling out problems with excessive drinking at Harvard, and said that oversight of alcohol-related issues demands collaboration between different parts of the community.

“There has to be a common ownership that this is a problem that diminishes students’ experience at the College and should be addressed,” he said.

Gross also emphasized to engage the entire community, especially students.

“Without student leadership, the College cannot solve the problem of dangerous drinking,” Gross wrote in an e-mail yesterday. “This cooperation will be particularly important as we plan for the Harvard-Yale game.”

Badaracco cited the near death of a student because of alcohol poisoning at the Harvard-Yale game two years ago as one of the committee’s concerns.

“At the Harvard-Yale game [2002], there was a student convulsing in an ambulance and its wheels were spinning in the mud,” he said.

The report also suggested proctors and tutors focus more on counseling and wellness.

“We’re not talking about reinventing the tutor role—it’s a shift in emphasis,” said Badaracco. “We didn’t see there being a stark tradeoff between the counseling role and the academic role.”

“I think that change is an acknowledgement of the way that tutors and proctors can help students not only as academic advisers, but also as life counselors,” said Sujit M. Raman ’00, a committee member and freshman proctor. “There is no question that proctors and tutors will continue as officers of the University in a disciplinary role.”

—Staff writer Margaret W. Ho can be reached at mwho@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Katharine A. Kaplan can be reached at kkaplan@fas.harvard.edu.