Booze. Students. Residences.

It's a well-known fact that Students, Booze, and Student Residences are the holy trinity of colleges. They are inseparable. Obviously not every single resident in a Hall/Hostel will participate in drinking parties, or a get together with a couple of friends for some beers, it's safe to say that such activities exist, and there should be a framework of rules to govern such behavior.

For example, in Waterloo where I did my exchange, we were allowed to consume alcohol only in our rooms, and not in the common lounge as a drunkard brawl broke out the year before, resulting in the ban.

A quick search on Google brings up alcohol regulation from a couple of universities:

Queen's University:

Residents of legal age may consume alcohol in private or semi-private areas. Private areas are defined as a residence room or suite, while semi-private areas are defined as floor common rooms.

Bishop's University:

It is against the law to consume alcohol in buildings or public areas of the campus other than in designated "licensed" areas, in a private residence room, or residence common rooms.

Mount Allison University:

RESIDENCE ALCOHOL POLICY

The following policy for the possession and consumption of alcohol in residence applies to all residents of University residences and their guests.

Rooms
Risk Assessemnt forms are not required for consumption of alcohol by students in their own rooms.

Lounges
Floor or lounge party permits are not required for the consumption of alcohol in student lounges as long as the following conditions are respected and the Don of the individual residence agrees.

1) Only one drink per person and thus one container, which must be made of plastic or other non-breakable substances is permitted in the lounge at one time. Opened cases and bottles must remain in students' rooms.

2) Only containers which hold twenty (20) ounces or fewer are permitted.

3) The number of people in the lounge at any one time may not exceed reasonable numbers as determined by the residence Don.

4) Drinking games are not permitted;

5) Residents and their guests must comply with House By-Laws.

Ok you get the point. NUS has a much simpler solution though. NO ALCOHOL IN HALLS. Period. Simple solution by people only too eager to cover their own asses.