JOSIAH LEIGHTON/YH ...Yale is not MIT. MIT students are scattered in different types of housing; the vast majority of Yalies live in the University's residential colleges. MIT's fraternities are the backbone of the Institute's social life and drinking scene; much of Yale's alcohol activity takes place within 500 feet of a college Master. Nevertheless, underage binge drinking at Yale is a reality. "I haven't done any scientific study," Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg stated. "[But] we've taken a lot more kids to the emergency room for alcohol [lately]." Many of Yale's residential college Masters have also noticed this trend. "It seems that the amount of very heavy drinking has increased," Silliman Master Kelly Brownell said. "The number of people who have ended up in the hospital has gone up...." The cover story for this week's print edition of the Yale Herald.		JULIA TIERNAN/YH The H. M. Long Files He protects your e-mail account, your private records, and even your own computer from hackers and con artists. Information Security Officer H. Morrow Long gets candid about how safe you really are on the Yale network. This week's online exclusive. Don't just sit there. React. Sound off about articles in the Herald, and read what other people have to say. Listen to what you've been reading about. Visit the Planet of Sound to listen to songs from albums reviewed in this week's Arts & Entertainment section. This week: Pizzicato Five, The Spice Girls, and Rakim.
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