There has been controversy at Robinson this week as shots have been banned at college bops, following an incident on Friday 14th October involving a drunk girl injuring herself.

A fresher who got drunk at one of Robinson’s weekly bops fell over and cut her chin on the base of a pillar in the room as she was leaving the bop. An ambulance was called and the girl was attended to. The student later blamed her state on having had too many shots at the bop bar.

Robinson ents officers received an email last Wednesday from the Head Porter demanding an explanation. The following day, the college’s Senior Tutor, steward, bar manager and catering and conferences manager made the decision to ban shots at college bops.

JCR ents officers Ben Morris and Will Scott sent an email to the student body explaining the situation: “It is my unfortunate duty to inform you all that college has decided to ban shots in the bop room bar. After an incident occurred last week the student involved blamed the bop bar and specifically shots for the incident.”

Morris and Scott held a meeting last Friday with all the members of staff involved, bar the Senior Tutor, who was not present, to discuss the issue. However, Morris and Scott explained: “The Senior Tutor ultimately made the decision to ban shots and since he was not present we could not ask him any questions directly. We did make our case in the meeting but to no change.”

The situation is to be frequently reviewed as the college steward will ask the Senior Tutor on a weekly basis when shots will be allowed back.

Morris and Scott insist that the bop bar, run by the ents team with helpers, behaved sensibly with regards to the selling of drinks: “The girl came to the bop on the Friday and was served by the bar staff all night as she appeared sober and no one said otherwise. When she was obviously very drunk we stopped serving her, gave her water and told her friend to take her back. It was also later discussed with the girls’ friends that she had attended pre-drinks for the bop and drank there too.”

A fourth-year student at Robinson College said: “It seems ridiculous to blame one particular drink for one girl who got too drunk. Obviously lots of people get too drunk at bops, but they realise that it’s then their own fault when they do something stupid instead of blaming someone or something else.”

The same student was also shocked by the furore: “the outrage caused shows that Robinson students clearly attach far too much importance to bops and shots”.

Another Robinson student commented: “Obviously this girl didn’t mean to cause a problem, she just got too drunk like lots of people do, so maybe banning shots is a useful warning to make people think about how much they’re drinking. Also, there are still plenty of other drinks available.”

Varsity contacted the University for comment, but did not receive a reply