...Carlton WRT202 29 April, 2013 Making College Policy Stricter Due to Alcohol Consequences Excessive alcohol consumption is a serious problem on college campuses. Students are divided into groups known as light, moderate, and heavy drinkers. While consuming alcohol a light drinker will have one to four drinks, a moderate drinker will have between five and nine drinks, and a heavy consumer may have ten or more drinks in a single session. Kevin E. O’Gradey, a professor who earned his Ph. D. in 1980 from the University of Connecticut, states, “Heavy drinkers could be differentiated from moderate and light drinkers on age of onset of alcohol use, illicit drug use, and frequency of illicit drug use”. The consumption of five or more drinks in a row for males or four or more for females at least once in a two-week period is defined as binge drinking. Binge drinking is associated with the use of a variety of other illicit drugs. The College Alcohol Study, which includes thousands of students from 119 different colleges, states, “a strong relationship is observed between the frequency of binge drinking and past-year use of marijuana . . . amphetamines, LSD, other hallucinogens . . . with frequent binge drinkers being the most likely to have reported use of these other drugs in the past year” (O’Gradey). Heavy alcohol use by college students remains as much of a current public health concern today as it was a decade ago. The consumption of alcohol has many physical, sexual, social, and...
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...The Norming of Alcohol Consumption in College Paul Vieira Daniel Webster College Abstract In colleges all around America alcohol consumption by college students is becoming normal. This drinking is happening mostly in the students’ dorm rooms on campus. Students are unaware of the negative effects of alcohol and usually participate in binge drinking, which for men is having more than five drinks in one occasion, and for women is having four or more drinks. In order to help prevent alcohol consumption, the colleges themselves must have guidelines in place to inform people about the dangers of alcohol. Strict alcohol rules such as complying with the 21 year old drinking age are also more hands on activities colleges can engage in to stop drinking. The Norming of Alcohol Consumption in College For many students, college is a new experience where they have to make their own decisions about their daily lives. For many students at first it is a difficult adjustment to move away from family and friends and have to deal with this. With this newly found freedom more and more students will consume alcohol on a regular basis. According to the University of Villanova, “Nationally, a very large majority, about 80 percent, of college students uses alcohol” (Villanova). This drinking is mostly happening on the college campuses inside of the students dorm rooms, or at another place on campus. Though colleges do not endorse drinking for students under the legal drinking age, students...
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...Professor Effects of Alcohol on College Students The use of alcohol among college students has been a recurring theme for years now. It is almost guaranteed that college students will be introduced to alcohol at one point or another during their time at school. Students taking part in drinking at college can be traced to a number of different factors: peer influences, fraternity and sorority involvement, social norms, etc. These influences all affect a student’s motives for drinking in college. When college students drink, it is usually not in a safe, appropriate way. Binge drinking has become common on the college campus. The risks of this type of drinking have an impact not just on the college student. Other students, family, and anyone in general feel the effects of this type of drinking behavior. “Alcohol identity also predicted engaging in behaviors that place the student at much greater risk for personal injury, harm to others, and legal consequences—binge drinking, drinking games, drinking intentionally to intoxication, and drunk driving.” (Casey & Dollinger, pg.18, 2007) The outcomes of alcohol consumption have many different outcomes for each student, and the root of this drinking can be attributed to many different factors. The explanation of how college facilitates certain drinking behaviors is not a simple one. There are many factors that go into why college students begin to drink. Greek life, peer pressure, and social norms all play a part in alcohol consumption for...
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...Drinking alcohol on college campuses might be against the universities’ policies but that does not stop it from happening. Thousands of college students partake in the activity of consuming alcohol while attending college parties, where drinking alcohol at college parties has grown into a social norm and while it might be all fun an games, it is one that needs to be stopped. Drinking alcohol might appear to be fun and all but it can lead to some devastating consequences, including: increased risk of rape, sleep depravations and many other negative effects that effect your performance in your classes. In order for college students to follow the universities policies and not drink on campus, one must be willing to follow the rules and accept that it is not as cool as they think to drink large amounts of alcohol, understanding that it is not a smart and healthy choice to partake in the activity of consuming large amounts of alcohol and that the university only has these policies in place to better further the safety and quality of the students life while on campus. Drinking at college parties has become a very well known social norm and is one that is destroying the lives of many...
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...Alcohol consumption is not illegal in the United States, unless people are under 21 years old. Almost every student in college campuses that is over 21 years old wants to drink alcoholic beverages. Some even think that alcohol should be allowed on college campus. However, if alcohol is allowed on campus, it could possibly impact under 21 years old students and other students who don’t drink in terms of academic development and students’ health. The truth is that drinking alcohol under 21 is illegal. People may say many college students drink anyway, but officially, it is against the law. Many college students smoke pot which is also illegal, but that does not mean campuses allow students to smoke up. Although students have many reasons to drink alcohol on campus, such as events regarding friends, parties, relaxation, etc., the reality is drinking alcohol can damage all students’ physical health, emotional health, and mental health. The first reason why alcohol should not be allowed on college campuses is because it damages students’ physical health. Many students may say that researchers have pointed out that drinking a limited amount of alcohol may be beneficial. The problem is how many people can drink alcohol in a controlled manner to receive those benefits from alcohol? Even though students start to drink in a healthy way, students will ask for more and more gradually. Finally, students can likely become addicted. The addiction can take a physical tell whereby a student...
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...Youth. Fraternity. College. When you hear these three words what do you think of? When I think of fraternity, youth, and college, I think of alcohol. In today’s modern world, it is common for college students to binge on drinking. However, I believe that we should focus on awaring the students of the problems heavy drinking causes. We should not ban drinking; however, we should lower the drinking age to eighteen, and the faculty should be involved in creating a conscious environment. Firstly, banning alcohol from colleges would create a chaos that cannot be controlled. For example, many “frat-brothers” are heavily involved in drinking, so they have developed an addiction to it; and, this addiction cannot overcome immediately. If we try to do so, it might cause the student to act aggressively or cause many health problems. also, if the students unite together and form a protest, then theirs and non-alcoholic student”s education would be at risk. Furthermore, we are talking about teenagers who are wants to experience freedom. therefore, they will, most likely still continue to drink even after the ban. as a result, banning alcohol is more like a problem than a solution. Yet, I agree that lowering the drinking age to...
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... the act of heavy alcohol consumption with the primary intention of becoming inebriated, happens almost everywhere, especially in college during early adulthood. Binge drinking is especially popular with male college students in fraternities or at social gatherings, and it has developed into an issue for some college faculty and communities. Drinking and consuming alcohol amongst college students is just about as common as study sessions in the library; however not every college student whom consumes alcohol is binge drinking. Binge drinking among college students has been going on for decades, but only recently has it become a widely discussed issue. Many college students who participate in binge drinking do not know the immediate risks in heavy alcohol consumption, or the adverse long-term effects of intense alcohol abuse. According to Wechsler, “A recent study conducted for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism estimated that over 1800 college students 18-24 years of age died from alcohol related injuries in the past year”(31). These alcohol related deaths do not necessarily indicate that the person who died had been consuming alcohol or let alone binge drinking; this means that any death where an alcoholic beverage was found could be classified as an alcohol related death. Thus rendering drinking combined with any other activity as the “big problem”, but who is to blame when these accidents or injuries occur? Do we blame the college student involved in...
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...“Too Many Colleges are in Denial about Alcohol Abuse” and “The Battle of the Binge” “Too Many Colleges are in Denial about Alcohol Abuse” and “The Battle of the Binge” are both two unique pieces of writing that dig deep into the aspects of consuming alcohol, and drinking too much of it, referred to as “binge drinking.” They acknowledge the fact that drinking alcohol itself in proper moderation is not bad, but the abuse of alcohol is. “Too Many Colleges are in Denial about Alcohol Abuse” is similar to “The Battle of the Binge” by pinpointing drinking in college specifically, and stressing the problems related to binge drinking and how the change is going to be difficult; however, “Too Many Colleges are in Denial about Alcohol Abuse” is different from “The Battle of the Binge” by the using logos more predominantly throughout the entirety of the essay and placing less emphasis on personal experience than “The Battle of the Binge.” Both essays are similar to each other because they both focus on students drinking while in college, rather than in a different stage of life. They explain that there is a consistent and problematic rise of binge drinking in universities. In “Too Many Colleges are Still in Denial about Alcohol Abuse,” it is stated that “colleges have a serious problem with alcohol abuse among students, and it is not getting any better” and a survey by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching found that “college presidents viewed alcohol abuse as their...
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...and non-traditional college students, ages 18-24? Stephenson, Shamiya Dr. Gray Seminar in Sociology 12.8.2013 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..........…….3 Chapter I…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…...........3 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter II …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………..…..4 Literature Review……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………5 Theoretical Framework………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Chapter III…………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………..………..9 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9 Findings…………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………….…………………………11 Conclusion…………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14 Works Cited….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 Survey…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..16 Informed Consent………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..20 Annotated Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….21 Abstract This research shows how binge drinking impacts college students peer relationships. Binge drinking is defined as the most common excessive method of drinking in the United States. This type of drinking brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration to 0.08...
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...Running head: Drinking at College Games Drinking at College Games Joel Jordan Troy University Abstract The article, Blood (Breath) Alcohol Consumption Rates of College Football Fans on Game Day, was a quantitative research used to measure the consumption of alcohol drinking of Midwest college student during a home football game. This type of research was performed by having 536 college students, during tailgating, to only drink alcohol within a designated area within the college grounds. This article provided the various ways to lower the college students’ binge drinking by controlling the tailgating drinking areas. Drinking at College Games The purpose of this study was to provide the study of consumption of alcohol among large Midwest university students during the tailgating of home football games. This article sought to validate the time series study design of 599 people that were drinking during the college home games while tailgating. Glassman, Braun, Reindl, and Whewell believed that if there were specific areas labeled only for drinking and tailgating, that they could control the large consumption of alcohol among the individuals. There was also the assumption that it would not control the heavy consumption of alcohol, because individuals that wanted to entertain themselves by drinking would no matter what was being enforced on the universities grounds. Studies indicated drinking rate increase on game day when compared to other social occasions among...
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...to crave for alcohol despite of repeated alcohol-related problems. The signs of alcoholism and alcohol abuse are very similar, and are often just a question of degree or intensity. Typically, the last person to be aware that he/she has a serious drinking problem is the alcoholic himself/herself - they are in denial. Some signs and symptoms of alcoholism as well as alcohol abuse include, drinking alone, not being able to limit how much alcohol is consumed, dropping hobbies and activities the person used to enjoy; losing interest in them, feeling an urge to drink, having relationship problems, having problems with the law, having money problems, and requiring a larger quantity of alcohol to feel its effect (Videbeck, 2007). Alcoholism does not only affect the adults. According to Sociological theory, alcoholism is a learned response. This often happens at a young age. A child may see things around them or on TV of people drinking and they tend to believe that is the right thing to do. This addiction is primarily believed to be because of society's influences. This often will affect persons who mostly drink in groups. This theory is based more on the peer pressure a person might receive, so they often turn to alcohol drinking problems during college years. Moreover, it has become a public health concern because of its effect on the future of a child. The goal of the current study is to assess the primary psychosocial factors that predict problem drinking among college students. Variables...
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...The effects of alcohol on date rape on college campuses Jessica Lynch Tarleton State University Abstract College is usually thought of as a time for pushing boundaries, experimenting, coming into ones own, learning, making new friends, learning to be independent, and becoming an adult. Unfortunately date rape has also become a part of the college experience. It is a life shattering reality of many college students. Date rape does not conform to the normal idea of rape. The perpetrator is usually an acquaintance and the rape takes place in a semi-public place, like a party or dorm room. Alcohol is almost always involved in date rape. Rape is never the victim’s fault but there are steps that can be taken to help prevent it. The effects of alcohol on date rape on college campuses College is supposed to be a time of learning, fun, making new friends, discovering one’s self, partying, and dating. Unfortunately, college becomes a nightmare for some women when partying and dating are combined. Date rape has become very common amongst university students. It is important to understand what date rape is, how alcohol affects the rapist and the victim in date rape, and how it can be prevented. What is date rape? Rape is usually thought of as something that happens to other people, done by a stranger in a dark alley or during a home invasion; however, that is not usually the case. In fact, forty-seven percent of rapists are a friend or acquaintance of the victim. According to the Federal...
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...Drugs and College Students Victoria Lyles-Savage Professor Stone SOW 301-01 Drugs and College Student In today’s society there are a number of college students and teens, who misuse prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons along with street drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy, heroin and steroids. Drugs and alcohol use on college campuses is universal. This has been an epidemic that has grown across the United States. According to Yusko,Buckman, White, and Pandina; alcohol and drug use in college is one of the more serious problems faced by colleges today .Another study stated that 90 percent of teens said they have used alcohol, over 50 percent have used marijuana, 17 percent used cocaine and 13 percent have used some form of hallucinogenic drug. Athletes are at risk to drug use because of the increased physical demand of athletics and heightens stress and time constraints placed upon them by fulfilling the dual role of being an athlete and student (Yusko, Buckman, White, Pandina, 2008). Peer pressure in itself is an epidemic and strongly impacts nonathletic individuals as well. The use of prescriptions drugs for nonmedical use is higher than are use of cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy, and inhalants all combined. Prescription Opioids result in more drug abuse deaths than both cocaine and heroin combined (Katelyn Rozenbroek& Rothstein, 2011).There are a lot of factors that drive teens and college students to turn to drugs and alcohol. The highest rates of...
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...Research Plan Alcohol and Rape on College Campuses Statement of Interest Many studies look at rape and alcohol on college campuses separately, while others look at the effect that alcohol has on rape. It is estimated that one fifth to one fourth of all women experience a completed or attempted rape during their four to five year college career (McMahon 2010). Too many women are victimized on a daily basis on college campuses, a place people go to better themselves, all while believing they are safe. Reality is, rape can happen to any woman, at any time, on any campus. There are classes given on almost every campus about to how women should protect themselves from violent acts such as rape, but how many women actually attend? What are women’s actual perceptions on rape on campus? Are women aware of the risk of rape on campus? What effects does alcohol have on the chance of committing a rape, and what effects does it have on the probability of getting raped? The objective of the paper is to find out how much women really know about the chances of getting raped, the proper way to protect their selves from getting raped, and what effect drinking can have on rape. Literature Search on Galileo While conducting research for this project, EBSCOhost and ProQuest were used. Both databases were had many articles and journals pertaining to alcohol and rape on college campuses. The first database used through Galileo was EBSCOhost. When using EBSCOhost the phase “Alcohol and Rape on...
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...most serious problem affecting social life, academic life, and health on college campuses today. The journal article pertaining to this issue, How Harvard’s College Alcohol Study Can Help Your Campus Design a Campaign Against Student Alcohol Abuse (CAS: Campus Alcohol Study for short), focuses more heavily on binge drinking and prevention than it does on the Greek system itself. The authors, Wechsler, Nelson, and Weitzman, contend that binge drinking is a nationally recognized problem but has not been studied efficiently enough to warrant effective prevention plans. The purpose of this article is to share with the public the results of a survey representing 50,000 students in 140 colleges, in 39 states. This is the first nationally representative survey of its kind and the analysis of its outcome by the authors of this article has resulted in seemingly sound prevention ideas. To begin interpreting the binge drinking phenomenon, a solid understanding of the term must be presented. Binge drinking is defined by all the articles as consuming five or more drinks in rapid succession (four or more for women) at least once in a two week period. Shockingly, the College Alcohol Study (CAS) found that two out of every five college students binge drink. The authors of this article argue that binge drinking has negative effects not only on the drinkers, but also on the entire student body. The binge drinker might get alcohol poisoning, other related physical injuries, or weakened academic performance...
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