...> Major Writing Assignment > Jason McWilliams Article Title: How Bingeing Became the New College Sport. Written by Barret Seaman 8/29/2005 in Canada. I think I can expect to read information on college students binge drinking. I also think I will read a writers opinion on how he feels about this subject in relation to binge drinking on college campuses. The topic of this article is related around college students and how they basically prepare during the start of their freshman year for the activities that will begin to take place that revolve around drinking. The author claims that not only is this a problem but this is a problem that began after they raised the legal drinking age across the U.S. in the 1980's. The authors point of view around the subject reflects that of a sense of urgency to move back to a previous dated time in where the drinking age of 18 proved to show more responsibility and less issue with bingers. As far as my experience goes with binge drinking on college campus I have very little. Most of my experience with this comes from getting invited to college parties with friends who attended as I have never attended a college university that required me to be on campus or near dorms. I have seen first-hand what binge drinking can do to someone though. People that consume as much alcohol as humanly possible in a short amount of time do usually make it long enough to enjoy the party. I have had a friend pass away because of this. It is almost as if...
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...Effects of College Drinking/ Underage Drinking Excessive consumption of alcohol is currently common among underage teenagers and young adults. Unfortunately, the abuse has led to many effects that are ignored in the onset of alcohol drinking. Many underage individuals view alcohol drinking as cool or edgy, therefore making them feel like adults while consuming. They also feel that immersing themselves in alcohol will make their problems a less of a concern. They forget that it could lead to addiction, family separation, irresponsibility and other possible effects. The context of this paper will focus on the effect of addiction among the underage individuals and how to handle the problem. It will also concentrate on the costs of the change to...
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...their desire to take risks. One of these risks includes alcohol. Underage drinking is a serious health problem that is continues to grow in popularity. According to “Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services”, in 2013,the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 23% of youth aged 12 to 20 years drink alcohol and 14% reported binge drinking in the past 30 days” (Administration). Teens are very curious and would rather ignore all of the negative influences around them. An unpleasant home life, the influence of media, and peer pressure can lead to underage drinking and a damaged life. One of the main reasons for underage drinking is family influence. Family and home life plays a huge role. According...
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...Underage drinking is the most overlooked problem in the united states. Drinking and not being 21 or older, has caused more than 189,000 emergency room visits, about 190,000 have been in serious accidents involving drinking. More and more teens abuse alcohol each day. Growing is a big part of your life, but for some people growth for them stop at a very young age, when alcohol is involved at a young age. Drinking and not being of age can affect your body in many ways. It can cause health problems, and the development of your brain. If you're in a crash your body could be affected in that why physically like, being paralyzed, and or death. It could affect your brain in ways of not being able to process things. Such as people when they tell...
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...Underage Drinking Alcoholic beverages have been used to celebrate mostly important events through history, from the Caesars celebrating victories to the end of business negotiations. They are also often used as party starters and nerves inhibitors on parties. But sometimes people don’t understand the side effects and keep consuming big quantities of them. Excessive use of alcohol leads to number of fatal consequences such as cirrhosis and drunk driving and also some post-day consequences such as vomit, headaches and fever. And this practice has been a very popular activity on teenagers who are entering their junior or senior year on high school, and since then it has been one of the major problems in every part of the world including our country. Reducing the minimum legal age to drink alcohol beverages can be a solution to this worldwide problem. “Despite minimum legal drinking age laws, actual drinking patterns in the United States suggest that almost all young people use alcohol before they are 21”( O’Connell, Richard and Bonnie, p.35). Alcohol is one of the most common drugs used among teenagers. It’s even more used than any kind of tobacco and marijuana. The problem is that they tend to consume large quantities of alcohol and somehow they have easy access to this drug. Every year it is reported that more and more teenagers start using alcohol at their small reunions. First they start with just a few drinks and it is very common that they don’t like it. But unconsciously...
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...The Vampire Diaries, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, Arrow, Breaking Bad, Awkward, and Pretty Little Liars are all examples of television shows that depict underage drinking. Superbad, Neighbors, Scream, and Scary Movie are a few examples of movies that show a predominate amount of drinking of alcohol by teenagers. These movies and programs show attractive, young, popular kids drinking alcohol. Is this the example that modern kids try to follow? Scenes in movies and on television depicting drinking can greatly influence the drinking habits of teenagers (Preston, 2015). Many works of research were conceived, focusing on the connection between drinking scenes in movies and on television, and teenage drinking (Preston, 2015). Researchers...
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...and are basically capable of being a healthy, active and sociable fifty-something or older, it may be time for you to stop drinking, or perhaps ease off the drinks, per de rigueur de la classe. STOP DRINKING? STOP DRINKING?? O CONTRAIRE MON CAPITAN In a statistical study receiving 9,000 responses, researchers have concluded that over-drinking is a “middle class phenomenon,” that is possibly a major strand of social dissonance, causing unnecessary health...
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...Countless other misleading statistics are being called “scientific facts” to try to support the increased legal minimum drinking age. For example, one common statistic that is being used is that with the higher legal drinking age alcohol-related car accidents among sixteen to twenty-year-olds decreases. Supporters of the twenty-one minimum legal drinking age are leaving out the most important part of the study. A “drastic increase” for alcohol-related car accidents occurs in the twenty-one to twenty-four-year-old age group (Minimum). The problem is not being fixed or reduced. The problem is still present just not in the same age group. The information being shared is unreliable because the supporters of the higher legal drinking age are not giving all the details of the study. Only facts that support their cause are being used....
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...Underage drinking has become a big problem in our society today. Many young teens die daily due to drinking alcohol, because these teens are abusing the age policy of drinking. Underage drinking is a problem today because it is causing teens to act out in a certain way. This is a problem because teens drinking cause not only health problems, but causes rapes and car accidents. More than half of American youths ages 12 to 20 have tried alcohol. Girls are nearly as likely as boys to experiment with drinking. Drinking at a young age greatly increases the risk of developing alcohol problems later in life. Talking to kids early and openly about the risks of drinking can help reduce their chances of becoming problem drinkers. Most teens find it...
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...The United States of America states that the legal drinking age be 21, however, this wasn’t always the case for America. After World War II, the young soldiers that retuned from the war wanted to feel more involved with the country, thus, changing the laws of the drinking and voting age to 18. In July 17, 1984 Ronald Reagan signed into law that the Uniform Drinking Age Act mandating all states to adopt 21 as the legal drinking age within 5 years ("MADD - History."). The reasons for this change was the amount of alcohol-related fatalities and drunk driving crashes. The Uniform Drinking Age Act is reaching it’s 40th anniversary and many people question, should we maintain under this law or is it time to change it once again? Although the debates...
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...Since the early times of human civilization, alcohol has been an enjoyable drink to accompany dinners, parties, celebrations, and almost any other occasion. As time and research has progressed laws have been put into place to regulate alcohol consumption. Countries around the world have laws and bans on under-age drinking and set certain ages at their minimums. There are a few countries with no limits, but for the majority the ages range from fourteen to eighteen, with the United States as an exception with their law at twenty one. Twenty one is too high for a limit and has been the cause of many fatalities, alcohol poisoning and other tragedies; it should be lowered to add more benefits to the youth of America including a safe at-home environment...
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... listening to R&B music, eating cubes of cheese and drinking an orange juice half way filled with ice. Holding a black pen in the hand, tapping it along the song that is playing on the radio, having a piece of paper on the side and facing a red mac laptop as it’s curser is blinking on and off, writing down whatever come to mind then typing and organizing the thoughts to the laptop with the battery at seventy five percent. Typing with all fingers as if there is a race. Looking back and forth from the paper to the laptop. This...
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...Why Milk is the Best Drink at Starbucks Imraan Lilani Georgetown University Starbucks is an international café serving an extremely wide variety of hot and cold drinks, making the choice of a drink challenging. It is asserted that the ‘Venti skinny French Vanilla latte’ is the best drink served at Starbucks. However, I believe that milk is a superior beverage to all other drinks, using a number of different criteria, which include, adaptability, nutritional content, and cost. In addition, there is the emotional connection people have to their childhood when drinking milk. This paper will provide well-reasoned arguments detailing these criteria, which will demonstrate conclusively why milk is a better drink than a ‘venti skinny French Vanilla Latte’ and the best drink at Starbucks. Milk is an adaptable beverage which can be enjoyed hot or cold. During the Winter months milk can be heated up and can be a hot, soothing drink on a cold day. Conversely, in the Summer, milk can be enjoyed as a cold, refreshing beverage. As a result, milk can be adapted depending on the season and enjoyed throughout the year. This contrasts with the ‘venti skinny French Vanilla Latte’ that is only meant to be consumed as a hot drink therefore would not be as desirable on a humid, hot Summers day. Furthermore, milk is adaptable in terms of its fat content as it is possible to choose from 3 types of milk at Starbucks - full fat, 2%, or skim- ...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS Mgmt 605-M02 Mondays 6:00-8:10 p.m. DESCRIPTION This course links the classical management process to the analysis of human behavior. How do people think, analyze a situation, and how they behave. The practicing manager should gain theoretical knowledge on which to base experience and/or intuition when making decisions or solving problems involving the human dimension in the organization. In this course you are going to learn a series of models: 1) The individual—to help you understand, predict, and modify an individual’s behavior. 2) Perception of people—how such perception differs from other perceptions aspects and its importance 3) Functions of the managerial brain—how it works, makes decisions, solves problems, creates ideas 3) Dimensions of communications—to enable you to understand the basics of transmittal of knowledge 2) Two person interactions—so that you can understand conflict, leadership behavior, negotiations. 3) Small group functions,--so that you can understand when and why they are strong and get results and when they are weak and become failures 4) The large organization—so that you can utilize their strengths in marshalling human resources to get the work out and how they can adapt to changing times. If you have any problems with this course, doing the work or meeting standards, speak to your instructor before you receive failing grades or other unpleasant consequences. When you discuss...
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...business is to provide packaging materials for the products of different industries. It also produces all types of tissues available in the local market as well as for export purposes. There are more than 3000 employees working in the company. Packages Limited has had a joint venture with Tetra Pak International in Tetra Pak Pakistan Limited to manufacture paperboard for liquid food packaging and to market Tetra Pak packaging equipment. Packages commissioned its own paper mill with a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes in 1968. The mill produces paper and paperboard based on waste paper and agricultural by-products like wheat straw and river grass. With growing demand the capacity was increased periodically and in 2003 was nearly 100,000 tonnes per year. In the beginning 22 Swedish Experts came to Pakistan to run the factory and to train the Pakistani staff. Packages Limited was established in 1957 as a joint venture between the Ali Group of Pakistan and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden, to convert paper and Paperboard into packaging for consumer industry in 1958 production of packaging cartons for different industries started packaging. Cartons include soaps, biscuits, cigarettes, tea, and pharmaceutical products and many others. a joint venture agreement was signed with Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan for the manufacture of Polypropylene films at the Industrial Estate in Hattar, NWFP. This project, called Tri-Pack Films Limited, commenced production...
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