An entire new crop of freshman will arrive on college campuses across the country this fall, and will begin a journey through unfamiliar territory. For many this means engaging in academic and sports related activities, while for others it is time for fraternities and time to join the free beer party. Many students are away from home for the first time and look towards fraternities for self comfort and for a social life. They rely on partying to help relieve the everyday stresses of school. Many students get into drinking to show off or become more popular. Along with excessive drinking comes many negative effects, such as health problems, deaths, and hazing incidents. As a result of the growing popularity of fraternities on college campuses, excessive drinking among adolescents has increased rapidly over the years and continues to grow.
One of the first thoughts that comes to mind when freshman consider fraternities is brotherhood. It is seen as an escape from the stressful college life and a vacation into a social heaven. College students are put under stress because they have to study for exams and still have to maintain a social life, and sometimes a job. Fraternities are an escape from the never-ending work load given to a student in college. By joining a fraternity one does not only meet many new people who become their "brothers" but also has a place to go for relaxation. They are among several others that share similar interests and are there to help each other out. One gains the self comfort that they are not alone, and they have a place to go when they need to blow off steam. If only it were as simple as just relaxation. "Studies have shown that younger, white male students, particularly fraternity members, are at higher risk for binge drinking" (Fears). Fraternities and binge drinking go hand in hand. "A large national study of so-called "binge drinking" (defined in this study as having five or more drinks in a row for men and four or more for women) found that 75 percent of fraternity members were binge drinkers" (Wechsler).
This something is "binge" drinking. ... This binge is where you drink as much as possible just to get drunk. ... Binge drinking has been around forever. ... This is why binge drinking can be very dangerous. ... Binge drinking affects both sexes the same way. ...
Binge Drinking is a increasing problem around the country recently. ... In order to be considered binge drinking a person needs to have 5 of more drinks in a certain time period. ( "Binge Drinking On" pars. 1) Binge drinking affects many people at many different ages. ... There are many different people who binge drink. ... Student who binge drink have many excuses of why they binge drink. ... They either don't drink or drink but do not binge." ...
A topic I feel needs to be addressed, especially on college campuses is binge drinking. ... That is my hypothesis on the level of binge drinking here at ISU. I hope to explore how many students are actually binge drinking. ... Even though men are more likely to drink with 50% of college men binging in a 2 week period women are chasing the gap with 39% of college women binging Because binge drinking can lead to other outside factors and problems. ... Binge drinking also effects those around them who may not even be directly involved with the drinking. ...
Binge drinking has become a large problem on college campuses nationwide. ... Does Tulane University's campus drinking age support and encourage binge drinking? Binge drinking, for males, is defined as five or more drinks in a row. ... Binge drinking goes far beyond Tulane University. ... A lot of adults also participate in binge drinking themselves. ...
Binge drinking has become a large problem on college campuses nationwide. ... Does Tulane University's campus drinking age support and encourage binge drinking? Binge drinking, for males, is defined as five or more drinks in a row. ... Binge drinking goes far beyond Tulane University. ... A lot of adults also participate in binge drinking themselves. ...
One huge problem with campus life is binge drinking. ... Students have traditionally avoided discussing the reasons for binge drinking. ... Surprisingly it is reported that "44% of U.S. college students engage in binge drinking, and students more likely to binge drink are white, age 23 or younger, and are residents of a fraternity or sorority. ... Over half the binge drinkers admitted to frequent binge drinking (binging three or more times in a two-week period). ... Another answer as to why students binge was the status one gets when drinking alcohol. ...
Binge drinking, everybody does it in college! ... Henry Wechsler of Harvard University.( Hanson, Binge Drinking) Binge drinking is described as an extended period of time in which a person repeatedly become intoxicated, usually two days, and gives up his or her usual activities and obligations in order to become intoxicated. ... Other researches say that binge can be defined as having one or more drinks over the course of an evening of eating and socializing. ... (Hanson, Binge Drinking) Since some cases of bingeing are misinterpreted, most surveys are not showing what they are really meanin...
Eighty-seven percent of college students say they have been victimized by binge-drinking friends, roommates or neighbors. ... Binge drinking, also known as "drinking heavily", can be defined as consuming a large quantity of alcohol over a short amount of time with the intentions of becoming drunk. Many people associate binge drinking with "the four Vs"-violence, vandalism, vomit and victims. ... What else can our school do to stop binge drinking? ... They have defined the problem of binge drinking well, and we are all aware of the changes attempting to be made. ...
Subject: A college student named Ben, and his experience with binge drinking Title: Drinking Without Thinking Source: From the Real Life section of Prevention Magazine What is the main idea of this article? The main idea of this article is how a college student named Ben had a bad experience with binge drinking. It showed the unfortunate things that can happen to those who binge drink. ... Brief summary: In this article, Ben, a normal college student, decided to start binge drinking. ... He was accepted in a fraternity, and decided to binge drink to impress his fraternity br...
