Yes of course, in that case you wouldn't want to become [censored]faced at your son's birthday party.

There is no way around binge drinking. It will happen regardless.

A 5,000 word paper, due the next day after the offense.

30% of your grade.

"Problem" drinking is never going to be solved on a university/college campus level.

Reduce the price of alcohol in clubs bars, so that people dont feel the need to neck a bottle of vodka before going out in order to save money.
While at the same time, banning the sale of ridiculously cheap, strong alcohol in clubs and bars also. So that people dont get all excited when they see they can buy a double vodka for ￡1.50, and then buy five of them.

Sorry, Applicable Government Organization, but that is a ridiculous definition. Especially as far as shots are concerned.

Specifically for college campuses, I would make sure that people serve food as well as drink. Its really easy to get [censored]faced if you're drinking on an empty stomach. Russians, who we all know are masters of in matters concerning consumption of alcohol (:P), always make sure to serve some sort of appetizer type food to chase vodka with. I was kinda weirder out when I got to my first real college party and they had a laundry basket full of booze but no food at all.


And, sadly, this. Its just something people of that age group do. In Jungian terms, its a rite of passage, and it fits the criteria perfectly.

This is actually quite insightful advice.

Well I don't know about the rest of Europe but I live in western France and while we do start drinking alcohol at a very young age (I had my first taste of alcohol at a family reunion), binge drinking is very common anyway :shrug: maybe we don't have any taboo towards alcohol consumption but I don't think it changes anything.

I'm with Alaisiagae on this one, if you want to fight binge drinking on campuses or elsewhere you have to provide people with alternative/more interesting things to do. When I was in highschool binge drinking was all most of my friends did during weekends, it's all they could do to kill time (not much else to do in these parts). Yes, it can be a good feeling to be drunk and for some people it is easier to have fun when they are but it's not the only way, they just need to be offered other things to do that appeal to them.

Absolutely nothing.
Some [censored] will drink themselves to death, they of course are college age and an advlt. Hopefully they won't be behind a wheel and kill someone else in the process.
The campus can keep this semester's money and whoops! there's room for another student which may possibly make better choices. This is not kindergarten, middle, junior or senior high school. By the time you have graduated from high school and you should know the dangers of alcohol abuse, It's part of the drivers liscening program here. No excuse for it.
IMO the university would be better off spending those dollars on other educational programs.

Laws are already in place that penalize underage drinking, those who supply alcohol to underage drinkers, and those who endanger the public in an intoxicated state. Actual strict enforcement of those laws would be a deterrent. The penalties should be across the board, regardless of income or status. Establishments such as bars, sorority/fraternity houses are applicable to those rules.

Therefore this position is redundancy office of redundancy.

In short, those who [censored] up will make room for those of us who won't squander opportunity.

All alcohol will be renamed "ass-sweat", and sold only in pink sippy cups.

Oh I don't necessarily think that sort of thing is something permanent and unflinching, just that it can't be successfully addressed at such a local level.


While I'm skeptical of the arguments which portray Europe as an enlightened land where everybody knows when to stop from the age of ten, it is true that alcohol culture in the UK leans far more towards what gets called "binge drinking" than in other parts of Europe. This is evident in the statistics, and also - since we're talking about universities - is often commented on by exchange students in either direction.

In short; I'm not suggesting that binge drinking isn't an issue at all over there, but it's generally agreed that its worse in the UK...

Take the children at a very young age, break their innocent spirit relentlessly until they come to loathe indiscriminately people and especially, accumulations of people. While alcohol may heavily feature in their bitter, cynical lives, the enormous amounts associated with youthful sociability will no longer be a problem.

You're welcome.

You're the best teacher evar!!