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Problems with drinking vary from student to student as well as from campus to

campus. This article provides college drinking statistics and information about how

to drink responsibly.

eCollege Drinking Statistics (18 to 24 Year Olds)

54 percent of binge drinking college students black out and forgetwhat they did or where they were at some point in the year. Forstudents who don't binge drink, the number was 25 percent.

48 percent of the alcohol consumed at a 4 year college isconsumed by an underage student.

44 percent of students report symptoms of alcohol abuse anddependency

25 percent of students say they have faced academicconseuences !missing class, getting a bad grade, etc." as a result ofdrinking.

#n average, students who have more than 5 drinks per occasionhave a $%& that is half a grade lower than the $%& for other students.

Source: madd.org

t is somewhat di(cult to really tell how serious a problem drinking ison college campuses because studies rely on surveys, which can beinaccurate. &ccording to Christian Science Monitor, surveys suggestthat 4 out of 5 college students drink, and that half of those who drinkregularly engage in binge drinking. )his statistic probably varies fromcampus to campus. *ometimes colleges who are known as 'partyschools' have more problems with 'binge drinking'.

Top 5 Party Schools

Ranking School

1 West Virginia University

2 University of Mississippi

3 UT- Austin

4 University of Florida

5 University of Georgia

Source: The Princeton Review

n the 2++8 edition of The Best 366 Colleges, )he %rinceton eviewpublished their annual list of the )op 2+ %arty *chools. For the past -5years, est /irginia 0niversity has made that list, but this is the 1rsttime the school has taken the number one title. ronically !or perhaps

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not ironically" est /irginia 0niversity also received the number oneranking in another category in the book ')heir *tudents !&lmost" 3ever*tudy'.

Drink Proportions

#ther than the dierences between campuses, how college studentsmeasure the proportions of alcoholic drinks makes it hard to tell whatkinds of drinking habits are dominant on campuses. &ccording to astudy published in the &pril 2++5 issue ofAlcoholism: Clinical andE!erimental Research, when researchers asked students to pourdrinks of dierent types, they tended to overpour. t might be helpful ifkids learned the right serving amounts for dierent types of alcohol.6ere is a list of measurements for one serving for the dierent types ofalcoholic beverages

-2 o7 of 5 percent eer

5 o7 of -2 percent ine -.5 o7 of 4+ percent 9istilled *pirits

Social Drinkinghile considering all these statistics and reports, the truth is moststudents 1nd themselves with other students who are drinking. t'simportant to be able to distinguish between responsible social drinkingand binge drinking. inge drinking basically involves consuming somuch alcohol that a student becomes completely into:icated. #n theother hand, social drinking involves having a drink or a number ofdrinks without becoming completely incoherent or unreasonable.

*ocial drinking may help one rela: after a rough week at school, butbinge drinking is much more severe. )he eects of binge drinking varyfrom impairing a student's ability to think abstractly for about ;+ daysto engaging in se:ual activities without taking any precautions. &ny ofthe conseuences can aect an academic career as well as the rest ofone's life.

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college y eber"# de agosto $%%&

ste art=culo proporciona las estad=sticas de beber dela universidad y obtener informaci?n sobre c?mo beber conresponsabilidad.Colegio e!er "stad#stica (18 a 24 a$os de) 54 por ciento de consumo e:cesivo de alcohol estudiantes

universitarios fuera negro y olvidar lo ue hicieron o d?nde seencontraban en alg@n momento en el aAo. %ara los estudiantes ueno lo hacen se emborrachan, el n@mero fue de 25 por ciento.

>l 48 por ciento del alcohol ue se consume en una universidad de4 aAos es consumido por un estudiante menor de edad.

44 por ciento de los estudiantes reportan s=ntomas del abuso delalcohol y la dependencia

25 por ciento de los estudiantes dicen ue se han enfrentado a las

consecuencias acadBmicas !falta de clase, consiguiendo una malacali1caci?n, etc." como consecuencia del consumo de alcohol.

>n promedio, los estudiantes ue tienen mCs de 5 tragos porocasi?n tienen un promedio ue es la mitad de un grado mCs baDoue el promedio para los otros estudiantes.

'uente: madd.org

>s un poco dif=cil saber realmente uB tan grave es un problema con labebida en los campus universitarios ya ue los estudios se basan enencuestas, ue pueden ser ine:actos. *eg@n Christian Science Monitor,las encuestas indican ue 4 de cada 5 estudiantes universitariosbeben, y ue la mitad de las personas ue beben regularmente sededican a beber en e:ceso. >sta estad=stica probablemente var=a deescuela a escuela. & veces, los colegios ue son conocidos comoEescuelas del partido 'tienen mCs problemas con' binge drinking '.Top 5 esc%elas del Partido

Clasi&caci'n "sc%ela

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-0niversidad de est/irginia

20niversidad deississippi

; 0)&ustin

4 0niversidad de la Florida

5 0niversidad de $eorgia

'uente: The Princeton Review

>n la edici?n de 2++8 de (as Me)ores 366 *niversidades, )he %rincetoneview public? su lista anual de las 2+ escuelas del %artido. 9urante los@ltimos -5 aAos, la 0niversidad de est /irginia ha hecho esa lista,pero esta es la primera ve7 ue la escuela ha tomado el n@mero unodel t=tulo. r?nicamente !o tal ve7 no, ir?nicamente" la 0niversidad deest /irginia tambiBn recibi? el n@mero uno del ranking en otracategor=a en el libro E*us estudiantes !casi" nunca >studio '.e!a Proporciones&parte de las diferencias entre los campus, como los estudiantesuniversitarios miden las proporciones de las bebidas alcoh?licas haceue sea dif=cil saber uB tipo de hCbitos de consumo son dominantesen los campus. 9e acuerdo con un estudio publicado en la edici?n de

abril de 2++5 deAlcoholism: Clinical and E!erimental Research,cuando los investigadores preguntaron a los estudiantes a verter lasbebidas de diferentes tipos, tend=an a un e:ceso de verter. %uede ser@til si los niAos aprendieron el derecho de servir cantidades para losdiferentes tipos de alcohol. &u= estC una lista de medidas para unaporci?n de los diferentes tipos de bebidas alcoh?licas -2 on7as de un 5 por ciento de la cerve7a 5 o7 de -2 por ciento del vino -,5 o7 de 4+ por ciento de s importante ser capa7 de distinguir entre el consumosocialmente responsable y consumo e:cesivo de alcohol. Gonsumoe:cesivo de alcohol, bCsicamente, consiste en consumir tanto alcoholue un estudiante se convierte completamente en estado deembriague7. %or otro lado, la bebida social implica tomar una copa o un

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n@mero de bebidas sin llegar a ser completamente incoherente oirracional.eber *ocial puede ayudar a relaDarse despuBs de una semana dif=cil enla escuela, pero beber en e:ceso es mucho mCs grave.