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That may be true, but, assuming the research is correct (and it is usually questionable from one standpoint or another, but...), the following quote would indicate that there is, indeed, a problem in the college culture.
And, don't we really all already know that there is? Just read the Risk Management forum -- or the daily newspapers.
Research conducted by the Newton, MA-based Outside The Classroom, which
involved approximately 15,000 first-year students at American colleges
last fall, found that more than 50% arrived on campus as "abstainers"
from alcohol, but by Christmas break of their first semester the
percentage dropped to 20%, approximately the level of abstainers among
all college students in the Harvard study. Outside The Classroom also
found that, over the same period, the percentage of heavy or binge
drinkers climbed from 24% to 63%. "This demonstrates a cultural problem
- drinking among underage students - one that is exacerbated in the
first months of college, a time when most of these students are in
college dormitories and not members of Greek organizations,"
As is pointed out, this isn't an entirely Greek problem, but if we can help prevent any of those deaths, injuries or assaults, wouldn't it be worth it? And, I think we will all agree, again, that we are a highly identifiable group in this arena. Who better to take the lead?
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The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
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