[DeltAlum]

There is a lot of talk about education instead of rules and regulations.

Education is good.

Delt has had DTAA (Delts Talking About Alcohol) for several years. It was the first program of its kind to get funding help from the government. Every Delt must take it. Most chapters get it every year. Several other GLO's asked and were given permission to use it under other names specific to their organizations, so some you have probably taken it and don't even know it.

It's a pretty good program. I took it as an advisor.

It is not a program that tries to stop alcohol consumption, but rather educate young people as to the effects of alcohol and the myths surrounding drinking. It preaches moderation, not abstinance.

As I said, it's a good thing.

I'm just not sure it works well enough.

My sad conclusion is that to really make a significant dent in college drinking it will take these educational programs, dry campuses, legal crackdowns on the part of local authorities and fairly harsh penalities. (Not just to Greeks, but student bodies as a whole)

I don't like that, but I don't know what else gives much more than lip service to solving the problem.

Obviously, I understand that even that won't solve the problem entirely.

Or, we can wash our hands of the situation, hope it will go away instead of grow, sit back and watch the body count.