Study: Campus diversity may cut binge drinking (from CNN)

[RACooper]

I don't think thats true... at least not at my campus. UofT is one of the more diverse campus enviroments you'll find. Drinking on campus grounds has decreased over the past couple of years, but off-campus has actually increased (the bars can't keep up some nights). Also the defeinition of 5 or more drinks in one night, within a two week period would label about 95% of the greeks/athletics and about 60% of the other students as binge drinkers (hell most double the number of drinks). However we haven't had a recorded riot in 175 years (A couple of protests but nothing near a riot); sexual violence and assaults has never broken double digits (student pop. of 65,000), and as for grades, I don't think the drinking has that effect, the difficulty pretty much covers that. Actually I would argue that difficulity of the school actually contributes to the so-called "binge drinkers", in a 2 week period you'll average around 1 quiz/test, and two assignments (essay or lab depending).... and when the students get a breather they hit the clubs/pubs or bars for a night on the town (which almost always pushes them over the binge limit)....