It’s Only A Hook-Up, No Hard Feelings The term “dating” is so overrated and now in the shadows all over our college campuses. Most people now see dating as being an outsider to everyone else and making it harder to enjoy the college experience that every high school student awaits for. Back in the older days you would see couples going out together on Friday nights and spending quality time with one another. Now, Friday night means time to turn up! You will mostly see college kids going out to the club dancing on anything they can grind on, and if they’re lucky they will find someone to take back home to hook up with.
College Binge Drinking College is a time of discovery and learning. It is a time when students develop new ideas and form new habits. One of these habits is drinking binge drinking. College students in fact drink more than their peers who are not in college (Wechsler 987). Problems arising from college drinking have risen proportionally by 7% since 1998 (Hingson 15).
Binge drinking is the sort of drinking that a student does before he or she goes out for the night. It consists of students sitting in a dorm room, or off-campus apartment drinking as much hard liquor as possible. Many students have become very ill from this and some have even been hospitalized. It is a common practice among 18, 19, and 20 year old students who attend college. The reason students binge drink is because in 10988, all fifty states changed their drinking age to 21 because the government basically forced them to.
Controversy Over the Media " Stay thirsty, my friend" the famous Dos Equis Beer commercial, which has the most interesting, man in the world. Many teens watch T.V. on a daily basis and alcohol images pop up on the screen regularly. As soon as I come home from school or work I turn on the T.V. and majority of the commercials are alcohol related.
The Greek society within our colleges and universities has for years been known to contribute in student drinking on campus. Fraternity and sorority life is considered a brotherhood and sisterhood. They encourage a family-like relationship between members and promote partying together. Many of these freshmen are not mature enough to know where to draw a line and when this occurs, problems begin. There are far too many examples of how drinking among college fraternities and sororities have led to severe consequences.
It does not make sense. Not that long ago, the alcohol age was lower then 21. It was different from state-to-state, which caused teenagers to drink over state lines to have a legal drink. With the drinking age at 21, teens are hiding their illegal drinking from their parents. This put them in a drastically less safe environment then at home.
Students who go to parties and do not drink a lot or students who do drink a lot will eventually enjoy getting drunk at one point. This leads to students’ binge drinking more often, thus leading to missing classes and the decline of their
Currently, college students mainly drink due to the convenience of accessibility to obtain substances from older acquaintances or friends who also enjoy having a good time. As a result, the Mother’s Against Drunk Driving and federal experts in health regulation have consistently fought to prevent the alcohol industry from altering the drinking age (Kirszner, Mandell 458). Furthermore, it is unethical and immoral practice for parents to be allowing minors to consume alcohol, as this is also illegal and detrimental to one’s overall growth and development. Although some countries in Europe may argue otherwise, intoxication levels are higher in Britain, Denmark and Ireland,
Most kids binge drink when they drink they don’t do it in moderation or casual drink. When kids drink it’s mostly on the weekend and parties so they want to have a fun good time as fast as they can so they drink the alcohol fast so it will hit them harder than just drinking them regularly. Binge drinking is associated with a serious social harm, economic costs as well as increased disease burden. Binge drinking is more common in males, during adolescence and young adulthood. Most binge drinkers are not familiar with the risks associated with binge drinking.
Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty one. People in general are always trying to enjoy their life, especially their free out of work time. The ways for people to please themselves vary and depend on an age group, gender, and upbringing and, in fact, on the individuality. One very common way for people to socialize and relax is nightlife, in other words partying and drinking with friends. Most college students enjoy drinking, which caused the issue on alcohol to become the most frequently talked about in public as at least half the students are still underage to drink.