Drinking Deaths Draw Attention to Old Campus Problem

"Drinking Deaths Draw Attention to Old Campus Problem" is about how two colleges and their communities have come together to address the epidemic of drinking problems after two student's deaths, and the divide on how to fix these alcohol related issues. I think that college students are hugely responsible for the amount of drinking done I college, but not entirely all of it. College drinking isn't the same as social drinking. College drinking is binge drinking that is fueled by peer pressure and a desire to fit in. There are many students that don't go out, because if they do they know they will constantly face peer pressure to drink. Fraternities tend to get a bad reputation, because there tends to be a even bigger need to drink to fit into that group, although the pressure to drink comes even at parties not affiliated with fraternities. There are however times when students are not to blame which is pointed out by Russell Harverson who says, "These kids are away from home for the first time and not taught to drink responsibly". Many parents tell there kids not to drink, but when drinking does occur the students don't know there limits. The biggest influence in drinking is the perception of college being a place where binge drinking is excepted, which is only partially do to students. This is due to movies, stories, music and other things that students often can't control. It is hard to find a solution to the alcohol epidemic that colleges are facing, with a fear of restrictions causing even more drinking. One thing that is clear though is that campuses are not the only places where change is necessary. Change is needed in social media, the television, the radio, and so many other places in our daily lives.