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Studies show binge drinking
in college continues to rise
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students living away from home
A/ho say they drink, 70 percent
it the mold of a ‘binge drinker’
3y Robin Weber
)regon Daily Emerald
Beer guzzling and playing drink
ng games are thought by many to
le as synonymous with college as
he classes themselves, and ac
cording to experts, the numbers
ihow more and more students are
iving up to this stereotype.
A study released by Harvard
Jniversity at the end of last month
bund the number of college stu
lents who admitted to engaging in
ligh-risk drinking is rising. These
esults were similar to those found
n a University Health Center sur
rey last year.
The Harvard study, reported in
he Journal of American College
iealth, defines high-risk or
‘binge” drinkers as those who said
hey’d consumed five or more al
coholic beverages in a row, for
nales, and four or more drinks for
emales, at least once in the previ
>us two weeks.
The study showed 70 percent of
college drinkers living away from
lome fit that bill.
Although high-risk college
Irinking seems to be running ram
>ant, the study found less binge
Irinking at the high school level,
ess enrollment in national frater
tities and sororities and more re
vests for substance-free housing.
Uso, more than 50 percent of stu
lents surveyed reported they had
leen taught the hazards of alcohol.
Despite these factors, which the
esearchers previously believed
ilayed a key role in binge drink
ng, student drinking rates contin
Led to rise.
Underage drinkers were found
y the Harvard report to drink less
ften, but more in quantity, than
lder students. The lowest rate of
irinking was found in students
idio had yet to leave the parental
iest, with only 25 percent admit
ing to excessive imbibing.
The health center and the Uni
ersity of Oregon Survey Research
.aboratory also conducted a stu
ent survey from May through
ane to assess student health
rends. The study found binge
.rinking has reportedly increased
t the University, as well.
Previous health center reports
ave shown that students report
dly downing five-plus drinks
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Binge Drinking
The number of University students who say they’ve imbibed five or more alcoholic
beverages in one sitting one or more times a week has shown a slight increase
over the three years studied, according to data from surveys conducted by the
University Health Center.
Reports of student binge drinking:
NO: 94.42% 95.57% 94.78% NO: 99.57% 99.51% 98.75%
YES: 5.58% 4.43% 5.22% YES: 0.43% 0.49% 1.25%
Source: University Health Center
Russell Weller Emerald
more than three times a week
rang in at 11.58 percent in 2000,
an increase of more than 5 per
cent from 1998. While more than
half the students polled in 2000
said they did not consume five or
more drinks in a sitting in the
previous two weeks, a majority of
students surveyed said they typi
cally drank three to five libations
in a given situation.
The health center’s study also
looked at some effects of drinking.
Of the students who said they’d
had three or more drinks at a time
in the two-week period, almost
one-tenth said they still attempted
to drive home. Others admitted to
injuring themselves or others as
the result of drinking. Health offi
cials at the University sometimes
see pregnancies as a result of un
planned sex while drinking, health
educator Annie Dochnahl said.
“It’s not uncommon,” she said.
She added that because drink
ing-related incidents often occur at
night or on a weekend, many are
referred to Sacred Heart Medical
Center, not the health center.
Several University groups are
stepping up to bat to help beat the
war on unsafe drinking.
Health educators are offering
talks by request in residence halls,
fraternities and sororities. They
also have information tables at the
Student Recreation Center and a
newsletter in the Oregon Daily
Emerald once per term, Dochnahl
said. Students wanting to learn
more independently can check out
books from the Health Education
Library on how to help themselves
and friends through intervention.
Other campus groups are trying
to topple student assumptions that
“everyone” on campus drinks to
excess in order to take some of the
peer pressure off drinking.
Through the New View 2000 so
cial norms campaign, the Office of
Student Life has been working to
reduce student drinking rates by
proving through the CORE survey
that the average student actually
drinks less than many students as
sume. The CORE survey, conduct
ed by the Office of Student Life,
asks University students about
their drug and alcohol use.
“The aim of the social norms
campaign is if you change the erro
neous perceptions about drinking,
you will drink less,” Associate
Dean of Students Laura Blake
Jones said.
This was coupled by an educa
tion outreach to students in Greek
houses and the residence halls,
she said.
“We believe the synergistic ef
fect of managing the campus en
vironment through broad-based
coalition work, combined with
the ability to implement a com
prehensive social norms cam
paign, may be the icing on the
cake that makes a difference in
prevention work,” she said.
Although many groups are
working to cut down on the unsafe
drinking, the decision ultimately
rests in the hands of the students.
“We know ‘Just Say No’ doesn’t
work ’cause students say ‘yes,’”
Kingston said.
E-mail reporter Robin Weber
it robinweber@dailyemerald.com
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