Pros and Cons of a Dry Campus

The article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Option based upon Research” is about twenty years of research based underage drinking done by Ruth Engs. It talks about the way things were in the past compared to how things are now. The research done for this article shows that binge drinking is mostly found in the age below 21 due to the lack of being taught responsible drinking habits. In this article there are many statistics dealing with drinking at a college level over a long span of

As a result of open campus students will be able to go home and relax by allowing students to go home and relax this gives the teachers a better chance during class to get their lesson across while their students aren’t daydreaming or sleeping. With more time for students to recollect themselves they will be able to focus more and give higher quality work for the class.

I was originally going to write this paper about dry versus wet campuses, but I have realized the topic is far more extensive than I previously believed. Also the class lecture on alcohol and illicit drugs was off-putting from using that topic as my own. My direction for the paper was directed towards depicting and explaining why dry campuses do not protect against illegal drinking or dangerous drinking. Finding standard statistics about binge drinking was easy, but I could not find the statistics that were directed towards what percentage occurred at “dry or wet” campuses. That simple detail was crucial to me, because that was a major facet of my viewpoint.

Did you know, that open campus helps with how students will act in school and on with their lives. Schools with open campus helps better teach students responsibility. Also, with open campus students will have a better attitude than normal. Open campus to students, is a way to go home or out to eat and relieve the mind of stress. Students being allowed to leave for open campus helps increase trust level of students. Having the privilege of open campus will better increase behavior, Relieve the mind of students, teach responsibility, and increase the trust level in students.

A lower drinking age law would save even more lives and also stop minors from drinking under the limit. Having it higher will result in more traffic injuries and fatalities among youth. A lower drinking age is effective in preventing alcohol-related deaths and injuries among youth. Young people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of heavy drinking age. According to John McCardell, founder of Choose Responsibility, the legal drinking age does not eliminate consumption among young people. Instead, it only drives underage drinking underground, creating a dangerous culture of irresponsible and extreme drinking. Although the legal purchase age is 21 years of age, a majority of college students under this age consume alcohol but in an irresponsible manner. This is because drinking by these youth is seen as an enticing "forbidden fruit," a "badge of rebellion against authority" and a symbol of "adulthood."Keeping the minimum legal drinking age at 21 will not dissuade young people who want to indulge in reckless alcohol intake. If anything, the age limit encourages binge drinking. Lowering the drinking age could make it easier to regulate consumption among younger adults as well as encourage healthy drinking habits. “For example, 22% of all students under 21 compared to 18% over 21 years of age are heavy drinkers.” “Among drinkers only, 32% of underage compared to 24% of legal age are heavy drinkers.”

has been alleviated at the University of Oklahoma (James 2010). After alcohol prohibited in fraternity and sorority houses and student housings at OU, the president of the inter-fraternity council said that there is less drinking activities on campuses. Instead of spending much time on entertainment or parties, fraternities are shifting their focus on academics and awards. Also, dry policy can actually depress the number of violations on campuses. The OU Student Conduct Office found that from 2007 to 2010, the reported violations fell from 191 to 75 (James 2010). By interviewing almost 100 colleges, including both regular and dry campuses, it was found that students who drank a lot at high school consumed less alcohol at dry campuses. Even

When asked about drinking on his college campus one student commented, ‘it's part of the American college culture. I don't know of any college where a large part of the student body isn't drinking on the weekends' (Shinew, 2005)".

techprogram/paper_40822.htm)." Some other effects that can happen from drinking is that students get in trouble with police, vandalism, get injured, or even worse, death. Over 1,400 students are killed annually because of their alcohol use, according to researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health. This survey also claims that over 600,000 students a year are assaulted by other students who have been drinking. Additionally, over 70,000 are the victims of sex assaults or date rapes in similar circumstances. These are very disturbing figures. Thirty-one percent of college students met criteria for a diagnosis of alcohol abuse and 6 percent for a diagnosis of alcohol dependence in the past 12 months, according to questionnaire-based self-reports about their drinking. Drinking heavily seems to bring out more difficulties in a person's life and can only continue the same way as an adult. One starts to rely on alcohol to solve problems and may continue throughout their life because their body becomes dependent on alcohol to make them feel good again.

CNU student currently must go off campus to consume alcohol no matter the age leaving them to find a ride or most of the time, drive. This leaves the students at a high risk of drinking too much and then driving home from said off campus location. As a twenty one year old individual the law gives you the right to drink and as college students no matter your affiliation or social openness students will drink. Some students may end up drinking more than others but in the end a student will drink in his/her college career and CNU forces students to do this off campus making things less safe for the individual. At CNU they have such a strict dry residence hall regulation that it is possible that one time you get in trouble you are kicked out of school. Due to the regulations students go off campus to a bar or a friends house to consume alcohol. Most survey recipients say they often drive to said location to drink and then because it is most convenient drive themselves home. Most students reported that when they received their DUI that they were blowing between .09-.11 slightly above the legal limit but still a DUI. The students when surveyed most said they would have rather just drank in their room so they did not have to go

The consumption of alcohol as a habitual behavior has long been associated with the American collegiate experience, despite the many known negative consequences a student who partakes in drinking can encounter. Because of the danger drunken students pose to a college’s reputation and the safety of its surrounding areas, much research has been done concerning the collegiate party and drinking scenes. This research mostly studied the demographics of the student body, so strategies developed to curtail the illegal or overconsumption of alcohol could be targeted towards the specific groups that demonstrated the highest likelihood of participating in these acts. When the strategies were implemented, however, there was little decline in the number of college students who chose to party and drink (Vander Ven 2011). This failure did not point toward a flaw in the research data, but instead a lack of research into the benefits a collegiate drinker receives that are rewarding to the point he or she cannot resist. This is the topic of Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Party So Hard by Thomas Vander Ven.

Recently, closed closed campus at Hatch valley high school has been a topic of discussion by the school board. I think closed campus is a good idea and it is very needed at Hatch valley high school. The school food is very healthy and good for us a lot of students enjoy the food they are given and not one single student has complained. Students want to relax and interact with their friends on campus during their lunch hour. I believe staying on campus is safer for the students and also for the town.

Open campus should be allowed everyday, so that the students will feel like they have earned the respect from the school, but that respect should be earned such as getting good grades and trying hard in school. If students were given responsibility, then they would feel like they have earned their trust, when given trust, people are inclined to keep that trust and do better in school. Students wouldn’t have to bring their own lunch to avoid school lunch, but if they had to eat school lunch they would be healthier depending on their lunch choices.

Is being 6 feet under a choice that is made or done? Throughout the 21st century underage drinking and teen drivers have made a bad mix throughout the U.S. Some teens say that underage drinking and driving as a teen is not a problem to themselves or others, however this issue affects others and themselves in multiple ways. The definition of humanity is basically everyone of all races and cultures. Though with the multiple effects on the body, damage on society and the consequences of alcohol not so many teens have changed their choices on driving under the influence.

In conclusion, underage drinking affects should be taught at a younger age before the kids are exposed. Not only should they be educated earlier but the schools policies should be stricter as well as college policies. If schools became stricter along with clubs and bars the future of our youth would improve. These steps must be taken or our younger generations will start to spiral without

Open- Campus for sophomores and juniors should be allowed. The reason being, there are too many students to try and obtain all of the students, over crowded, not enough food to be served for all grades, food at the school is not always hot and fresh, businesses are running out of business because their most, busiest time is when students are released to eat.