State University Of Missouri 's Alcohol Policy

Every year, universities always have the same issue regarding alcohol. Students are constantly getting in trouble for possession or consumption. Here at Eastern Connecticut State University, the policy is a dry campus. This means that alcohol is completely prohibited on campus. There are many opinions when it comes to this choice, as there are also many pros and cons to it.

Quinnipiac University issued a student handbook to each student with alcohol policies prohibiting “the purchase, possession, or consumption, regardless of location, of beer, wine, or distilled spirits by persons under the age of 21.” Pawlowski (freshman) attended a party at Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, which served alcohol. Pawlowski left the party intoxicated. While crossing the street he was struck by a motor vehicle and died as a result of the injuries.

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

In Oklahoma, Oklahoma University Sooner football and Oklahoma City Thunder basketball games are common sporting events that people attend. When attending these games, it is not uncommon for of-age individuals to have nachos in one hand and a beer in the other. Unfortunately, there are certain regulations specific to Oklahoma that vendors have to abide by. Oklahoma has some of the strictest laws in regards to alcohol sales in the country but it is time for the state to enact more up to date laws to mirror the states surrounding it.

The legal drinking age in the United States is 21 and older but in many cases, pre-teens to teenagers may experience their first alcoholic beverage by the age of 12. This is a time where the child will engage in social groups and face peer pressure from others. Underage drinking is a growing public health issue in the United States and it can affect many. The matter does not only start in middle school but escalates by the time they reach college. A college is a place where students begin to face their own adulthood. There is no longer any nagging parents around to set rules and this gives college students a piece of freedom. The opportunity of liberty to do whatever they please such as staying out past their home curfew, dressing how they

beverages in school buildings or on school grounds, in school vehicles or buses, or at any school-sponsored activity at any time, whether on or off school grounds.

Being a freshman and only attending the University of Alabama for a month, I was very excited for Ole Miss to come to Tuscaloosa to play football. I purchased my ticket off Facebook and got my game day date. I have had many first hand experiences with binge drinking on college campuses before, but game day in Tuscaloosa is one day that I experienced the uttermost binge drinking out of every party I had been too. The drinking started that Friday afternoon with a giant backyard party to blow up pools and unlimited beer. As the day was turning into night the party carried over to the band party inside the house. The band was playing as people were flooding into the house, including alumni. Every guest was dancing and drinking. The party was a blast and almost every guest was binge drinking. The bands stopped playing and the party came to an end. By this time it is 3am and technically Saturday morning, which is “game day”.

There are many reasons why students should not be allowed to drink on campus. Students who are under the age of 21 are violating a federal law which prohibits them from drinking

Everyone in college has been to a college party before and has experienced or has seen the form of drinking. There’s a thing called binge drinking where a person consumed a lot of alcohol in a short period of time and that can be very dangerous. Binge drinking at college parties comes to a point that is illegal, someone can get injured, and cause their grades to drop. There comes a time when people are introduced to drinking. Most of the time, they would be introduced to it in college, because it is so easy to get.

College students are notorious for partying, tailgating and engaging in unsafe behaviors. All of these stereotypes have one common factor which is consuming dangerous amounts of alcohol. Some may argue that banning

Throughout history the abuse of alcohol and underage drinking has been a serious problem, especially at colleges and universities. In recent research, for the past 20 years more than 80 percent of undergraduates drink. And two thirds of those students partake in “binge drinking”, which is consuming excessive amounts of alcohol. Most of the drinking takes place at fraternity houses, which is where all the crazy and violent behaviors usually occur. But the alcohol should be no blame because millions of people drink alcohol on daily basis and don’t attribute to bad behavior. The problem is the lack of parental guidance greek life has. For most students this is first time they have freedom, so what they are doing is learning their limits.

This study compares drinking at off campus parties to on campus parties. A multi-campus survey showed that males under the age of 21 and students living on campus attend at higher rates than female students 21 and older. Having strict on campus drinking policies did not appear to control drinking in dorms. There was found to be a high expectation of risky forms of alcohol consumption associated with off campus parties.

Environmental factors play a great role for determining the likelihood of students encountering alcohol, not necessarily consuming it or consuming it excessively (College Drinking: Changing the Culture, High-Risk Drinking in College). After comparing different universities with different demographic makeups, it was found that predominantly single ethnic or minority schools tended to have lower rates of excessive alcohol use among its students when compared to predominantly white, coeducational schools (College Drinking: Changing the Culture, High-Risk Drinking in College). Two of the most common and widespread campus organizations that have been shown to encourage student consumption of alcohol are emphasized athletic programs and Greek systems (College Drinking:

How do the tailgaters from the home team socialize with the other tailgaters from the home crowd and the visiting team tailgaters? Do the home team tailgaters treat each other and visiting team tailgaters like family supported by previous research or a hierarchy, my tailgate is bigger and better than your tailgate, approach? Using the qualitative study approach, the information that will be collected from observing and reviewing the home and visiting team tailgaters, which will be men and women twenty-one and over, during several Houston Texans home games from the green and yellow parking lots.

High School parties are notorious for underage drinking, and a celebration thrown by John Smith Wednesday January 15 was no exception. Ignorant and unaware parents, Stephen and Cindy went out of town with no expectation for chaos whilst they were gone, but when neighbors complained about the rambunctious noise coming from 4971 Northwood Dr. NE it was clear their misguided thoughts were false. Officers responded to the complaint, and apparently, this was not the first incident occurring at the Smith residence, Officer Jeremy Boots stated “This isn't the first time we’ve responded to noise complaints or incidents involving underage drinking.”; He hopes “this serves as a lesson for students that they shouldn’t participate in these activities”,