The Rules Of Attraction Essay

In Henry Wechsler’s, “Getting Serious about Eradicating Binge Drinking”, he discusses the issue of binge drinking. Binge drinking is an extensive problem on college campuses. The majority of colleges merely focus on the student, rather than what encourages students to drink. Fraternities, sororities, and athletics are huge sources of the students on campus who drink. There are many approaches colleges can take to decrease the problem, and many colleges are already getting a head start. It is also important to not ignore how often colleges indirectly encourage students to drink (20).

Barrett Seaman, in “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport”, argues that binge drinking amongst college students would decrease if the legal drinking age was brought down to 18 or 19, instead of 21. The author explains what “Pregaming” is, along with the consequences that had come forth from college students consuming too much alcohol. Seaman talks about how the drinking law was put into place by Congress all thanks to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Bogle explains how hooking up among college students can be directly related to alcohol consumption and abuse. It is noted that in what was considered the dating era that drinking was not the usual activity for couples to take part in, but now it’s how we meet people. She goes on to say “a student drinks too much,

I read the book Rules of Attraction By: Simone Elkeles. In the book Rules of Attraction Alex’s brother Carlos moves to Colorado. He wants to live on the edge and live reckless not live the way Alex is living his life. Carlos then ends up in a Mexican gang that isn’t easy to get out of and they try to set him up as a drug lord. Alex has to make arrangements for Carlos to stay with his professor so he doesn’t get caught and end up in jail, while Carlos is staying with his professor he falls in love with the professor’s daughter Kiara.

In Daniel Luzer’s article “Is Alchohol Really to Blame for the Prevalence of Sexual Assault on College Campuses?” publish in Pacific Standard, on the 18th of November in 2013, the answer to the question is shared. In several cases of sexual assault drinking is present. Even though, drinking has continuously been done by numerous college students over the years the number of assaults are continuing to rise. Why is this happening so often? According to Luzer, things have changed from the past, but not the amount of drinking being done by students. Environments in which boys and girls have now has changed drastically compared to the past. Rules have changed, dorms, going to church, the way students dress, and other factors have all changed. Therefore,

There is a new and extremely dangerous culture emerging on college campuses across the United States. Despite the fatal possibilities, more and more college students choose to affiliate with this trending culture and ignore the possibility of death. A culture that college students construct to be the social norms for peers to align their behaviors with and that trending culture is that of “drunkorexia” (youtube.com/watch?v=jaQKa0OrC3I). Drunkorexia is an urban term, which defines as the combination of substance abuse and binge purging/eating while imposing self-starvation (urbandictionary.com). This not only affects the integrity and prestige of college campuses across the U.S. but more importantly the young lives of those that associate with this deviant culture.

Another prominent college drug is ecstasy, also known as molly or MDMA, which is an illegal stimulant popularized in the nineties. This drug causes euphoria, lowered inhibitions, calmness and therefore is the perfect party drug for colleges (Addiction). This drug only gives the person who takes it a high for a few hours, but the maleffects can last for a few days after taking it. These effects can cause a student to not show up to class and not learn as well, like many other drugs that college students take. Universities that serve as venues for concerts should regulate the availability of alcohol as those who are drinking are more likely to take ecstasy in the moment. Drugs and alcohol abuse are present in almost every university in the world, and each university responds differently. Many public universities are recognizing the problems of substance abuse. A large number of public universities provide alcohol education for all students in order to help them understand what the substances can do to life. A large discrepancy between public and private schools are the number of drug related referrals versus arrests. “In 2013, public, 4-year universities with enrollments of 20,000 or higher referred 13,600 students for drug abuse violations. Nearly 8,500 students were arrested. At institutions such as San Diego State University, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the numbers of disciplinary referrals and arrests for drug use are nearly equal. At a number of large universities, however, arrested students actually outnumber students who are referred for disciplinary action. Between 2011 and 2013, 537 students at the University of California at Berkeley were arrested for drug use on campus, and 254 were referred for disciplinary action.” (New). This disparity means that in some schools, students are getting both their educational history marked and their criminal. Universities should start to up the restrictions on availability of alcohol, so their students would not have any problems with disciplinary actions. The drugs on campus are only being regulated by discipline, not based on helping the students get rid of addiction. These campuses should not fine or arrest

Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Party So Hard by Thomas Vander Ven (2011) is about why college students are stuck in the loop of abusing alcohol on a regular basis. Getting Wasted in conjunction with The Sociology of American Drug Use by Charles E. Faupel, Greg S. Weaver, and Jay Corzine (2014) which explains drug use from a sociological perspective gives us the tools needed to analyze and form conclusions about alcohol use in America. The reasons behind alcohol use and abuse can vary greatly depending on the situation that the user comes from or is currently experiencing. The reactions of the people around the user can also be different based on each individual's opinion.

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles is her second book that comes right after the Perfect Chemistry being the first. This book talks about Alex’s youngest brother Carlos and how he was also involved with such gangs and violence, taking the same steps as his older brother Carlos decided to take the wrong path in life which brought him to much troubles then what he already had. Carlos also attends high school where he falls for his professor's daughter, soon gains strong feeling for the girl and realizes how she might want to pursue a relationship with him but he is held back in all the troublesome, Carlos afraid to lose such a unique girl like the professor's daughter and doesn’t want to involve her or her family into the trouble he himself

Breaking the cycle that under age and college students are inherent to becoming exposed to binge drinking at an excessive rate more than adults (DeSimone, 2010). Taking part in binge drinking can lead to prospective illegal and illicit behavior on the part of those parties involved, activities such as rape over alcoholic consumption, drinking and driving, are just some of the effects of the crisis of college drinking. Some of the most renowned institutions have had implications surrounding the problem of alcohol abuse (Meilman, 1994). Researchers from the center on addiction and substance abuse at Columbia University have concluded that, “Binge drinking is the number

In an effort to find an article based on gender I turned to Cosmopolitan magazine. For decades this magazine has been geared toward young women, and offers advice on everything gender related. I must admit, I found it difficult to find an article worthy of writing about until I happened upon one entitled “What The Hell Happened Last Night?” written by Mona Gable. (Gable) The focus of the piece was on college binge drinking, the dangers involved, and what some universities are doing to put a stop to it. This editorial brought to mind a conversation I had recently with my nephew. He had informed me that Arizona State University was cracking down on drinking in dorms. An interesting section of the article was the mention that Dartmouth University

It is important to understand the social context that lead university students to substance abuse. According to Beck and colleagues social context denotes the immediate situational, temporal, and motivational factors that influence an individual’s behaviour (Beck et al., 1995, Thombs et al., 1997). Different motivations lead university students to result to drug abuse. According to Beck et.al the social contexts of drinking alcohol and using cannabis among college students are 1) social facilitation ( to enhance feelings of well-being, conviviality and social interaction); 2) peer acceptance (to fit in or be accepted by significant others or to gain peer approval); 3) emotional pain (to forget about personal or academic problems and depression)

In this paper, I will compare my real world experiences at local Alcohol Anonymous’ (AA) meetings, which I attended while enrolled in this course with that in the movie, Thanks for Sharing. Both are based on the lives and experiences of recovering addicts of either substance abuse or sexual activity. This paper will cover the stories and lives of the characters involved. Stuart Blumberg directed the movie in 2012. All movie character references in this paper are taken directly from the actual movie.

While evaluating the comparisons section of my results, I thought it was interesting how overestimated my guesses on how many students drink heavily and use drugs during a typical week were. When asked how many students at UW-Madison have two drinks or less in a typical week, I estimated it to be around 40%, while the actual result from surveys resulted in around 25%. Being surrounded by such a drinking culture in Madison and having this university labeled the “number one party school in America,”

The first thing I am going to be introducing in this paper is alcohol. We all know that alcohol is a widely used substance amongst high school students and college students that is being abused daily. Ages of