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USC students, freshmen
have been hitting the b
JESSICA NASH Staff Writer or four years, you're not i
| Gantsaid.
he average Amer- The spring survey of 5(
xl? I ican college stu- USC revealed further pat
dent consumes 34 hoi consumption on this ca
U gallons 01 aiconoi positive side, about 46 pence
in a year. All tdd, say they never consume
the American col- drinks at one sitting. And!
legiate crowd abstainers. On the flip side
spends $5.5 bil- the 54 percent who binge1
lion a year on the once a year, and the 18 pe
inebriating brew, who drink heavily at least
about $446 per Some students polled reve
r student. These statistics are sobering, alcohol consumption on a d
B ind so are some numbers on binge drink- USC freshmen in the survi
Ing. had been drinking for mo
"A lot of people don't know exactly years already. So some stu
vhat binge drinking means," said Rick fourteen and fifteen years
lant of the Office of Alcohol and Drug Other freshmen statist
programs. "We define it as consuming tendency toward extremes
ive or more alcoholic beverages in one freshmen are teetotalers t
sitting. ThisishighA
Columbia Uni- I DRINKING AT USC
I'ersity survey of col- ??
ege campuses nation- Percentage of USC students wh<
vide estimates that 93 consume 5 or more drinks in one
>ercent of American Survey taken in Spring 1995.
hidents drink almhnl.
liis number includes rsgi A .
hose who drink in 50 iliiA" 5
aoderation. The per- _ ??? USC fres
entage is slightly low- 40 _ _
r for schools in the
tibleBelt; at USC, on- 30~~
y 78 percent of stu- "~||
ents drink any alco- ?
.ol at all. The most 20? p =
isturbang statistics re- |l W
. eal national trends in 10 ||| ? ^
I igh-risk, or binge, Hi
rinking. Of all stu- n " i II I 1 ill
" ents polled, 42 per- i hi i iiiiiiiii
mtMindulgedina Ne"e' %?? J"*
out of heavy drinking
1 tleastmewiflmithetwoweeksbefbre eral population, ft?hmen <
ie survey. est in the "once a week or
than the rest of students.
r to start before students get to college. , , .. 1
tf the students who started drinking te- hial consumption goes, fre:
tt the students who started dnniong be- ^ mogt Sq h drinker
ire the age of 18,54 percent had drunk heavilv for ^ b<
eavily at least once within that same n/TY t0J r? p
vo-week time frame. This is in sharo the Iff. but Ga
mtrast to the 28 percent of high-risk "V^ ifSf numbers might
rinkers who first consumed alcohol af- 86 ??', . , , ,A
the age of 18. , ^?radnnkersjustdont
Trends at USC revealed through a then-sophomore year, poss
kndom, anonymous telephone survey alcohol, he said,
'at spring indicate that drinkers on this , One of the goals of Ga
fempus started young. More than 63 edaca^n aboat the nsks of b
jrcent of all USC students polled start- 33 w .as prevention servic*
1 drinking at least two years before they refer high-risk drinkers wl
une to college. t? campus organizations or tl
"This is a well-represented popula- center, but his office focuse
on sample, too," Gantsaid. "So we're hon strategies, such as the I
seing that college doesn't start this be- the Blatt showing of the th
jvior." formance "RisQue Busines
Ganfs office still takes responsibili- "We basically want peo]
' for educating students about the risks their behaviors," Gant s
binge drinking. It's an extra challenge we'd like to see students ne1
r them when students have already more than three at one sitt:
sen drinking for years. do have to be realistic, and i
"When youVe been doing this for three is positive."
Let's get
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1 cup quick or old-fashioned oats, (m
uncooked
1 teaspoon cinnamon ^
2 medium cooking apples, cored,
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are just moistened. (Batter will be 1 teaspoon b ack pep
lumpy.) Spoon batter into cups al- 2 V2 cup water
most to the top of each tin. Bate 25 2 1/2 cup canned veget
minutes or until firm. Cool on wire ong-grain noe
rack. (Serves 12.) . Combine first seven u
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then reduce heat and sir
covered, approximately 2(
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with 95 calories per 11/!
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1 can black beans, drained and olina-Clemson
a coarsely mashed The blood di
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jfl 1/2 minced green onions Cross said that
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lgredients 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt been close to 3,6
to a boil, 112-ounce can tuna, in spring This is even m<
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serving, onnaise and salt Add tuna and mix tors, clinics and
well. Spread on muffins. Freeze. hospitals even
didaypar- Bake in 350 degree oven until plan their suigthing
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DR. THEODORE HAMMETT Guest Writer
As new students
arrive on campus,
alcohol and
other drug
(AOD) abuse by
other students
as well as
by themselves can
put them at
physical and academic
risk. New
students may not be aware that binge
drinkers represent a minority of the
student population and that there are
things they can do to mobilize the non
binge drinking majority and the school's
administration to support and adopt
comprehensive programs to prevent
AOD abuse.
Clearly, a lot of people come to college
to drink and to get drunk. At these
so-called "party schools," more than
half the new freshmen will engage in
binge drinking their first week on cam||
pus. That's what a study of four-year
colleges and universities by the Harvard
School of Public Health found earlier
this year, despite the fact that most
freshmen are too young to drink legalYes,
they want to get an educationif
they last long enough, but they want
to "have fun," too. For some, it's often
hard to figure out in advance where
I having fun ends and where the probBHjIk
lem of drinking begins. Figuring it out
afterward is easy. Problem drinking
is drinking that causes problems. For
the binge drinker, the problems include
P hangovers and illness that may adversely
affect studies and academic
performance, as well as injuries and
mb even death. Moreover, binge drinking
has deleterious effects for other students,
such as interrupted sleep and
study, property damage, fights, acci
dents, acquaintance rape and other
sexual assaults.
Fortunately, these are problems
V ^k with potential solutions. For one thing,
^k research shows that only a minority of
W ^^k students at four-year colleges engage
in binge drinking, defined as consum
ing more than five drinks at one sit- j
ting, the kind of drinking that leads to
A W problems. At 44 percent, it's a large 1
A ^ minority, but it's a minority nonetheV
less.
??J That means non-binge drinkers, '
JiriYib nuito n P^P1? who don't drink at all, rep- J
r IrLK Ci resent more than half the student body '
?-come a on most four-year campuses. Other da- '
jr\pcyi 'f sppwi ta show that about one-third of all stu- <
i a j dents would just as soon not have al- i
) uOTYlG. AVICI cohol around at all.
\llbark many campuses, college ad'
ministrators are helping students dislecocks
are playing
| to bo bloody this will render much-needed blood. t
. That's right, the "We are looking forward to a lot of a
iarolina competi- participation," Wilson said. "The nurs- v
ito the most blood ^ are very well-trained, and they promise a
, _ . . not to hurt (donors)."
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TON Staff Writer There has been much superstition r
:ocks and the Clemson surrounding the blood drive - there's a
ige in a much-anticipat- widespread behef that the school who ij
s Nov.r 18, but the real donates the most blood will win the fflbtnot
talcp place on a play- Same. According to Wilson, this be- ^
ime for the annual Car- lief proved to be true for the first sever- j
Blood Drive. al years of the competition. This superrive
will take place from stition was crushed last year, however, ^
a. through Thursday in when Clemson lost to Carolina on the
lse Ballroom. The event football field.
it success, but not many ? r^ie annual blood battle, which is af- n
iw it began. filiated with the Anderson Blood Bank, s
on of the American Red is sponsored by the Sorority and Fra- h
; the blood drive "tradi- * ^
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ednesday, November 15,1995
titer shares
ge drinking
courage under-age and binge drinking
and fight peer pressure to drink, but
their efforts are often fleeting and fragmented:
Alcohol Awareness Weeks; sobriety
checkpoints; training for alcohol
serving staff; and so forth.
New students and, indeed, all students,
concerned about the problems
associated with AOD abuse can encourage
administrators to establish a
comprehensive prevention strategy tailored
to the unique characteristics of
their campus. Elements of such a program
may include:
Establishing substance-free housing.
n. J i ii i
iveaucmg or eliminating an puDlic
consumption of alcohol on campus
and enforcing regulations. (Why should
students, even those of legal drinking
age, be barred from drinking in public,
while drinking by faculty, administrator
and alumni often continues to
be permitted, or at least tolerated, at
on-campus parties and athletic events?)
Offering a variety of alcohol-free
events, activities and entertainment
that appeal to students with differing
interests.
Help is available to students and
administrators in developing and implementing
comprehensive alcohol and
other drug abuse prevention programs.
The Higher Education Center for Alcohol
and Other Drug Prevention ,
funded by the U.S. Department of Education,
fosters campus programs and
environments that will discourage
abuse of alcohol and illegal drug use
and encourage lifestyles and cultures
more conducive to students' fulfilling
their academic potential. The Center's
technical assistance, training and numerous
publications are available without
charge to all postsecondary educational
institutions and student organizations.
A management handbook for student
organizations addressing alcohol
and other drug abuse prevention, a fliar
for students cm preventing and avoid
ing acquaintance rape, a handbook for
advisers to Greek organizations and a
bulletin for administrators establishing
substance-free residence halls will
30on be available.
For more information and publications,
contact: The Higher Educaion
Center for Alcohol and Other Drug
Prevention, 4800 Montgomery Lane,
3uite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814. Our
telephone number is (800) 676-1730,
md our fax number is (301) 718-3108.
Dr. Hammett is director of the
Higher Education Center for Alcohol
and Other Drug Prevention.
for blood
ernity Council. The members also work
is promoters and recruiters. They work
vith donors and help set up the work
ireas.
The winner of the drive has always
een announced at the big game after
be final total of each school's donations
tas been sent to the lieutenant goverlor's
office, according to Wilson.
The event not only boosts school spirt,
but it also helps to extend fives.
"The blood drive is very important
a me in terms of helping save lives, and
try to look beyond the competition asiect
of it," said pre-pharmacy freshman
itacey Balducci.
Wilson agreed, and said," It's nice,
riendly competition (between the two
chools), but the real winners are the
ospital patients."