ly 15,000 students at 116 universities and colleges in 39 states was conducted. Released in September, at the Harvard School of Public Health, the survey compared college drinking today with baseline data gathered in 1993. (College Alcohol Study Harvard School of public Health)
             o The proportion of drinkers who "drank to get drunk" increased by a third, from 39 percent in 1993 to 52 percent in 1997.
             o The proportion of drinkers who got drunk three or more times in the previous month increased by 22 percent.
             o More than one-third of the students surveyed reported driving after drinking, a 13 percent increase since 1993.
             o Four out of five fraternity and sorority members were binge drinkers.
             "Despite highly publicized tragedies and continuing examinations of college alcohol policies, the data indicate ... an intensification of severe drinking behavior" among college students who drink alcohol, said Henry Wechsler, Ph.D., the principal investigator. "Fraternity and sorority members, and especially students who live in the houses, continue to be at the center of the campus alcohol culture. If colleges are to have an impact on their alcohol problems, they must drastically change this way of life."(College Alcohol Study Harvard School of public Health)
             What one must keep in mind is that drinking is not just directly related to drunkenness, there are a large number of other factors effected by the anarchy. It is understandable that there could be a resulting decline in academic prowess and performance, but violence, drugs and jail?
             Tim Anderl, an Ohio University senior, says that typically, "By the end of the fall, you're broke and your grades are in the gutter."(About.com/Alcoholism) Indeed, many students spend more money in a semester on alcohol--over $300--than they do on books. According t
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