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This youth culture echoes and magnifies aspects of the adult world around it. Binge-drinking, for example, is hardly the preserve of young Britons. A report by the organization Alcohol Concern noted that one in three British men and one in five women drink double the amount considered safe at least once a week. And, unlike many British sports, this pursuit is popular from the bottom of the social spectrum right to the top. Photographs of Princes William and Harry emerging flushed from nightclubs are tabloid staples...
Last month, the elder prince enjoyed a night at a club in Cornwall, southwestern England, which lures customers with shots of alcohol selling for $2 apiece. Soon after William left, a fellow patron was slashed with a broken bottle. In 2000, Euan Blair, the son of the Prime Minister, was arrested for being "drunk and incapable." "A lot of my friends, if they've worked really hard during the week, go out and get drunk on the weekend," says Claudine Biggs, an 18-year-old London schoolgirl. Biggs has written a play that premiered at a north London theater...
...After acting Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam announced the termination of the party grant program in early October, the UC defied the administration’s decision and continued its practice of doling out $1,750 every week for students to buy food and alcohol for private parties, prompting the College to freeze the UC’s funds a week later. When the College ultimately unfroze the UC’s funds, Council members voted to compromise with the administration, passing legislation to continue awarding party grants for the purchase of non-alcoholic supplies throughout the remainder...
...Another measure that has helped keep the peace in Sao Paulo is a ban on late-night alcohol sales, especially at weekends. Police say almost two-thirds of homicides take place near or in illegal or unlicensed bars and clubs, and more than half take place between Friday night and Sunday morning. Nineteen municipalities in the state have limited the sale of alcohol at night and small towns across the country have followed suit...
...joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person’s willingness to participate.” Researches surveyed 11,482 undergraduates at 53 colleges and universities across the nation. Three hundred students were also interviewed. Examples of hazing include alcohol consumption, sleep deprivation, and sex acts, according to the report. “The goal was to look at the extent and nature of hazing,” Madden said in a phone interview yesterday. According to Madden, there has only been one other comprehensive study of hazing, which looked...