Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after he left several desperate notes on her door. After spending the night fending off his earnest advances, Van Der Zee came to the conclusion that "pre-frosh that aren't yours are only good for sending back to the dorm to raid their absentee host's alcohol stash...
...ogled by complete strangers--often dirty old men--simply because I happen to have been born a woman is not flattering. Having to change directions because a leering man is sauntering toward me is not flattering. Having to leave a party early because a male under the influence of alcohol is persuaded that he is Romeo and all the women are Juliet is not flattering...
...News on Alcohol...
College-age kids have a new reason to lay off booze: research shows that in 21-to-24-year-olds, just two glasses of alcohol impairs the ability to learn significantly more than in adults just a few years older. Another new report suggests what causes some kids to start drinking: television. Perhaps because of the way drinking is portrayed on TV, kids who are glued to the tube--especially to music videos--are substantially more likely to become teenage drinkers...
Could the blame also partially lie with age restrictions on drinking? In other cultures where alcohol is regularly part of meals, incidents like this are likely extremely rare occurrences. Age restrictions on drinking lead to a mystique that may lead people, especially those underage, to binge-drink whenever they have the opportunity...