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Alcohol-as-stress-relief is one reason athletes drink more, says Shawn D. Parker '02, a three-year member of the varsity football and indoor track teams...
...People feel like they're working hard in practice [and] busting their butt to stay on top of their books, so when Saturday night comes they figure 'Why not? I deserve it,'" Parker says...
Athletes acknowledge that they do drink more, but Parker and more than thirty other student-athletes are taking steps to make sure drinking does not get out of control...
...Parker serves on the Undergraduate Advisory Committee, which works with the Athletic Department to schedule two mandatory meetings for all athletes at the beginning of the year that stress realistic and safe drinking habits...
...think it's helped a lot," Parker says. "It's not like a lecture. He knows you're going to drink--he tells you how to take care of yourself...