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...community problem? The answer comes from the students who have participated in the surveys. They tell us about environmental factors that facilitate their drinking: the supply of cheap beer and other alcohol and a peer group that encourages heavy drinking--at nearby bars that cater to students, at all-you-can-drink parties or at football tailgates...
...BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network, a Task Force member, is among those leading the charge; interestingly, representatives of Miller Brewing Company, Anheuser-Busch Companies and Coors Brewing Company serve on the Network's board of trustees. The alcohol industry is profit-motivated, and it may have its own reasons for wanting to discredit the term "binge drinking" and the years of research conducted by leading academic and governmental research organizations...
This positive peer pressure, Austin says, means athletes actually drink less than they might if the same students were not on sports teams...
...that these comedy wanna-bes are already like him. In the end, that is really Beat's appeal. The jokes, sure, make people laugh. The cool tough guy, sure, people find sexy. But beneath the crafted image is an everyman that Japanese males would like to see when they peer into a mirror. "Takeshi's machismo is kind of nostalgic for many men," says Yoko Tajima, a professor of English literature and women's studies who appears on his TV Tackle show. "But his real strength is that he never forgets his starting point. He is a loser...
Neil R. Brown '01, a staffer in Room 13, says the peer counseling service often helps students trying to take of their inebriated companions...