Itunes U - Drinking age

ITunes U Podcast

Topic – Student Dinking at ASU
Author – Nicole Huston and Paul Bork

Talking with Linda and Paul of the Crime prevention team.

This podcast was on a couple of students interviewing some of the police officers at Arizona State University. They are asking them about what they think on drinking. They see a lot of the “dark side” of drinking.

They were fist asked what the biggest problem with drinking at ASU is. They answered that Image is more of a problem than anything. ASU was rated the #1 party school in nation by playboy last year but actually the amount of drinking on campus compared to other colleges.

They also said that the biggest problem with student drinking is secondary affects. Drinking to much will lead to relationship problems, waking up with someone who they would not wake up to if they were sober, and doing things that they often times regret. Judgment is lost.

Now they were asked about underage drinking. They asked underage kids how they drink and most of them said that they drink mostly at friend’s house. In the residence halls which are suppose to be “dry” the crime prevention team actually does not tell students underage not to drink but rather tell them to drink responsibly.

They then went around campus and asked others if it should be lowered – Almost everyone said yes. If men could be sent to war they should be able to drink was a very popular answer.

The most interesting point made was by a student who was for it being lowered and he was underage but does not drink. The person said that he feels out of place at parties because he does not drink because he is not old enough and he sticks to the law. All of the other students choose to drink and there is not enough to do on campus so students choose to drink and he is left out.

This podcast shows that drinking is a problem because almost all of the crimes that happen on campus is due to alcohol usage but even the crime prevention team was not opposed to underage peoples drinking. They have the same point of view as most students they interviewed and that is to educate rather than take away.