LC 11 's Baruch NationWide

At Baruch, student life is very important. For many of Baruch’s students, it is a commuter school. Many may think that being a commuter school. Baruch’s student life hardly exists. This is far from the truth we have over 140 clubs and organizations at Baruch. It gives Baruch students a chance to escape the struggles of being a college student and have some fun. It allows students to interact with each other and also lend their hands to the community. In general, Baruch’s student life is all about fun and giving us students a chance to spread our wings outside of the classroom. Join Baruch’s Student Life and make your college experience worth while.

Teenagers drink alcohol, and it seems that there aren’t too many things a parent can do about it. Though it is important to educate the younger population on the repercussions  of over indulging in alcohol, and of operating vehicles while being intoxicated, perhaps it should not be made taboo. In Europe, people drink from an earlier age, in a family environment, where they learn to enjoy it in moderation. However, some argue that this is not a true assessment of what happens to those who begin drinking earlier in life. They claim that the result is the opposite. Ultimately, each individual child requires a different parental philosophy.

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http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/parents-offer-best-advice-to-steer-clear-of-teenage-drinking/?_r=0

An Evangelist college, Moody Bible Institute, for many years has forbidden its “faculty members, staff and students” from drinking alcohol. However, it has recently lifted this ban from applying to the first two groups. Some see this lift as a sign of change in “evangelical attitudes away from teetotaling,” and feel that it was a smart decision that will help the school gain more faculty and staff. However, this might cause some conflict between the more conservative Protestants and this new generation of Protestants.

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Health has always been the big concern that relate to alcohol abuse. What most students wrongly think is that drinking doesn’t harm their bodies because they are still young, but those hidden effects will gradually hit them. Dr. Ritchie of California University said that “Muscle is where we carry most of our water”. Our body composition changed as we age, when we have less body water, alcohol concentration increases. Also, according to the author, “alcohol is fat soluble, having more fat may allow it to remain in the body longer.” So think before you drink, every organ can be affected, and your body functions will slow down fater than others do.  “Nodding off at the table is one thing. Nodding off behind the wheel is something entirely different.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/booming/why-cant-i-hold-my-alcohol-anymore.html

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Every university has never stopped to lower the numbers of alcohol abuse, but most of their methods were not effective. What Michael Haines, the coordinator of Northern Illinois University’s Health Enhancement Services, found out after attending a conference on alcohol was that students’ heavy drinking behavior is influenced by their peers. Professor Perkins and psychologist Berkowitz have done surveys which showed students always overestimated the amount of how much their peers are drinking when asked by researchers. Then the conclusion they drew was “maybe students’ drinking behavior could be changed by just telling them the truth.” The numbers of drinks actually did decreased when Haines tried on his school with posters and newspapers telling students the true number that others have when they party.  We do not realize how fast others can affect us and we often deny this fact. Since we can’t tell people what to do, we can change this social norm by telling them what others like them are doing.

Article link: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/the-destructive-influence-of-imaginary-peers/?_r=0

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College is seen to most people as a world filled with independence. This new-found freedom can be interpreted in many ways. In some colleges, this freedom is used to party: to drink and do drugs. To assume that such behavior is common practice in all colleges is stereotypical.

Most students come to college to earn a degree, not to party. College means independence and the ability to make decisions. College is where students can choose the classes they want to take, and the professors that teach them. Students are no longer required to go to school early in the morning or for 5 days a week. But, if the board of trustees starts making 8 a.m. classes on Fridays mandatory, doesn’t this take away from our independence.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/science/young-drivers-and-alcohol-a-deadly-mix.html?_r=0

In this country, many people are pushing for the legal blood alcohol limit to be lowered because many are now being found to go over the limit more frequently. Drivers under the age of 26 cause the most auto fatalities due to drinking and driving. Before us as young adults go behind the wheel, we need to think about others. If we decide to drink, we must make the effort to keep people from harm’s way. If we decide to drink and drive, we are putting others in danger and breaking the law. We need to reflect on this. Government should not control our intake, but young people like us make it hard to give society the thought of safety. It is our responsibility to do the right thing.