1. National College Alcohol Study Finds No Evidence That Widely Used Alcohol Prevention Programs Reduce Student Drinking 2. Campus Crime In The News
	National College Alcohol Study Finds No Evidence That Widely Used Alcohol Prevention Programs Reduce Student Drinking Boston, Mass.-A new report released Thursday by the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) has found no drop in excessive student drinking on university campuses that use social norms marketing techniques in their prevention efforts. The study also reported that at some schools that used social norms marketing, the number of students who consumed alcohol in the past month increased, as did the number of students who drank 20 or more drinks in the past month. The report is the first independent national evaluation of social norms programs. "The problem with social norms programs is that the norm on college campuses is already dangerous," said Catherine Bath, Program Director of Security On Campus. "A third of incoming college freshmen are binge drinkers when they arrive on campus! The solution is to present students with the truth and consequences of such a dangerous habit. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Task Force on College Drinking study, released last year, estimated that 1,400 college students die each year from alcohol-related injuries, while 600,000 are assaulted by students who have drunk too much." More... Campus Crime In The News College Booze Campaign A Dud (AP; 07/24/03) Triple homicide in University District (Ohio State U. Lantern; 07/24/03) Wrong 'court' for serious crimes (South Bend Tribune; 07/21/03) HUPD Reverses Decision To Cut Down Reports (Harvard Crimson; 07/18/03) UA student, 51, arrested in slight of sex-crime post (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; 07/17/03)
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