By Taylor Shook Binge drinking among Denison students occurs at a whopping rate of thirty percent. The easy explanation, and one frequently given among students on the Hill, is this: it’s rural Ohio, what else is there to do, but get wasted? But that doesn’t explain why only one in three students chooses to take…
Month: May 2018
The Quest to Find the Iron Stomach: How Students Define Binge Drinking at Denison
[Image credit: CNN, 2011] By Jeffrey Alder Stroll across Denison University’s campus, and you might guess that the most contentious Greeks at this fair college on the hill are Socrates and Plato — guess again. Universities around the country are facing an epidemic: national Panhellenic organizations, known as Greek life, have a large drinking problem,…
Women are Particularly Susceptible to Social Media: Binge Drinking at Denison
By Libby Beach Drinking happens on Denison’s campus. Binge drinking culture, although obviously not new to Denison, has taken a new form with the rise of social media and the iPhone. Where drinking culture could once be hidden on a hill, it is now capturable on video and ready to be immortalized in the form…
How Segregated is Denison?
By Oliver Gladfelter Just before this school year began, President Weinberg penned a letter to the class of 2021 with ten pieces of advice. Coming in at #6, he encouraged incoming students to “engage a wide range of people” and to “seek out people who are different from you.” While I fully agree with Weinberg…
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