abstract and bibliography

Abstract
Drinking in Greekl ife is a major part in college organizations. Even though drinkingi s illegal when a person is under 21 greek life opens up oppurtunities to drink at an underage with less of a cost. There has been many attempts to ban drinking and have sorority and fraternities go dry, however, they really are not dry. The answer is because of the importance of alcohol in social ritual, connection, and behavior for college students and has become integral to the meaning of fraternities and sororities. Drinkign is used for ritual, hazing, loyalty and connection. In college drinking is used to get people tot he party and help have fun and relax.

Bibliography
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Barry, Adam E. "Using Theory-Based Constructs to Explore the Impact of Greek Membership on Alcohol-Related Beliefs and Behaviors: A Systematic Literature Review." Journal of American College Health 56.3 (2007): 307-15. Print.
Dowdall, George W. College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2009. Print.
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Park, Aesoon, et al. "Dual Mechanisms Underlying Accentuation of Risky Drinking Via Fraternity/Sorority Affiliation: The Role of Personality, Peer Norms, and Alcohol Availability." Journal of abnormal psychology 118.2 (2009): 241-55. Print.
Pedersen, Eric R., et al. College Students' Perceptions of Class Year-Specific Drinking Norms. 35 Vol. , 2010. Print.
Wechsler, Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.; New York: Rodale; Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin's Press, 2003?, 2002. Print.

My story

Your Story. How has your project evolved over the course of the semester? How has your understanding of the project deepened or changed over time? What influenced you most? What have you learned about the topic, about the research process, or about yourself as a writer?

My project has evolved over the semester by my topic changed many of times and got more into depth . for example it started as drinking then it turned to what do people find in drinking, then drinking in greek life , then the attraction of drinking in greek life and now it ended at greek like dry, never. The article by barry influenced me the most and the law. I learned that i am not that bad of a writer and i should give myself credit for my writing ebcause it is not as bad as i thought.

this picture shows a party at a fraternity and a group of college students socializing and having fun drinking

Outline

I Opening- What attracts students to greek life
1. Why is it that alcohol has such a big effect on the population of greek organization
Thesis: If Greek Life went dry it would lead to a massive decrease in the population of students joining a sorority or fraternity

II. Counter argument:
If greek life went dry
1, no risk in hazing
2 less will join because all students want to do isdrink
3. people might find it harder to meet people and socialize w/o alcohol
4, harder to gain trust from initiated members
5 greek life will lose its uniqueness
6. Lose moeny for organization
If greek life went dry there would have to be a different solution to gaining trust in pledges and hazing and heavy drinking would not be a cause of death in the organization
III- Topic 1 - Initial Trust/ New member process
remain loyal
1. heavy drinking to gain trust
2. to fit in
3. feel obligated
IV- Topic 2- Easy access to alc
1. expected in college
2. accepted in greek life
3. enhance drinking experience
If going dry occurs it would lead to a decrease in people joinging because they cant drink.
V- Social Norm Preception
1, way to meet people
2. so set on drinking other way is over looked
3. Heideman case

The Case

My case is that fraternities and sororities will never go dry because they will lose many members and that alcohol is a part of joining a sorority. Even though many people are not aware that they do it, they cannot be stopped because it is freedom. They do not have to drink as a organization but can as an individual. Most of the brothers and sisters a person meets when joining in a sorority will be the people that a student will drink with. Greek Life attracts drinkers because drinking is expected in college and is easy access when in a greek organization. The quote “The Greek system is the single largest unregulated industry that provides the use of alcohol to underage drinkers” (34). shows that not only do students expect it but everyone does as well. There is no stopping Greek organizations because only bad will come out of going dry and chapters will start to lose people.

The Debate

The debate I have identified is if college students are joining greek life for the social and drinking aspect. On page 33 of the book “Dying to Drink”, theres a story of a male named Heideman who joined a fraternity because he thought they were “nicer than that”. Little did he know that the fraternity were heavy drinkers and “alcohol dictated life” . Heideman died from alcohol poisoning and the Case turned into the Heideman Case. An attorney Douglas Fierberg says “The Greek system is the single largest unregulated industry that provides the use of alcohol to underage drinkers” (34). Another debate is that people join Greek life as a sense of freedom and to start drinking. Today alcohol abuse continues to be a epidemic in Greek life and Greek life is committed to alcohol free houses. What should be done is that Greek life should go dry. A disadvantage of this would be that it is difficult to remain alcohol free when others are not. Also there is a lack of sponsors from alumni that feel differently. Liquor stores around campus lose business because of on parties on frat row. And most of all, less students will be interested in joining Greek life. If sorority and fraternity members are not allowed to drink, they will either not join or go as a independent student and not drink with people of there organization and that cant be stopped.

How can i help you

As of now I am not having trouble finding my sources . I am having a little difficulty defining a case but I think I am going to do it on Why greek life attracts drinkers. A possible argument is how the greek organization is said to be a social motivator and for drinkers, where greek life serves the community and helps with raising money. So now what exactly can greek organazations do to lower the statistics of how many people join the organization because of the high amount of drinking. To bring the project to final drafting stages, I have to develop a strong argument of which people agree that greek life is all about drinking and people who also disagree. I will interview drinkers who claim they joined for that reason and why they thought that sorority was only about drinking.

Conversation

After re looking at my paper and having my writing tutor look at my paper, I have narrowed down my topic to College Drinking in Sororities and Fraternities. I have revised my research question to be about the social problem in Greek life and how it leads to drinking problems. My main question is why Greek Life attracts drinkers and how can we lower the statistics on this problem. An article states “They contend that Greek organizations often are stereotyped or pigeonholed as social “drinking clubs” motivating “drinking along with other undesirable forms of behavior”3(p124); however, find- ings from the study document fraternities’ impact on the drinking behavior of its members as negligible.” (Barry) This statement shows that the stereotype for Gerek organizations is that they are meant to drink. A point that I will try to make is that students join Greek life as a freshman or culture as a lifestyle choice and something that they are used to in high school. For example, if a person drinks a lot constantly, they will join a frat or sorority because Greek life is considered the place for drinking and partying. What can be done is to suggest ways for people who want to join a sorority or fraternity and not make it mandatory for drinking to occur or ban it in general. An argument can be if drinking is banned will people join a sorority. Greek Life attracts drinkers because of there past reputation. The book “Dying to Drink” says that “2001 survey showed three quarters of fraternity and sorority house residents are binge drinkers” (35).

Two Annotated Sources

Dowdall, George W. College Drinking : Reframing a Social Problem. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2009. Print. College drinking as a social problem -- Reframing college drinking -- The impact of college drinking -- The "dark figure" of alcohol-related campus crime : the gap between reported incidents and victimization -- Work hard, play hard : college drinking, social life, and sex -- Public alcohol policy and college drinking -- The college response : reframing prevention -- What more can colleges do? -- How to cope with college drinking : what students and parents can do.
This study goes in depth with how college drinking is a social problem and students take part in college drinking to releive stress and just to have fun. The book also shows that students are having a hard time in reframing from it. But what exactly is it that they cant reframe from. What do students find in college drinking?

Wechsler, Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink : Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.; New York: Rodale; Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin's Press, 2003?, 2002. Print. A culture of alcohol -- Where's the party? -- College sports and alcohol -- The problem of underage drinking -- Selling alcohol to students -- Advertising to Generation Next -- Alcohol "education" -- Alcohol's effect on body and brain -- Bad behavior under the influence -- College women, sex, and alcohol -- What students and schools can do -- What parents can do -- What communities can do. The book connects and proves the point that college drinking is part of the college culture and the negative outcome to underage drinking is extremely crucial.

other sources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIe0VH2iHys
• expirementing
• to get away with things
• to have fun
• relieve tension
• “to be fun”
• society plays hard role in drinking so they don’t know there limits


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q05_DvdXD2A
• relax and be social
• relief
• part of the college culture
• freedom away from home
• cool
• to have fun
• easy to access and expected
• peer pressure
• rebellious and around people who are 21
• try to fit in
• escape a bad day
• social stereotype

Rutgers Riot

I found Rutgers Riot extremely helpful. Before today i was having a hard time narrowing down my research topic and using the rutgers library sources and citing. But after the tutorial i really understand how to use the web and find sources

Research Question

The main question is
Why is college drinking taken advantage of even though its illegal?

What do students find in college drinking ?

Why are students so dependent on underaged drinking?

Sources

Dowdall, George W. College Drinking : Reframing a Social Problem. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2009. Print.

Gruenewald, P. J. A Dose-Response Perspective on College Drinking and Related Problems. 105 Vol. , 2010. Print.

LEDERMAN, LINDA COSTIGAN. Encyclopedia of Communication and Information; Alcohol Abuse and College Students. Ed. Jorge Reina Schement. 1 Vol. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. Print.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. What Colleges Need to Know Now [Electronic Resource] : An Update on College Drinking Research. Bethesda, Md: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2007. Print.

Nichter, Mimi, et al. Smoking and Drinking among College Students: "it's a Package Deal". 106 Vol. , 2010. Print.

Pedersen, Eric R., et al. College Students' Perceptions of Class Year-Specific Drinking Norms. 35 Vol. , 2010. Print.

Wechsler, Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink : Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.; New York: Rodale; Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin's Press, 2003?, 2002. Print.

Questions for the Librarian

1. How exactly do you narrow down your research in articles to just what you need?
2. How do I know what articles will be coherent to use?
3. How do I find out if a article is peer review, an opinion, or a fact?

Scouting the Territory

As of now i feel that my stereotype topic is not going to work. After googling i feel that it is going to be too difficult to limit my search to only rutgers. Now I feel i want to do my paper on College's reason to keep the drinking age even though everyone knows that no one follows it. I may narrow my focus down to what exactly made the drinking age rise . I found 2 links i really found interesting
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=11fS--7M1AYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=reason+for+alcohol+age+in+college&ots=N32ILrizU0&sig=ezZohEKFqNxjoesLbbAnlmsnV3k#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://74.125.155.132/scholar?q=cache:v5Oz2VBbL7AJ:scholar.google.com/+alcohol+age+in+college&hl=en&as_sdt=8000000000

both sites were very useful and uncovered the age and morbidities aabout alcohol and the age.

Initial Topic Idea

So far, what i think i am going to do for my final paper is Stereotypes given to different majors and campuses. For example, Dance majors are given the stereotype to being dumb. Another example would be that the "College Ave" Campus is considered the party campus here at Rutgers University. I may also look at the stereotypes given to all the different fraternities and sororities. An example would be which sorority is the "smart one" or which sorority is the "preppy stuck up girls one". I would like to look into different stereotypes through out rutgers and possibly compare them to the same topic at another school and asee which stereotypes are the same throughout universities and which are different throughout the area.