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Nat’l Alcohol Awareness Week @UWW

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Barbara
on October 2, 2009
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UWW will observe National Alcohol Awareness Week with several events:

  • Mon., Oct. 5, 6:45 pm: The “Day of Dialogue” program will include stories from students, faculty & staff about alcohol and other drug experiences. Thomas Farley, brother of the late comedian Chris Farley, will speak at 7 pm about his brother’s struggles with addiction. (Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center)
  • Tues., Oct. 6, 6:30 pm: Former UW-Whitewater prof. Dan Sable’s video presentation will chronicle his wife’s battle with alcoholism. Sable lost both his wife and son to alcohol-related circumstances. (Room 1303, Hyland Hall)
  • Wed., Oct. 7, 8 pm: Party without drinking–root beer pong, simulated sobriety testing through UW-Whitewater Police Services, a pouring station to illustrate the amount of alcohol in one serving, and musical guest De La Buena. (Down Under, James R. Connor University Center)

College Drinking book coverInterested in research about alcoholism? Andersen Library has materials. Searching HALCat (Andersen Library’s catalog) could find titles on various aspects of alcohol and alcoholism, such as College drinking: reframing a social problem (3rd-floor Main Collection, HV5135 .D69 2009) which explores why students binge drink, what are links to campus crime and sexual assault, and what are effective prevention programs and countermeasures. Another title that could be found is Secondary effects of heavy drinking on campus, an online government publication from the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention. A search of the Library’s article databases will find many articles as well.

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

New Stuff Tuesday – June 23

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kyle
on June 23, 2009
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College Drinking

College Drinking:
Reframing a Social Problem
By George Dowdall
HV5135 .D69 2009
New Book Island, 2nd floor

On days when the thermometer reaches into the nineties and you began to sweat the second you step outside, nothing cools you down like an ice-cold beverage. For some, that beverage may contain alcohol. Enjoying a beer isn’t necessarily a problem – it’s when that one beer turns into six and you’ve drank the night away. This week’s featured title tackles drinking, specifically with college students and the side effects that arise from use and abuse.

Dowdall, sociology professor at Saint Joseph’s University, goes after a serious issue that faces many, if not all, college campuses around the country: binge drinking. The author examines the progression of drinking in the college context over the past few decades, in which it has only ‘modestly’ increased. He then presents the reasons for which college students drink, from peer pressure and social acceptance to rites of passage. Dowdall also looks at the effects of drinking – the health risks associated with high-risk drinking, as well as alcohol-related criminal activity. The author doesn’t just lie out the facts – he also provides solutions to correcting the problem. If you’re writing a research paper about the drinking habits of college students, you’ll definitely want to check this one out.