Unfortunately, we have a community of students who drink heavily and are very visible, Ives said. They get a lot of attention, but overall our students are low risk, safe drinkers. That s not the case at every university. Students who have seen alcohol tendencies at Georgetown and at larger state schools see a difference in the propensity toward a destructive drinking culture. There is a lot more binge drinking going on at Penn State, he said.
Kids get a whole lot crazier there.
I think kids are more in control here than at Penn State. Parties are a lot bigger at UVA, Barnes said. At Penn State, fraternities enable underage students drinking according to Kim. Fraternities are there to let kids who aren t 21 have a good time. Underage kids at Georgetown drink, but it s not as easy as at a state school, he said.