In other words, they affect nondrinking students as well. A comprehensive campaign called Stepping Up, headed by Julie Phye, seeks to combat the problem on multiple fronts. The facts are that 44 percent of students nation wide are binge drinkers, but 56 percent don't indulge. This can help students resist peer pressure. Changing the drinking culture by providing a number of free, interesting alcohol-free activities.
Parents can help by modeling moderate behavior and by watching what they say.
Some come to campus with their students, take them to the Airliner, and tell about their own campus antics involving alcohol. The student takes away the impression that these are the years when they can have wild times and that's OK, just a part of college with no consequences. But the consequences are quite real. And it can set the stage for alcohol addiction.