Journal #5 Zhaoyang

In Henry Wechsler's article "Getting Serious about Eradicating Binge Drinking,"(2007) he gives several suggestions about how colleges can stop students from binge drinking. For example, he mentions that decreasing the density of bars and liquor stores around campus, and this is a pretty feasible way by working with local communities. One point I like in this article is that the author says that " the solutions must be fashioned to fit local circumstances." We have to acknowledge that not all campuses have the same condition so it is reasonable to encourage colleges work on solutions that best fit their problems. If one college is famous for its sports, North Carolina, for example, then school managers should prevent alcohol advertising showing on their sport events, for advertising may help students get involved in binge drinking.
Personally speaking, binge drinking must be stopped. I think the writer has presented adequate approaches for school to prevent students from binge drinking. If let me to give another method to solve this problem, prevalent in colleges, I would like to use punishment. Students who engage in binge drinking will be punished with no negotiating. If they have caused some damage, say vandalism, they have to pay for it, and arranged on duty to keep others away from what they have previously done. If they have caused injuries, they should be expelled, similarly, no negotiating. Only on strict rules, as I believe, can students behave themselves, especially college students who think they can do whatever they want to.

However, college students are adults and they have the right to drink. On the other hand, as adults, we have to know what we may cause by what we have done. If we get drunk, we may do things that we will feel regretted once we are sober. To be a responsible person in society, or a student on campus, we have to behave ourselves. Rules are only outside regulations; however, self-regulation is the most effective way to solve this problem.