The Exchange, a program run on NHPR News recently ran a story on college students and under aged drinking where two New Hampshire administrators gave two sides to what many call a growing issue in the collegiate world.
Anne Lawing, the Dean of Students at the University of New Hampshire Durham campus, says that alcohol is a huge problem on college campuses and is nothing new. "Students have been drinking as long we've had students."
The national numbers are staggering on this issue. As of 2009 1,700 student deaths occur every year due to alcohol related reasons. In addition there are over 600,000 college students that are hurt in some way every year in alcohol related assaults.
These numbers reflect the additional problems, according to Lawing, such as missing classes or dropping out of school all together. "In the past 20-25 years efforts have really stepped up as we've become more and more aware of issues such as kids missing classes, assaults (both physical and sexual) and dropping out."
Sheila Lambart, the Coordinator of Wellness at Southern New Hampshire University, looks at surveys coming out and thinks people are dwelling on a problem that is not really there, "The majority of students in NH in a 2009 survey taken reported drinking four or fewer drinks per week."
Lambart's work has been centered around educating college students on the facts of drinking and the risks that are out there. Rather than involving campuses in operations such as sting operations suggested by the police, Lambart has faith in the committees which are coming together to deal with any issues within the individual communities. "New Hampshire committees work in collaboration with each other to address issues on our campuses and in our state."
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