Disoriented and Discombobulated: Every fall, students return to college campuses for yet another year of learning. They return from summers of hard work to pay for their tuition, to summers of partying and relaxation. More and more years into their studies, the numbers of classmates drop off. But students do return and for what reasons: to better themselves, for some more partying, or both? Is this the time in everyone's life to let it all loose? Are we to let this cycle go on, wasting away precious time and brain cells? What are the facts about alcohol consumption of college campuses? These are just a few questions that hopefully will be shown in this paper. The first night in college is a night that never leaves a person's mind. That night, for many students, is the night they are away from home for the first time. This night is very crucial in the sense of what his/her days of studying are to be. Is the person going to be a partier or a studier? Many argue that it takes much more than one night to tell what kind of a student a person is going to be. It is true in some cases, but I believe the first initial thought that goes through a person's mind is the true belief that person has. For instance, a young man arrives early on the campus scene because he is a football player and has practice in the upcoming days. This young man is going to be with guys exactly like him on these first days. They introduce themselves to each other and go from there. What are they going to do on these first lonely nights on an empty campus? They are going to go out with some of the older guys on the team and drink. They are not going to get drunk but they are going to consume amounts of alcohol. Why do they have to drink? In today's American culture, college students interact over a nice, ice-cold beer. Football players before the older guys did it to them so they are going to do it to us. It is a cycle that college students get into. Beer gives a fals...
