February 5, 1999

Binge Drinking as a Substitute for a 'Community of Learning'

By KENNETH A. BRUFFEE

The Harvard School of Public Health found in 1993 that binge drinking is widespread on American college campuses, particularly among members of fraternities and sororities. The school's most recent report documents the disturbing fact that binge drinking has not declined in the five years since that first study. Even though the proportion of students who declare themselves teetotalers is slightly larger, the effects

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