Colleges address alcohol abuse

By Elizabeth Crisp

"From Web-based alcohol education courses to media campaigns featuring student athletes, Mississippi's universities are looking for new ways to curb alcohol abuse."

"'We value our students a great deal,' University of Mississippi Dean of Students Sparky Reardon said. 'Our repeated advice to them is to know the rules, obey the rules and take responsibility.'"

"Those words come at a time when alcohol-related deaths among U.S. college students are on the rise. According to a July article in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, the number rose from 1,440 deaths in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, along with increases in heavy drinking and drunken driving. ..."

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