Effort seeks to alter view of college drinking

January 4, 2010

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Bennington Banner (VT)

By Dawson Raspuzzi

"While scenes from movies like 'Animal House' depicting college life as a four-year binge drinking party play in the minds of many students after graduating high school, Southern Vermont College is out to prove perception is not always reality."

"In partnership with the Southshire Substance Abuse Coalition, the college is undergoing a new 'Social Norming' campaign meant to dismiss the exaggerated stereotypes about excessive drinking on college campuses by advertising the real data derived straight from the students. ..."

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