Editor’s Note: Over the past month, The Daily Orange has collaborated with the Department of Newspaper and Online Journalism at Syracuse University on a series of stories relating to alcohol culture on the SU campus.
With more than two months left in the 2015-16 academic year at that point, the number of intoxicated students transported to the hospital t approached the total number of transports reported during the 2014-15 academic year, according to the report. Read more »
Koren Zailckas published her memoir, 'Smashed' in 2005, in which she detailed her experiences with alcoholism before and throughout her time at Syracuse University. Zailckas was hosted by four sororities as a part of Hazing Prevention Week. Read more »
The survey was administered using a paper questionnaire the week before and the week after Spring Break for the “A Sobering Reality” project. Students in three 300-level news reporting classes at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications approached students to ask them to take the survey, which was anonymous. The students who administered the survey were instructed to approach people they didn’t know in a variety of locations on campus. Read more »
Pam Peter, director of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, said she thinks some students at Syracuse University drink with such abandon that it risks their lives. Read more »
Crime logs from the Department of Public Safety have shown an increase in the number of alcohol-related incidents at Syracuse University. Read more »
A DPS official said that DPS' goal is not to stop students from having fun, but rather keeping students safe from the dangers that can arise as a result from binge drinking. Read more »
The rate of reported drunk driving incidents at Syracuse University is relatively low. Here's why: Read more »
Apps such as Toga, Yik Yak and Make Moves are now in use at Syracuse University, giving students another way to find parties. Read more »
International students at Syracuse University discuss the differences between the drinking cultures in their home countries and the United States. Read more »
Bars in the area started to decline after the Syracuse Police Department began Operation Prevent in the early 2000s to cut down on underage drinking. Read more »
When somebody attempts to get into the DJ's bar, the bouncer will run the ID through a scanner and it will immediately notify the bouncer of whether the card is an official government-issued ID. Read more »
Most restaurants on Marshall Street are open late into the night. How does this affect student drinking habits? Read more »
Seamus Kirst has dealt with addiction throughout high school and college. Now Kirst has given up drugs and alcohol and is leading a new life. Read more »
Syracuse University Ambulance has received calls of alcohol intoxication at least once every weekend since the start of the 2015-16 academic year. Read more »
No alcohol was served at the Final Four in continuation of NCAA policy. Read more »
At American University, students cannot drink on campus, except under certain rare and controlled circumstances. Read more »
A Chronicle of Higher Education article looked at a town where students jam into bars for $1 happy hours, and in the process, give life to what would otherwise be a small, sleepy town. Read more »
A recent survey by the Newspaper and Online Journalism Department at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications found that 41 people out of a total of 315 surveyed said that, on average, they have less than one drink a week. Read more »
In 2006, Frostburg State University hired Jonathan Gibralter, a Syracuse University alumnus. Gibralter helped the university reform its heavy-drinking culture. Read more »
A study of SU students found that not only do students believe that their friends are drinking more than them, but that their friends are more likely to accept them drinking. Read more »
Recent data has shown that Syracuse University students are less likely to be charged for violating liquor laws. Read more »
Three young women died in a drunk driving accident in November 2011 near Colgate's campus. The impact of the crash is still felt today, 16 years later. Read more »
Over the course of three days and nights, 60 people on Marshall Street and at nearby bars had their intoxication levels voluntarily tested by a group of students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Read more »
Over its 146-year history, Syracuse University has transitioned from a strictly dry campus to one of the nation’s top party schools. Read more »
