Journal 5

According to Wechsler’s “Getting Serious about Eradication Binge Drinking,” I agree with the author on that Binge Drinking should be considered as a serious problem in college campus. Binge drinking should not happen in campus as the author mentioned “college are civic communities” (Wechsler 2). Unlike other individual activities, binge drinking can lead to disorder behaviors which may cause harm to other students. College is a crowded place, which means a lot of people in a limited space. It is a commonsense that any accident in a limited space with large population could have a great impact on students’ security. So, it is really necessary to avoid binge drinking in college campus.

Wechsler gives us a good suggestion that “[Drunk students] should have to clean up vomit in the bathrooms made unusable on weekend, help care for drunken students at the college health center, repair damage from vandalism, and pick up litter” (21). This punishment can not only let the students remember the lesson but also benefit other students as compensation. However, in my opinion it’s still not enough because not all the consequences caused by binge drinking can be compensated. If someone hurt in the accident made by drunk students, it will be promoted to be a law issue. It’s a kind of harm to the whole society, so we need to find more methods. Establishing a law is a good idea because law is more powerful than any other rules. It’s better to classify the drunk behavior into different levels. If the students act beyond the warning limit, the person should bear the lawful punishment which matches the person’s behavior.