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This looks like a good set of sources. I recently read a piece by Malcolm Gladwell in the most recent New Yorker which I will copy for those interested in this topic. There he argues that drinking behavior is very much shaped by culture, which suggests that social norms could be modified. It might fit well with Jones.
ReplyDeleteClearly you are troubled by the drinking culture on campus. You might still consider engaging with the Amethyst Initiative as a point of contention, to argue against.