Since my first entry, I've considered revising my topic. Instead of the arts, I'm thinking about researching college binge drinking, or just drinking in general. Since reading Moffatt,this seems like a good topic with many sources for research. Maybe this could tie into suicide and depression rates that seem higher now than in previous years, and why it is so prevalent in college culture. Or how this affects a student's performance in school and how it affects their perception of others. Why is it a right of passage? Or even how stress factors cause a college student to drink.
Keywords used in Google searches include: college issues, college drinking and drug use, college drinking age, amethyst initiative. Key words that seemed most useful were drinking and drug use and drinking age. A lot of the information dealt with the increasing number of college students who drink or use drugs, the debate over the current drinking age, and why drinking on colleges occurs (peer pressure, freedom from home, failure of education programs). The searches on google, google news, and youtube were helpful because they gave full articles or videos from multiple perspectives. Ideas I got from my research are the causes behind college drinking and the debate over the drinking age. I could narrow my topic by debating how successful changing the drinking age would be based on the habits and reasoning of college students today.
Search on Google:
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm
Google News:
http://fairfieldmirror.com/2010/02/02/is-the-wait-worth-it-considering-the-drinking-age/
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9OXdbh0nYc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8g35wys91o&feature=related
The search on Google was helpful because it gave important statistics of college students affected by drinking. The Google News article was helpful because it showed the pros and cons of the drinking age and the current education programs. The Youtube videos showed an insider's view of college drinking of how it can be a fun part of college life, but also how it can be dangerous. Controversies I found over my topic include changing the drinking age from 21 to 18. Some believe changing the drinking age would help students by eliminating curiosity during college where others believe drinking (especially drunk driving) would increase.
A case that looked interesting was the following:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-08-18-college-drinking_N.htm
Questions I have include how students get involved with drinking on campus, and other methods of dealing with college drinking besides changing the drinking age.
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This is definitely a good topic. It is also timely, since the Amethyst Initiative has been pushing to make alcohol more openly accessible to students. It sounds like you do not think that would be a good thing. So you are definitely able to situate yourself in an ongoing debate.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see you search around some more for articles or other materials related to your topic so you can narrow your focus. Please expand this post.
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