According to Evan Randall, there are a few types of Resident Assistants: those who are all about the rules, and those who are too afraid of losing residents’ respect to enforce the rules at all. Randall, a former RA in Russell Hall, said he falls into a third category: “the kind that really care about [...]

Three or four times a week, and definitely on the weekends, John Deuben visits his favorite downtown haunts. He likes to sit at Classic City Saloon, talking with his best friend, the bartender, and enjoying a cold Bud Light. Deuben said when he first came to college, he used his new freedom to drink a [...]

Senior Marivic Lesho hates football gamedays, and she’s not afraid to say it. Sophomore Laura Lamotte has no problem saying it either. For them and others, gameday imperfections are becoming increasingly problematic with excessive alcohol consumption being the main problem. “Students and Dog fans alike are, more than anything else, rude and inconsiderate,” Lamotte said. [...]

Hammered, three sheets to the wind, sloshed, gone, blitzed, tanked, obliterated, toe up – whatever students call heavy drinking – is a trend many people are trying to end. University students, administrators and police as well as bar owners are all taking measures to prevent underage drinking in an attempt to tame the wild party [...]

Although studies show involvement in fraternities and sororities plays a sizable role in college students’ drinking, Greek leaders have not taken the news lying down. The 2001 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS), a survey of students at 120 colleges in 40 states, found Greek students were far more likely to drink [...]

Crack, heroin and cocaine fill newspaper headlines and nighttime television broadcasts, but perhaps the most worrisome drugs for students are found in many of their own medicine cabinets. The swing toward prescription drug abuse in Athens is so strong it alarms everyone involved including veteran drug officers, counselors and court officials. The danger lies in [...]

Cocaine in Athens – it’s one of those dirty little secrets no one wants to talk about. Cocaine ranks in the top three drugs University students admitted to using in a 2005 survey on alcohol and other drug use. If the numbers from the survey reflect the larger student body, more than 2,200 students used [...]

She came to Athens more than eight years ago to attend the University. Like many young students she was away from home for the first time, meeting new friends and experiencing a different world – college life. When she arrived in Athens she had only used alcohol and marijuana in high school, but within the [...]

For junior Melissa Newkam, this year’s spring break is about affordability. Newkam, from Suwanee, said she will stay with eight to 10 of her friends at a Panama City condo owned by her mom’s co-worker to cut costs. “All we have to do is pay the $80 cleaning fee,” she said. Most students want to [...]

Freshman Dominique Carr’s first cruise was a birthday present. She said she liked it so much, she had to go on another one. “You can really lose yourself on a cruise,” she said. “You feel like royalty, and you’re just in your own little world.” Although she said she is not going on another cruise [...]