A new study of 1,600 liberal arts majors in the Northeast, unveiled at this week's American Sociological Association meeting, basically validates what everyone already knows -- binge drinking in college is more fun than not binge drinking in college.
The study, which defines binge drinking as more than four drinks in a night for females, and five for males, found:
"I would guess it has to do with feeling like you belong and whether or not you're doing what a 'real' college student does," says study co-author and Colgate University associate professor Carolyn HsuHsu. "It seems to be more about certain groups getting to define what that looks like."
[wapo]