How Bingeing became the new College Sport

              In the essay "How Bingeing became the New College Sport" Barrett Seaman claims that college students are abusing alcohol. Students from the ages of 18-20 abuse alcohol. Seaman mentions that "students are hospitalized- or worst yet, die from alcohol poisoning, which happens about 300 times each year." (491) Students abuse alcohol to the point of their own death. Seaman believes that tighter reinforcement, and the minimum drinking age of 21 is part of the problem. Having laws and reinforcements for drinking, makes drinking alcohol forbidden for student. Students love that drinking is forbidden and will go their way in order to defy their authority. Lowering the drinking age may be the solution. It is possible that students will abuse their freedom to drink at first, but students may learn to handle drinking like adults.

           I did not completely agree with Barrett Seaman's opinion to lower the drinking age. I do believe that students love drinking because it is forbidden to them. If college students are given the freedom to drink they will abuse it. Seaman believes that if they are giving the freedom to drink they will learn to handle drinking like adults. Many adults who drink become alcoholic. If students already abuse alcohol, i believe it will be worst if they are given the freedom to consume alcohol freely.