On Friday night at Valdosta State University, students begin to look for some sort of entertainment after a long week of class. Being a small town, time and again the only source of entertainment that can be found is alcohol. Whether at bars or at private parties, students have a goal of getting as drunk as possible. This type of drinking is called binge drinking, and it is detrimental to the lives of many students at Valdosta State.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a binge drinker is defined as “a person who drank five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day in the past 30 days” (“Binge Drinking,” par.1). By this defin