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Resident Life Policy
Under Age Alcohol Facts
Campus Drinking
100
What is the reported percentage on Resident Life's site of how many students at Maryland have drunk alcohol in the last two months?
77% (Study done in cooperation with American College health Association's National College Health Assesment, 2001)
100
What is the percentage of students who have drunken alcohol by the end of high school?
Alcohol use remains extremely widespread among today’s teenagers. Nearly three quarters of students (72%) have consumed alcohol (more than just a few sips) by the end of high school, and more than a third (37%) have done so by eighth grade.(http://www.sadd.org/stats.htm#underage)
100
How much money was granted to the College Park Police by governor O'Malley in order to stop under age drinking around campus?
$30,000 (http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/underage-drinking-to-be-tackled-1.2575545)
200
What is the percentage of the students living in the dormitories, the courtyards, and commons that are under the age of 21?
90% (http://www.resnet.umd.edu/policies/alcoholpolicy/)
200
What race is most likely to drink underage the most?
Among race demographics, whites had the highest percentage of underage (ages 12-20) past-month alcohol use (30.4%). Asians had the lowest rate at 16.1%. (http://www.sadd.org/stats.htm#underage)
200
What program does every undergraduate student have to complete when enrolling at the University of Maryland?
Alcohol EDU
300
What is the worse University of Maryland sanctions for getting caught under age drinking in on-campus housing?
Expulsion (http://www.resnet.umd.edu/policies/alcoholpolicy)/
300
What is the amount of alcohol consumed by underage drinkers?
People aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States. (http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm)
300
What is the name of the collective consisting of the University Police, Prince George's County Police Department, the College Park Fire Department, the City of College Park, the County Liquor Board, the State's Attorney's Office and the university's Office of Student Conduct pursuing under age drinking on campus?
The City Multiagency Service Team (CMAST) (9ttp://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/u-police-launch-new-collaboration-1.2616282#.TpzXpHNuHJw)
400
What is the maximum fine for a individual found in possesion of alcohol by police on-campus?
$500 fine for possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person under age 21 (http://www.resnet.umd.edu/policies/alcoholpolicy/)
400
What geographic area within the United States drinks underage the most?
Rates of underage binge drinking were higher in the Northeast and Midwest than in the South or West. (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
400
While a provost at the University of Iowa what policy did President Wallace Loh have a "unsusually public role" in?
"At Iowa, Loh has been front and center in a campaign to curb excessive student drinking. He and the university have played an unusually public role in advocating for tougher underage drinking laws." (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081700090.html)
500
What are the percentages published on the Resident Life site for how much crime is caused by students drinking alcohol from ages 18 to 24?
Research summarized by the National Institutes of Health (NIAAA, 2005) suggests that alcohol use by students ages 18 through 24 may be responsible each year for as many as 1,700 deaths, 599,000 injuries, and 97,000 cases of sexual assault and acquaintance rape.(http://www.resnet.umd.edu/policies/alcoholpolicy/)
500
What amount of alcohol consumed by college students are by under-aged students?
Almost half of all the alcohol consumed by students attending four-year colleges is consumed by underage students. (http://www.edgarsnyder.com/drunk-driving/underage-drinking/underage-statistics.html)
500
What are police now aloud to do at most bars in college park that they were not last year?
"Police can now enter bars, such as R.J. Bentley's and Cornerstone Grill & Loft, to re-card patrons who are already inside, University Police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said." (http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/underage-drinking-to-be-tackled-1.2575545#.TpzbUnNuHJw)