How Bingeing Became the New College Sport

            In the short essay,  “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport” by Barrett Seaman, he explores most of the top Colleges and Universities in the US to determine the causes of increasing death rate due to alcohol poisoning.  Then he introduced the words pre-gaming as people whom among 18,19, and 20 years old students who cannot legally buy or consume alcohol in the public.  These young students drink lot amount of alcohol at their private location and get hospitalize, for some even die from alcohol poisoning.  He also explains over the past 40 years, the US has taken different approaches to the age limits for various reasons. The people in the ‘60s in some States able to practices their rights and able to drink at the ages of 18.  Later, he meet up with president or deans at most major colleges and discusses the issue that students are facing.  Both the dean and president believe that bring 21 years old were also impacted most students drinking activity.  Furthermore, he visits one college that the students able to drink at the ages of 18 years old.  He finds out that those students are put drinking in practical place along with their school midterm priorities. Furthermore, Seaman explains our Colleges and Universities can be achievable without the Congress influences the law with their policy. While let those pre-gamer came out from their private place, so they can learn to handle the alcohol.

            After reading this essay, I agree with the author because those pre-gamers should be able to practice drinking and handling their alcohol.  I have served in both Iraq and Afghanistan war along with 18, 19, and 20 years old Marines.  What I found very irritating was, they not old enough to drink because of their ages.  Meanwhile these young Marines risk their life for our freedom.  After returned home to base in Camp Pendleton, CA, they unable to drink.  For some drinking can ease their pain and forget all those bad memories.  Unfortunately, some young Marines decided to take their own life due to the pain and suffer from post trauma stress disorder.  I hope one day, our governments can look into the problems and able to fix it.