Alcohol, Pacific's Party Scene, and Islam
Format
Oral Presentation
Faculty Mentor Name
Alan Lenzi
Faculty Mentor Department
Religious Studies
Abstract/Artist Statement
Alcohol consumption and peer pressure are two factors that are known to coincide. According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the first six weeks of freshman year are critical for new students to pick up habits of binge drinking. Students attending colleges where there is a big influence from college athletics or Greek life tend to drink more. As a Muslim Pacific student and one who has been a part of many different organizations on campus, including Greek Life, I began to wonder how the statistics of peer pressure and alcohol consumption would differ between different populations of students. For my research project I formulated the following research question “Does an American college setting influence the alcohol consumption of young Muslims today?” With thirteen percent of the student body in Greek life and with eighteen Division 1 sports, Pacific is a “typical college campus” and the stage for my project. After conducting my study I found that there is correlation between pressure from different groups of students and their rate of alcohol consumption but more data collection will strengthen these results.
Location
DeRosa University Center, Room 211
Start Date
28-4-2018 2:20 PM
End Date
28-4-2018 2:40 PM
Alcohol, Pacific's Party Scene, and Islam
DeRosa University Center, Room 211
Alcohol consumption and peer pressure are two factors that are known to coincide. According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the first six weeks of freshman year are critical for new students to pick up habits of binge drinking. Students attending colleges where there is a big influence from college athletics or Greek life tend to drink more. As a Muslim Pacific student and one who has been a part of many different organizations on campus, including Greek Life, I began to wonder how the statistics of peer pressure and alcohol consumption would differ between different populations of students. For my research project I formulated the following research question “Does an American college setting influence the alcohol consumption of young Muslims today?” With thirteen percent of the student body in Greek life and with eighteen Division 1 sports, Pacific is a “typical college campus” and the stage for my project. After conducting my study I found that there is correlation between pressure from different groups of students and their rate of alcohol consumption but more data collection will strengthen these results.