I'm not condemning drinking altogether if you are of age, with a designated driver, and a responsible mindset, you are more than welcome to enjoy your night with some cocktails. It is pertinent that the millennial generation become aware of the danger that they are putting themselves in when they party too hard. I know YOLO is a fun mantra, but drinking yourself to alcohol poisoning isn't the best way to live it out. So, the next question is how do we solve this problem? And, with any subject, the best start is through education. The statistics are shocking: 1,825 college students die each year of alcohol-related injuries, more that 97,000 colleges students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape, and about 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking. Injury, violence, sexual assault, academic decline, and even death are all consequences of irresponsible drinking habits. The sad part is my peers have no clue how dangerous this behavior can really be. This has become the social norm for college kids. I can't even count the amount of times I've been called lame for not going out drinking on Friday or wanting to turn in before bar close. We've come to believe that if you didn't black out in someone's front yard, you didn't have a good time. Let's be honest, though name one mainstream college-based movie that doesn't show a scene with a house party or a kegger at a frat house. An additional issue is that although the standard drink is a good starter guideline for healthy drinking, it's all too common for drinks to be over-poured when a 20-year-old is playing bartender. Now, I don't know about you, but I've definitely seen that done by many college guys. A pattern of binge drinking would be about four beers for women and five beers for men within a two hour period. A 12-ounce bottle of beer with 5-percent alcohol is an example of a standard drink. Let's take a college favorite for example, beer. I do not need to live so that I have a good eulogy I can live with eternity in mind, where the temporary pains of loss, sorrow, and imperfection will have no hold. If this is the case, and death does not need to be seen as a closed door, then the heavy weight of living the "perfect" life can be lifted. But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits then, when he comes, those who belong to him. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. His death provides assurance that death is not a final end. In many ways, focusing on Christ's death and life is an easier yoke to bear (Matthew 11:28-30). Perhaps we are not meant to think overmuch about our own deaths and lives perhaps we could not possibly carry the weight of that burden. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:1-4 reads: "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. After all, the Bible encourages us to fix our eyes, not on our own deaths, but on Christ. I wonder if this is the wrong approach, though. I've found my home and I've learned plenty of Stony Brook secrets that no ordinary tour guide would share. I've had one crazy whirlwind of a first year, but I wouldn't change a thing. And, no, no one knows what a Seawolf is other than our classic cheer: What's a Seawolf? I'm a Seawolf! However, there is a club for everything from ballroom dancing to video games to taking care of cats, so everyone is able to find their niche. Your tour guide will hype up the campus as they try to display the school as energetic, peppy, and wholesome, but what the tour guide won't tell you is the campus can, concurrently, become pretty empty. If we're good enough to be on Baldwin's Instagram Story, we definitely did something right going to this prestigious university. I mean, Hailey Baldwin was even spotted repping a rocking-red SBU sweatshirt! #GoSeawolves I'm not complaining though, Stony Brook students go "Far Beyond" and the trek to The Big Apple is definitely worth it. ![]() Although publicized as an easy-travel location to New York City via the Long Island Railroad, in reality, Penn Station is a two-hour train ride. ![]() Stony Brook University is a well-known public school right in the dead center of nowhere, Long Island.
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