Statistical sources

The Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, Southern Illinois University, "Results." Southern Illinois Core Institute. 20 March 2006 . Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. 4 Jun 2008. http://www.siu.edu/~coreinst/.

The Core Alcohol and Drug Survey is used to examine the degree to which undergraduate college students use drugs and alcohol and the consequences that follow. In 2005, 33,379 undergraduate students from approximately 53 colleges across the nation were surveyed. The data is grouped into four subcategories: demographics, prevalence, heavy and frequent use, and consequences. The demographics category gives the percentage of students surveyed that use alcohol based on their class rank, age, residence, ethnic origin, and gender. The survey also examines students’ use thirty days after entering college and yearly in the prevalence category. The survey also gives data of how many drinks students drank nightly based on gender and class rank. The consequences category gives a detailed list of some punishments and pain students may have after drinking, such as lose of memory, unwanted sexual encounters, and hangovers. This data would be very useful to examine different demographics and their alcohol abuse. Also, the consequences students have after drinking can be used to show people the risks of drinking. This data also seems to be very reliable because a large number of students from different universities were surveyed.

Alcohol Awareness Research Library, 2008. The Anheuser- Busch Company. 7 June 2008. http://www.alcoholstats.com.

The Alcohol Awareness Research Library is an extensively comprehensive source that provides research done in the areas of underage drinking, drunk driving, college drinking, responsible drinking, drinking advertisements, and state statistics. Each heading contains research on many topics, including spring break drinking research under the college drinking heading. There are documents, charts, and press releases for the studies. The studies cover and break down the collected data into demographics and race to make it easier to interpret. This site contains an extensive amount of useful information for reporters and researchers. A researcher could use the statistical data provided as a basis for a news story.