Susan Crowley, project director of PACE (Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, identified some overall drinking trends among students.
An annual UW alcohol survey found the binge drinking rate to be 66 percent. The national average is 44 percent. Binge drinking is defined as four drinks in one sitting for a female and five for a male.
Meanwhile, admissions to detox so far this year have been twice as high as for the same period last year, 30 compared to 14. The good news was that students who reported five or more problems as a result of drinking fell from 30 percent in 1999 to 25 percent in 2005.