A growing number of students on college campuses are taking their lives into their own hands whenever they consume large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. This popular method of drinking alcohol, called binge drinking, is a social stigma passed down from past generations. Students view binge drinking as a recreational lifestyle, reinforced by alcoholic beverage “hangouts” located near college campuses. Fraternity and sorority houses are known for their wild parties. The initiations of these elite student groups, under peer pressure, are geared towards excessive alcohol consumption. The students do not realize that the pleasure they perceive during these drinking sessions leads to alcohol dependence, serious health problems and ultimately death. For these reasons, college campuses should work toward an alcohol-free campus. Students attend college to learn, however, mental capacity and ability to learn is inhibited by excessive alcohol consumption. High doses of alcohol damage the hippocampus and areas of the prefrontal cortex of the brain that are still developing in college-aged students. The hippocampus is the area of ​​the brain used for learning and memory. In one study, "Dr. Michael De Bellis of the University of Pittsburg Medical Center used magnetic resonance imaging to compare the brains of 14- to 21-year-olds who abused alcohol to those who did not. The longer a person had a drinking problem, the smaller their hippocampus was - by about ten percent. F...