Edwin Escalet, director of minority admissions, said that he understands why the study was conducted.

"When you have everyone who looks and acts the same and has the same background together, they aren't forced to think," he said. "When diversity is added to any situation, group dynamics change."

The study said older students or black and Asian female students are less likely to drink than younger, white males.

Escalet responded to the stereotypes in the study.

"When others come in with different practices, they help us to rethink our own," he said. "What we value doesn't mean everyone participates in it and a new mixture of students begins to expand the range of things we consider valuable."

Increased minority enrollment has not helped counter the number of incidents of binge drinking at Penn State.

The number of drinking arrests is up dramatically in the last two years and the numbers of citations and arrests this year are expected to be the same, if not more, said Thomas Harmon, director of Penn State Police Services.

Harmon also said the increase might be attributed to a change in a law that occurred two years ago. The change allows police to issue citations even if the incident is beyond Penn State police jurisdiction.

"If we have evidence that there's been consumption of alcohol, even if it occurred in the borough and the student is on campus, we can make arrests," he said.

Harmon said the change may account for at least part of the increase in alcohol-related arrests, including public drunkenness and driving under the influence.

He said police are not making much headway in decreasing alcohol-related incidents.

"There's certainly no evidence suggesting that the problem of binge drinking is decreasing," Harmon said.

Osvaldo Lee, secretary of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, 217 HUB, said his fraternity does not favor the presence of alcohol at its events, which helps to combat binge drinking.

"It might be a generalization, but I know most black people don't like beer, and because beer is the most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, we don't participate in those events," he said.

Lee said his fraternity pairs up with other fraternities to hold non-alcoholic cultural events, but if alcohol is served, it is not provided to minors, he said.

Mike Bradbury (senior-advertising) said he drinks three pitchers of beer at least two nights a week and said he thinks it is part of college life.

"All we ever do is study so it's OK to go to a bar and enjoy life," he said. "I guess I justify it to myself because no one wants to admit they're doing something wrong, but it's OK in a college atmosphere."

He said he is skeptical that a diverse student body would lessen drinking.

"My theory has always been that this is Happy Valley because there's very little for us to worry about, and we can be carefree in this environment," he said.