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[ Monday, March 21, 2005 ]

Voices
How do you think alcohol affects relationships, dating or meeting people in college?

"Sometimes you meet people you wouldn't consider good people. You can't really make informed decisions when you're drunk"

Tia Gamble
senior-industrial engineering

Graphic: Zixin Mao/Collegian

"I have a lot of friends who have been cheated on when their boyfriends were drunk, because they didn't know what they were doing. When you drink, you really aren't yourself"

Jenny Storch
sophomore-human development and family studies

"[Alcohol] screws things up because it makes you stupid. Things come out that you'd normally keep quiet, and you say them outloud."

Ben Burgoyne
junior-architectural engineering

"You usually meet people at parties and it's easier to talk to people, but alcohol facilitates relationship violence."

Laura Chessio
sophomore-psychology

"People act diffeently when alcohol is involved. Some people may be more loud and outgoing and can meet people easier. People are less shy."

Stephanie Zendlock
sophomore-nutrition

-- Compiled by Rachel Loeb
-- Photos by Daniel Freel

 



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