Letter Of The Day

After reading the the Globe Gazette on Sunday, Oct. 23, I was surprised to see a couple of stories on alcohol abuse and binge drinking.

The story cited that the Logos, the student newspaper at NIACC, ran a LogosFOCUS on alcohol use and abuse on college campuses in the Sept. 16 issue. I happen to be the editor of that paper and I have a few feelings to share, as I wrote all four stories that were on the two pages of the LogosFOCUS.

Alcohol abuse is a large problem among college students, not just in North Iowa, but around the U.S. It is also a dangerous drug that has many effects such as OWI, higher rate of committing sexual abuse, assaults and even death.

But one of the main points for this letter is what I found on another section of the same edition of the Globe; an article on Halloween alcoholic drinks. I believe this is sending a mixed message and I don’t believe those two stories should have been run together. If you are going to list the negative affects of alcohol abuse and binge drinking, don’t put recipes for alcoholic “fun” Halloween drinks on another page of the same paper. That is just not smart.
--By BENJAMIN J. BUCK, Clear Lake

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