Drinking on College Campuses Underage students drinking on college campuses has been a problem for countless years. Parents and professors look at the problem of students drinking and look at their college life in a positive way. They understand that students are studying, making new friends or working. Instead, an abundance of students celebrate and drink at these parties. The transition from high school to college causes stress for students. Therefore, instead of trying to study more, students start partying to solve their problems. Once they start partying, it becomes harder for them to stop and they become depressed. Students drinking in college has become a solution for them, thinking that it would help manage stress and problems rather than cause more difficulties. Parents like to think that their children do what is expected of them while they are in college instead of drinking and drinking. celebrate. According to Lucy E. Napper who wrote “What Do Other Parents Say? "Parent Perceived Communication Norms and the Relationship Between Alcohol-Specific Parental Communication and College Student Alcohol Use" states that parents perceive their children to be studying and making new friends. Parents assume their children are studying plenty for upcoming classes (Napper 6, 7 According to Paul J. Gruenewald, who wrote “A Dose-Response Perspective On College Drinking And Related Problems,” states that students should make new friends during their freshman year). college and meet these friends in class rather than at parties (Gruenewald 257 According to Henry Wechsler who wrote “Commentary on Fitzpatrick And Colleagues (2012): Forecasting The Effect Of The Amethyst Init……half of the paper……ng Alcohol On College). Campus, Commentary On 'Structuring A College Alcohol Prevention Program on the Low Level Response to Alcohol Model: A Pilot Model.' Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research. 36.7 (2012): 1126-1130. Academic research completed. Web. EBSCO. Missouri Valley College. January 16, 2012. 2014. Voas, Robert B., and James C. Fell. “Commentary on Fitzpatrick and Colleagues (2012): Predicting the Effect of the Amethyst Initiative on College Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 36.9 (2012): 1479-.” 1482. Academic research completed. Web. EBSCO. Missouri Valley College. January 16, 2014. Wechsler, Henry, et al. “Underage College Students’ Drinking Behavior, Access to Alcohol, and the Influence of Deterrence Policies.” Health. 50.5 (2002): 223. EBSCO Web Academic Research. January 16th. 2014.