'Liquor before beer, you're in the clear'

 (2) Citation
Kathleen Ragsdale, Jeremy R. Porter, Rahel Mathews, Allyn White, Cheryl Gore-Felton, & Elizabeth L. McGarvey. ' "Liquor before beer, you're in the clear": binge drinking and other risk behaviors among fraternity/sorority members and their non-Greek peers.' Journal of Substance Use, (2012) Web 323-339

 (3) Summary
The bulk of this article is analyzing the behaviorism of Greek affiliated college students versus their none Greek affiliated counterparts. In General, Greek affiliation is associated with high risk behaviors such as binge drinking, driving under the influence, physical fighting, and unprotected sex.

 (4) Authors
For this particular example I do not think individualistic authors are of much importance. What does make this a reliable and accurate source for information is the fact that it is a scholarly article. Not only do these several authors use a scientific approach in discerning the behaviorism of college students, but their citation of several others work regarding the same material reaffirms the soundness of the article.

(5) Key Terms
Greek-affiliated: Individuals who are members of Greek organizations such as fraternities or sororities. These Greek-affiliated individuals are found to be more likely to participate risky behavior.
High Risk Behavior: Behavior, mostly spawned from binge drinking, that puts the individual at risk of academic, physical or emotional injury. These include declining grades, less attention to school, physical violence such as fights, drunken injuries, DUIs, unprotected sex, rape, and unwanted sex.


(6) Quotes
"Although alcohol use among college undergraduates has seen a slight decline in the past decade, high-risk drinking - such as binge drinking and frequent binging - is on the increase, especially among fraternity and sorority members (335).

-This quote indicates the proliferation of drinking culture via Greek life. 

"..we found that 25% of fraternity bingers[binge drinkers] experienced an alcohol related injury as compared to 22% of non-Greek makes. 31% of fraternity bingers engaged in alcohol-related physical fights compared to only 8% of non-Greek males" (329) 

-Being a fraternity member and a binge drinker exposes the individual to much more harm than non Greek affiliated males who also binge drink. This indicates there is some connection between being a member of a fraternity and risky, drunken behavior. This offers support that fraternities promote binge drinking and other behaviors that are stereotypically "college".

"Males are over two and a halftimes more likely to DUI, as are those students that belong to Greek organizations.(344)" 

-Driving while intoxicated is something that most people agree is horrible. It would seem then that fraternities and sororities promote these risky and sometimes deadly behaviors.

(7) Value

I believe this article holds much value for the topic I am researching. In regards to how Greek organizations shape an individual and what ethics they inspire, it is important to have a good understanding of how people within these organizations behave as they are a direct result of said ethics. By understanding the behaviorisms of members of Greek organizations one can come to understand the set of values these organizations reinforce.