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Towson University Binge Drinking: the Effects on a Person s Behavior—Spring 2010 “Another factor that may add to the college setting as a high-risk environment for binge drinking is that youths on college campuses are targets of heavy marketing of alcoholic beverages (The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, 1995). Beer companies are especially active in promoting to college students.”
 

Recent Alcohol-Related Tragedies involving Towson University Students

Anthony "Tony" Gerald Villella, February 10, 2007, Towson University  How and why?  15 to 20 people partied at Villella's apartment on Oberlin Court in the Colony at Kenilworth. A friend saw Villella drink approximately 10 beers and four shots.  29 students were transported to the hospital for alcohol-related incidents in 2006. The same number were transported in 2005, and 28 were transported in 2004.
 
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