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The article focuses on a newspaper called "Booze News," which is published at six universities in the U.S. The paper's founders, Derek Chin and Atish Doshi, decided to start a paper based on what they said students were really interested in. The paper first appeared at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and then expanded to other universities. The articles in the paper include topics such as the top ten ways to finish a party night and how to steal your roommate's food, and are written by volunteer student writers at the different colleges at which the newspaper is presented.

A primer on the lost art of drinking while grading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HALFWAY through my first pint of Nightwatchman -- a lightly roasted, malty ale from the East London Brewing Company -- the bartender replaced the low-volume Little Willie Littlefield LP with the atmospheric vinyl crackle of ''Lightnin' Strikes'' by Lightnin' Hopkins. I opened a packet of bacony pork scratchings, or cracklings, and took in the afternoon palette of a classic British pub: a low wooden counter with 10 hand-pulled taps of local ales unknown to me, backed up by eight farmhouse ciders that I'd never heard of. Around the dim, denlike space, neighbors read the papers or chatted quietly over their glasses in the way I imagined Londoners must have done for centuries, and I found it very easy to slip into conversation with the avuncular gentleman next to me. What was difficult to grasp, however, was what he told me: that this beautiful pub, the Southampton Arms, in the north London neighborhood of Gospel Oak, hadn't actually been part of London's great drinking culture since before the beginning of time. In fact, the rarefied atmosphere (and beer list) we were enjoying dated from late 2009, part of an explosion of great beer, and great places to drink it, in the British capital over the past few years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THERE are many different kinds of neighbors in Manhattan. There are those who bang on the ceiling at the slightest click of a high heel on hardwood. There are others who dart into a darkened doorway, threatened by a curious glance. And then there are Robyn and Jesse. At least once a month I come home late from work, my stomach growling from a too-early lunch and no afternoon snack, to find a white paper bag hanging on my doorknob. Once it was packed with a dozen freshly baked cookies. Another day a bag was heavy with a pint of homemade fig jam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers research news briefs. Lead researchers Eric Zitzewitz and Jonathan Zinman of Dartmouth College found that ski areas report more snow on the weekends in the report "Snowed: Deceptive Advertising at Ski Resorts." The November 2009 issue of "Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research" includes results of a survey on the price of alcoholic drinks and consumption. University of Alberta scientists discovered the time of day that morning people and night people are most alert.

The article reports on the shutting down of a bus that offered free been and liquor to college students at the University of New Hampshire. The university's student newspaper "The New Hampshire" reported that the bus contained leather couches, flat screen televisions, large audio sound system and was giving out free alcohol enroute to a local bar. The owner of the bus, Chris Pleshaw, was amazed that such an arrangement was legal. The author states that the bus was in violation of open container and happy hour laws.

Deals with the effectiveness of the parental notification policies of colleges in the United States in reducing binge drinking among college students. Role of parents in regulating student behavior; Results of surveys on the effectiveness of the regulation; Loophole in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

The article looks at the changes at universities in the U.S. in response to problems of sexual harassment including the elimination of drinking in favor of family-friendly activities such as hiking, teas and visits to a farmers' market. Topics discussed are the efforts of male-dominated disciplines to professionalize their culture and reduce the possibility of sexual harassment, institution of rules that promote respect between professors and students, and recruitment of more female professors.

Campuses have used the approach to deal with a wide range of incidents of minor wrongdoing. But until recently, they've been reluctant to use it for sexual misconduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A personal narrative is presented in which the author comments on his experiences with alcoholism and its impact on his career as a history professor.

The article reports on caffeinated alcoholic beverages and their consumption on college campuses in the U.S. It focuses on the malt beverage Four Loko and describes binge-drinking incidents that have been attributed to the drink at Central Washington University and Ramapo College. It also explores the possible ban on alcoholic energy drinks by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and provides comments from West Virginia University students regarding college students' drinking habits.