Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 123, Issue 32 dailytarheel.com Wednesday, April 15, 2015 An alcohol evolution: kegs to liquor UNC’s problem with binge COURTESY OF NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, WILSON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY, UNC-CH drinking is a recent one UNC’s alcohol policies have drastically changed in the past 50 years. UNC recently started a binge drinking task force. By Sarah Chaney and the Tavern, In 2014, there were a total of 929 changed, so has the University. DTH ONLINE: See pg. 4 Senior Writer South said the cases in the UNC emergency depart- for more coverage of Tuesday’s alcohol cul- ment in which ethanol or “alcohol” The 1960s: kegs, good times binge drinking working group This article is part of a Daily ture in the late was the chief complaint. meeting. Visit dailytarheel.com Tar Heel series exploring drug and Substance 1960s wasn’t At a working group meeting In the 1960s, the UNC system had for a timeline of UNC’s alcohol policies. alcohol use at UNC. so centered on Tuesday, Dean Blackburn, director not yet delegated to university chan- use drinking to get of Student Wellness, said there are cellors the task of setting alcohol laws. big kegs and people having a good For alumna Judy Bistany South, outrageously now 30 to 35 students in a collegiate “I would go on campus and take time,” he said. the worst consequence of drinking drunk. alcohol recovery program. candid shots of people on the lawn “But I can’t remember seeing in the late 1960s was getting banned But throughout the years, UNC “(The task force) is the out- — whether it be the men by the anyone outrageously drunk until the from University Lake. has grappled with more and more growth of recognizing the emer- men’s dorms or women by women’s late ’80s.” South’s memories of partying at cases of binge drinking, defined as gence of this really dangerous dorms — and you would almost Mann said toward the end of the UNC are a far cry from some of the excessive alcohol consumption in a drinking culture,” said Dean of invariably see bottles of beer,” said decade, with the advent of the birth stories UNC students tell today. short period of time. The Centers Students Jonathan Sauls. Charly Mann, who attended UNC in control pill and a more liberal atti- “We went out with a group of for Disease Control and Prevention “It’s not an atypical experience the 1960s and has spent most of his tude toward sex, alcohol consump- people and we were drinking beer has linked binge drinking to health over an extended weekend at Chapel life in Chapel Hill. tion shot up. and the warden came and he said, issues, including injuries and alcohol Hill for there to be a student who In 1968, there was talk that UNC “When people began having ‘You must leave and never come poisoning. is transported to UNC Hospitals or would alter its policies on drugs sex more in the late ’60s, alcohol back,’” said South, who graduated One recent study found that 30 (for there to be) at least an appre- and alcohol, which would mean became even more prevalent — it from UNC in 1970. percent of UNC students reported hension of alcohol poisoning.” extending University jurisdiction in was the loosening-up drug,” he said. During South’s time at UNC, stu- that they had engaged in binge Still, addressing alcohol abuse on drug cases to include offenses com- “But it wasn’t like the date rape dents would down cans of beer in the drinking in the past month. Other campus has been a point of conten- mitted anywhere. But the greatest thing when they would get women fields and just about anywhere other studies have linked alcohol con- tion for decades, and the new task change to alcohol policy would really polluted.” than University Lake in Chapel Hill. sumption to violent crimes, includ- force is by no means the first mea- come in the 1970s. “I don’t remember any restric- ing sexual assault. sure the University has taken to curb Despite the University’s lack of The 1970s: beer in the Union tions whatsoever, but I was young The University launched a alcohol abuse. restrictions, partying culture was and stupid,” she said. working group in late February to Alcohol has long been synony- not so focused on getting drunk, In November 1971, the execu- Even though she and her friends address a broad spectrum of drink- mous with the college experience. Mann said. tive committee for the Consolidated enjoyed drinking socially at frater- ing behaviors, particularly binge And as legislation, tragedies and “I spent a lot of time at fraternity nity houses and bars like the Shack drinking. social habits related to alcohol have houses, and there would certainly be SEE BINGE DRINKING, PAGE 6 Students to protest for higher wages Naomi Baumann-Carbrey, a junior potatoes here,” he said. “They’re Students will join national involved with UNC Student Action shooting for how we think about U.S. minimum wage has risen in past 70 years rallies today as part of the with Workers, said the campaign low-wage jobs.” The Fight for $15 campaign is pushing for a higher minimum wage to support a living wage. In seeks to give workers a living wage. Rising business costs are one of North Carolina, minimum wage is now $7.25 — the same as the requirement set by federal law. “The movement is about basic the primary arguments against rais- Fight for $15 movement. 10 Minimum wage adjusted for 2012 ination human dignity and the right to have a ing the minimum wage. Conway said Actual minimum wage By Katie Reeder better life and access to the things we the argument is based on the idea Staff Writer all need to live fulfilling lives,” she said. that an increase in wages will cause 8 Patrick Conway, chairman of the employers to hire fewer workers. 7.25 An employee working a full-time economics department, said argu- “But my preference would be to schedule of 40 hours per week for ments for raising the minimum wage see us reach it through a number of 6 only $7.25 an hour makes $14,500 are based on income distribution. steps over the years so firms do not in one year, when two weeks of vaca- “The minimum wage at its current find themselves facing too large an 4.14 tion are factored in. level is so low that someone who is increase in their costs,” he said. 4 “That’s simply not enough money earning the minimum wage will find This theory is not as clear-cut in many parts of the country to sur- that if he has a family of three and in practice, Conway said, citing a in dollars rate Hourly vive and provide for your family,” he’s the sole worker — he’ll find that 1993 study by the National Bureau 2 said Frank Baumgartner, a UNC his family is living below the poverty of Economic Research. Researchers political science professor. line even if he’s working 40 hours a examined the impact of an increase 0.30 North Carolina’s minimum wage week, 50 weeks a year,” Conway said. in the New Jersey minimum wage 0 1942 1947 1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 is $7.25 — the same as the require- The federal poverty level as deter- and concluded the increase did not ment set by the federal government. mined by the Department of Health reduce employment. SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Year DTH/TYLER VAHAN But the Fight for $15 campaign is and Human Services is $20,090 for “This is a question on which there seeking to change that. a family of three. is a lot of disagreement among econ- working minimum wage jobs. For any students wishing to attend Today, protesters around the coun- Baumgartner said he thinks a omists,” Conway said. “When we get out of school, we the rally, Carbrey said buses will leave try are rallying to demand that the $15 minimum wage is reasonable Carbrey said it is important for do not have the promise of a high- from the parking lot behind Davis minimum wage be raised to $15. One to request, but making that change students to be involved in this move- paying job,” she said. “So it’s really Library at 3:30 p.m. today. of these rallies will be in Raleigh on requires seeing it as a living wage. ment, as studies have shown more important for students to see them- the Shaw University quad at 5 p.m. “They aren’t shooting for small than 260,000 college graduates are selves as part of this movement.” [email protected] If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet. Taxman! 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