Going to college is a big part of a person's youth; it's a time when a student can get away from their parents and discover the kind of person they will become. Unfortunately, once a student begins their freshman year, they are immersed in a sense of obligation from their peers to consume alcohol; 4 out of 5 students will become college drinking statistics, including those under the age of twenty-one (NIAAA). There is a clear problem that needs to be addressed, because these students are our future leaders. There is an epidemic of irresponsible drinkers in college that needs to be combatted by creating less peer pressure and creating schools that teach their students good drinking habits. Only when these two things are done will there be fewer problems among students and their drinking. .To begin with, there are many negative consequences that affect both a student's personal and academic life when a student begins drinking. Each year, an estimated 1,825 students between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four die in alcohol-related traffic accidents (Wachler); these statistics are clearly demonstrated in Rob Waldron's article "Students Are Dying." Waldron has been in four accidents involving alcohol, three of which the drunk driver died, including his brother Ryan (3). Rates of sexual assault and abuse increase significantly when alcohol is consumed; each year, an estimated 696,000 students are assaulted by another student who had been drinking and another 97,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or rape (Wachler). Every year, about 400,000 students admit to having unprotected sex while drunk, and another 100,000 report being too immersed in a student paper. That being said, not all new students are doomed to become drunk drivers. Through my research, I have come to the conclusion that the majority of college students who drink are responsible drinkers. Tammy L. Montgomery. San Francisco: Persons Education, 2005. 284-287. Printed. Email interview. April 23, 2014. Shalala, Donna E. “College Drinking - Alcohol Alert No. 29-1995.” Alcohol Consumption at University – Alcohol Alert No. 29-1995. Np, and Web. April 23, 2014. Wachler, HJ “College Drinking.” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).NP, nd Web. April 28, 2014. Waldron, Rob. “Students are dying; Colleges can do more.” Interpretations. Tammy L. Montgomery. San Francisco: People Education, 2005. 282-284. Print.