Talk:University of Delaware/Archives/2016

Alcohol Abuse

People keep deleting the alcohol abuse section, even though it has links to references verifying the material there. If you have a problem with the section, please discuss it here. Continuing to delete this section constitutes vandalism, your edits will continue to be reversed if you do not justify them. Cazort 15:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

One of the reasons people keep deleting the alcohol abuse section is because it's irrelevant and not unique. The section must prove that UD is unique in it's alleged over consumption of alcohol. The reality is that most schools have alcohol-prevention and education programs. If you can find an explicit press release from the University of Delaware citing dramatic out-of-norm over consumption of alcohol, than the section should stay. In the interim, I propose it should be deleted and replaced by a section discussing UD's Center for Alcohol Studies. --128.175.224.70 (talk) 00:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Unable to find the research sited (Harvard Study). It was sited as being from 1993. A 14 yo study on binge drinking is probably not still accurate. The section should be reworked and maybe title 'Campus Safety'. I removed the section (put it as a comment) while it is reworked. Gtstricky (talk) 15:46, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

The section is not about campus safety. It is about alcohol abuse. They are not the same thing; this argument sounds like a weak attempt to create a euphemism. I will investigate the broken links though and delete anything that cannot be sourced accurately...thanks for finding them. I rephrased the sentence on the study...I was not able to find the study either, but it seems highly unlikely that a school-hosted website would fabricate something like that so I think that the website as a source should stay. Cazort (talk) 21:35, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Um... how does a 16 year old harvard university study reflect today's student population? I think that's EXTREMELY outdated. --Pruiz (talk) 05:04, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

16 year old study.. not relevant anymore. find another study, or delete the section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.88.148.207 (talk) 15:46, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

the study is way way out of date, this section should be modified or delelted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.104.122 (talk) 03:41, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

This section should be deleted. The study is crazy old and the stats listed would not be surprising at any public university. Practically all American universities have programs to discourage dangerous drinking. Alcohol abuse is not usually given its own section on these sorts of pages, and including it here makes it seem like this is a problem unique to UD when it absolutely is not. 75.144.39.137 (talk) 02:19, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Fraternities/Sororities

Do we really need to list them all? - Schrandit (talk) 16:13, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I kind of agree with above - Paul --128.175.31.128 (talk) 16:54, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think so. They're part of the university, just like the different colleges, programs, etc. Jrssr5 18:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Do other universities list their fraternities and sororities? --Pruiz (talk) 05:05, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

"just like the different college, programs, etc." Seriously? 75.144.39.137 (talk) 02:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC)