Lit Review 3!

1. Cashin, Jeffrey R., et al. “Alcohol Use in the Greek System: Follow the Leader? (college Fraternities and Sororities).” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, vol. 59, no. 1, Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., Jan. 1998, pp. 63–70.
2. This article uses 25,411 surveys done by students (sixty percent female and forty men) to analyze alcohol consumption and fraternity/sorority culture.
3. The authors of this article are Jeffery R. Cashin, Cheryl A. Presley, and Phillip W. Meilman.  
4. There are three authors of this piece, although there are many voices in the article because of the countless surveys. The first author is Jeffery R. Cashin. Cashin. There is not much information about Cashin on the internet, except that he has written numerous books and articles about many sociological issues in today's time. The next author is Cheryl Presley. Presley is a retired professor from the University of Illinois where she worked in teaching education. The last author from this article is Phillip Meilman. I got in contact with Dr. Meilman himself and we spoke about his biography. Dr. Meilman earned his A.B. from from Harvard University in 1973 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of South Carolina in Chappel Hill in 1977. He has worked at Cornell, The College of William and Mary, Dartmouth, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Georgetown. The doctor has written many other publications including other ones about alcohol use in college.
5. This source didn't have any terms that needed to be defined or explained more. The article generally uses statistics to prove its point about the correlation between drinking and the greek system. This will help establish the foothold I need to show why assault is so prevalent at these parties and the mindset of the participants.
6. Quotes: 
1. The first quote highlights why drinking seems to be so important in college and the greek system. "in terms of beliefs, the data indicates that students see alcohol as a vehicle for friendship, social activity, and sexual opportunity, and these beliefs occur to a greater extent among greeks than nongreeks."
2. The second quote, from page 69, concludes the findings in this article fairly well. "it is clear that higher levels of involvement in greek life, and particularly leadership roles, are associated with greater amounts of alcohol consumption, heavy drinking, and adverse consequences."
3. The third quote shows the difference between some male and female beliefs within the greek system as compared to it. "there were only two exceptions: proportionally more male leaders, as compared with attendees felt that alcohol "facilitates male bonding," and proportionally fewer female leaders, as compared with active members felt that alcohol "makes it easier to deal with stress." (68)
7. This article helps distinguish between different beliefs in the greek system and how they effect others.