by Edward Malloy

About the author: Edward Malloy is president of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and chairman of the Commission on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

Alcohol abuse on our nation’s campuses is a crisis not just for our institutions of higher learning but for the entire nation as well. I speak from my experience both as chairman of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse College Commission and as president of the University of Notre Dame. The high prevalence of binge drinking on our campuses has devastating consequences. From violence to rape to the toll on academic performance and university life, the consequences of abusive drinking today are as apparent as they...