Greek life on campus is an aspect of upper education that is publicized often, many proclaiming the social and educational benefits of living with your peers, but has a significant amount of negative stigma attached to it. Although the tales told of fraternities and sororities are sometimes exaggerated, there are many more cases where Greek life organizations have garnered copious amounts of attention for controversial behavior. In Fraternity and Sorority Alcohol Use: Does Race Matter?, Michael Capece, David Schantz, and Rebecca Wakeman expound upon one of these behaviors, specifically detailing the general perception of alcohol consumption within fraternities and sororities and across two different races, from the point of view of research.
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In terms of race, Capece, et al. elected to focus on alcohol use among black and white students that participate in Greek life. In methodology, the authors initially take no apparent investment, ideological or otherwise, into the issue, other than previously cited and known knowledge about the issue, which includes statistics on the gender divide in consumption, as well as the race divide. However, since the statistics on the effect of race on alcohol consumption is limited, the authors elect to use this subject for closer examination, exploring the claims that alcohol may disrupt the “conventional role orientation” of college, as well as the assertion that black students “do not, for the most part, participate in the white campus culture that encourages drinking” (Capece, et al. 10). An initial sense of credibility is established with the audience through the authors’ backgrounds, primarily Michael Capece, who has experience in sociology, mental health, and substance abuse, and incidentally, this article is published in the journal Journal of Applied Sociology, indicating a target audience of those looking to apply the findings in this article in an active society, namely college faculty members (Capece, “Dr. Michael
In terms of race, Capece, et al. elected to focus on alcohol use among black and white students that participate in Greek life. In methodology, the authors initially take no apparent investment, ideological or otherwise, into the issue, other than previously cited and known knowledge about the issue, which includes statistics on the gender divide in consumption, as well as the race divide. However, since the statistics on the effect of race on alcohol consumption is limited, the authors elect to use this subject for closer examination, exploring the claims that alcohol may disrupt the “conventional role orientation” of college, as well as the assertion that black students “do not, for the most part, participate in the white campus culture that encourages drinking” (Capece, et al. 10). An initial sense of credibility is established with the audience through the authors’ backgrounds, primarily Michael Capece, who has experience in sociology, mental health, and substance abuse, and incidentally, this article is published in the journal Journal of Applied Sociology, indicating a target audience of those looking to apply the findings in this article in an active society, namely college faculty members (Capece, “Dr. Michael