In this research I decided to write about college students "binge" drinking. I chose to write on this topic because when free opportunities are given to a college student, it should be used more wisely. However, students are supposed to enjoy college and it should be the most fun time in a person's teenage days.  This research topic affects me because I am a college student. I plan to have a career in college sports, but sometimes it is hard to maintain focus with people who peer pressured me to do things that will put my career at risk. There have been multiple chances that I could have drank and partied. One of my closet friends, who attends a university got expelled from school because he wanted to party on a Sunday, and did not study for a test the next day. So he cheated and lost his opportunity to play ball and have a free education. This topic interests me because teenagers have a chance to pursue dreams that other people could not imagine but students focus on "binge" drinking and their academics fall short. 

In the article, "The Role of Positive Alcohol Expectancies In Underage Binge Drinking Among College Students" by Nicole McBride, researchers used surveys to test college students in order to determine whether they are "binge" drinking or not. The problem in this article is that college students who "binge" drink tend to give up ways for students to have a successful education career. According to Nicole McBride et al. (2014) students with an "A" GPA drink less than the students with a "C" or lower GPA. The "binge" drinking researchers expected to find the cause of college students "binge" drinking but found prevention programs that focus on the negative causes lead to reducing the amount of "binge" drinking. The major ethical concerns of this article are that not only is the college students "binge" drinking but that they are also underage. The student's drinking affects not only their education, but their parents as well. Some student's parents are paying the full tuiton of college and the students are not representing their family well. This article may become bias because the people who are taking the survey provides inaccurate information or some people may exclude information. This article is credible because it expands on information from previous research. 

In the article, "The Effects Of Binge Drinking On College Students' Next-Day Academic Test-Taking Performance And Mood State" by Jonathan Howland, researchers are collecting statistics on the college students who are "binge" drinking, to gain insight on how it affects their testing performance in the class. The statistics in this article show comparisons of students who "binge" drink to the student's ability to test the next morning. The article found that drinking the night before does not affect student test scores. The value at stake is that students will believe that drinking will not have a negative impact on their academic work. The belief that alcohol has negative consequences on a person's life may change the belief. The article is credible because information given are accurate statistics by researchers who tested graduate students from different colleges and compared the research. Although, the researchers claim that information in other articles that found drinking causes lower academics were bias because they did not test a person's personality (Howland et al., 2010). 

 The article "Binge Drinking Trajectory And Neuropsychological Functioning Among University Students: A Longitudinal Study" by Nayara Mota is about how "binge" drinking can affect the human brain. The researchers tested students from different universities to determine the effect of "binge" drinking on the brain and vulnerability of the brain to alcohol's neurotoxic effects. In a cohort study researchers found that 49% of students in different colleges are "binge" drinkers at the beginning and end of college (Mota et al., 2010). The researchers determined that "binge" drinking affects the verbal memory and leads to monitoring difficulties (Mota et al., 2010). The major values and interests in this articles are students who are "binge" drinkers are at risk for losing their scholarship or maybe even their life. This could affect any plans or goals that a student wants to pursue after college. The researchers are credible because this source provides accurate information from previous years of research. The research is strong because the facts and statistics were collected periodically from multiple years. 

This research question is arguable because people who "binge" drinks may perform academics in a variety of ways, for example a person can "binge" drink and perform well on a test or fail a test. In all of the sources researchers agreed that students in college are "binge" drinkers and do not realize that they are heavy drinkers. The most consistent disagreement in the sources is whether or not "binge" drinking can affect student's academic ability. The two arguments in the research are "binge" drinking affect academics and "binge" drinking does not affect academics. The different perspectives affect me because I learned what "binge" drinking could do to academic work, and how many students are addicted to drinking. I would need to revise my question by making it narrow and specifically focus on academics performance and how "binge" drinking affects one's academic ability.  

