Universities are spending millions to curb dangerous drinking. Yet blackout partying persists in a puke-and-rally culture. Bridge investigates what works, and what doesn’t, in the ongoing battle to keep college students safe. Today’s report:

A Game Day diary, from four Michigan campuses.

In campus hospitals, beds full of drinking casualties

Stone-cold sober on game day? It really happens

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Game Day: Michigan struggles with college drinking

by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan
September 29, 2015

<h1>Game Day: Michigan struggles with college drinking</h1> <p class="byline">by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan <br />September 29, 2015</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/MSUkeg.jpg" alt="MSUkeg" /></figure> <div class="wp-related"></div> <p>Universities are spending millions to curb dangerous drinking. Yet blackout partying persists in a puke-and-rally culture. Bridge investigates what works, and what doesn’t, in the ongoing battle to keep college students safe. Today’s report:</p> <p><a href="http://bridgemi.com/unconscious-students-on-hospital-gurneys-a-game-day-diary/">A Game Day diary,</a> from four Michigan campuses.</p> <p><a href="http://bridgemi.com/in-campus-hospitals-beds-full-of-drinking-casualties/">In campus hospitals, beds full of drinking casualties</a></p> <p><a href="http://bridgemi.com/stone-cold-sober-on-game-day-it-really-happens/">Stone-cold sober on game day? It really happens</a></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/game-day-michigan-struggles-college-drinking/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=10339&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/game-day-michigan-struggles-college-drinking/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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