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2007 Core Survey summary
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2007 CORE Alcohol and Drug Survey
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On the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, respondents were asked to report whether students on this campus cared about a number of campus climate issues (with the response options being "not at all", "slightly", "somewhat", and "very much"). The following percentages of respondents on this campus indicated that their fellow students cared "somewhat" or "very much" about the following issues:
84.4 % said students cared about sexual assault
74.4 % said students cared about assaults that are non-sexual
71.8 % said students cared about harassment because of race or ethnicity 65.9 % said students cared about harassment because of gender
62.8 % said students cared about harassment because of sexual orientation 61.8 % said students cared about harassment because of religion
60.5 % said students cared about campus vandalism
36.8 % said students cared about alcohol and other drug use
Table 1 shows the percentage of students who reported having experienced any of the following within the last year and, if so, the percentage who reported consuming alcohol or other drugs shortly before these incidents
Table 1 - Experiences of Harassment or Violence
Experience Used Alcohol or Drugs Incident
8.2% 7.3% Ethnic or racial harassment
8.6% 41.9% Threats of physical violence
5.5% 59.3% Actual Physical violence
2.0% 0.0% Theft involving force or threat
4.9% 56.5% Forced sexual touching or fondling
3.3% 66.7% Unwanted sexual intercourse
On the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, students were asked to rate the degree of risk people take when they act in certain ways, listed below. The response options were, "no risk", "slight risk", "moderate risk", "great risk", and "can't say". The numbers listed below indicate the percentage of respondents who felt there was "great risk" associated with the following behaviors:
14.7 % try marijuana once or twice
25.0% smoke marijuana occasionally
52.0 % smoke marijuana regularly
59.9 % try cocaine once or twice
82.7% take cocaine regularly
62.5 % try LSD once or twice
79.7 % take LSD regularly
55.2 % try amphetamines once or twice
76.3 % take amphetamines regularly
25.4 % take one or two drinks of an alcoholic beverage (beer, wine, liquor) nearly every day
58.5 % take four or five drinks nearly every day
58.8 % have five or more drinks in one sitting
61.9 % take steroids for body building or improved athletic performance
46.1 % consume alcohol prior to being sexually active
53.8 % regularly engage in unprotected sexual activity with a single partner
85.6 % regularly engage in unprotected sexual activity with multiple partners