All first-year students at Penn State University are being told through the college to participate in an online alcohol awareness program before the fall semester that they begin school, according to an article on KYW1060.com.

The site they must complete the course at is called AlcoholEdu for College and it is an online interactive course which has two parts: the first is about 2.5 hours and the second, done a month and a half later, is 20 minutes.

Penn State’s goal is to motivate behavior change by informing about the effects of alcohol on learning, memory, and sexual decision-making.

It is not mandatory for students to take the course, but if they are caught drinking on campus, the fact that they didn’t take the survey will be used against them during punishment.

Photo courtesy of holamun2.com.

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