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[Date rape is a major alcohol-related problem that schools don't advertise and U.S. News & World Report doesn't mention in its annual college issue. But administrators and counselors deal with it every year. The University of Colorado advised female students,] When you're drunk, you'll have sex with someone you wouldn't have lunch with, so bring a condom. ... The quality of men's manners seems to be directly proportional to how drunk I am.

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