College Abstinence Clubs Springing Up

by Steve Jordahl
April 2, 2008

Abstinence clubs are common at high schools but few college campuses have them. That may be changing.

Sarah Jane Eubanks embraced the abstinence message in high school but when she got to Texas A&M there were few resources to help her keep that commitment.

“There is a lack on campus for sure. I think I can look back and remember seeing maybe a flyer or two every once in a while.”

Several Ivy League schools and a handful of other colleges are taking up the slack. Harvard, MIT and Princeton have started student organizations that look like high school clubs on steroids. Princeton Anscombe Society faculty rep Robert George says the currency at colleges and universities is reason. the rest