Yep....and it's been going on for many, many years. Back in the day college kids would go to parties...have too much to drink...have 1 night stands and then be forgotten about most of the time. Today you get in serious trouble. Different times.
Yes, but it's changed in some ways. Students now consider "drunk" to mean "blackout drunk", and it's more prevalent than it was.
Whereas students back in the day might drink to get buzzed or do maybe 5 shots in a hour to get drunk, studies have found that the "new norm" for getting drunk is 10 drinks in a night. Not beers but shots.
I read a really good article about that recently, but can't find it at the moment.