Instead,he attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a smaller school with a division two sports program.

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"What we really want to do is encourage people to follow those guidelines for drinking, " said Dr. Robert Brewer, of the alcohol program division of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

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While binge-drinking rates have fallen among boys over the past 10 years, "binge-drinking rates among girls really haven't changed much over a 15-plus-year period, " said Dr. Robert Brewer, of the alcohol program division of the CDC's national Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

CNN: CDC: 1 in 5 high school girls binge drink

The university began talking to Valentine and the idea started making a lot of sense, even if the candidate had no experience running an athletic program at a Division I school.

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