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By Justin Willis
Muff.” 'i'm'r

The next time a stressful
week encourages you to ptit
yotir fake ll) to the test, yoti
might iticet .lames (Iovington
at the bar.

Covington is one of the 28
state .-\lcoholic Beverage Con»
trol agents working undercover
as a patron in bars arotiiid lex—
ington and other locations
across the state.

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ple who look underage and
identify ourselves," said (lov-
ington. who patrols bars that
he receives anonyntous tips
about. “\Vhilc we do that we
also notice other people who
head for the exits."

Those who are caught
receive a citation to appear in
district court and face the
charge of minor in possession
of alcohol.

juveniles 17 years old and
younger are taken into custody
and later released to a parent or

an o icer is an additional
offense classified as a (Ilass l)
felony.

L'nder state law. a Class I)
felony carries a one-to—five year
prison sentence. and between
one and $10,000 in fines.

“Normally people who
attempt to buy alcohol under-
age appear to be somewhat
uncomfortable about what
they're about to do," (20“ng
ton said he has learned after 30
years of experience.

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Oflieinls question
nnnnnnni drinking
nge, enforcement

By Mat Herron

Crimp/o lit/lilo

To \latthcw llt'lsli'
matt. the El minimum
drinking age law stilllltls
like the result of political
duck—duck goose.

“I don't think you can
pick an age and say.
‘YUUTL‘ responsible
enough to drink.” said
lleishinan. a fiistryear
pharmacy student. who
inst turned .‘l and said he
hasn't been carded lll
four years

llistorically. it wasn‘t
qtiitc so simple.

Restrictions on drink-
ing. bttying and selling
alcohol to minors date .is
far back as prohibition.
the period in the l‘llfls
when the federal govern-
tncitt banned alcohol
nationwide.

In Kentucky. the II
minimum age reqtlll‘c'
ment was formally pro
posed in l‘Hh’ and has
only been amended once
since then.

The gmei‘ninent
changed the constitution
ll] l(’(l‘f lti .illtl\\ lh year
olds to vote. affording
this .igc group all the
freedoiits of being .tn

chase of alcoholic bever-
ages." said Norman l.aw>
statute
i'cviser at the legislatttc
Research (Lominission in
litutitkfort.

lluring the infls. for-
mer l’resulent Ronald
Reagan suggested
(‘oiigress threaten to
withhold a certain perv
centage of highway traffic
money unless state legise
latois passed the drinking
limit.

"\Vhat‘s odd is that
Ronald Reagan was the
decentrali/cr. ‘(iet the
goternment off people's
backs.‘" said Brad (lanon.
a political science profes»
sor who teaches civil lib»
ertics and constitutional
interpretation at his.

"But he had no (prob.
lemi w liatsoe\ er recom—
mending that bill to
(Iongress. and Congress
had no (problem) with
passing it."

The states w ho refused

son. assistant

were docked 5 percent of

the funding the first year
and 10 percent in subse
quent years, said Sandra
l).t‘.l\. staff assistant in
the (xencral Counsel
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QIIBSITDIIS Still remain about grading IIOITGV

be changed or clarified.

By Joe Dohner
Stuff H 'riter

Plus/minus grading is supposed to
end this fall for undergraduates. but
some loose ends still remain.

scripts," Schtiler said.

or graduate scbo
'l he acadeimc transcript gutde
included with each official university

Minus (-) grading is not available at all
UK colleges."

Joe Schuler, SGA executive director
of Academic Affairs. thinks this should

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“I want it to eliminate any assump—
tions on the part of readers ofthe tran-

This includes otential employers
ofadmissions officers

who may be confused by plus/minus
grades appearing on only a few years
transcript says. “NOTE: Plus (+). of a student's transcri t,
assume a student who graduated under

plus/minus slacked off in the final
years of their undergraduate career. said.

The Registrar’s Office plans to add

 

to the transcript guides that the ;\+ is
onlv available in the College of Law,
said Cathy Mott. assistant director of
student records. This won‘t change in
the fall, as this graduate school will
continue to give plus/minus grades.

“I think that even though it's cons
fusing and somewhat embarrassing for
students to have two grading systems
on their transcripts. but I'm g ad it's
over.” SGA President Melanie Cruz

or may

Schuler said he thought it would be

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a good idea if the registrar included
the dates when plus/minus grading
took effect in each college.

“I don‘t see any reason why it can't
be done before May." he said.

Mott said there were no problems
implementing plus/minus grading for
the registrar's grade database, and said
she doesn't expect any in its removal.

“It is not a major programming
effort. It's a system that can accommo-
date a non-plus or minus grade.” assis-

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Dean calls
TOI‘ I‘Btlll‘ll
of tickets

By Brian Dunn
.lnirrlmr \ctzt lit/ii o

Because students have show it up llt full force foi
football games this fall. many believe the 3.000
tickets ta mi from students ind gitcn to ibt public
last spring should be returticd.

Dean of Students David ‘itockham sent tlcttcr
to Senior \ssociatc \thlelits lhlt'tltll l aria by
asking the ['K :\lltlctlt' \ssoeiation to return the
tickets to students next football season

“( iiven the success ofthis years football team. |
aiti requesting that the student ticket allocation for
T‘TNTITHTTT TH: rCNTtertl TH lT\ Ul‘lgllldl lL'\L’l llil' lllk’
1998 season." Stockham said in his letter.

The original number was llfllltl seats for stu
dents. '1 his years allotment. ”500. has been tilled
mall btit the Northeast Louisiana game.

Student (iovernment \ssociation l’icstden:
\lelame (Iru/ said she landed Stockiianfs ettoii 1”
get the tickets returned to the students.

”Besides the fact that he's aware orthr corner in
ofthc students. he's shown he‘s a for tdnntnst: l
tor." she said.

Students have pro\en they wan: to go to tit:
games and have fulfilled their part of the deal
they‘ve bought all their tickets. she said.

"'l‘here's no reason we shouldn't get the tickets
back." said (.rti/. a member of the l l\ lukct
Committee. The group will ultimately choose
what to do with the tickets.

lvy. also a member oftltc committee. said if the
student attendance remains high. students “I” get
the tickets back.

“I would expect that students will show tip in
full force for the rest of the season." he said

“\\ e think it‘s great that the students ha\c been
picking the tickets up. \Ve‘re going to be tickled to
death to give the tickets back"

The ticket coitiinittee. however. won't meet to
decide the tickets’ fate until after football season.
by said.

The committee will then talk about how to
increase student interest in the basketball home
games. (firm said. The group met once this
semester and once in the summer to discuss ways
to get students to the football games.

Among the strategies was to introduce "The
Bomb Shelter" in the sttideiit section and .tn extra
ticket pick~up window at Commonwealth Stadium
for drive—up purchases.

But a itiore exciting .ind successful team might
have led to the increase in students‘ demand for
tickets. Stockham and (Inn said.

(Iru/ added that students can relate to the coach
es more. She expects the increase iii student ticket
demand to carry over into the basketball season
because of basketball head coach 'l ubby Smith.

“People are ready and sort of connected to
Tubby Smith." she said. “I think there's .t new atti—
ttide in the athletic department. and students want
to be a part of that."

Athletics Director (l.\l. \ewton last year
attributed the decrease in strident attendance to
the advent of “passive spectators." those who would
rather follow their team on television or radio

(lru/ disagreed with that theory.

“I don‘t ttink passite spectators rush the field
and tear down two goal posts."

 

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Clinton endorses
hill to restructure ins

\VASHINGTUN — Reversing months of
strong opposition. the Clinton administration on
Tuesday endorsed a revised Republican bill to
restructure the IRS and shift the burden of proof
from the taxpayer to the government in court
contested cases.

Rubin's endorsement of the IRS overhaul bill
originally drafted by Rep. Bob Pomnan. Rr()l1l(), and
Sen Bob Kerrey, l)—.\'eb., came on the eve of a
House \Vays and Means (lommittee vote on the
measure. The bill is e. )ected to go to the House ncvt
month. Senate action t is year is not assured.

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Mutiny Brno could In In lent trouliio

l’l’l'l‘SBL'R( ill -_. :\ pornographic video played
during the o ening performance at a Motley Crtie
concert coul mean legal trouble for the band.

Police and the district attorney's office are
reviewing the tape and trying to figure out how it
wound up being shown on a giant curtain at the
Civic Arena on Sunday.

The video was shown as 1)] Larceny. a warm-
tip act. led the crowd in a chant for “porn."

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Grading

Questions remain

about obsolete policy
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tant registrarJacquie l la rer said.
Plus/minus grades simply won't
be used.

They will not. however. be
removed from the system.

Plus/minus grades already
given will apicar on the tran—
script and wil still affect grade-
point average.

Senate (Iouncil l’residentJim
-\pplegate said the Liniversity
Senate doesn‘t plan to deal
directly with implementing
straight grades.

This coming transition won‘t
apply to the spring or summer
SClllL‘StL‘rS.

Theoretically, the end of
plus/mums won‘t affect advising
or registration.

"I can't think of a reason why
it would affect a student‘s choice
of what course to take.“ \pple—
gale salil.

The Registrar's Office has
fielded uestions from students
and facu ty concerning what will
happen with GPA calculation
and ade reporting.

“ still expect there's oing to
be some confusion untifzthe fall
of ‘98,” said Bruce “'alcott, an
electrical engineering professor
and faculty senator.

Walcott said he expects less
confusion than there is now with
multiple grading systems.

The Colle e of Engineering
does not and as never assi ned
plus/minus grades. Wafcott
doesn't plan to advise students
any differently, though.

“I always tell my students to
walk into a class for the informa-
tion because that‘s what pays off
in the long run," said John
\\'atkins, director of L'ndergrad—
uate Studies for the Department
oerogr-aphy.

Said English professor
Arthur \l'robel. who had ini-
tially proposed plus/minus

grading for the College of Arts
and Sciences. “1 would prefer a
uniform system. but I would
prefer that it was a plus/minus
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campus for commuters is nearly impossible. Si’t‘eml commuters said they park in K-Iot imd use the buses to get to class.

Students reveal parking woes

Commuting students mulcing

due with luck of UK parking

By LaShanna Carter
Smfl' ll 'rirer

In college, there is a tendency
to focus on students living in resi-
dence halls while forgetting about
students that live off-campus.

Commuters. as they‘re called.
are equally important.

L'nlike residential students.
commuters have to balance their
traveling time wisely. Residential

 

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students can wake up late and
still make it to class at a reason-
able time. Commuter students,
on the other hand. still have to
drive to campus and try to find a
parking space, which is probably
miles away from their class and
could end up missing half the
class.

Social work senior Tammy
Cavitt understands how important
time is when commuting. She not
only takes classes on campus but

also works at Margaret 1. King

Library.

Cavitt. who lives about 10
minutes away from campus at
Stoney Falls, has to be at work at
7:30 every morning. She tries to
get on campus between 7:15 a.m.
or 7:20 a.m. to get a good parking
space.

Cavitt said morning traffic “is
hectic. You have to leave 30 min-
utes early just to get to campus on
time."

The busiest days for Cavitt are
'l‘uesdays and Thursdays. ller day
starts at 7:30 am at the library. she
goes to class from ‘) a.m. to 3 p.m.,
volunteers from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. and attends choir practice
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

She doesn't get home until 9:30
p.m.

She works mostly on .Vlondays
and Fridays: she doesn‘t get off
work until 4:30 p.m. and also deals

with rush hour traffic.

“Afternoon traffic is just as
bad.“ Cavitt said. “because people
are getting off from work at the
same time."

Cavitt said she doesn’t find it
difficult to manage her work and
school schedules.

“\Vorking on campus allows
me to schedule my work hours
around my classes." she said.

Although working on campus
may be convenient. it is also limit—
in .
“UK students can only work 20
hours per week,” Cavitt said.

The main difference she has
noticed between commuting now
and over the summer is that there
were more _ parking spaces then
and it was easier to park.

Since the beginning of fall
semester, more fraternity and
sorority members are parking on
\Voodland and Rose streets with
the commuters early in the morn-

mg

i

‘You’ve got to beat them to get
the good parking spaces. which
means getting on campus as early
as possible," Cavitt said. “Heavy
traffic was expected. yet the limit~
ed parking wasn’t.”

Cavitt's advice to other aspir—
ing commuters is to know where
their classes are. to realize parking
is limited. and to inquire about the
best places to park on campus to
prevent your car from getting
towed.

“Be wise in the choices that you
make. Don't try to get to class on
right on time because you will not
find a parking space.” she said.

"A" BARTON lu‘rm'l ml"

She said finding a place to park on

“Allow yourself enou h time to
get to campus and to find a park-
ing space."

For Debbie \Voodard. another
commuter student. the experi-
ences are different than Cavitt's.

\Voodard knew what to expect
with commutin : she has been
commuting for 3 out a year.

“Commuting reminds me of
my senior year in high school.
driving back and forth. with one
exception —— it is more costly."

Woodard has to fill up her car
about twice a week. The amount
of gas she uses depends on several
factors: the type of transportation.
the distance from campus she
travels and any extra places she
goes to during the week.

Unlike Cavitt, \Voodard has to
park at K-lot and catch the
CATS bus to campus. These
buses don't run every l5 minutes.
which could result being late to
class. To get to campus in time
for her 8 a.m. class. she has to
leave home between 7:15 a.m.
and 7:30 a.m. to catch the bus
and walk to class on Tuesdays
and ’l‘hursdays.

Megan Tibc. business market—
ing sophomore. said “If students
were given more parking oppor—
tunities conveniently located on
campus, it would reduce the lack
of parking spaces for com-
muters.“

The difference between the
dorms and living off campus, she
said. is “if you live off campus you
still have the opportunity to catch
the bus. and living on campus. you
have to walk everywhere.“

 

Female writers Ill

By Ellen Lord
Stuff [4 'riter

This weekend. women writers
will take the 31) approach to writ-
mg.

“lf you write a poem or a short
story and then bring it into a
three-dimensional venue, it
becomes something new." said Jan
Oaks, co—director of the Women
Vl'riters' Conference. which takes
place this weekend at the Student
Center and at the Carnegie Cen-
ter downtown on Saturday.

The conference, “Writing Off
the Page,“ emphasizes the per-
formance of written works and
“comes out of the idea that writ—
ing goes in many other direc-
tions than just on the pa e,”
Oaks said. Performance ad 5 a
new dimension to writing throu h
body language and voice tone. she
said.

Featured writers and perform-
ers include Lexington Herald-
Leader columnist Merlene Davis.
UK Press Editor Nancy Grayson
Ilolmes, New York Times best-
selling author Sharyn McCrumb.
actress Alina Troyano and song-
writers Kiya Heartwood and Miri-
am Davidson, known as Wishing
Chair.

College and high school stu—

dents can attend the conference
free with a valid student ID, but
all participants must register.
Evening and noontime events are
open to anyone.

Several featured writers will
perform for the general public.
On Friday night. Carmelita Trop-
icana, who calls herself a “cultural
terrorist,” will perform Milk of
Amnesia, “a performance that
interrogates gender issues and
race issues (and) issues of class,"
Oaks said.

“(Carmelita) suggests that
change may demand confronta—
tion and sometimes violent con-
frontation," Oaks said.

On Thursday morning. Sandy
Huss will lead a session on open-
ended writing.

At the Universi?’ of Alabama.
Huss puts an un mished short
story on the Internet and lets
other web users finish it, Oaks
said.

“Writing no longer needs to be
limited to one’s (own) writing.“
Oaks said.

The conference will also offer
man more worksho s than
before, Oaks said. Both hursday
and Friday offer four workshops.
and Saturday has two different
sessions of three workshops each.

Workshops are extremely popu-

hliglltetl

lar at the conference, Oaks said. One
of the featured writers leads each
session along a particular theme, and
partici ants usually get a chance to
share their writing, she said.

“A couple of workshops are
full; we are only allowin 25 peo-
ple (in each)," said Deb )ie llop-
per, the other co-director and a
graduate student in English.

Sixty people have pre-regis-
tered and “on-site registration is
usually as much as pre-registra-
tion," Hopper said.

This year, workshop topics will
include fiction and autobiographi-
cal writing, children's literature,
performance art, filmmaking.
poetry, songwriting, playwriting
and manuscript preparation.

Students can stop by the con-
ference office in 93l Patterson
Office Tower to pre-rcgister for
the worksho s or register at
8 a.m. Thurs ay morning above
the UK Bookstore in the Student
Center.

Mary Ellen Hunt, a former UK
student and past participant,
attended oetry readings and an
open panel) session with Amy Tan,
author of The joy Luck Club.

“So many women had articu-
late views on the writing process,”
Hunt said. “It’s a very supportive
atmosphere.”

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By Michael Overmsn
Staff Writer .

With the recent deaths of stu-
dents at MIT and Louisiana State,
some of the problems concerning
alcohol have been brought to the
forefront of the minds of many
students at UK.

Though most college students
realize drinking alcohol can have
negative effects on their bodies,
many still drink, with some stu-
dents practicing the art of binge
drinking.

The uestion then is: Can any
form of rinking have any positive
effects? '

“Obviously no one is for binge
drinking, but it does happen. One
thing leads to another and people
begin to drink heavily,” geogra—
phy senior Peter Hrabak said,
“and some people use that as an
excuse for their actions.

“Then‘ there are cases in which
it is used as a rite of passage, and
that’s enacting the completely
wrong idea about the drink.”

This is not to say all college
students drink, or even a great
majority of them drink to excess.
However, college is traditionally
thought of as a time for experi-
mentation, and the popular sub—
stance to experiment with is alco~
hol.

\Vhile experimentation might
be one of the indirect goals of col-
lege, it is important for one to
realize certain limits that one
should not cross, in order to retain
control.

Dr. Tom Nolan, director of
Student Mental Health at UK,
stresses that “there are two issues
at stake in this debate: One, if
people ex eriment, then they
must someliow provide for them-
selves a safe environment within
which that can hap en. Two, it is
important to identi who is goin
to have a life-long problem with
alcohol.”

The consequences of these

issues have certain remedies. As
for the safety issue, Nolan said
one of the ways to avoid danger is
to use a designated driver.

“But the problem with that is
that it doesn’t condone everyone's
actions. We need for one person
to be on the lookout, to watch for
people who are beginning to cross
their res ective limits," he said.

Fami y history can be an
important clue as to one’s likeli-
hood of developing problems with
alcohol.

“A lot of people go through life
and only binge drink in college,
and then some people end up
bin e drinking for 40 years," said
ant topology senior Paul David—
son. “lt's just dangerous entertain-
ment, much akin to riding a bicy-
cle without a helmet; it needs to
be monitored."

But dangerous entertainment is
not the chief purpose of life.

“just abstaining is not enough
to get people to develo their own
lives and to enhance t em to the
greatest possible degree,” Nolan
said.

“For some people, moderation
allows this, as it greases the wheels
of social interaction."

Some evidence shows moderate
drinking has some cardiovascular
benefits.

“Some studies show that mod-
erate drinking lowers the risk of
heart disease. Anything above
moderate drinking increases the
risks of heart disease, liver disease
and automobile accidents," Nolan
said.

The problem with that solu—
tion, though, is too many people
don't see alcohol as something
that should be used only in mod—
eration.

“It’s a foolish escape for one's
own problems," said former UK
student Elizabeth Robinson, “and
a lot of people tend to do it. It‘s
the easy way out. People think to
themselves, ‘Yeah, let's go out and

get fucked up.”

One of the reasons behind this
attitude toward binge drinkin is
the mystique surrounding it, 0 en
perpetuated by imposing a legal
age limit on those who want to
consume alcohol.

“Having an age limit on alco-
hol encourages kids to binge
drink," anthropology senior Gene
Hume said. “In France, kids start
drinking at the age of six, but they
don't ever binge drink. (The limit)
takes away from the newness of
the drug. If we weren’t allowed to
drink Gatorade until we were 21,
then we'd gorge ourselves on
Gatorade."

Therefore some students think
binge drinking could be prevented
by lowering the legal limit.

If that happened, “there
wouldn‘t be so much appeal
about drinking," secondary edu-
cation senior Tom Miller said.
“That way if a youn er person
was binge drinking on wanted to
get help, he could because he
wouldn't have to hide it from his
elders."

Of course, some students tend
to take a cynical view toward the
problem of binge drinking.

“It's good as long as you don't
stop. Personally, my binges never
last longer than a week," mathe—
matics senior Billy Thomas said
jokingly.

In light of this common mis—
conception and other problems
concerning drinking, it is
imperative for students to come
to know their own personal lim-
its. ,

“But, for tnost people going to
college, binge drinking is not an
acceptable norm." Nolan said.

“That’s not what college is
about. College is about learning
and experimenting, but doing
that in a safe manner. \Vork otit
a relationship. You have to get to
know it in a way that’s safe and
adds to life, but doesn't detract
frotn life nor cause a negative
effect."

 

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“It’s in their body language and
their inability to make good eye
contact.”

Shelly Bowman, a bartender at
the University Club on South
Limestone Street, said the ABC
visits regularly but tends to con-
centrate on the club’s operations
during the beginning of each
semester.

The U Club’s infamous “Wall
of Shame" boasts a collection of
confiscated fake IDs displayed on
a wall behind the bar.

“They’re just young and want
to party,” Bowman said, “but
there aren’t many tricks we don’t
know about because we tried most
of them ourselves.”

The ABC also operates a
Cops in Shops program, where
agents pose as clerks in liquor
stores.

“We wait ’til the minor
orders," Covington said. “Then
we issue them a citation to district
court."

ABC agents visit every five to
six weeks and pose as clerks, said
Clare Lahr, owner of Coliseum
Liquors at the corner of Rose
Street and Euclid Avenue. Run-
ning one of the closest liquor
stores to campus, Lahr said she
sees fake IDs frequently.

“VVe’ve had IDs that say
they’re six feet tall, and you can
barely see them over the counter,”
Lahr said. “We had one a few days
ago. His ID said he's born Dec. 1,
but i asked and he said he was a
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licenses, unlike Kentucky ones, are almost impossible to duplicate.

The Cops in Shops program
has been known to visit more than
10 establishments in one night,
de ending on the number of local
police helping with the operation.

The ABC headquarters is in
Frankfort and coordinates oper-
ations across the state. The
majorit of the operations are
selecte from anon mous phone
calls reporting underage drink-
in .
Fayette County recently creat-
ed its own ABC, which works in
conjunction with the county
police. David Stuart, the ABC
coordinator in Fayette County,

said he doesn't see the issue of
underage drinking as a question of

morality, rather one of safety.

“There is a danger out there
and we need to put a stop to it,”
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Information Seminars
Tuesday, October 21
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Student Center Room 113

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Tuesday, October 21
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Student Center
Wednesday, October 22
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Currently 34 UK officers
Eatrol the campus, all of whom

ave the same authority as county
police, said UK Police Lt. Robert
Abrams. Because all campus areas

are dry, anyone on campus who is
drunk or in possession of alcohol
will face the usual penalties, he
said.

During the weekend, Abrams

said, a certain swagger in the walk

of those returning to campus is a
sure sign.

“It’s a very serious problem,"
director of

said Ed Mercer,
enforcement for the ABC. “We
have people Working every week-
end somewhere and o ten on
Thursdays.”

As for his organization's repu—

tation, Mercer said, “We're not

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The federal government has
no constitutional authority to
pass a drinking age, Canon said.

But the increasing number
of drunk—driving accidents
influenced state legislators to
)ass the bill, and Kentucky had
little interest in challenging the
law.

South Dakota and Louisiana.
however, did.

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that “sufficient linkage" existed
between highway safety and a
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graduate student in \Viscoiisin
when the state’s minimum drink—
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