| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
- High speed chase puts seven undocumented immigrants in custody
- Gun scare in Donna comes up bare
- 40 arraigned for Valverde flea market raid
- Forever Wild
- Arraignment for Cheney and Gonzales to have packed courthouse
- Petland linked to puppy mill cruelty
- New international bridge for Donna and Rio Bravo
- Entertainment district to have new year’s celebration
- Health
- Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise (AP)
Underage drinking is a problem at colleges and universities
August 19, 2008 | Health
Underage drinking is a problem everywhere and certainly at colleges and universities across the country. But, believe it or not, more than one hundred college presidents want the drinking age lowered from twenty-one to eighteen.
The reason? They say it will help reduce binge drinking by students. Duke University president Richard Brodhead said the current legal drinking age of twenty-one quote, “pushes drinking into hiding, heightening its risks, including risks from drunken driving, and it prevents us from addressing drinking with students as an issue of responsible choice.”
Naturally, not everyone is on board with the college presidents’ campaign. Mothers against drunk driving accused the presidents of misrepresenting research and urged parents to carefully consider the safety of their children at colleges whose presidents are seeking to lower the drinking age.
Other schools on the list include the university of Maryland, Dartmouth and Ohio state university.
One side-note you may not know. The United States has the oldest drinking age in the world. Most nations allow alcohol consumption at sixteen or eighteen — and, some have no minimum drinking age at all.
Similar Stories
No comments yet.
Contribute to this Story
Comment Guidelines: Comments that include profanity, personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming," "trolling," or any other inappropriate material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content you post.
All fields marked with " * " are required.
Loading ...
Stay Informed
FOX XRIO will send you Text messages to your phone whenever we have new giveaways or breaking news!(Standard Text Messaging Rates may apply)Enter your phone number below.
Speak your mind!
We want to know what you think. Just go to the any story on our site, and voice your opinion. Be heard at FOX Rio 2!
Recent Comments:
- Karina: This man lies all the time. Yes, he will cooperate. He has no choice now does he?
- Richard Smith: President Bambi Cardenas got off the hook last year whe she reimbursed the UT System $7,000 of...
- Jody Webb: Do the crime,..do the time
- fLIp1.COm/LoGiN: hA HA HA HA HA THATS ME LMAO…..I’M OUT BABY AND I DID COME OUT FREE OF CHARGE SO...
- joe saldivar sr.: ERICKA YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR REPORT. ON THE PEOPLE ASKING FOR MONEY.WHILE THERE ARE SOME...
Many pages in this Entravision Communications web site feature links to other sites, some of which are operated by companies
unrelated to Entravision. We have no control over the content or availability of any linked site.
Privacy Policy | TV Ratings | Design Credit | Employment
