College Presidents Seek to Lower Drinking Age

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I had seen something about this before on our national website. I thought Penn State was in on it too. Anyway, kudos to these college presidents for having the balls to stand up and say what makes sense, not what is politically correct.

The fact that MADD is saying that students wouldn't be "safe" at those schools - in effect, telling parents not to send their kids there - just points up what a POS organization they are.

You have an organization made for parents who have lost a child to drunk driving and you expect them to be rational?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

You have an organization made for parents who have lost a child to drunk driving and you expect them to be rational?

With as much power as they wield, yes, I do. When the founder leaves a group it's a red flag IMO.

[NutBrnHair]

I am a huge fan of Dr. Gordon Gee from The Ohio State Univ. -- I see he's one of the main supporters.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I am a huge fan of Dr. Gordon Gee from The Ohio State Univ. -- I see he's one of the main supporters.

Between the time I was at OSU in the 80s and when my niece started a few years ago, they "cleaned up" South Campus. They put in a lot of nice restaurants and coffee shops and tore down our beloved watering holes where we drank "buckets of beer" (some of us are stilly mourning that). The administration did this to provide options to students who were underage.

Are they restaurants and coffee houses utilized? Yes. Have the underaged students quit drinking? Absolutely not. They are still going to drink, but it's not on High Street.

This is not unique to Ohio State. My aunt lives at the edge of the College of Wooster. The students don't patronize restaurants because they can't have a beer. They eat on campus and drink in their dorms or houses.

Dr. Gee is on to something, and I commend him for it. I rarely drink any longer, but I did plenty before I turned 18, which was then the law for "low beer" in Ohio. I was never in favor of the 21 law then, and I'm still not.