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Studies indicate drinking is big problem at colleges THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980 I By TERRI COULSON Battalion Reporter Many college students like to par ty on weekends. They like to forget about their studies for awhile and just have a good time. As a result, a lot of drinking is done. | According to the Texas Commis sion on Alcoholism (TCA), a Univer sity of California research team has found that the highest proportion of drinking problems is among men in their early twenties. ipH Drinking among college students 'em is definitely problem, said Tom SlClark, a counselor for the Brazos County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Center. “Of the adult population of the United States, about 7 percent of the student population are alcoholic,” he said. “Every person who is an alco holic affects the lives of a minimum of four people around him, so it is a very big problem.” One explanation given by the TCA for young people drinking is it is con sidered very manly to drink. Somehow the idea that “the more you can drink, the more of a man you are” became part of our folklore, the report said. i: Dance for dystrophy to be held tonight By SUSAN HOPKINS Campus Reporter 'A dance to benefit the Muscular leumBistrophy Association at the Lake- PeMVU’w Club with the “independents” lioiiij at Texas A&M University will be 'lira held tonight. ■ The dance, which will last from 8 p.m. until midnight, is sponsored by iKappa Kappa Gamma sorority and | lappa Alpha fraternity. Pfl t Theresa Wilkins, a member of U Kappa Kappa Gamma, said the ■reeks will keep track of the number qm of independents each sorority and [Jl fraternity brings to the dance, so that a $100 award can be given to the I .Winning group. Although a donation of $1.50 will be taken at the door to support M D, Wilkins said, two diamonds, ionil donated by Diamond Brokers Inter- ic S::l r fail- national Inc., will be raffled off as door prizes. by Diamond Brokers International Inc., will be raffled off as door prizes. In addition, she said, members of Kappa Alpha will be paid 25 cents to kidnap a person at the dance. Then, she said, a 25-cent ransom will be collected to the release of each person. Wilkins said the dance was held last year, and that $425 was raised for muscular dystrophy. She said this year’s goal is $750. The Muscular Dystrophy Association uses 83 per cent of its donations for research and treatment of the disease, which Wil kins said is why her sorority and Kap pa Alpha chose the M uscular Dystro phy Association instead of other charity organizations for their pro ject. 2RRC stops gas increase iTemif $ H, United Press International nafol AUSTIN — The Railroad Com mission Tuesday suspended for 120 |ys an increase in burner-tip gas [lilialt 1 service charges proposed by Rio rcitieiRande Valley Gas Corp. for the un- jayfti incorporated areas surrounding 26 haw cities in Hildago, Willacy, Came- debyiiron, Starr and Jim Hogg counties, so, lift 'Lee Everett, the gas utilities divi- ] jt£ skm hearings examiner, said the spons proposed change generally involves en Vil an increase in gas service rates and in cl Is the addition of a cost of service ad justment clause. ;Lesp "He recommended the suspen- Hoifflns in allow the respective cities time to consider identical changes proposed by the company for inside city limits. 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It has several different effects on humans. Alcohol is not digested, it rapidly enters the bloodstream and circu lates to all parts of the body within minutes. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has found the speed at which alcohol enters the bloodstream depends on several fac tors. These factors include how fast you drink, whether or not your sto mach is empty, what you drink and how much you weigh. Links have been found between drinking, ulcers, cirrhosis, heart dis ease and diabetes. Heavy drinking may also cause serious nervous or mental disorders, or permanent brain damage. Because their behavior is less established, young people are more apt to lose control after drinking, especially with regard to driving cars, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). The NSC found that alcohol is a factor in one-half of all highway fatali ties. According to the Michigan Alco hol Education Foundation, after the fourth or fifth drink, a driver oper ates under severe and multiple handicaps. They found the drinker’s judgment is blurred and inhibitions, normally behavior restraints, are no longer effective. In 48 states a blood alcohol content of 0.1 percent is considered “under the influence.” Five beers or three highballs in one hour would amount to 0.1 percent. Sgt. Paul Huddleston of the Col lege Station Police Department said there are three types of tests used to determine if someone is intoxicated. “We use either one, or a combina tion of breath, urine or blood tests,” he said. “If a driver refuses to take one of the tests, he is liable to have his driver’s license suspended. So it is usually to your advantage to take the tests.” The NSC also found that drunken drivers kill over 28,000 people on U.S. highways each year and that alcohol is associated with 64 percent of all homicides. Religion issue splits court United Press International FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Ten Commandments must be posted in Kentucky public schools for “secular” content and their display will not violate state and federal constitutional clauses requiring separation of church and state, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision in favor of the 1978 law was split 3-4, automatic ally upholding the Franklin County Trial Court ruling in favor of postng the Ten Command ments. Justice Robert O. Lukowsky, writing for the three who voted to toss out the law, said the state constitution clearly prohibits pre ference by law for “any particular creed,” and “it is an inescapable conclusion the Ten Command ments are a religious creed.” Lukowsky also said the first three or four of the Ten Comman dments, depending on which ver sion is used, “are undeniably reli gious injunctions.” Justice James B. 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