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19-year-old drinking law
effects seen after a year
by Kathleen Hart
Battalion Reporter
After one year, local
schools, police, drinking
establishments and students
have all felt the effect of the
19-year-old minimum drink
ing age law.
But, despite some negative
reactions, a few organizations
would like to see the limit
raised to 21.
Bryan High School Prin
cipal Perry Pope said there
has been quite a reduction in
alcohol problems at that
school since the law took
effect Sept. 1, 1981. Pope said
he thinks the age increase was
a good idea and pointed out
that the PTA and the princip
al’s association both sup
ported the increase, since its
main purpose was to get and
keep alcohol out of the
schools.
Sandra Parker, principal at
A&M Consolidated High
School concurs, saying her
school has also seen fewer
alcohol-related problems.
However, Parker said this
could be related in part to
bringing in dogs to sniff out
alcohol and other illegal mate
rials.
Local establishments serv
ing liquor have noticed the de
cline in the number of 18-
year-olds drinking, but are
not as positive about it.
J. Brown Fletcher, mana
ger of the Dixie Chicken, said
business there has been “cut in
half’ since the law went into
effect and that if the age were
increased to 21, they would be
out of business.
Paula Emola, owner of the
Lakeview Club and part-
owner of the Texas Hall of
Fame, agreed. -
She said business at those
establishments has decreased
and if the limit were raised to
21, more than half the area
drinkint
establishments
to close their
would h;
doors.
Bryan police also have seen
a change.
From Sept. 1, 1980 to Sept.
1, 1981, there were 352 DWI
arrests in Bryan, according to
the records division of their
police department. During a
similar period from 1981 to
1982, the records indicate 338
DWI arrests were made, 14
fewer than the previous
period. However, the popula
tion of Bryan increased by
nearly 10,000 from 1980 to
1982, according to records
kept by the Bryan Library.
College Station police have
had one more DWI arrest
during identical periods,
according to their records di
vision, which said that popula
tion in that city increased by
nearly 4,000.
MADD (Mothers Against
Drunk Driving) wants the
drinking age raised to 21 to
decrease DWI arrests and
traffic fatalities, said MADD
.Texas Director Marinelle
Timmons.
Timmons cited a nine-state
University of Michigan survey
that found when the drinking
age was raised from 18 to 21,
the states involved showed a
28 percent reduction in fatal-
ties in the 18-to-21 age group.
“I think in a few years we’ll
see a big reduction of 17-to-19
year-olds who drink, because
their friends won’t drink,” she
said.
Jan Winniford, advisor for
Boost Alcohol Conciousness
Concerning the Health of
University Students (BAC
CHUS) disagrees.
Winniford said raising the
limit to 21 would cause prob
lems. She said the organiza
tion feels people should think
about the responsible use of
alcohol, not necessarily make
its use illegal.
Sheepdog competition
scheduled for weekend
by Brigette Crossland
Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M Range Club,
in conjunction with the Texas
Sheepdog Association, is hold
ing its second annual sheepdog
competition this weekend.
Admission to the competition
will be $2 for adults. The Range
Club will provide concessions,
including barbecue. Preliminary
competition begins Saturday at
10 a.m. and will continue until 6
p.m. Final competition will be
Sunday from 10 a.m. until about
noon depending on the number
of dogs competing.
To get to the trials, go out FM
2818 to Eastserwood Airport
and follow the signs.
The Range Club expects ab
out 15 trainers to be competing
with three to four dogs each —
mostly border collies — for a tot
al of 40 to 60 dogs.
Sheepdog trials, as a sport,
originated in England over a
century ago and still follow the
same rules.
Senate constitution drafted
Ssa
by Hope E. Paasch
Battalion Staff
A faculty senate constitution is
in the final drafting stages and
an election to ratify it will be held
in early November, the chair
man of the Faculty Senate Steer
ing Committee says.
Copies of the proposed con
stitution will be mailed in Octo
ber to all faculty members so
they can examine the constitu
tion before they vote, committee
chairman Claude D. Davis said.
“Ratification by the faculty is
the first of several steps to
adopting the constitution,” he
said.
If approved by the faculty,
the constitution must also be
ratified by the Texas A&M Uni
versity president, the System
chancellor and the Board of Re
gents.
“Both President (Frank E.)
Vandiver and Chancellor
(Arthur G.) Hansen are faculty-
oriented administrators and
have been very supportive of
our efforts to establish a faculty
senate,” Davis said.
Vandiver appointed the Fa
culty Senate Steering Commit
tee in December 1981 to write a
constitution. A faculty senate is
an advisory body, similar to the
Student Senate, which reports
directly to the University presi
dent.
Texas A&M is one of few
; leading universities that does
not have a faculty senate, Davis
said.
“If a faculty senate is estab
lished, no longer would faculty
members have the luxury of cri
ticizing certain decisions be
cause the senate would have par
ticipated in making some of
those decisions,” he said. “The
senate gives faculty the right to
participate, but they also must
share in the responsibilities.”
The faculty senate would deal
with University-wide policies,
not departmental ones.
The proposed constitution is
better than any other in the na
tion, Davis said, since his com
mittee examined numerous ex
isting constitutions before draft
ing theirs.
“Our constitution is technical
ly much better — clearer, shor
ter, direct and not nearly so
complicated,” he said. The
proposed constitution calls for a
unicameral body of senators
elected from each college. One
senator will represent about 25
faculty members, meaning the
Faculty Senate would contain 65
to 75 members.
A unique feature of the con
stitution is its inclusive defini
tion of faculty, Davis said.
Adminstrators who retain their
faculty status are eligible to run
for senate positions.
The constitution defines a fa
culty member as anyone em
ployed by Texas A&M on the
College Station campus holding
the rank of professor, associate
professor or assistant professor.
Lecturers and instructors who
receive full-tipae teaching or lib
rary salaries and retired faculty
who teach on the College Station
campus are also faculty under
the document.
If the constitution is ratified,
Davis said the elections to the
senate tentatively will be held in
the early part of the 1983 spring
semester.
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