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Underage drinking undergoes evaluaticl
□ The committee will
study state and federal
laws to consider
changes to Texas state
laws concerning
underage drinking.
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By Leslie New
The Battalion
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Students under the age of 21
may find it harder to purchase
and drink alcohol after a spe
cial interim subcommittee of
the Texas Legislature com
pletes its study of underage
drinking and driving.
Appointed by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Bob Bullock, the interim
committee’s main purpose is to
make it harder for minors to
drink and stiffen the penalties for
those minors who are caught com
mitting alcohol-related offenses.
The interim subcommittee
will evaluate federal laws and
other state laws to consider as
changes to Texas state laws con
cerning underage drinking.
The five-senator committee,
including Senator Jim Turner,
D-Crockett, will also study
changes in laws and penalties
concerning the purchase and
consumption of alcohol by mi
nors and the crimes of minor in
possession and driving while un
der the influence.
“According to figures I have
seen, over 130 Texas children and
young adults were killed last year
as a result of drinking and dri
ving,” Turner said in a press re
lease. “These were senseless and
unnecessary deaths that may
have been preventable.”
Bob Wiatt, Texas A&M Uni
versity Police Department direc
tor, said he believes underage
drinking is prevalent in the
Bryan-College Station area, es
pecially among college students.
“They’ll use a fake I.D. and,
if necessary, get an adult to
buy the alcohol, then get
smeared out of shape,” Wiatt
said. “This (the interim com
mittee) will put more teeth in
the penalty phase.”
One of the points the interim
subcommittee will study is in
creasing prevention and inter
vention programs that may re
duce the occurrence of juvenile
driving while intoxicated.
On campus, the Center for
Drug Prevention and Education
sponsors several programs that
deal with underage drinking.
Helen Janss, assistant coordi
nator for CDPE, said an increase
in the state programs would pre
sent a consistent message
throughout the community.
“Something that might be in
creased is the enlisting of a more
active and visible influence from
the community to deal with the
problem of alcohol availability to
minors,” Janss said.
Besides increasing education
al programs, the interim sub
committee will consider estab
lishing a lower legal blood-alco
hol limit, increasing penalties
for juveniles accused of DWI,
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Abram Trevino, a junior|
netics major, said he isi
vinced that the committetlna use
their recommendations,Jrlydoub
have a dramatic effect onllts’use
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“I think people are stillgt incedTm
to drink,” Trevino said. “Iti Jome 12)
affect new drinkers, but al drugs
those who already drink,”
The interim committee!
gather statistics and testii
from agencies and wil
first organizational hearingin|
tober. In September 1996, then
mittee will submit its recomm m-agers i
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students who are concerned
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By Lori Young
The Ba li align
Students need to make healthy eating
choices to avoid the Freshman 15, those ex
tra pounds students often gain once they go
to college, said Dr. Jane Cohen, health edu
cation coordinator and nutrition specialist.
Cohen wrote in How to Make the Food
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food groups to supply their bodies with the
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“By practicing moderation, you can get the
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Annie Godwin, a graduate nutrition stu
dent, said when students come to college
they are often deciding what to eat for them
selves for the first time and may not realize
they are eating extra fat and calories until
the pounds start to build.
Monica Sanchez, a freshman mechanical
engineering major, said she believes the
Freshman 15 is a myth.
“I don’t think it’s as common as it used to
be,” Sanchez said. “There are just as many peo
ple who come to college and lose 15 pounds.”
Honor Goodman, a senior journalism ma
jor, gained the Freshman 15 during her first
year at A&M. She said she had not been on a
scale in a year when she discovered she had
gained extra weight.
“My suitemate had one of those digital
scales,” Goodman said. “I stood on that scale
and almost had a heart attack. I thought my
suitemate had rigged those scales as a joke.”
Vickie Beck, Department of Food Services
administrative dietitian, said students often
make poor choices in the dining halls, but
the department tries to offer a variety of
foods to students.
“Every day, we have a light entree
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Beck said.
Colin Obeirne, a junior accounting
dent, said the threat of gaining weiji
could influence some students to develi
eating disorders.
“I know one girl who only eats once
day,” Obeirne said.”
Godwin said thepersonalities of indivii
uals determine whether they will develi
eating disorders.
“[Someone] is more likely to develop an
ing disorder from trying to lose the wei
than from the fear of gaining it,” she said.
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the Student Advisory Council, a volunteer
student organization.
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