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Drinking
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Task force members stressed a need for col
leges and communities to work together to fight
what they called the “culture of drinking” at
U.S. colleges.
“All you have to do is look at a couple of cable
television channels who cover spring break where
endless groups of drunken students get up and say
‘fm having the greatest time here’ and then you
recognize on the basis of these statistics what the
fallout of the great time is,” said the Rev. Edward
A. Malloy, president of the University of Notre
Dame and the task force co-chairman.
The study by the Task Force on College
Drinking estimated that drinking by college stu
dents contributes to 500,000 injuries and 70,000
cases of sexual assault or date rape. Also,
400,000 students between 18 and 24 years old
reported having had unprotected sex as a result
of drinking.
Motor vehicle fatalities were the most com
mon form of deaths caused by alcohol. The sta
tistics included college students killed in car
accidents if the students had alcohol in their
blood, even if the level was below the legal limit.
Students who died in other alcohol-related
accidents, such as falls and drownings, were
included. Those who died as a result of homi
cides or suicides were not.
“This study provides alarming evidence of
the devastating impact that college alcohol abuse
is having on students, campuses and communi
ties,” said Education Secretary Rod Paige. “The
statistics are sobering — and we must work to
change the culture of acceptance of high-risk
behavior as a rite of passage.”
The task force of researchers, college presidents
and students was convened in 1998 by the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of
the National Institutes of Health.
Heavy drinking is believed to be more of a
problem among college students than with non
students the same age. A 2000 Department of
Health and Human Services survey found that
41 percent of full-time students aged 18-22
reported that, within a month of the survey, they
had had five or more drinks on at least one occa
sion. That figure was 35.9 percent for nonstu
dents or part-time students.
The same survey found 62 percent of full
time college students had a drink in the previous
month, compared to 50.8 percent of their peers
who were not full-time students.
Task force members said the study was the
most detailed look ever at the consequences of
college student drinking. Researchers integrated
various databases and survey results to reach
their findings
Chief researcher Ralph Hingson of the
Boston University School of Public Health said
he believes the estimates are more likely to be to
conservative and overstated. “I think actually
getting the numbers out will help the public
understand that this is a very large problem, per
haps a larger problem than people might have
otherwise thought,” he said.
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Band
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college bands. Two have had
experience with military bands.
“Band directing is a lot dif
ferent from being a music
teacher,” Kibler said. “The
Aggie Band is one of the most
unique college marching bands
in the country, so it helps if
they bring military experience
to the job.”
In addition to overseeing the
Aggie Band, the director will
be the head of the University
Symphonic Band, the
University Jazz Ensemble, the
Aggieland Orchestra, the
University Concert Band and
the University Campus Band,
Kibler said. The director will
also serve as the head of the
new music program.
Because the director is
involved in many facets of
Texas A&M culture, the search
committee is composed of a
diverse group of members,
Kibler said. Members of the
committee represent the Corps
of Cadets, the student affairs
department, the College of
Liberal Arts, the Athletic
Department and current and
former band members.
Chip Wenmohs, band com
mander and a senior finance
major, said he is looking for a
director who will preserve the
band’s rich traditions.
“I’m looking for someone
who can work well with the
cadets and fits in with our tradi
tions,” Wenmohs said. “I want
somebody who understands the
uniqueness of our band and keeps
it alive for future generations.”
Carter
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Williamson County cast
7,682 votes in the runoff, while
Brazos County cast 6,838 votes.
Kent said the runoff’s rancor
would not hinder Brazos
Republicans from uniting
behind Carter and working with
him once in Congress.
Carter said he had no hard
feelings toward Wareing or the
Brazos County GOP leadership,
and said he would work hard to
represent the region in
Congress.
“I’m very excited to be the
congressman for Texas A&M,”
Carter said.
Wareing, who had said win
or lose, he plans to buy a home
and settle in Bryan, backed
away from that pledge Tuesday.
“We’re going to take»
time off and then decide"’
to go from here,’ WarewL
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