1. Report Calls For National Attack On Underage Drinking 2. Campus Crime In The News
	Report Calls For National Attack On Underage Drinking In the last few weeks three important reports concerning underage drinking were released. The eagerly anticipated National Academy of Sciences report to congress did not disappoint! The report was a recommendation to implement a nationwide strategy to combat underage use of alcohol. Among the highlights: 1) the alcohol and entertainment industries should take stronger steps to shield young people from unsuitable messages about alcohol. 2) Congress and state legislatures should raise excise tax rates on alcohol – particularly on beer. 3) The government should fund a media campaign to discourage underage alcohol use. You can contact your representatives and ask for Congressional hearings on the NAS report through a simple form at https://secure2.convio.net/madd/site/Advocacy?id=137. The second important report is Dr. Henry Wechsler's Harvard study of campus town "drink specials." The study found a direct correlation between cheap alcohol and high risk drinking among college students. "Changing the alcohol environment surrounding colleges is necessary in order to change the levels of drinking in college students," according to Wechsler. The third report, from the Federal Trade Commission, was a thoroughly disappointing, typical bureaucratic waste of time saying that the alcohol industry doesn't "purposely" target underage drinkers. Georgetown University's Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth has done some compelling studies this year proving that underage youth are targeted by beer and hard liquor ads. You can check our their findings at www.camy.org. Center for Science in the Public Interest's George Hacker summed up the situation well: "Federal anti-drug strategy virtually ignores underage drinking and leaves the booze industry with a near monopoly as the primary educator of young people about alcohol. For the alcohol industry, underage drinking is both a profit center and a breeding ground for its best customers— the addicts of tomorrow." Related Documents- Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility (National Academy of Sciences) The Marketing of Alcohol to College Students: The Role of Low Prices and Special Promotions (Harvard School of Public Health) Alcohol Marketing and Advertising: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress Campus Crime In The News Administrators mum on UTM brawl (The Jackson Sun; 09/20/03) Relatives of slain student sue WKU (The Courier-Journal; 09/19/03) Student death a homicide (Central Maine Daily Sentinel; 09/19/03) Autry family sues WKU, RAs, fraternity for wrongful death (Kentucky Daily News; 09/18/03) Gunman killed by cops in standoff had mental problems (AP; 09/18/03) Coed's attacker gets 16 years (Knoxville News-Sentinel; 09/17/03) Veritas on the Beat (Harvard Crimson; 09/17/03) Ex-Notre Dame player acquitted of rape (AP; 09/16/03) Cheap booze boosts campus alcohol abuse (USA Today; 09/14/03) Student journalists learn about campus crime coverage (The Working Press; 09/14/03) As crimes rise, UD arms its police (The News Journal; 09/14/03) Newspaper loses bid to access student disciplinary records (SPLC; 09/12/03) Associate professor who raised sex issue at CBU sues school (The Commercial Appeal; 09/11/03)
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