Underage Drinking

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The other issue is that of the 21-year-old drinking age law. The latter of those two is the one that has really taken off his career and fame. Since this article, McCardell has established organizations to protest the drinking-age and give evidence why it should be changed. So what really is his stand on the issue? McCardell states,

“To lawmakers: the 21-year-old drinking age is bad social policy and terrible law. It is astonishing that college students have thus far acquiesced in so egregious an abridgement of the age of majority. Unfortunately, this acquiescence has taken the form of binge drinking. Campuses have become, depending on the enthusiasm of local law enforcement, either arms of the law of havens from the law,” (1).

He has created somewhat of the Battle of the Binge. By lowering the drinking age to 18 he believes this would significantly reduce the harmful effects among students with their alcohol consumption.
McCardell proposes to give “drinking licenses” ...

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Two months after his retirement he released this article in the New York Times. He states, “Now a less vulnerable member of the faculty once more, I dare to unburden myself of a few observations,” (McCardell 1). He had the opportunity in a powerful office. However, he did not do anything about it while he could. Instead he waited until two months after he retired, in 2004, to publish the article “What Your College President Didn’t Tell You.” This is sad to say the least. 13 years is a long time for someone to have that power. Obviously he had these “observations” for quite some time. Why did it not occur to him to do something while he could? Why did he have to wait until it was ...

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