SPRING 2000 Q&A With John Gardner Campuses and Communities Coming Together Finding Sober Fun Online There Should Be ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ one of its principles of student-athlete ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ “When a Mexican goes to the United a Law welfare and leaves anti-hazing enforce- States, he is subject to U.S. laws, and In the aftermath of an ment to the discretion of member no one there would think of modifying investigation of a haz- schools. It says: “It is the responsibility that.” ing incident by the of each member institution to protect But Martínez says the “discretional University of Vermont the health of and provide a safe environ- powers” the law assigns to his office men’s hockey team, ment for each of its participating student allow him to take action such as Vermont Attorney athletes.” prohibiting the sale of alcohol to General William Forty-one states have antihazing laws, those who are still minors in their Sorrell said his office but what is permitted in one place may own country. would recommend be prohibited in another. Alfred Univer- Calling his order part of a “good- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ that the legislature sity defines hazing as “any activity neighbor policy,” the governor says the enact a new law to expected of someone joining a group “family values” he has promoted since deal specifically with that humiliates, degrades, abuses or en- taking office in 1998 are not exclusively P R E V N T I O hazing. dangers, regardless of a person’s willing- for Chihuahuenses “but for our neigh- In December former ness to participate. This does not include bors as well.” Updates freshman goalie Corey rookies carrying the balls, team parties Tijuana, Mexico, has taken a different LaTulippe filed a with community games, or going out approach to lower alcohol-related crime federal lawsuit against the university, with your teammates, unless an atmo- and injuries in Mexico and the United charging that each freshman team sphere of humiliation, degradation, States. Now bars and discos stop serv- member was forced to drink warm abuse or danger arises.” ing drinks at 2.a.m., while cabarets and beer and perform degrading acts at ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ dance halls close service at 3 a.m. Prior an October initiation party. Drinking Age Raised to 21 South of to the new law, alcohol retailers in The hockey team captain is facing the Border Tijuana with a special permit could sell misdemeanor criminal charges of pro- Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and alcohol until 5 a.m. About 250 bars had viding alcohol to a minor, and more California U.S. youths under age 21 the special permit. alcohol-related charges are possible seeking a cold beer or a shot of tequila A similar law was implemented in against other upperclassmen. However, routinely cross the border into Mexico Mexicali, across the Arizona border. hazing charges are not possible because for a night of club hopping and drinking. the state has no laws prohibiting But Patricio Martínez, governor of Chi- U.S. Students Drink More hazing, Sorrell said. huahua, says bars in his state should Moderately Than Others His investigation found that hazing is stop serving liquor to foreigners who are According to a recent study of 120,000 pervasive at many levels of competitive minors. “There’s no reason Juárez should schoolchildren by the World Health Or- continue to be the cantina for El Paso, hockey. Since 1996 other UVM hockey ganization, U.S. students do not con- hazing parties have been held that were Texas’ minors,” he said in a statement sume as much alcohol as students in “arguably more dangerous and more released by his office. other countries. The WHO found that demeaning than the hazing that had Now no Texan, New Mexican, or any taken place” in October, he said. other American kid 18 to 20 years old 23 percent of 15-year-olds in the After a 1988 football hazing incident can be served beer or tequila at Ciudad United States said they drank beer, that resulted in the hospitalization of Juárez nightspots, even though in wine or spirits at least weekly, com- two students for alcohol poisoning, Mexico they are adults. Juárez is across pared to 53 percent in Wales, 52 Alfred University conducted a study the border from El Paso, Texas. percent in Greece and 47 percent in canvassing a random sampling of Martínez has been criticized for disre- England. 10,000 athletes from 224 members of garding Mexican law, which establishes The report also showed that the National Collegiate Athletics adulthood at 18. “I understand that the children in other countries smoke more Association. From that Alfred extrapo- governor is making a good will gesture. than U.S. youths. The United States lated that among the more than The problem is that the law of the land ranked 24th out of 28 nations for 325,000 NCAA athletes, 79 percent in Mexico is our Constitution, and it sets daily smoking. Greenland ranked were subjected to some sort of hazing. adulthood at 18 years of age,” says the highest. The NCAA addresses the issue only as Juárez Mayor Gustavo Elizondo Aguilar. Continued on inside back cover. Prevention File is a publication of The Silver Gate Group (Federal Tax ID: 33-0714724) PREVENTION FILE Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors or other sources cited and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of The Silver Gate Group, its editorial advisors, its officers, or its personnel. Contents Spring 2000 • Volume 15, Number 2 Publisher: Tom Colthurst Editor: Barbara E. 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Address letters to Prevention File, 4635 West Talmadge Drive, Changing a thousand years of tradition ○○○○○○○○○○ San Diego, CA 92116-4834. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Internet: [email protected] 6 What’s to Do? Plenty http://silvergategroup.com Scientific and Policy Advisory Board Freshmen get a new introduction to college life ○○○○○○○○○○ Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Alcohol Research Group 12 Campuses and Communities Coming Together for Prevention Berkeley ‘ George F. 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Walshok, PhD Extended Studies and Public Service University of California, San Diego Friedner D. Wittman, PhD, MArch Institute for the Study of Social Change University of California, Berkeley Cover Lithograph courtesy of the University of South SPRING 2000 PREVENTION FILE 1 Carolina Archives. Q&A With JOHN GARDNER ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ John N. Gardner is the For years information ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ brought the European university model to the from the National Insti- New World. In addition, it has a great deal to executive director of the Policy tute on Drug Abuse’s do with factors fundamental to the American Center on the First Year Monitoring the Future Survey of psyche and character, particularly in that it College, which is funded by a grant from high school and college students gets played out in a very masculine environ- has shown that in high school col- ment that is influenced by male athletic, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and distin- lege-bound students drink less competitive rituals. Historically alcohol has guished professor of educational leader- than their non-college-bound fel- played a big role in all that. I also think that the high school culture ship, both positions at Brevard College in low students, but once they enter college, they quickly become is different from college culture because Brevard, North Carolina. He is a Senior ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ heavier alcohol consumers than families have far more influence there. They Fellow at the National Resource Center for those who do not go to college.