 |
|
|
Colleges Look To Lower Legal Drinking Age
The Amethyst Initiative is backed by more than 100 college and university presidents, but Wichita State says it will not join. Reporter: Cayle ThompsonEmail Address: cayle.thompson@kake.com |
|
 |
| National AP Video |
|
|
Twitter News Feed
| Offbeat News Headlines | |
Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted On TV Show
 0 Comments
California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. (Full Story) |
|
|
Jury Sides With NYPD In Clown's Lawsuit
0 Comments
A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. (Full Story) |
|
|
KC Bank Robber Who Left Wallet Behind Pleads Guilty
0 Comments
A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. (Full Story) |
|
Dictionaries Differ On Word Of The Year
0 Comments
It's no lie. Merriam-Webster has chosen "admonish" as its 2009 Word of the Year. (Full Story) |
|
|
Wild Turkey On NJ Turnpike Captured
0 Comments
A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the New Jersey Turnpike won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. (Full Story) |
|
|
Police: Teens Taped Themselves Stealing Presents
2 Comments
A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes. (Full Story) |
|
| More Headlines | |
Extras
 |
Happy Thanksgiving! Your 2009 Thanksgiving Guide |
 |
H1N1 News Click here for the latest news regarding the H1N1 virus. |
 |
Upickem Pigskin Payoff Contest Click here to go to our pro football season contest! |
 |
First United Methodist Church of Wichita Click here to watch Sunday services live. |
I think that this is kind of stupid. I will be 18 in 2 months and I dont care to drink. I know a lot of my friends that drink and it worries me because they are not safe about it. Most seniors are turning 18 within the year and some of them will be stupid about it if the drinking age is lowered. I think it should stay at 21
first of all, just because you have been breaking the law since you were 16 doesn't mean everyone should. 2) fraternities and sororities have nothing to do with it--Parents need to do their job. 3) I'm under 21 and this is absurd. When we lower the drinking age, not only will we have a bunch of 18,19 and 20 yr olds running around not thinking, but then 15,16, and 17 yr olds will have better access to it, just like 18, 19, and 20yr olds do now. Please don't lower it.
Lower It. I drank from the time I was 16... I will allow my kids to have a few when they turn 16 AT HOME. Once you say not to do something, the first instinct is to do it. Lower the age, legalize pot and prostitution... All will be good...
Do these learned leaders understand the physical consequences of alcohol on a young brain?
using the same logic, why not lower the drinking age to birth? that should solve all the worlds problems.
This is a prime example of teens being irresponsible with drinking. 18-year-old Austin Lee Slanker-Wilson unresponsive in a dormitory bathroom Friday. Slanker-Wilson was a Freshman from Wellington. If your 21 and under, you're not ready to handle the responsibility of drinking. Kids really should focus their quality time in a different direction other than drinking.
I agree with the 2nd comment. What law enforcement should be doing is busting those who are 21 yrs old and over who are supplying alcohol to underaged students. Underaged drinking has nothing to do with challenging the legal system. It's peer pressure by fraternities and sororities.
I think this is the dummest thing ....kids are going to keep on drinking no matter what you do.
Binge-drinking is another form of natural selection along with chain-smoking and eating too many cheeseburgers. It's painful to watch but free will is always a sticky wicket.
I started drinking and sneeking into clubs at a young age due to the drinking age being raised each year from 18 to 19 before I turned of age, then 21 when I almost reached 19. I think it's good that there are some 18 and up clubs available, but I have two thoughts... (1) If the drinking age is lowered, there maybe more DUI's involved due to lack of maturity of handling drinking appropriately. But (2) I agree on the other side that it's going to happen anyhow. But when 18-21 year olds are getting alcohol anyhow, what stops when it's changed to 18 to purchase it stops them from buying for younger kids due to maturity and being able to obtain it legally. There are very much some pro's and con's of this happening. Overall I think that there isn't enough things for kids to do to entertain them that they have access to, along with peer pressures to fit in as well as possibility lack of parents involvement or over doing their parenting to "save" their kids from the "bad things" in life.
As someone who is not 21 yet, in my opinion i think it would be better because kids my age would not be so inclined to drink because its not a rush if its legal. When kids drink its more fun because they know they're doing something wrong..if the age is lowered...the rush is gone so the funs kind of out of it in my opinion.A lot of my friends who are over 21 say when you hit 21 drinkings not as much fun anymore because you're allowed to do it
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of!!! Kids will drink whether the drinking age is lower or not!!!