Earley Applauds UVA Greeks
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Friday, October 20, Virginia Attorney General Mark L. Earley commended the Inter-Sorority Council at the University of Virginia for their strong stance on alcohol. The ISC has decided to avoid mixers with fraternities that have alcohol present. "Your positive initiative to avoid mixers where alcohol is served is a bold example, which should be followed on other campuses across the state," Earley said at the ceremony in Charlottesville.

Since the death of Leslie Baltz, a fourth year honor student at the University of Virginia, in 1997, the University has been taking steps to curb binge drinking. The Presidents Council of Sororities approved this new policy on October 16, 2000; the University will see implementation of the policy by the end of the month. "Earley's leadership on this important issue has been an inspiration to those of us concerned about making the social aspect of college life as safe and rewarding as possible," said ISC President Allison White.

Attorney General Earley has been fighting binge drinking on campuses across the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1997 when Virginia lost five college students in drinking related deaths. The formation of Earley's Task force on Binge Drinking by College Students has brought dramatic results and awareness to the real problem of binge drinking on campuses across Virginia. You can see the Attorney General's efforts on his web site by selecting student drinking from the options listed.

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Name: Scott Cloud
Year: Senior
Major: Social Science
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Is there nothing these amazing Republicans can’t do? Seriously, there was an interesting article about drinking at UVA in the Wall Street Journal today (Nov 2, 2000). Apparently, schools like UVA have pretty much given up on a zero tolerance programs to end drinking. Instead, they take buckets of money from alcohol companies (UVA took $150,000 from Amhieser) to promote something called “social norms programs”. This means students are encouraged through joint corporate/university marketing that drinking is ok, as long as it is moderate drinking. How convenient! Where are the tobacco companies when you need them? Could you imagine if RU took $5000 from Philip Morris to tell us that smoking is ok, as long as it is moderate smoking. Did the honorable Mark Early have any hand in making this slick deal between the alcohol companies and the university system? I only ask because alcohol companies are traditionally big donors to Republican campaigns. More importantly, why should we even care that UVA is on the straight and narrow path? What is being done at RU?