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Maryland, says, “It doesn’t matter what the campus does. You’re not going to stop the students from drink ing. No way." In fact, banning booze could conceivably promote alcohol use by giving it the cachet of an illicit activity; "Raising the drinking age,” says Tufts sophomore Pam Patton, “will just make it more of a big deal.” The new prohibition will certainly succeed in changing where students drink—but not necessarily.as the law makers intended. Ironically, at the college level the law will .probably encourage inebriated, driving to a cer tain extent. “Those who aren’t of age,” says South Carolina’s Pruitt, “will flee to a place .where they can drink—on the road, in the car, a barn in the country, wherever” There is also the troubling question of whet h er an entire age group should be made topay for the mistakes of a minority. “We have been made the undeserving scapegoats of this nation’s alcohol problem,” said M. Tony Snell, head of the South Carolina state student legislature. “Though 99 percent of us have never been involved in an alcohol-related incident, we have been portrayed as a generation of wan ton drunkards." Dartmouth ’v liquor-free Dungeon: Pub of the future? GiOfFREYC .CLIFFORD While applauding some of the benefits of the crackdown, many adminstrators are concerned that America’s previous attack on alcohol may be repeating itself. Just as nationwide Prohibition failed to control drinking in the 1920s, they suspect that minimum-age-of-21 laws will fail to legislate morality on campuses now. “The evil isn’t drinking, it’s abusing the substance,’’ says Ray Goldstone, UCLA’s dean of students. “I do not believe that beer or wine or other spirits are inherently evil.” Some offi cials fear that students will be less willing to seek education and treat ment because of the illegality of alco hol. As Princeton’s chief counsel, Thomas Wright, puts it, “We’ve an enormous educational dilemma on our hands. It’s a learning time for students, and if we can be a partici pant in the students’ learning about alcohol, we can perhaps help them some with it. If we really are forced into the position of the law-enforce ment officer, we lose the capacity to influence.” Knowing how to drink responsibly may be an important real-life skill—but increasingly, it will not be something students are encouraged to learn in the sheltered atmosphere of college. RON GIVENS with CLAUDIA BRINSON in Columbia. S.C., GARY GATELY in College Park, Md., JERRY BUCKLEY in Hanover, N H . LEE GOLDBERG in Los Angeles, TIM KELLEY in Madison, Wis., CYNTHIA I PIGOTT in New York and bureau reports AN INVITATION TO THE NOMINATION FOR THE KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZES IN MEDICINE AND IN SCIENCE The General Secretariat of The King Faisal International Prize, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has the honour to invite the Universities, Academies, Educational Institutions and Research Centers all over the World to nominate qualified candidates for : 1. The King Faisal International Pure in Medicine, which will be awarded in 1986 Topic DIABETES MELLITUS and . 2 The King Faisal International Priie in Science, which has been postponed to 1986 Topic BIOCHEMISTRY (a) Selection will be according to the discretion and decision of a Committee consisting of National and International assessors selected by The Board of King Faisal Inter national Prize. (b) More than one person may share each prize. (c) The Winner's names will be announced in December 1985 and the prizes will be awarded in an official ceremony to be held for that purpose in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (d) Each Prize consists of : (1) A certificate in the name of the winner containing abstract of his work that qualified him for the prize. (2) A precious medal (3) A sum of three hundred fifty thousand Saudi Riyals ( S.R. 350,000 ). (el f Nominees should satisfy the following conditions : 1. A nominee must have accomplished an outstanding academic work in the subject of the prize leading to the benefit of mankind and enrichment of human thought. 2. The prize will be awarded for specific original researches but the life-time background of works will be taken into account. 3 The works submitted with the nomination for the prize must have already been printed and published. If possible, an abstract in Arabic should be attached if the works are published in any other language. 4 The specific works submitted must not have been awarded a prize by any international educational institution, scientific organization, or foundation. 5 Nominations must be submitted by leading members of recognized educational institutions and of world-fame such as Universitities, Academies & Research Centers. The nominations of other individuals and political parties will not be accepted. 6. Nominations must give full particulars of the nominee's academic background, experiences and/or his/her publications, copies of his/her educational certificates, if available, and three 6x9 cms photographs. The nominee's full address and telephone number are also requested. 7. The nominations and works in ten copies are to be sent by registered air mail to the address stated in 10 below. 8. The latest date for receipt of the full nominations with copies of works is the 3rd of August 1985. The nomination papers received after this date will not be con sidered unless the subject of any prize is postponed to the following year. 9. No nomination papers or works will be returned to the senders. 10. Enquiries should be made, and nominations should be sent, to the Secretary General of The King Faisal International Prize, P. O. Box 22476, Riyadh 11495, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Telex: 204667 PRIZE SJ.
