Drinking
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The 23-year-old said he stopped
furnishing his underage friends
with substances because he needs
to follow the rules in America. But
he said this isn’t a problem in
Ecuador because alcohol isn’t a
challenge to obtain, and a person is
considered an adult at age 18, in
stead of age 21.
“I think the rules [in America]
should be changed. When you for
bid some people to do something,
they want to do it more,” Ruiz
said.
Ruiz said it is not socially ac
ceptable to drink to the point
where a person passes out from al
cohol consumption in Ecuador, be
cause community members are
Elections
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While battling on the legal front,
Gore launched a public relations
offensive, answering Bush’s urging
that he should quit. Gore recog
nizes that his cause would be lost
if public sentiment turns against
him.
Gore, in a nationally televised
address Monday night, said he
simply is seeking a complete count
of all Florida votes. “Not recount
after recount as some have
concerned with how they are per
ceived by their peers. He was sur
prised to find that college students
in America are sometimes pres
sured to consume massive quanti
ties of alcohol.
Duco Merkens, a freshman busi
ness major from the Netherlands,
said alcohol can be obtained in his
country at age 16, or even age 14, if
the buyer looks old enough. The
18-year-old said alcohol is easier to
acquire in the Netherlands, and it
becomes part of the social experi
ence in bars with friends, instead
of an addiction.
He added he spends less money
on alcohol in America. In the
Netherlands, he can easily spend
more than $50 on alcohol at the
bars in a night. International stu
dents have also said they noticed a
difference in the use of drugs, such
charged,” the vice president said
in a dig at Bush, “but a single, full
and accurate count. We haven’t
had that yet.”
He said Bush’s lawyers have
filed lawsuits to delay the count
and stop the counting and “and
this would be over long since ex
cept for those efforts to block the
process at every turn.”
Gore held a televised conference
call with Democratic leaders of the
House and Senate who assured
him that Democrats “have been en
tirely supportive” of finding out
how everyone voted — even
as marijuana, in the U.S. and in
foreign countries.
Merkens said he has observed
more students smoking marijuana
than drinking alcohol in the U.S.,
because marijuana is easy to ob
tain.
“The good thing about The
Netherlands is that marijuana is
basically not allowed, but you
can get it if you want. You won’t
he punished,” Merkens said. “A
lot more people are doing it [in
America] because it is sneaky.
They want to do it because it is
prohibited.”
Office Manager for the Interna
tional Student Association and
sophomore architecture major
Wanjiku Magua grew up on the
border of Nairobi, Kenya. Magua
said individuals have to be 18 to
purchase alcohol, but the law is
though there was some isolating
grumbling within the party. At the
White House, President Clinton
joined Gore’s unity chorus.
In Bush’s camp, there was a de
termined effort to focus on White
House planning as if all the con
fusing legal challenges really did
n’t matter. Of course, it was Bush’s
team that brought the election to
the U.S. Supreme Court in a chal
lenge to Florida recounts. That
pivotal case will be heard Friday.
Panetta, a respected voice in the
political world, said both candi
dates should stop at the Supreme
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not strictly enforced. She said
clubs check for identification, but
pubs usually don’t.
Magua, who is part of the
Gikuyu tribe, said traditional alco
holic beverages, such as muratina,
a blend of fermented sugar cane,
are a part of certain ceremonies,
such as weddings.
“From my perspective, [alcohol
consumption] depends on reli
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and traditional orientation,”
Magua said.
She said her Christian beliefs
discourage her from consuming al
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Magua said she has seen a high
er rate of drug use, including hal
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Court rather than take the battle to
the House of Representatives.
“Once the Supreme Court makes
a decision, by God, both candidates
ought to abide by it,” Panetta told
The Associated Press. “Any candi
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of the American people but, I think,
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the steel mills,” he said. “Richard
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may be that Gore may have to give
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result of whatever the court says.”
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Florida’s electors. The Republican
controlled state legislature has
which causes people to mimic
what they see on television.
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and ISA Program Assistant Xiaoyu
Fan, from China, said she finds
other alternatives besides drinking
to reduce stress and enjoy college
life, including reading, eating and
playing music.
Edel Davenport, an internation
al counselor from Germany at the
University Counseling Center, said
international students could possi
bly consume alcohol because it al
leviates loneliness, the transition
to a new country and culture
shock.
“Academic pressures and being
far away from family, friends and a
social support system might lead
international students to find com
fort in drinking and food,” Daven
port said.
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of Florida’s 25 electoral votes
found that six in 10 Americans say
it is time for Gore to concede. The
survey, by ABC News-Washington
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legitimately elected if he were tc
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While legal maneuvering churned
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operation with private contribu
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sible if Bush did not move as quick
ly as possible, given the delay.
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