Today’s news links: Nov. 24, 2008
Posted in Local with tags Bradley University, Illinois American Water Company on November 24, 2008 by Billy DennisWord on the Street is especially newsworthy today, with comments abut dissatisfaction with American Water Company, candidates for the 4th District City Council and Peoria’s lack of clout in the state legislature.
Some 60-plus people got ticketed for alcohol-related violations at house near Bradley University this weekend. Most of them were BU students and many of them were student athletes. My two cents: Bradley University is no different that any other colleges, including the one I attended in the 1980s. There is a culture that encourages binge drinking. I think serious thought needs to be giving to lowering the drinking age to 18, or even 16. It would remove the aura around it, make it less of a rite of passage, and it would allow for students to take their first drinks of alcohol under adult supervision without making criminals of the adults.
Here is a list of those ticketed.
