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McCardell drinking campaign growing
Ryan Hayner
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: News
Originally published: 4/26/07 at 6:01 PM EST
Last update: 4/26/07 at 6:01 PM EST
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John M. McCardell's campaign to lower the legal drinking age to 18 is steadily growing.
What began as a New York Times editorial written by McCardell titled "What Your College President Didn't Tell You", turned into a more-than-a-year investigation of the 21-year-old drinking age, funded by the organization-aiding group, The Robertson Group.
Following the release of McCardell's team report "The Effects of the 21 Year-Old Drinking Age: A White Paper", illustrating what the team found through its investigation, The Robertson Group granted McCardell additional funding to start an organization to lead his campaign.
His non-profit organization, Choose Responsibility, which has been covered vigorously in the news lately, launched their Web site April 4.
According to Scott Guenther, spokesman for Choose Responsibility, the organization has also presented their debate to college campuses throughout the nation, directing its argument toward college administrators, faculty and students.
"These presentations have been very informative for us," Guenther said. "The college community is really receptive of our message, and oftentimes very supportive."
McCardell, former president and current professor at Middlebury College, has already visited Duke University's Sanford Institute in Durham, N.C., Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H, and his own Middlebury College in Vermont in the past two weeks, Guenther said.
McCardell is also scheduled to be in Arkansas this Monday, presenting at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
"What we're arguing and opposing has a place on the national front," Guenther said. "We've been reported on in a wide spectrum of news-media."
According to Guenther, Choose Responsibility has been covered by Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. News and World Report, Fox News Online and NPR's Here and Now.
Choose Responsibility's drinking-age proposal, according to Guenther, consists of an alcohol-education program that "prepares individuals for better or worse to drink alcohol."
What began as a New York Times editorial written by McCardell titled "What Your College President Didn't Tell You", turned into a more-than-a-year investigation of the 21-year-old drinking age, funded by the organization-aiding group, The Robertson Group.
Following the release of McCardell's team report "The Effects of the 21 Year-Old Drinking Age: A White Paper", illustrating what the team found through its investigation, The Robertson Group granted McCardell additional funding to start an organization to lead his campaign.
His non-profit organization, Choose Responsibility, which has been covered vigorously in the news lately, launched their Web site April 4.
According to Scott Guenther, spokesman for Choose Responsibility, the organization has also presented their debate to college campuses throughout the nation, directing its argument toward college administrators, faculty and students.
"These presentations have been very informative for us," Guenther said. "The college community is really receptive of our message, and oftentimes very supportive."
McCardell, former president and current professor at Middlebury College, has already visited Duke University's Sanford Institute in Durham, N.C., Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H, and his own Middlebury College in Vermont in the past two weeks, Guenther said.
McCardell is also scheduled to be in Arkansas this Monday, presenting at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
"What we're arguing and opposing has a place on the national front," Guenther said. "We've been reported on in a wide spectrum of news-media."
According to Guenther, Choose Responsibility has been covered by Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. News and World Report, Fox News Online and NPR's Here and Now.
Choose Responsibility's drinking-age proposal, according to Guenther, consists of an alcohol-education program that "prepares individuals for better or worse to drink alcohol."
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