This Friday, June 24, [CR] President Barrett Seaman will speak at the Forum on Education Abroad’s second Standards of Excellent Practice Institute at Northwestern University. This year’s theme is “Beyond the Basics of Well being, Safety, and Security.” The full schedule for the event is offered here.
Recently, [CR] President Barrett Seaman visited Q102 Radio in Philadelphia to discuss the drinking age debate with Clear Channel Public Affairs Director Loraine Ballard Morrill. You can listen to an archived copy of the interview here.
Alaska State Rep. Bob Lynn has proposed a bill that would allow military members under the age of 21 to drink while on base in his state. “It’s outrageous that a member of our military can be subjected to the horrors of war, but can’t legally have a beer or smoke a cigarette,” he wrote [...]
University of Tennessee law professor and Instapundit blogger Glenn Reynolds has published a persuasive commentary in today’s Wall Street Joural on Alaska State Rep. Bob Lynn’s newest proposal to lower the drinking age to 18 for members of the military. Reynolds wrote: Defenders of the status quo claim that highway deaths have fallen because the [...]
From the summary disposition order Oceanic Organizations, Inc. v. Kukui`ula Development Co., No. 30126 (March 18, 2011). A petition to compel arbitration is reviewed de novo. The standard is the exact same as that which would be applicable to a motion for summary judgment, and the trial court’s decision is reviewed using the identical regular [...]
For counsel’s jurisdictional statements – from Dunbar v. State, NO. 30382 (July 22, 2010)(dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction) – Noncompliance with the speed limit in violation of HRS § 291C-102 (2007) is punishable by only a fine pursuant to HRS § 291C-161 (2007), and, thus, it constitutes a “‘[t]raffic infraction’… for which the prescribed [...]
State v. McCarthy, No. 29701 (August 31, 2010) – I won a motion to dismiss nowadays with this memorandum opinion (not precedent, but might be cited for persuasive value if filed on or right after July 1, 2008 (HRAP 35(c)) in which the complaint charging harassment under Section 711-1106(1)(b) was discovered insufficient due to the [...]
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control released a new report – “CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, 2011″ – which sheds light on disparities between racial groups on a wide selection of health problems. The report touched on binge drinking, and noted that binge drinking is highest in the 18-24 age [...]
Colleges across the country are restricting access to Four Loko and other high-alcohol energy drinks, according to Scott Hensley of NPR. After a recent concert at the University of Rhode Island, 30 people were hospitalized for alcohol-related problems. Hensley reported that “no alcohol was available at the arena, but students apparently got hammered ahead of [...]
Choose Responsibility applauds the warnings issued Nov. 17 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission to four makers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages. Caffeinated alcoholic beverages pose an emerging threat to public health, and are associated with binge drinking and alcohol-related injuries. Choose Responsibility commends the FDA and the FTC for [...]