April 6, 2007
Taking On 21
A former college president starts a national campaign to lower the drinking age
John M. McCardell Jr., president emeritus of Middlebury College, is a respected Civil War scholar. His lectures on the Gettysburg Address command large audiences at alumni meetings, and his seminars on the war always attract eager undergraduates.
Recently the genteel academic threw himself into another conflict. Call it the Battle of the Binge.
Mr. McCardell believes that underage drinking is one of the most pernicious problems on college campuses. He also believes that
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