Monday, March 12, 1984
Daily Ncbraskan
Pago 3
DWI arrests may not change
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Raising Nebraska's legal drinking age
to 21 may not decrease the number of
Driving While Intoxicated arrests, be
cause 2 1 year-olds were among the key
offenders in Lancaster County for 1C32
and 1C33.
According to statistics from the Lin
coln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs,
the 19- to 24-year-old age group ac
counted for more than 42 percent of
all DWI arrests in 1982 and more than
44 percent in 1983. Twenty-year-olds
were arrested most frequently for DWI.
Ron Dade, research analyst for the
council, said it is too simplistic to think
that one age is the "magic" drinking age
in order to solve all alcohol-related
problems. But, he said, no matter what
the legal drinking age is, it should be
universal. A universal age, Dade said,
would discourage students from thinking
of drinking as a game, which could
tempt them to drive to neighboring
states where the legal age is lower.
Tear after year the 19-to-24 arte
group is the high-risk group," Dade
said. He said this is consistent with
other- problems that this age group
has, such as drug abuse. He said these
problems occur because of increased
freedom in college and continued experi
mentation that started in high school.
Prevention activities in high school
could lessen problems, Dade said. Youn
ger students would realize they soon
will enter the high-risk group, he said,
and students need to learn that it is all
right not to drink.
In communities like Lincoln, Dade
said, offenders can use the many human
service programs offered. He said that
without help, an alcohol-related prob
lem worsens.
Total DWI arrests in Lincoln and
Lancaster County reflecting all age
groups showed a slight decrease from
1,779 in 1082 to 1,719 in 1083.
Dade said this . decrease, although
not significant, probably occurred be
cause people were aware of a law
enforcement crackdown on drunken
drivers.
Chairpersons say candidates
no serious threat for Reagan
The Lancaster County chairpersons
for President Reagan's re-election en
couraged UNL College Republicans to
get involved in the statewide campaign
at the group's meeting last week.
Don Stenberg and Donna Bock, fil
ling in for the statewide coordinator
Glen Wilson, stressed the importance
of getting Reagan re-elected and sup
porting his programs.
Stenberg, who served as legal coun
sel for former Gov. Charles Thone
and as director of administrative ser
vices, said the problems Reagan inher
ited high interest rates, inflation
and . unemployment are being con
trolled, although he admitted the fed
eral budget deficit was a real problem.
"If there is an Achilles' heel for Rea
gan in Nebraska, it would be a national
thing like the deficit," Stenberg said.
Stenberg said Gary Hart's surprise
showing in the recent primaries would
work to the president's advantage. The
Democratic candidates will campaign
on each others' many faults, he said.
"President Carter was a disaster,
possibly the worst president this cen
tury, and Fritz Mondale supported
him all the way," Stenberg said. An
other drawback for Mondale is his ties
to special interest groups, especially
labor, Stenberg said.
"Gary Hart's campaign is reminis
cent of Carter's in that we know very
little about him," Stenberg said. "Car
ter said trust me' and everyone knows
the result." Stenberg deemed Hart's
advocation ofa military spending reduc
tion as unacceptable.
Bock, an investment broker involved
in the organizational part of the cam
paign, said she thought the 25- to 35-year-old
age group will decide cam
paigns in the future, so college stud
ents should understand and voice com
ments on the president and his platform.
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