2 - Friday, March 28, 2008
The malty taste of freedom
Close the door. Turn down the
music. Hide the Keystone Light.
Many dorm residents know the
routine when they hear a knock on
the door after quiet hours.
But for a brief period in the
1970s, students in the dorms
lived without the fear of being
busted by a wandering resident
adviser.
On Jan. 1, 1972, Michigan law-
makers reduced the legal drink-
ing age from 21 to 18, and for about
seven years - before a petition
drive overturned the lax law in
1978 - college underclassmen got
a taste of legal drinking.
In fact, many halls and houses
sponsored keggers and mixers
during this period.
Director of Student Legal Ser-
vices Douglas Lewis graduated
from the University in 1976.
Lewis said drinking was a part
of dorm culture from hig first
experiences at summer orienta-
tion in 1972.
He recalled that his roommate
strolled through the lobby of Alice
Lloyd Residence Hall with a six-
pack in hand, only to return to
their room a few hours later with
another.
"The room reeked of alcohol,"
Lewis said.
, Lewis also said students used
the dorms' layout when planning
parties.
"There used to be progressive
drinking parties in the dorms,"
Lewis said. "You could start with
beer on the first floor and end with
hard liquor at the top."
Dan Rankin, who graduated in
1976, spent his first two years at
the University living in East Quad.
He said that it wasn't only alcohol
that students indulged in during
the laid-back'70s.
"I think it would be fair to say
that enforcement against either
illegal drugs or legal alcohol in
the dorms was also pretty lax back
when I was at Michigan," Rankin
said.
Housing spokesman Peter
Logan said the University has
strengthened its enforcement of,
more stringent alcohol policies
since the '70s.
This change reflects state
and federal laws that have been
enacted since the '70s that
restrict drinking in on-campus
housing.
. Lewis argued that students'
irresponsible partying in the '70s
may be partly responsible for
the- reformed tolerance policies
observed currently.
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CAMPUS EVENTS& NOTES
Laptop swiped $300. Police have no suspects.
in library carrel Extinguisher
l f
WHERE: Harlan Hatcher
Graduate Library
WHEN: Wednesday at about
4 p.m.
WHAT: An Apple iMac lap-
top, case and charger left in a
locked study carrel were sto-
len, the Department of Public
Safety reported. The laptop is
valued at about $1,400. Police
have no suspects, and an inves-
tigation is underway.
Exterior door
damaged at
South Quad
WHERE: South Quad
WHEN: Wednesday at about
4:20 p.m.
WHAT: The safety glass in an
exterior door at South Quad
was damaged, DPS reported.
The damage was valued at
stuien rom
campus building
WHERE: Henry F. Vaughan
Public Health Building
WHEN: Thursday at about
12:45 p.m.
WHAT: A fire extinguisher
was stolen from the Henry F.
Vaughan Public Health Build-
ing, DPS reported. The fire
extinguisher was valued at
$36. Police have no suspects.
Photojournalism
discussion
WHAT: A talk by freelance
photojournalist Peter Turoley
titled "Visualizing Violence."
Turnley has covered world
conflicts in the Balkans
(Bosnia), Somalia, Rwanda,
Chechnya, Haiti, Afghani-
stan, Kosovo, Iraq and the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
WHO: Eisenberg Institute
for Historical Studies
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: 1014 Tisch Hall
WHO: Best Buddies
WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. The University Record, the
WHERE: Anderson Room D, University's news service
Michigan Union 1 publication, published a
statement this week respond-
ing to the four-part series pub-
Talk on political lished by The Ann Arbor News
Talkon p l ifcal about academics for University
philosophy student-athletes.
WHAT: A talk by Richard The top-seeded Michi-
Kraut, a Philosophy Prof at gan men's hockey team
Northwestern University, faces off today against
titled "Politics and the Good: Niagara in the NCAA tourna-
Reflections on Rawls" ment regional round. Last year
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Cafeteria food Talk on autism
pilfered research
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Wednesday at about
6 p.m.
WHAT: Food was stolen from
the University Hospital's cafe-
teria,DPS reported. The stolen
food was valued at $28. Police
have no suspects.
WHAT: A presentation on
autism research by the Uni-
versity of Michigan Autism
and Communication Disor-
ders Center as part of the
Best Buddies's Disabilities
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