8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.2005
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Fifth year senior Veronica Wilson of Liberal cuts out legs for a rocking chair. Wilson's chair is for the sculpture classes "seat for two" assignment. The class is creating seats for two people that reflect the relationship between the intended sitters.
LIQUOR LAWS
Cops implement
new drinking law
COLUMBIA, Mo. — On a Friday night early in the fall semester, the opportunities for drunken debauchery in this college town can tempt even the most temperate of under- age undergrads.
age unintended. At Shiloh Bar & Grill near the University of Missouri-Columbia, Bacardi Girls beckon with belly button rings and shots of rum in test tubes as a pair of midget Elvis impersonators linger nearby.
Away from downtown, the duplexes that sprout like weeds off campus team with street parties on a home football game weekend, the empty beer cans and cardboard boxes scattered in the street, front yards and sidewalks like debris from a passing tornado. Needless to say, no one checks identification.
When Columbia police officer Chris Kelley and two undercover liquor control agents pull up in an unmarked car, few of the partners—legal or not—seem surprised to be asked for proof of age. Only when the teens and 20-something find out the complete details of Missouri's tougher new laws to combat teen drinking do their beer-fueled buzzes begin to fade.
SOCC
As of Aug. 28, minors no longer have to be seen drinking booze or carrying an alcoholic beverage; they can be arrested for possession "by consumption" if police determine they are "visibly intoxicated" or if they have a blood alcohol level of 0.02 percent or more.
more.
Minors found guilty of consuming alcohol now face a mandatory, 30-day initial suspension of their driver's licenses. Additionally, property owners and renters who "knowingly allow" minors to drink alcohol or "knowingly fail" to stop them can also be charged with a misdemeanor. —The Associated Press
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