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...certainly hasn’t been a dry year, especially on college campuses. And with that in mind this summer, presidents and chancellors from colleges and universities across the country introduced the controversial Amethyst Initiative to the public, calling for a reassessment of the current minimum legal drinking age of 21. As of this writing, 130 leaders in higher education have signed on. While the signatories prescribe no single policy solution, they do agree that current age restrictions are not working effectively and could even be encouraging certain harmful drinking behavior on college campuses. Unfortunately, University President Drew G. Faust...
...Vermont Legalize It? College presidents from nearly 100 U.S. universities, including Duke, Tufts and Texas A&M, have signed a petition to lower the national drinking age, saying current laws encourage a culture of clandestine binge-drinking among students younger than 21. Known as the Amethyst Initiative, the coalition plans to run national ads calling for a debate among lawmakers. Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, however, say lowering the drinking age would only lead to more fatal car accidents...
...AMETHYST: from the Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("drunk"); ancient Greeks thought the stone prevented intoxication...
...exhibition that the jeweler was staging. Soon she was showing Tiffany executives her one-of-a-kind pieces, including a necklace of big hammered-gold balls circled in tiny diamonds that is still part of her collection. Along with Picasso's oversize rings featuring chunky aquamarine, citrine or amethyst, she created more accessible?but equally iconic?pieces inspired by graffiti or handwritten x's and o's. "The idea was to create something young and fun and strong," says Picasso. "I wanted to make something that was romantic without being cute." This season she takes the notion one step further...
Most gems are found in several places in the world. Emeralds come from Colombia but also from Zimbabwe; there's amethyst on almost every continent; and diamonds?although associated with Africa?are mined in Russia and Australia, among other places...