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missed 9 of its first 12 free throws. Over the next seven minutes, St. Mary's (19-8) continued to work the ball inside, and shots started to fall. USO began to fall back, trailing 23 11 with 5,45 remaining in the half. In danger of being blown out, USO responded with its only run of the day. Efrem Leonard came off the bench to spark the Toreros, and 3:45 and a 12-0 spnnt later, the score was lied at 23-23. But by halftime, the Toreros would trail by five, as Robert Haugen scored inside and then hit a 30-foot three-pointer at the buzzer to put St. Mary's ahead, 28-23. The second half started with three USO turnover s, two by freshman guard Kelvin Means, and St. Mary's took advantage by get- ling its running ·game in gear. Al Lewis scored on two breakaway layups and hit a three-pointer as USO went the first 5:13 of the second half without scoring. "Those turnovers didn't allow us to come back and set up our defense," Egan said. "It_ got the~ going, ar;id we started fallmg back. USD could not recover a second time. Leonard finished with a game-high 19 points, but nobody else helped. The Toreros finished 37% (19of51)fromthefloor.

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to do som thing, and I said some- thing back. It was a personal mistake on my part, and he pun• tshed me for 1t." USO never got closer after Means left and wound up losing by lopsided score to a team with which 1 had plit two games during the regular season . Egan delivered his second mes- sage afterward. . 'Tve been coaching a long time 117 years. four at USO], and~ can't remember a performance this bad this late in the season by any of my teams," he said. "I think this shows that we really have to evaluate wha w 're gomg to do with this program. "We have to take a closer look at everything. Not onty with w~at we're going to do but who we re going to do 1t with." Not a lot was expected from Egan's te, m this season-four starters were lost from 1386-87- but he hadn't planned to end the season in this fashion. USO missed its first seven shots from the field and didn't score a field goal until the 12,10 mark, when Means hit a long Jumper to pull USO wtthin 7-4. It was that close only because St. Mary's, which drew. six two-shot iouls in the fll'st eight minutes,

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k to drive. " ur goal [reahstically) is to try and essen the view of tudents that alcohol is the key to having a gcod wee end," said UCSD's Watson, who has devoted considerable at- en\ion to the subject during the past year. "Our society has seemed o emphasize drmking so a student p~o ably sees [drinking) as qUJte ormal." ven beer companies, which tar- get college students m efforts to establish brand loyalty among he , are mounting programs to encourage more students to drink responsibly. Anheuser-Busch, whose Budweiser dominates bi>er-sponsored activities on col- le e campuses, holds Alcohol Awareness nights to promote the designated driver system and the p tfalls of getting drunk. 'Animal House' Losing Appeal ''Thmgs hke (the movie] 'Animal House' and beer-chugging contests were common 10 years ago," said Jim Dirker, marketing manager of Co~t Distributing Co. in San Diego, holesaler for Budweiser products. ''Today, we emphasize dry rushes for sororities and fraternities] and general moderation. " f course, we are m the busi- nes of selling beer, but I think the message is startmg to get out that it'$ not necessarily cool to be smashed, that the person who can drink the most is not always the mo tcool." Among the three campuses, U D has taken the most signifi• cai;t actions during the past year, particularly in terms of strength- ening legal enforcemenL ''For years, I think we were overall more lax," vice chancellor Watson said. Though California's legal drinking age has been 21 for many years, UCSD did not actively enforce it on campus until the past year. Now, dormitory advisers watch for under-age drinking, wluch m the majority of cases is easily spotted smce almost all dor- mitory residents are freshmen or sophomores and, therefore, usually under 21. The few students who are of . legal drinking age must consume alcohol in their private rooms with doors closed. By prohibiting alcohol m any public area on campus, UCSD officials have m effect forced parties off campus, both Watson and students agree.

"Obviously, I cannot say to yo that there 1s no under-age drinking m our (residence] halls or on campus," Watson said. "But we have set a norm that we expect stu(ji-nts to follow." Added Tom Colthurst, director of alcohol programs for UCSD exten- sion, "Clearly, alcohol problems do not start and stop at the campus boundary . . but pro-drinking messages m the absence of any [alternative] do have a cumulative effect in shaping attitudes." Rowdiness Is Down atson said initial reports from ho ing advisers show that dorm1- to es have less rowdiness and are providing a better aunosphere for stlfly. eer is still sold at the UCSD Tr\ton Pub and served during the oc

"'But to drive after drinking is a student's decision independent of what the university decides to do. . . Students who make an in- formed decision to dnnk and drive know the consequences." The UC.'SD A soc1ated Students funds the Tips1 Taxi, which pro- vides free service to students from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. weekends if they are drunk and do not want to drive. The agreement with Yellow Cab covers an area from Solana Beach to Mi ton Beac and east to Inter- state 15. But Watson decided not to help with university funds for the ser- vice. "Are we encouraging more drinking with it and just eliminat- ing the negative consequences?" he asked. "In my personal view, it might mean more students going off rampus anc! drinking more " Sister Schmeling of USD takes a different view of administrative p_articipation. USO helps pay for a similar seven-day-a-week taxi agreement with Oranrre Cab for its students. The service 1s even avail- able for studenL~ ho find them- selves inehnated 1 , J·uan .. 1 gu . , a. .es our philosophy is that we [w_1ll help the student] who recogruzes that he or she has had too _much to drink and should not get into a car and drive or ride With fimeone el~e who has been dr1nk- g. Hopefully, we ~an get them

into a pattern of using publi transportation in these cases, an meet them halfway if they make the responsible decision not drink and drive." Also, any student who uses th service three times during a s mester must sit down with Schme ing for an evaluation on whether the student has more than a soci drinking problem. "We take the program one st further by adding the· education component that can flag an alco abuse problem," she said. Bartenders Attend Session • Schmeling allows parties at US to serve alcohol on a case-by-case basis. But as a condition, all bar tenders who will be working parties must attend a six-ho course that includes information en California law and on third-party liability, on the requirement fol' providing attractive non-alcohol beverage alternatives, and on how to deal with a person who 1s belligerent or asleep from intoxica- tion. At San Diego State, the major alcohol probkms traditionally have been associated with fratermties and sororities. (San Diego State has the only fraternity and sorori houses among area universities.) The university has less contr over off-campus Greek system a - tivities, university adviser Doug Case said. "Our regulations (for them] basi- cally involve publicly advertised parties by fraternities," Case said. "If they are private parties, we really have no control." But Case and student affairs vice president Barnes said that national headquarters of fraternities are increasingly downplaying alcohol because of difficulties in obtaining liability insurance.

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UCSD students who are of legal drinking age are issued

colored wristbands and plastic cups for the Friday afternoon beer bashes. Driving Them From Drink HowColleges Are Tapping Common Sense to Curb Boozing By DAYID SMOLLAR, Times Staff Writer T hC' party ccne at UC San Diego has largely dried up th year, the victim of new, tougher alcohol

r gulat1ons that follow a trend both locally nd nationally by college adm1rustrato trying to moderate stud nt dnnking. New rul t UCSD prohibit any alcohol u e in public places other than the c mpu~ pub. Students 21 and over can drink only in their private dormitory room , and r dence-hall advisers now ct, v ly enforce the law against und r-age dnnking. The athletic d partment will no longer cover part of its operating costs by ace pting be r advertising on its cal ndars and schedules. And UCSD off1c1al arc attempling to find non-liquor compam to on orpartorallofthe Intramural act1v1t1es heavily subs1d1zed by b rand wine makers 'Baptism of Beer' Th efforts by UCSD are s1m1lar to r gulat1ons !ready in place at San Diego State U111vemty and the University of S n D e o to counter the image of college hf a "b pllsm of beer," m the words of on former fed ral health off1c1al n 1ego State has had, trmgent on c mpu regulations for several years but only r cently has begun to influence dr nkmg among the many fraternities and sor r1t1 son the campus periphery. U Dadministrators this year decided not to open a pub planned downstairs m th n w tud •nt center because they h It ved Its perat1on would send the wrong m ag to students concerning th d 1rab1hty of drinking. "! thmk we f I that we have to have a pro acuve, n ta pa 1ve pohcy, cone rmng the welfare of our students when tcom to alcohol," Joseph W on, v1c chancellor for und rgr dual ffa1rs at UCSD, said And that m an both enforcing state law nd mpha 1zing education so that

Pllo!ol by DO~ BARTIEITI / Loa Ang•les TunH UCSD senior Rob Sato gets banded after showing proper identification.

students will make mature judgments" about alcohol "What we are domg mirrors what 1s going on nat1onally,'' said Stephen Barnes, assistant vice president for student affairs at San Diego State. ''There 1s a very acute interest on the part of colleges to mount campaigns about • [alcohol and substance abuse] that emphasize the desirability of healthy ltfe-styles and wellness." Drinking Age Ral ed In addition, many states have raised their drinking age to 21 from 18 and the national Mothers Agamst Drunk Driving organization has put the spotlight on alcohol- related road accidents. Not that local deans believe they are

gomg to stop student drinking. Sister Mary Schmeling, who oversees the USO alcohol policies, worries that many area students may simply go off-campus-especially to Tijuana-to drink and perhaps put themselves in greater risk than if allowe'd to drink on campus. A recent ad in the Daily Aztec, the San Diego State newspaper, featured seven TiJuana nightspots offering special liquor prices for students under the heading, "Tijuana Nightlife At Its Best! ... SDSU's favorite fiesta hot spot." The USD administration, together with student organizations at the Catholic university, sponsors free cab rides back to campus-even from Tijuana-for students who believe they are too Please see DRINKING, Page 14

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