Now Serving: 18 or 21? A Conversation About the Drinking Age

Release date: April 07, 2008 |

Twenty-three years after raising the legal drinking age to 21, some states’ lawmakers are reconsidering the impact and efficacy of the legislation. Goucher College will host a panel discussion titled “Now Serving: 18 or 21? A Conversation About the Drinking Age” on Monday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Merrick Lecture Hall.

This event is free and open to the public. All viewpoints are welcomed.

President Sanford J. Ungar will moderate a discussion among these panelists:

Caroline Cash, CMP

Executive director, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Chesapeake Region

Zachary Fey

Senior political science major, Goucher College

Elizabeth Hallacy

Sophomore Spanish major, Goucher College

John McCardell

Director and founder, Choose Responsibility

Carl A. Soderstrom, M.D., FACS

Chief of the Medical Advisory Board and director of driver safety research, Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration

Adjunct professor of surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

First Sergeant Thomas H. Woodward

Commander of the Chemical Test for Alcohol Unit and drug recognition expert instructor, Maryland State Police

This event is being sponsored by the Substance Abuse Awareness Board; the Office of Community Living and Multicultural Affairs; the Office of the Dean of Students; Student Activities Office; Student Health and Counseling; Public Safety; the Office of the President; the Office of the Provost; Hughes Field Politics Center; and the departments of Anthropology/Sociology, Education, Peace Studies, and Psychology.