College students, for the first time, bear primary responsibility for their personal needs, such as housing, laundry and nourishment, in addition to their schoolwork. ... Too frequently, adults sell liquor to underage students without carefully checking for proof of age. ... Will you listen if I tell you that my good friend, Melanie, was killed by a drunk driver three weeks after she began her freshman year at Michigan State University? ... While she was on 1-96, she was hit by a drunk driver and forced into the cement median divider. She was sober, but that did not save her. ...

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