PA's NEW DRINKING LAWS
By; John Burd
I went in search
of "innocent until
proven guilty" and
"the rights of the
accused," but alas,
the police take psycho
logy also. There was
no way they were going
toleak out anything
I could run with.
"Enforcement is dis
cretionary, it all
depends on the officer."
(1). In other words,
the laws are there to
make your life miserable;
you can only hope that
a "hardass" doesn't
pull you over. Because
I was given no room to
suggest lightened en
forcement, thenew topic
will be to beat them
at their own game. Now
that a state senator
has labeled this the
alcoholic/druggie campus
of the the state, we
will have to be extra
careful- he does have
the clout to request a
wee bit of extra enforce
ment.
To inform our non-Pa
students:
Posession:
Alcohol- the end of May
brought us new laws.
Any minor found with
or attempting to pur
chase alcoholic bever
ages will upon their
first offence be fined
between $158.50, lose
driving priviledges for
90 days, 2nd offence,
1 year, 3rd offence,
2 years. If you didn't
get your liscence yet,
if will be held for
that long. You could
be caught walking and
they will still have
your liscence.
Parties- If you're
at a party that gets
busted, even if you .
eren't drinking, you
are fined for possession
as long as you knew
the alcohol was there.
(what magistrate is
going to believe you
didn't know alcohol
was there?)
Controlled Substance-
We have 5 schedules.
Schedule I drugs:
fate decided in court
-- (coke, LSD, her
oine, peyote, mor-
phine, etc. Don't
get, caught with a
schedule 1 drug.
Schedule 5 is the
lightest, they will
probobly let you
live.
DUI-- You go to
court, lose your
licence for 1 year,
fined no less than
$3OO and go to driv
ing school.
Fines-- windshield
obstruction (tossle,
parking sticker)
$42.50.
Red lights, stop
signs, driving too
fast for conditions
or speeding up while
someone is passing
ss2.so.
Underage drinking
transporting, pur
chase, attempted
purchase,or con
sumption- $158.50
to $358.50.
The points system:
every traffic viola
tion levies a cer
tain number of
points against your
liscence. If your
insurance company
finds out, your
premiums become
superphenominal.
If you chalk them
up fast enough,
they take your
liscence. (Three
points are dropped
per year).
So now that you
are awake, lets
discuss how to avoid
the hassle.
If you're in a
fight, you can avoid
an assault charge
if the officer never
sees a punch, leaving
you with a much more
acciptable "dis
orderly conduct" charge.
If you are sptted
whistling by five
stop signs, you will
be fined for each,
but the points 'ass
ed against your
liscense" will only
be for one offence,
three points.
Tips: What you
won't find in your
home newspaper.
Disclaimer: It's
dangerous enough to
drive sober. This
is to inform those
who may find thems
selves in trouble in
spite of past warning
They need a reason
to pull you over
don't give thm any.
"Don't be an idiot
by yelling out the
windows or hanging
bottles out the win
dows 'to see if you
can get a piece"(l)
Remember, that little
green sticker says,
"1 m up to no good".
Though you would
think that the cash w
pump into the local
economy would warrant
a little respect.
You'll strain your
eyes looking for it.
So when you are pulle
over for such un
pardonables as stop
signs at lam, like
my roommate, or going
the next speed limit
15ft. before you're
allowed (like me-1)
pray it's a "good
cop". 2) collect thi
decade's allotment
of charm and polite
ness, and 3) use it.
Throwing a party:
There is no guar
antee that enforce
ment will be "beefed
up", but why be the
guinea pig? This
info. is just as pert
inent in your home
town as it is here,
so it will help either
way. A special con
sideration for around
here is that this is
a town of old codgers.
No disrespect, but
these people are Old.
A friend of mine is
afraid that their
movie, banning success
with "Th_e Last Tempt
ation of Christ"
went to their heads,
and that they are now
trying to ban youth.
This Luzerene County
is second only to
Dade County Florida
for its percentage
of senior citizen
population.
Old people don't
call you if your loud,
they call the police.
The moral - keep it
down. If you actually
con't on p. 6
Brett Heniss
Well, here are
the results we've
all been waiting
for. lexpected
to get at least
half of the
surveys back with
much more sophmore
input, but didn't
quite reach my
goal. You guys
really let your
school down.
The freshman
females accounted
for about 50% of
the returned
surveys. The
freshman males
were extremely
lame and returned
the least amount.
I wonder if they
even understood
the questions.
Here's what I got.
The majority of
the females have
steady boyfriends
and prefer that sort
of relationship over
dating. About 30%
of the males have
steady girlfriends,
but 50% say they
would prefer steady
relationships. The
results of the peopl
who said they never
had sexual intercour
are as follows:
freshman females
-30%, freshman males
-53%, sophomore femal
22%, and sophomore
males- 8%. of the
people who claimed
they have had sex,
the average number o
partners was: fresh
man females- 3,
freshman males- 2,
sophomore females-4,
sophomore males-6.
84% of the sexually
active claim to use
birth control, and
the condom and the
pill are equal in
pop u larity. Out of
all the females, 6%
say they have been
pregnant. 67% of t
people thought this
survey was worthwhi
I thank those wh
participated in fil
ing out surveys, bu
hope to get more
cooperation in the
future.