European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday june 9,1994�?� a \ a on Campus binges show dizzy Rise by the los angst is times Washington a americans colleges Are witnessing a Quot startling increase in Binge drinking particularly among women and As Many As one in three students qualify As alcohol abusers according to a study released tuesday by a Columbia University panel. Noting that widespread drinking leads to violence vandalism and declining academic performance the report issued by the new York University Scenter on addiction and substance abuse Calls for Campus campaigns to a glamorize alcohol. Alcohol abuse is rampant on campuses across the United states even though about three fourths of College students Are below the Legal drinking age of 21, the report noted. The percentage of College women who deliberately consume enough alcohol to get drunk has soared from 10 percent in 1977 to 35 percent last year according to the study conducted by the centers commission on substance abuse at colleges and universities. Binge drinking a defined As the consumption of More than five cans of Beer or five glasses of wine at a single sitting a is practice by 50 percent of All students. Among College women the percentage has increased from 14 percent to 37 percent Over the last 15? years the study said. Women drinkers Are More at risk than their male counterparts because gender based differences in metabolism tend to cause them to become intoxicated after drinking smaller quantities of alcohol. A once thought of As a male rite of passage alcohol abuse has now become a w Oman a rite of passage a said Pamela Ann Rymer a Federal appeals court judge and a member of the Columbia commission. A yet drinking to get drunk a can destroy the lives of the Best and the brightest of our Young  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago june 9,1984 a for the first time in the 10-year history of economic summits the Heads of the world s leading Industrial nations issued a declaration backing democratic values and rejected the use of Force in resolving disputes. 20 years ago june 9,1974 a a Senate watergate committee staff report charged that the White House sought to politicize the entire executive Branch probably resulting in criminal violations on behalf of president Nixon s 1972 re election Campaign. 30 years ago june 9,1964 a a talk and mane vering involving a bid to slow sen. Barry Goldwater a drive for the Republican presidential nomination fizzled at the governors conference in Cleveland. 40 years ago june 9,1954 a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said the United states might fight with or without allies if the chinese communists engaged in armed aggression in Indochina or elsewhere in the far East. 50 years ago june 9,1944 a along with formidable heavy bomber attacks Over a wide arc South of the Normandy beachhead the Allied air forces gave continuous cover to invading troops in the face of increasing Luftwaffe opposition. C world War 50 years ago today june 919 4 4 1 Bittor fighting rages As British and Canadian soldiers try to Force to germans Back around Caen in Normandy France to the West . Forces capture the a Ovillo stronghold and tr6v 6res. American troops occupy Viterbo in Western Italy without firing a shot and take Tarquinia Throe . Divisions Boom withdrawing from Tho italian front to prepare for the invasion of Southern Franco. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smili a publishers inc. Tho world almanac of world War ii Bison books coro1981 apr an estimated 90 percent of All Campus rapes involve drinking on the part of the assailant the victim or both the report said.  60 percent of women who contract sexually transmitted diseases including aids arc under the influence of alcohol Alujn they have sex. A Center president Joseph a. Califano or. Said Young women feel More pressure today to compete with men even in self destructive activities such As drinking. Quot its the worst aspect of the Macho world a he said. College students spend an estimated $5.5 billion a year on Beer wine and liquors the report said. Per capita student spending on alcohol is $446 a year. The study indicated that collegians tend to drink More than Young people who do not attend College. For example 42 percent of College students reported that they had engaged in Binge drinking at some Point during the preceding two weeks compared with 33 percent of no College youth. So r $ a a preparing for world cup trouble new York City  officers dressed in riot gear respond real trained to tackle quickly any trouble that May break out during inti Cully to a mock disturbance at a a sports bar set up inside this months world cup matches at the Meadowlands sports an abandoned warehouse. Several Hundred officers Are being Complex in Rutherford . Lyme disease vaccine tested Chicago a with the tick season under Way scientists and 10,009 volunteers Are conducting the biggest test so far of a Lyme disease vaccine they Hope will Avert infections for thousands of americans each year. The first published report on How the vaccine works in humans appeared in tuesdays Issue of the journal of the american medical association. Levels of Lyme disease antibodies Rose at least fourfold in 23 of the 24 people who received the vaccine in an earlier test in Albuquerque n.m., researchers reported. None of the 24 people suffered serious Side effects. Quot the level of antibody produced was very encouraging As  safety a said or. David Keller who was a fellow at the University of new Mexico when he led that 1992-93 study. He is now with the Federal centers for disease control and prevention in Atlanta. Co authors of the american medical association report include scientists with Connaught laboratories inc. Of Swiftwater pa., one of two companies that make the vaccine. The other company Smith Kline Bee Cham p.l.c., is slightly behind Connaught in the tests required to gain approval from the food and drug administration. Smith Kline is a British company with . Headquarters in Philadelphia. After the 1992-93 test Connaught con ducted a trial using 309 people in five states. Those results have not been released. But the company was encouraged enough to launch another trial this Spring involving 10,000 volunteers in five states where Lyme disease is a big problem a Connecticut Massachusetts new Jersey new York and Wisconsin. Half the volunteers received the vaccine and half a Placebo. All were told to take their usual precautions against Lyme disease mainly avoiding the tiny Deer ticks that carry the bacteria. In the fall researchers will compare How Many people in the Placebo group caught Lyme disease with How Many in the vaccine group caught it. If results Are favourable they will be submitted to the Fra and the vaccine could be available by 1996 or 1997, said Connaught spokeswoman Lenore Cooney. A total of 9,677 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the cd in 1992, the latest year for which figures arc available. The disease discovered in Lyme conn., in 1976, is found in at least 44 states. Symptoms include arthritis migraine headaches lost vision and fatigue. Or. Martina Ziska medical director of the Hartford  Lyme disease foundation said the study Quot shows a Promise but i would be cautiously