An End to 'Power Hour'

摘要

Throwing up in the men's room might not seem much of a birthday celebration. But for Gregg Rock, and a lot of newly legal drinkers, it's the price of turning 21. For Rock, it started with "pre-drinking" a bottle of Bacardi rum with college buddies last Wednesday before walking into a University of Minnesota tavern. It was midnight, the magic hour he became legal. On the bar rail there were soon "The Three Wise Men" (Jim Beam, Johnny Walker, Jack Daniels). The sound system played the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated." Rock pounded. Then his body rebelled. "Yes, I puked," said a visibly relieved Rock, a senior. "But I know my limit."