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College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_education?a=qnfAIe"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_education?i=qnfAIe" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=96zUbK"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=96zUbK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=2coXVK"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=2coXVK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=Jl2DLk"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=Jl2DLk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=FpUMpk"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=FpUMpk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?a=zS5VBK"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_education?i=zS5VBK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_education/~4/368459624" height="1" width="1"/>