WPCNR WHITE PLAINS VOICE. March 22, 2004: It's all over town. It's being laughed off all over town. Teens drinking on White Plains High School-sponsored trips. From an indiscreet pre-prom drinking session in a posh home in the Highlands, resulting in a teen's getting her stomach pumped, when regurgitating in the downstairs of a popular restuarant,  to a free-wheeling open bar on a high school ski trip, to an embarrassing encounter with security guards at the New York Distributive Educational Clubs of America convention in Rochester, a week and a half ago, resulting in another stomach-pumping, teens continue to do it.

Some White Plains teenagers seem to think it is their mission to drink illegally. Adults and officials WPCNR speaks to about these incidents will not reveal details, however, one reaction is common, chuckles and laughter are their reaction when queried. WPCNR suggests this is not a laughing matter. In the interest of perhaps curtailing this obvious, clandestinely documented problem, WPCNR suggests the penalties for teen-drinking on school sponsored functions are obviously not strong enough. What penalties on the list do you think would matter the most to teenagers as a deterrent? Pick your choice of penalty. And vote on all you feel will be effective. You may vote more than once.