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pictured from left to right: Celia Tandon, Jack Cameron, Mariana Tandon

Jack Cameron: Attending Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Celia and Mariana Tandon: Celia and Mariana University (CMU)*

Jack:

Jonathan (Jack) Menand Cameron (18) will be attending Carnegie Mellon in the fall with plans to participate in the nations first undergraduate Artificial Intelligence degree. He has been a member of the Mt. Lebanon track and Cross Country teams for four years, and plans to continue at CMU. He has proven himself academically by challenging himself with AP Language and Composition, one of the most demanding and logic intensive classes offered at Mt. Lebanon. His hopes for this project were to educate himself on the issues of which are often mentioned but un-cited and prove to others what the right course of action is.

Mariana:

Mariana Susan Tandon (17) will be attending Duke University in the fall with the intention of double majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science. She spends most of her free time doing music related activities: Triple Trio, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, playing the guitar, doing the musical, and teaching guitar lessons. She also likes to challenge herself academically, so she will often times be found doing homework or studying for one of her many AP classes. Her goal with this project was to educate herself on both sides of the drinking debate and present the information in an informative manner.

Celia:

Celia Rose Tandon (17) will be majoring in physics and minoring in astronomy next year at Stanford University. Through high school, she was a member of Mount Lebanon cross country and lacrosse, and plans to continue playing lacrosse at the club level next year. Celia has also challenged herself academically over the past four years with eleven AP courses. As a senior in high school, Celia is exposed to underage drinking among her peers often. Her goal with this project was to understand why the drinking age is twenty-one so that she could inform her peers to make educated decisions.

Mariana, Celia, and Jack are all common travelers and have spent much time in different countries that have a lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) than the United States. These include Germany (16-17 MLDA), Austria (16-17 MLDA), Australia (18-19 MLDA), Bahamas (18-19 MLDA), Canada (18-19 MLDA), Costa Rica (18-19 MLDA), Dominican Republic (18-19 MLDA), Ecuador (18-19 MLDA), France (18-19 MLDA), Ghana (18-19 MLDA), Honduras (18-19 MLDA), India (18-19 MLDA), Italy (18-19 MLDA), Jamaica (18-19 MLDA), Malawi (18-19 MLDA), Mexico (18-19 MLDA), Nicaragua (18-19 MLDA), Panama (18-19 MLDA), Peru (18-19 MLDA), United Kingdom (18-19 MLDA), China (18 MLDA) and Japan (20 MLDA). Throughout their travels they observed the different effects of different minimum legal drinking ages. In addition to being exposed to different drinking ages, their travels to other countries have enabled them to legally drink alcohol and thus become informed on its effects on decision making and overall clarity of the mind.

*Celia will be attending Stanford University; Mariana, Duke University.

References

“Minimum Legal Drinking Age in 190 Countries - Minimum Legal Drinking Age - ProCon.org.” 2016. Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age? ProCon.org. March 10.

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