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  Woman dead after drinking on 21st birthday-10/30/07

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Revelry turns deadly for a woman who just turned 21-11/1/07 Article
  Binge drinking concerns underlined-11/1/07 Article
Amanda Jax After losing Amanda, talk about drinking-11/3/07 Article

October 30, 2007

Minnesota State-Mankato Drinking Death Victim Had .46 BAC-11/9/07 Article

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Mankato, binge drinkers 'dodge a bullet' many times-11/17/07 Article
 

A dangerous rite of passage-11/17/07

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  Our View : Bingeing is not just a local issue-12/26/07 Article
  Amanda Jax: Rum, whiskey, vodka, beer, more-1/1/08 Article
  Family sues friends who partied with Jax-2/28/08 Article
  Friends are no longer being sued over drinking death-11/14/08 Article
  Does this need to happen to Amanda and others?  

 

Woman dead after drinking on 21st birthday

Oct 30 2007 10:46PM                             Top of  page
KXNewsTeam                                         Article

AP-MNDrinking Death,0111 Woman dead after drinking on 21st birthday

MANKATO, Minn. (AP)

Amanda had returned to Mankato to celebrate her 21st birthday with friends she had attended college.  Amanda was taken to a friend's off-campus apartment after becoming intoxicated. When the friends woke up this morning, they found Amanda unresponsive and called 911.



Information from: Karen Wright/KMSU-FM, http://www.kmsu.org (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 10-30-07 2239CDT

 
By Bob von Sternberg and Paul Walsh / StarTribune      Top of  page
startribune.com
updated 8:30 a.m. ET, Thurs., Nov. 1, 2007                  Article

Read about the fatal night.

Binge drinking concerns underlined

By Robb Murray                            Top of  page
Free Press Staff Writer                      Article              http://www.mankatofreepress.com/local/local_story_304235203.html/resources_printstory
 

Article describes Amanda, her past experiences with alcohol and the situation overall.

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After losing Amanda, talk about drinking             Article        

Kids don't know as much as they think they do about alcohol..Published: November 03, 2007

"The unnecessary, heartbreaking death of Amanda Jax on Tuesday in Mankato after drinking heavily on her 21st birthday provoked a lot of talk this week -- as it should have."

"College administrators told of persistent, earnest efforts to discourage drinking and teach responsible alcohol use -- and acknowledged limited success. Ambulances are called even to "dry" campuses and "alcohol-free" dorms."

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Minnesota State-Mankato Drinking Death Victim    BAC Minnesota woman drinks to death on 21st birthday in Mankato

 Last Edited: Friday, 09 Nov 2007, 2:17 PM CST Created: Friday, 09 Nov 2007, 2:17 PM CST        Top of  page                  Article         

 

MANKATO, Minn.  -- Amanda had a blood alcohol level of 0.46 according to an autopsy.

"Mankato police say they have rarely seen a level of intoxication so high -- five times the legal limit to drive.

Mankato, binge drinkers 'dodge a bullet' many times

Last update: November 17, 2007 – 4:01 PM                 Top of  page

"Policing the streets of Mankato, home to a university campus with 14,000 students, means dealing with underage drinkers. For Jerry Huettl, Mankato's director of public safety, it's surprising that more of them don't suffer the same fate as Amanda Jax, who died of alcohol poisoning after she turned 21 last month. "To us it was not a matter of if, it was a matter of when," Huettl said."

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Jeff Shelman • jshelman@startribune.com

© 2007 Star Tribune. All rights reserved

A dangerous rite of passage           Article

Reaching legal drinking age is a milestone for many young people. But wild 'I'm an adult now' partying can lead to serious trouble - or death.

 By Jeff Shelman and Tom Horgen, Star Tribune

 Last update: November 17, 2007 * 5:13 PM

 Comprehensive article regarding alcohol based birthday celebrations.

 Jeff Shelman * jshelman@startribune.com

 

Our View : Bingeing is not just a local issue

Published December 26, 2007 05:43 pm - MSU's campus summitt on binge drinking was not a solution to the problem, but it was a start on one.

The Free Press               Top of  page                   Article

Editorial with the following conclusion:


"These are the kinds of suggestions we are hearing in Mankato, or have already discussed. We are, of course, fully aware that persons determined to binge drink will find a way with or without stricter community controls, but by understanding that we are not alone — that other communities grapple with the same challenges — we can perhaps steel ourselves to tackle the issue of binge drinking and insure that we are moving toward seriously addressing this societal problem, knowing that we cannot afford to allow forums and conferences to end there."

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Amanda Jax: Rum, whiskey, vodka, beer, more

The Blue Earth county attorney provides a vivid picture of the free-flowing booze that led to Amanda Jax's death.                                            Article

Last update: January 1, 2008 - 6:00 PM

The article contains this description and more:

"Amanda Jax's fateful night of drinking with friends to celebrate her 21st birthday started with a beer or two at an apartment, then more beer at a Mankato bar, then a whiskey shot, a shot of rum and a cherry schnapps drink, according to a report from the Blue Earth County attorney's office. Even after Jax started passing out, someone bought her a "stoplight" made with vodka."

"When the young woman from Mayer, Minn., lay down on a bar stool next to a bartender, he and another person carried her out to a car, and Jax's friends declined an offer of more help. By the next morning, Jax was dead and tests later showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.46 percent."

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482 Heron Marquez Estrada • 612-673-4280

Friends are no longer being sued over drinking death

November 14, 2008       Top of  page

The attorney for Jax's family said  that four of the friends who were with Jax on Oct. 29, 2007, in a Mankato bar are no longer defendants in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Blue Earth County. The lone defendant is the now-defunct Sidelines Bar and Grill, where Jax and her friends were drinking.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

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