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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2001

After drinking as many as 20 shots of alcohol at a Halloween party, University of New Mexico student Kevin Johns fell into a coma and died earlier this month.

Johns, who is from Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation, was an 18-year-old freshman engineering student. He went to the off-campus party on October 28 and died three days later.

Binge drinking is reported among 39 percent of students ages 18-21 at the school. Nationwide, Native youths are among the heaviest binge drinkers, according to federal studies.

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