The Academies' March Toward Mediocrity.

Annapolis, Md. THE idea of a football star receiving lenient treatment after testing positive for drug use would raise no eyebrows at most colleges. But the United States Naval Academy ''holds itself to a higher standard,'' as its administrators are fond of saying. According to policy set by the chief of naval operations, Adm. Gary Roughead, himself a former commandant of midshipmen at the academy, we have a ''zero tolerance'' policy for drug use. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]