Spring Break
Alcohol Awareness Week begins
Allison Proite
Issue date: 9/22/08 Section: News
This weekend, the Michael Noll Memorial Walk/Run jump-started National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. The memorial run is in honor of Noll, an Eau Claire student who died in 2002.
After a night of drinking on Water Street, Noll drowned in Half Moon Lake. His body wasn't discovered until four months later. All proceeds of the run will go to the Center for Alcohol Studies and Education.
"The run is something that is important to us. It starts off the awareness week and we not only honor Michael, we honor all the students who have died in the past from an alcohol- related reason," said Jennifer Lee, director of CASE.
Many activities will occur this week on campus that will give students a chance to learn about the deaths of other students, as well as to learn more about alcohol awareness, she said.
Today there will be a casket in the Davies Center with pictures of students who have died due to alcohol-related reasons surrounding it. There will be paper for students to write down their reaction towards the display.
A popular activity of the week is the "Most of Us" campaign, Lee said, with over 100 students signed up for the event. On Tuesday students will wear t-shirts that say "most of us" and do a reading for their class. The reading includes statistics about drinking and having the right to choose to drink or not.
This week will also feature activities that students can participate in. The "drink-pouring challenge" gets students to try and guess how much a standard glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage would consist of, Lee said.
Starting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, everyone on campus will have to watch out for "Jail and Bail," Lee said. Students, faculty and administration will be "arrested," given sobriety tests and then put in jail. The people in jail will try and get out by having other people on campus "bail" them out. The money used for bail will go to support the Wellness Advocacy Team on campus.
After a night of drinking on Water Street, Noll drowned in Half Moon Lake. His body wasn't discovered until four months later. All proceeds of the run will go to the Center for Alcohol Studies and Education.
"The run is something that is important to us. It starts off the awareness week and we not only honor Michael, we honor all the students who have died in the past from an alcohol- related reason," said Jennifer Lee, director of CASE.
Many activities will occur this week on campus that will give students a chance to learn about the deaths of other students, as well as to learn more about alcohol awareness, she said.
Today there will be a casket in the Davies Center with pictures of students who have died due to alcohol-related reasons surrounding it. There will be paper for students to write down their reaction towards the display.
A popular activity of the week is the "Most of Us" campaign, Lee said, with over 100 students signed up for the event. On Tuesday students will wear t-shirts that say "most of us" and do a reading for their class. The reading includes statistics about drinking and having the right to choose to drink or not.
This week will also feature activities that students can participate in. The "drink-pouring challenge" gets students to try and guess how much a standard glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage would consist of, Lee said.
Starting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, everyone on campus will have to watch out for "Jail and Bail," Lee said. Students, faculty and administration will be "arrested," given sobriety tests and then put in jail. The people in jail will try and get out by having other people on campus "bail" them out. The money used for bail will go to support the Wellness Advocacy Team on campus.
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