This past Thursday, I attended an event on campus which I feel
any student everywhere should have seen. Flashing lights, actors covered in
blood, and sirens galore, it was the mock crash put on the Drug and Alcohol Resource
Center.
As the medical personnel showed up
to this mock crash, a firefighter outlined the procedures they take when
responding to a crash and following this presentation, we ventured into
Wilkinson Hall to listen to a state policeman. The way he approached the
subject of alcohol and drinking as a whole changed my outlook and really opened
my eyes to a new point of view. Although he knew he was “preaching to the choir,”
he took a different take on the subject of alcohol and drinking as a whole. He felt
that the whole concept of not drinking and driving has been drilled into us and
speaking about it would be beating a dead horse, so he decided to focus on just
drinking at parties. He went on to explain how if we are not driving and our
keys are taken away from us, that we are free to drink as much as we would like
and have a low risk of being put in a dangerous situation. However, we quickly
learned that this was false. Lieutenant Bartalotta showed us video clips of
various minors drinking and being put in fatal situations. I am so happy and
appreciative to have had the opportunity to attend this presentation and am
strongly considering joining the DARC in future events they put on in that I would
really like the chance to speak to all students and strongly encourage them to
think before they act. Life is short and your life can change in the blink of
an eye!
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