Demonstration focus on alcohol awareness

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Five students will consume alcohol on stage at the Lied Center tonight.

J.J. Siler, Overland Park junior and vice president for risk management for the Interfraternity Council, said the demonstration was a part of “Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself,” an event designed to show students how alcohol could impair reaction times.

“You don’t realize how much two drinks of alcohol does to a 150-pound woman,” Siler said. “It’s pretty astounding to see it firsthand.”

Siler helped organize the event and said five students, all over the age of 21, would perform field sobriety tests after consuming different levels of alcohol. A sixth student will perform the same tests without drinking.

Sgt. James Anguiano, of the KU Public Safety Office, will be administering the tests and speaking to attendees about the repercussions of alcohol consumption.

“It raises awareness to not only legal consequences, but also everyday consequences of alcohol,” Anguiano said.

Laura Diaz Moore, staff attorney for Legal Services for Students, will also present at the event. She said she thought there seemed to be a lot more alcohol crimes in the fall because students weren’t as busy and had less time to go out. She said that many students were unaware of their rights and responsibilities.

Moore said she would be informing students about what Legal Services for Students did, but that specific advice would be almost impossible to give because every situation was different.

Siler said the event would also include a presentation by John Drees, community education specialist at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He said the presentation would give students a picture of what happened at the hospital after an alcohol-related accident.

This is the first year “Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself” will be open to the entire campus community. In the past, the event was open only to the greek community. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.

— - Edited by Brieun Scott

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