 Volume 141, Number 10Point forgiveness draws students to reenactment
By Emilija Rygelis
Writer
This year’s attendance at the Student Emergency Response Volunteers (SERV) mock vehicle accident doubled from last year’s numbers. Some speculate the one-point forgiveness offer was responsible for drawing students to Sunday’s reenactment. “I do believe that the one point forgiveness was a motivator in many people’s cases. It seems very fair to me that if you get in trouble for drinking but then attend an event that teaches you about the dangers of that sort of behavior, you’re sort of doing your time … it’s like traffic school,” SERV member Patti Scarff ’10 said. SERV coordinates the event every year in an effort to discourage students from getting behind the wheel after drinking. Members are responsible for organizing, planning and executing the reenactment. “Even though driving drunk isn’t prevalent on our own campus, an estimated 30 percent of Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related car accident at some point in their lives, and in 2002 over 10 percent of drunk driving trips were made by college-aged 18- to 20-year-olds,” Scarff said. According to Scarff, educational events such as these have helped significantly reduce the numbers of incidents in the last 20 years. “Our goal with this event was to show students what we do at an emergency scene and to make alcohol education more realistic,” said Mark Steinhauer ’09, SERV chief of operations. “We wanted to raise awareness about the consequences of drunk driving outside the classroom so that people realize their decisions can harm others as well as themselves.” He urged students to think twice before drinking and driving. “You aren’t the only person on the road,” Steinhauer said. (read full article)
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