AAI To ‘Seize The Keys’

The Alcohol Abuse Initiative will continue with its Six Weeks of Alcohol Awareness Training program for the semester by asking students to “Seize the Keys” on Tuesday (Jan. 31).

The presentation, which will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Ballroom A, will include a discussion of drunk driving statistics for the SHSU campus, as well as explore how drunk driving affects the campus, community and society, according to Student Health Center health programming coordinator Michelle Lovering.

“We will focus on the fact that while drunk driving is a noteworthy problem because of the numerous devastating outcomes, most students do not drink and drive,” she said. “In fact, only 35 percent of students reported ever drinking and driving on the 2004 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study at SHSU.”

The SWAAT program, which officially kicked off for the spring on Jan. 19, will consist of various activities throughout the semester and allows students who attend events to earn prizes by bringing their SWAAT cards to activities for verificaton.

“Students who participated in SWAAT activities last semester should bring their SWAAT cards and continue to earn their free prizes,” Lovering said. “If students haven’t received a card yet, they can pick one up at a SWAAT event.”

To see the entire schedule of events for the spring, visit http://www.shsu.edu/%7Eorg_aai/events/index.html.

For more information about SWAAT, contact Lovering at 936.294.4347 or mlovering@shsu.edu or Rosanne Keathley at 936.294.1171, and for more information about the Alcohol Abuse Initiative, visit www.shsu.edu/aai.

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SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer Gauntt
Jan. 26, 2006
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