Underage Drinking Awareness on Campus
Lindsay Straub
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: Health
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The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, known as OASAS, presents Marist with a grant used to increase awareness amongst underage students.
OASAS is an agency known for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependence problems. Their latest program, "Underage Drinking: Not a Minor Problem: College Edition," seeks to raise awareness for young people about the risks associated with alcohol consumption. The monetary grants they offer to colleges and universities allow for the distribution of information campus wide.
According to Steve Sansola, Associate Dean of Students, Marist is sponsoring a series of awareness efforts with the $2,850 grant. The programs began in January and will continue through March.
"This grant is part of an effort to infuse information to students and keep them aware of alcohol education," said Sansola. "It's a chance for Marist to really reach out to its students."
OASAS supplied Marist with fact sheets, which include alcohol statistics associated with thebehavior and activities on college campuses. Miniature versions of these sheets known as palm cards were given out in January at the new student orientation. Sansola operated a booth at this semester's Activities Fair where the distributed the palm cards as well.
"We recently held a pretty successful poster campaign," said Sansola. "The fact sheets were given out to all residence areas so that the RAs could provide them to students."
A copy of the fact sheet was given to the Marist radio station, newspaper, and TV 31. "It was somewhat of a PSA campaign," said Sansola.
Awareness efforts can further be seen at the Men's and Women's home basketball games. Sansola arranged for the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department to pass out palm cards at the entrance of all games. A group of students from Marist Counseling Services called "Active Minds" also volunteer to hand out palm cards during the games.
OASAS is an agency known for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependence problems. Their latest program, "Underage Drinking: Not a Minor Problem: College Edition," seeks to raise awareness for young people about the risks associated with alcohol consumption. The monetary grants they offer to colleges and universities allow for the distribution of information campus wide.
According to Steve Sansola, Associate Dean of Students, Marist is sponsoring a series of awareness efforts with the $2,850 grant. The programs began in January and will continue through March.
"This grant is part of an effort to infuse information to students and keep them aware of alcohol education," said Sansola. "It's a chance for Marist to really reach out to its students."
OASAS supplied Marist with fact sheets, which include alcohol statistics associated with thebehavior and activities on college campuses. Miniature versions of these sheets known as palm cards were given out in January at the new student orientation. Sansola operated a booth at this semester's Activities Fair where the distributed the palm cards as well.
"We recently held a pretty successful poster campaign," said Sansola. "The fact sheets were given out to all residence areas so that the RAs could provide them to students."
A copy of the fact sheet was given to the Marist radio station, newspaper, and TV 31. "It was somewhat of a PSA campaign," said Sansola.
Awareness efforts can further be seen at the Men's and Women's home basketball games. Sansola arranged for the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department to pass out palm cards at the entrance of all games. A group of students from Marist Counseling Services called "Active Minds" also volunteer to hand out palm cards during the games.
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