Alcohol awareness program hopes for a face-lift
Pat Gamble
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Campus News
In the near future, GCSU hopes to add a growing alcohol awareness program to not only improve the schools current "awareness" of alcohol, but also to keep students mindful and responsible.
The expansion calls for the adoption of a program called the Collegiate Recovery Center.
Chris Lamphere, head of GCSU's Alcohol Awareness Program, is eager for the startup.
"Hopefully this program, if adopted, will raise the currently low student participation in alcohol awareness at GCSU. This program will allow us to choose from a large amount of different events that are tested and known to work in college communities, like themed non-alcoholic parties for example," Lamphere said.
As does Lamphere, many students wouldn't mind having a better alcohol awareness program on campus.
"I would love for a program like this to open up here at GCSU," said GCSU sophomore Andrea Mahoney.
"Although GCSU is looking to adopt this program, we are uncertain how much money a program like this would cost, as it's different for every school," said Lamphere.
Currently, GCSU has an alcohol awareness program called AlcoholEdu which provides students with workshops that are not only targeted towards alcohol but towards smoking, drugs and safe sex as well.
According to GCSU's event attendance records, the involvement of these alcohol events is not the most important thing on students' agendas. Less than one hundred students attend alcohol awareness events on campus. There are little over 6,000 students at GCSU, which means that only six percent of the students are active.
"To be honest," Lamphere said, "it's hard to convince students to come to the events. They would much rather go to the bars and drink."
According to CRC's Web site, its mission statement states that the program is a model that helps schools set a basic foundation and understanding of alcohol awareness.
Kennesaw State University is just one of the 14 schools that have adopted this new program.
The expansion calls for the adoption of a program called the Collegiate Recovery Center.
Chris Lamphere, head of GCSU's Alcohol Awareness Program, is eager for the startup.
"Hopefully this program, if adopted, will raise the currently low student participation in alcohol awareness at GCSU. This program will allow us to choose from a large amount of different events that are tested and known to work in college communities, like themed non-alcoholic parties for example," Lamphere said.
As does Lamphere, many students wouldn't mind having a better alcohol awareness program on campus.
"I would love for a program like this to open up here at GCSU," said GCSU sophomore Andrea Mahoney.
"Although GCSU is looking to adopt this program, we are uncertain how much money a program like this would cost, as it's different for every school," said Lamphere.
Currently, GCSU has an alcohol awareness program called AlcoholEdu which provides students with workshops that are not only targeted towards alcohol but towards smoking, drugs and safe sex as well.
According to GCSU's event attendance records, the involvement of these alcohol events is not the most important thing on students' agendas. Less than one hundred students attend alcohol awareness events on campus. There are little over 6,000 students at GCSU, which means that only six percent of the students are active.
"To be honest," Lamphere said, "it's hard to convince students to come to the events. They would much rather go to the bars and drink."
According to CRC's Web site, its mission statement states that the program is a model that helps schools set a basic foundation and understanding of alcohol awareness.
Kennesaw State University is just one of the 14 schools that have adopted this new program.
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