2008 Woodie Awards
SADD helping students make good decisions
Brittany Fouskas
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Opinion
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, hundreds of students crowded Alumni Hall in search for new ways to get involved this semester. Around 50 clubs and organizations were present. Amongst them was SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions).
Michelle LaPoint, a sophomore veterinary technician major and President of SADD, hosted the table, where there were pictures of the drunk driving demonstration last semester and "SADD" pencils and stickers that they received from the national organization.
Lapointe has been a member for a year and a half and says the reason she joined was "to help people make the right choices." Last semester they received 90 e-mails addresses from students who wanted to join, though they only received one member this time around.
SADD promotes the dangers of drunk driving as well as AIDS awareness.
"We decided to take it upon ourselves to make it more encompassing of other things," stated secretary Rebecca MacEwen, an athletic training major.
At their meetings, members of SADD discuss the major events for the semester: keynote speakers and "mocktails," which are non-alcoholic beverages made for other clubs such as QUAD (Quinnipiac After Dark) and SPB (Student Programming Board).
SADD also works with SHADES to work on this semester's project, the AIDS quilt.
"We are bringing an AIDS quilt to Quinnipiac in April," said Lapointe. This quilt is to remember everyone who has died from AIDS. Their budget can only cover one production each year.
Every fall semester, SADD works with TKE to demonstrate the mock drunk-driving car crash.
MacEwen explained that all members had to get up at 7:30 that morning for makeup and to start the production at 11. "We probably could have gotten more people (to show up) if we promoted it more," stated MacEwen.
Michelle LaPoint, a sophomore veterinary technician major and President of SADD, hosted the table, where there were pictures of the drunk driving demonstration last semester and "SADD" pencils and stickers that they received from the national organization.
Lapointe has been a member for a year and a half and says the reason she joined was "to help people make the right choices." Last semester they received 90 e-mails addresses from students who wanted to join, though they only received one member this time around.
SADD promotes the dangers of drunk driving as well as AIDS awareness.
"We decided to take it upon ourselves to make it more encompassing of other things," stated secretary Rebecca MacEwen, an athletic training major.
At their meetings, members of SADD discuss the major events for the semester: keynote speakers and "mocktails," which are non-alcoholic beverages made for other clubs such as QUAD (Quinnipiac After Dark) and SPB (Student Programming Board).
SADD also works with SHADES to work on this semester's project, the AIDS quilt.
"We are bringing an AIDS quilt to Quinnipiac in April," said Lapointe. This quilt is to remember everyone who has died from AIDS. Their budget can only cover one production each year.
Every fall semester, SADD works with TKE to demonstrate the mock drunk-driving car crash.
MacEwen explained that all members had to get up at 7:30 that morning for makeup and to start the production at 11. "We probably could have gotten more people (to show up) if we promoted it more," stated MacEwen.
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