Safe Spring Break 2008 Campaign

JSU Peer Educators, Counseling and Career Services, and Sodexho Dining Services are sponsoring several events as part of The Bacchus Network’s Safe Spring Break Campaign. The purpose of these events is to get our campus ready for the fun of spring break while reminding students to make positive choices for their own health and safety.

• Tuesday, March 11, 2008

  
  

  • Mocktails at Jack Hopper Dining Hall
    

    • Jack Hopper Dining Hall
      

    • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
      
      

    • Enjoy “Mocktails” with the JSU Peer Educators and Sodexho Dining Services Staff.
      
      

  • Safe Spring Break Presentation by Lt. Mike Reese
    

    • TMB Auditorium
      

    • 7 p.m.
      
      

    • Mike Reese is a member of the ABC Operation and the Calhoun Cleburne Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. Club drugs such as XTC, GHB, LSD, and Ketamine will be addressed in Mr. Reese's presentation. He will also discuss marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol issues. At the conclusion of his presentation, a question and answer session will be held.

  
  

• Wednesday, March 12, 2008
  
  

  • Impaired Vision Goggles Activity Simulating Visual Impairment Caused by Alcohol or other Drugs

    • TMB Lobby and Front Parking Area
      

    • 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
      
      

    • Try your hand at driving a golf cart while wearing the impaired vision goggles. JSU Peer Educators will have an information table set up for students, and free sodas will be available.
      
      

      According to the company producing these goggles  Innocorp, Fatal Vision® is a specially designed and manufactured pair of goggles that simulate the visual impairment caused by alcohol or other drugs.  Viewing through the goggles is rather clear, but confusing to the mind.  The wearer experiences a loss of equilibrium, which is one of the effects of intoxication.  Both the wearer and those observing are convinced that such impairment makes activities with known risks, such a driving vehicles, very dangerous.
      
      

      Innocorp's Statement of Impairment:
      
      When people directly experience impairment,
      the lesson sticks.
      
      
      

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