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Students heighten drunk-driving awareness
The Jeep, which had been involved in a drunk-driving accident, had its windshield crumpled and its steering wheel forced into the drivers seat. The backseat was filled with notebooks. I was going along the lines of having something thats really in your face, Lorch, a senior psychology major who staged the event with other members of UDs Mortar Board chapter, said. When youre dealing with college students, its important to have something very real and very visual. When students slowed to look at the car, Denise Boone of Newark approached them with photos of her 20-year-old daughter, Cynthia Marie, and the crash that killed her last year. Some students recognized Boones daughter, the victim of a drunk driver, because she worked at the Sunoco station on Elkton Road in Newark. I give them what were giving out and ask them not to drink and drive because people need to be aware of how quickly [their lives] can be shattered, Boone said. Its not just another mistake. Your whole life changes. There are siblings and parents who are affected. Its a nightmare that you never wake up from. Its a shift in reality, and it never shifts back. Boone, a volunteer with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), said students stood in the cold and listened to what she had to say, and a few took the time to look through a photo album she had compiled after her daughters death. Its nice to know that there are actually some kids who care, she said. As students peeked inside the car, junior Whitney Bateson, a member of Mortar Board, said, You dont think about it when youre driving that the steering wheel is going to come down through the dashboard like that, and your head is going to go through the windshield. Its very scary. Campus police, Mortar Board Society members, MADD staff and Tracy Downs, program director for the Center for Counseling and Student Development, staffed an information table at the Perkins event. Trish Bachman, victim services representative for MADDs Delaware chapter, lauded UDs Mortar Board Society members for pulling the event together. Downs said UDs Alcohol Policy and Education Council (APEC) is currently planning a new education campaign around alcohol issues. Article by Kathy Canavan To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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