Salpointe Catholic High School - Horizons Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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jf r I Q W a l e f w ' U I I x I y e r 2 n tum out the lrghtsgs the party 5 over 14, P' ter didn'tV kno any- 'youth to 'fjoln thecrowdf' one TV, 'drlnklng, and you'rei not, t makes thing bout drinking xcept ex-footballsand other sports heroes you feel left out. STrden need to how to get drunk. I-led .wned guzzle cheer' in comaraderie. lt be more responsib e,l a d much sirtpacks of beer imitatln ther seems like-a great way to spend aw o more sensible, stated Fr. Frank Mc- ha d-drinkin n style he had I arned Saturdaywafternoon. The media lm- Carthy, 0. Carm., Sdlpolnte prlncl- at horde wat hing his father Alco- plies thatidrlnkers are bright, funny, pal. Responsibility means knowing hdllsm nvas n t stranger to his amlly good-looking, and wealthy - what when enough is eno gh, f r oneself - it had cau ed the deaths f two 4about,-theiunattractive, pot-bellied or for frlends.. If th y ar going to urriles Qand s barred the lives of-an-T .drinker with a ,swollen nose? l-lows drink, they .should be re ponslble ot er uncle nd both his g ndfa- oftenwls he seen? The advertising enough forlthelr owq actlo s, and If there. 5 ls Peter fi tional?No,.nor persistent danger The 'and face Inf todagfs society. One.. high school sjtudents admits ting drunk since a week. A elevemteenagers die, and a tional 360 are injured in alco lared Yautomtsblle accidents d ,y. anylcase, these stude is the , fh?iF55 TL n' fiveff o get- other addi- Ollie- every ts ile not just statistics. They a e real' people, the vlctims of a prob the problem gof student drln em lng. iCorrnnon ekcuses for drln ing in- cltrde parentl modeling, med a cov- eiagegrecre tional needs, a drpeer p essure. Parent modeling is one of the reasons-lnost often men toned, flictlng messages that confu e their children. A ctammonquestio ,asked by UOITIIQ adults ls, Why do y par- ents tell me alcoholism is ba when they drink themselves? Te nagers often yiew their parents as odels, a d if society approves of th lr par- e ts' actions, they see no reason not do it fthemselves. I 1 . ' 2 A second lnfluence prom ing al- cohol use among adolescent ls the edlai Byrpbrtrayal of a w opping 6 X of the Aqmerlcan public s alco- hpl consum N h x V41 -I ifl :QE bil iii ?'l ti hi! u 1 a parents sdmetlmes send twcongli ers, the media ntlcesfl for the liquor industry portrays the 1080 Ufiilcilhbl as, necessary for SEQ' 'cessfirl pgrvmg, A and af partQ of .every- c day 'behavkiorf Thelcunderlylngi nies- 'sagefof the -alcohollcjrnedla ls clear f- fflfyyoulwantitofbe likefme, drink illke me5f','According,lto flleanf Bob Q Scott, up 'fDrinklng w.'l -advertisements' A give youths the ldeajthat theycacn't function' without qalcohol. Taking ,ithemfoff thealrftotally is a good suggestionl' , r r w A. third- motivation for student drinkingclsf the mistaken belief that' alcohol is necessary to have a good time. According to Mary Jane DeValk, Salpotntefsf Dean of Women, the theorylsls that, fflfs there's a party 5-wlthoutjalcohol, there is no party.'Y ,Her opinion was supported by awsenr i6f.Wh61i.tCD!'!!PCHf2d n--wwh--1 .1 V rdfrnkgfayeryfnrng 1s:fnnny1':f3' ig. -y fl'he,rnost, commonl factor Fln- lvolved lnteenldrinking ls peer pres- asal sure. 1-lere, -the Have, one more, tactlcg is .frequently involved. Whether a person wants to drink, or feels-Elie must,3Y-isffagquestlon many Bare afraldf to ask, themselves. lAc- cordlngfto 'stl Kelly Fleming, '88, many students fuse drinking as a crutch to be, accepted by peers. A fellow' studentwagreed. 1'flf your friends are' g , they're'drlvlng, they mu t be re- sponsible for themselves, the oth- who pay ers In their car, sandethos the consequences' of! their actions, asserted one 1unlor.Q 1 r So how can teenage dr nkers be , .lielpedil On a personlal lev I, at par- tleslorFriday-nlght Times a simple, Let's skip the b er, r How about letting me drive, ight save a life. lf one knows 'f som one who drinks beyond his lmlt abltually, one should confronl hi directly, pointing out the cause fo concern for his well-being. If this eaves no impression, an authorl y figure should be privatelyladvls d. There are many groups citonce ned with the problem of alcohol ab se today. -Among these, M.AI.D.D. Wlothers Awgalnst. Drunk' Prlversl, and S.A.D.D.l ff tStudentsc fAgai st Drunk rnnversy, have beelL esp clally ef- fective. tSalpolnte'sI first hapter bf S.A.D.D. was organleed In the fall of '85.j The greatest qhang s, howev- er,'wlll come aboutlwlth ducatlon, as more and more ipeop e become awareg of and-face Qthe angers of studentldrlnklng. r P ,.co A s ' ANTQN H1721-,KA AND fy Y s KATI woac OWSKI x NG KI DRIN UDENT ST H H