University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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A wrecked car provides a graphic example of the results alcohol con have. This car and another on Alviso Street (pictured below) were only two of the eye openers students saw during National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. For two dollars, students can eat dinner, have a couple beers and socialize with classnnates at University-sponsored Happy Hours. Senior Rick Scott grabs a beer at a Spotlights ' Happy Hour. t 22 student Life

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Mike Bradish Molly Emnck Kicking up his heels, Chris DeHoff demonstrates a square dance at thie senior Barn Boshi tield at Buck NordRancti. A senior Halloween Happy Hour was held in Spotlighits for those appropriately dressed. Pat Cullivan and Ty Molter ended an all day progres- sive party at the ASSCU happy hour. Students were twisting and shouting at the ASSCU sponsored Doy in the Dirt. Homecoming Day was the climax of a week of ASSCU events. El Social Pres Diversions 21

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NOT AN EASY SUBJECT TO ADDRESS ALCOHOL AWARENESS What began as the simple task of writing an article on a student ' s view of drinking became a full-fledged hassle. Who would write this thing? Who would hide or tell the truth? Who could say it, and say it right? This particular assignment passed through several hands — a member of the faculty even made an attempt by describ- ing drinking from a fictional student ' s point of view. But this defeated the pur- pose. As a last resort (but maybe the wis- est), we at The Redwood chose to quit horsing around and just get this piece written. What could be so difficult about that? I learned soon enough when I vol- unteered to crank out this article. Drinking. Hmmm. What can I say? Because I am a member of Santa Clara ' s yearbook, an organization established to capture the life of a student as accurately as possibly, I have sat through more drinking discussions this year than ever before. I have learned that some faculty members are convinced that we students have a serious drinking problem. As I heard this again and again, I became more and more insulted. Whose omnis- cience qualified them to make such sweeping generalizations? Through the eyes of such faculty members, as one who enjoys a good bash, I have a problem like everybody else Because I like to party, I have a drinking problem? Sorry, I don ' t, and I ' m not an ignoramcus. I am healthy; I monitor the number of days I even allow myself to touch alcohol, much less drink a few extra beers. Not every student equates a night at the Hut with a time to get trashed or a game of quarters with the chance to sink into total oblivion. But to be objective, I must mention my own skepticism: I am amazed at the drink- ing patterns of some students, particularily those who are pretty messed up every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur- day. And frighteningly, these people had the same habits last year, the year before and the year before. I am also pretty sur- prised at the number of seniors who, to this date, ignore their limit and drink until they puke in the bathroom at the Hut. I bet it ' s hard for some people to recognize a po- tential problem because there is always someone around to get wasted with. The yearbook is faced with the question of how to portray drinking because of its many faces here at Santa Clara. Would it make a difference if The Redwood cen- sored all mentions of beer or party and left out pictures of people holding beer cans? Or can The Redwood tell it like it is and depict drinking as we experience it with senior happy hours, tailgate parties and dances? We at The Redwood have tried to create a book that is realistic, objective, unbi- ased and in good taste. Hopefully this goal is realized on The Redwood ' s pages. BY MOLLY KINNEY U ALPHA PHI 50R0RITY STUDENT SERVICIS DELVIN Retired football player Delvin Williams shared his experience with alcohol and drugs in hopes of helping others who might have a problem. Williams is part of the organization Pros for Kids. D Mike Btadish Alcohol Awareness 23