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<< Gym Class Heroes to play D2D PAGES 8-9 TUESDAY NEWS, WHO WON FRIDAY’S CAPTURE THE FLAG? PAGE 3 MAR. 31, 2009 A&E, AFRICAN STYLE BOWLS, MASKS PAGE 11 OPINION, SGA LEADERSHIP RESEMBLES KIM JOHN IL? PAGE 13 SPORTS, BASEBALL OFF TO HOT START, PAGE 16 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 56 NO. 38 BEER R BOOKS? Drinkers drink more than study, UD compared to national averages MEAGAN MARION program for incoming freshmen cohol use in the past month. “Finding balance between all tion,” Chi Omega President Bri- Staff Writer that questions knowledge about Of the people on UD’s campus of the demands is essential,” she anne Baricevic said. “In addition, alcohol use and provides informa- who drink, the average number of said. “It is often difficult to fit we try to hold a lot of alcohol-free It’s Thursday night and you’re tion regarding alcohol prevention drinks reported was 2.5 on Thurs- everything into the 24/7 realities events.” getting ready to go out. Maybe and safety issues. day, 5.5 on Friday, 5.5 on Saturday that we live with. Balance is a UD has implemented pro- you’re heading over to Timothy’s “Parents are working hard to and .4 on Sunday. By the definition continual challenge. Having con- grams like AlcoholEdu, Alcohol Bar and Grill or maybe you’re pay tuition bills,” said Brandon of binge drinking, which is classi- trol over (alcohol) consumption, Drug Abuse Prevention Team playing a drinking game. Either Busteed, founder and chief execu- fied when males consume five or choosing when and how much to (A.D.A.P.T.) and the Alcohol Pre- way, you’re not studying for your tive officer of Outside The Class- more drinks in one sitting and fe- use, seldom results in negative vention Coalition so students can chemistry test tomorrow. room, in a recent NASPA press re- males four or more drinks, the av- consequences.” make the right choices and take Welcome to college? lease. “Yet many of their children erage UD student is a binge drinker The University of Dayton is a safety precautions when dealing A recent study done by NASPA: are out drinking instead of invest- on Friday and Saturday nights, con- founding partner of the Alcohol with alcohol. Student Affairs Administrators in ing time in building their future. suming on average 5.5. drinks. Prevention Coalition, which has For more information on this Higher Education and Outside The This is a threat to the core mission However, Mueller said to be goals to prevent high-risk drink- issue and UD’s role in the Alcohol Classroom found that first-year of higher education.” aware of the rather large standard ing and promote policies and Prevention Coalition, visit http:// college students who drink spend A 2008 UD alcohol survey found deviation. For example, drinks per practices as needed. Supporters www.outsidetheclassroom.com. 10.2 hours drinking per week ver- that 85 percent of students have night on a Friday may range from include Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, “The press release suggests sus 8.4 hours of studying. chosen to be out drinking in the 2.5 to 8.5 on average. There are a Zeta Tau Alpha sororities, and that we’ve reached a tipping point First-year students involved in last month, according to Steve wide variety of students who may Sigma Nu fraternity according to in our country,” Schmeling said. the study came from a collection Mueller, executive director for the drink way below or above the re- the Outside The Classroom Web “We have taken many measures to of 76 universities that are part of Counseling and Health Center. A ported average. site. reduce the risk of at-risk drinking the AlcoholEdu program. Sound 2007 national survey found that Dean of Students Sister Annette “We took part in an AlcoholEdu on our campus and in the neigh- familiar? AlcoholEdu is the Uni- 63.7 percent of full-time college Schmeling says it is all about bal- program last semester through borhoods.” versity of Dayton’s required online students ages 18 to 22 reported al- ance. the National Chi Omega organiza- 100 students help run financial investment forum at UD Jennie SZinK realizes what a bonded group we “I think a lot of them are just in- active environment,” Sauer said in News Editor are.” spired by other people’s careers,” the release. “Each keynote speaker After three days of running a fi- Forty students from the Davis Sorg said. “There’s no reason any- begins with a five-minute opening nancial investment forum for over Center, where a $9 million portfo- body in that audience can’t take remark of what they feel is the is- 2,500 students, faculty and finan- lio is managed, and 60 finance club the path someone else has taken.” sue of the day, and then we open it cial advisers, senior Anna Sorg volunteers ran this year’s ninth David Sauer, managing direc- up to student dialogue.” most fondly remembers Thursday annual R.I.S.E. (Reinventing In- tor of the forum and a University of Saturday afternoon, the end of night’s cleanup. vestment Strategy Education). The Dayton finance professor, also said R.I.S.E., was perhaps Sorg’s sec- “Everybody was tired and we students created committees like in a press release that the forum’s ond favorite part of the forum. all just stuck together as a group registration team and transporta- keynote speakers and sessions are “You really don’t have time to and we cleaned everything in a tion to run the forum from Thurs- organized to give students oppor- sleep,” Sorg said. “It was so much quick time,” Sorg said. “R.I.S.E. is day to Saturday. tunities to interact with leaders in fun, but at the same time you are the time when everyone from the Over 300 universities sent stu- economics and finance. so happy it’s over and you have For more information on the three-day Davis Center comes together and dents to R.I.S.E. “R.I.S.E. is a completely inter- time to catch up on your sleep.” R.I.S.E. forum, see p. 5 weather TODAY WEDNESday THURSday (Source: www.nws.noaa.gov) 60/39 54/38 57/40 Chance of Chance of Partly sunny. Hope the weather picks up for everyone R.I.S.E. UP! showers. showers. not going to Florida. FIND OUT MORE ON PG. 5... 2 NEWS Flyer News•Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Phi Kappa Psi holds Sausage Fest, working toward $15,000 for Relay SARA DORN maybe be able to make some mon- over sausages, which they plan Relay for Life is held by the “Last year our goal was $10,000 Staff Writer ey off of them for Relay.” on selling in the Ghetto and out- American Cancer Society. Indi- and we managed to raise over University of Dayton’s Phi The brothers then held the side Timothy’s Bar and Grill. viduals team up in order to raise $13,000,” Anthony LoPresti said. Kappa Psi fraternity held Sausage Sausage Fest at ArtStreet three “I feel Sausage Fest was a money in their group’s name for “This year our goal is $15,000 and Fest on Thursday from 11 a.m. to weeks later. huge success,” LoPresti said. the Society. Phi Kappa Psi broth- we are already 40 percent there. 2 p.m. in order to raise money for This year’s Sausage Fest in- “I remember looking around at ers said that Relay for Life is one We are participating in the next the charity event Relay for Life. cluded food items other than the everyone at the event and being of the fraternities biggest events Relay for Life, April 18th.” This was the second year the John Morrell and Gordon Food extremely happy that Phi Psi can all year. fraternity held Sausage Fest. It Services Polish-style sausages, organize an event that brings so began when the brothers were which were bought with Phi Psi’s many different people together. It participating in a Mini Heart Philanthropy committee chair was great to look around at all the Marathon in 2008. Jamie Gross’s annual budget. people talking and enjoying the “At the race was a John Mor- “For $1 you could get a sau- music on such a rainy day.” rell sausage vendor that was giv- sage, a drink and a variety of Sausage Fest customers were ing out free samples of the dif- chips,” LoPresti said. also happy with the outcome of ferent sausages,” Phi Kappa Psi LoPresti said the cost was so the event. brother sophomore Anthony Lo- low in hopes that people would “The sausage I had was a great Presti said. “When the marathon donate extra money, which he alternative to spending my Flex was over he had a ton of extra said many did. money that is basically almost left over. He asked us if, since we The fraternity took Flyer Ex- run out, and it was good to know were college students, we would press and cash. Phi Kappa Psi I was helping out the American want to take them off his hands. made approximately $530 at this Cancer Society,” freshman Matt The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity held its second annual Sausage Fest Thursday and proceeds are I said yes thinking that we would year’s Sausage Fest and had left- Miller said. will be donated to April 18th’s Relay to Life.

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