From jflofland at ucdavis.edu Fri Sep 23 11:56:27 2005 From: jflofland at ucdavis.edu (John Lofland) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:56:27 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Fwd: UC Davis News: 'Safe Party Initiative' advisory Message-ID: FYI. John Lofland >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:56:15 -0700 >To: ucdavis-news at ucdavis.edu, getnews at ucdavis.edu >From: newsservice at ucdavis.edu >Subject: UC Davis News: 'Safe Party Initiative' advisory >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.49 on 169.237.104.165 >Sender: owner-getnews at ucdavis.edu >Status: > > >University of California, Davis >September 23, 2005 > >UC DAVIS AND DAVIS COMMUNITY TO LAUNCH 'SAFE PARTY INITIATIVE' > >WHAT: A broad-based coalition of UC Davis students, administrators, health >professionals and law enforcement, joined by city of Davis residents, >elected officials and law enforcement, will unveil a multi-pronged >"Safe Party Initiative" to target high-risk drinking throughout the >greater Davis community. > >WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 10-11 a.m. > >WHERE: Student Lounge, first floor, UC Davis Activities and Recreation >Center (ARC) > >WHO: Speakers will include: Judy Sakaki, vice chancellor for student >affairs, UC Davis; Dr. Michelle Famula, director of the Cowell >Student Health Center, UC Davis; Don Saylor, city council member, >city of Davis; Jim Hyde, chief of police, city of Davis; and Caliph >Assagai, president of Associated Students of the University of >California, Davis. > >BACKGROUND: UC Davis is one of 14 California colleges and >universities participating in a federally funded study of >alcohol-related problems on college campuses. UC Davis and five other >campuses are developing coordinated strategies to reduce high-risk >drinking and the consequences of that drinking, including violence, >injuries, property damage and car crashes. > >In recent years, UC Davis campus data have demonstrated that >off-campus parties are the most significant high-risk drinking >environment for students. > >On Tuesday, Sept. 27, a broad-based coalition of representatives of >UC Davis and the Davis community will announce a comprehensive plan >for reducing those high-risk activities and their consequences. > >DIRECTIONS AND PARKING: Take I-80 to Highway 113 north to Russell >Boulevard. Travel east on Russell to La Rue Road. Turn right on La >Rue and left on Orchard Park Drive and proceed into the parking lot. > >Reporters can park ticket-free on campus in any non-restricted >parking lot, Diamond "E" and vendor spaces, and at meters. If your >vehicle is not marked with a station or publication logo, place a >media business card on the dashboard. > >Media contact(s): >* Mitchel Benson, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-9844, >mdbenson at ucdavis.edu > > >------------------------------------------------ >Our full UC Davis directory of media services and 24-hour >contact information is available at >. >------------------------------------------------ >Need information from campus news archives? The UC Davis News >Service database contains past (and current) UC Davis news >stories dating to 1991. Go to >. >------------------------------------------------- >More university news and an experts directory: > > >------------------------------------------------- >UC Davis News Service >One Shields Avenue >Davis, California 95616-8687 >newsservice at ucdavis.edu >Phone: (530) 752-1930; Fax: (530) 752-4068 >-------------------------------------------------