On Oct. 20, a particularly rainy day in Ada, students who passed by the Tundra saw something that was out of the ordinary: a wrecked car in the middle of Ohio Northern University’s campus.
As the scene had not been completely prepared, students began to speculate why a wrecked car was on campus, who was responsible and what had happened to the vehicle.
A few hours later, Stacia High and Allie Boley, two members of Delta Zeta, began to decorate the
car, adding pink and green neon tape covered with various facts about drunk driving.
“Every year, Delta Zeta does a campaign called ‘I Have a Choice,’” High stated. “It’s one of
our national programs that we do. We do an alcohol awareness event every year.”
In the past, Delta Zeta has promoted National Alcohol Awareness through events that were tame and non-confrontational, including free corn hole tournaments or simply passing out fact cards detailing the
consequences of excessive alcohol consumption.
“This year, we figured we’d make a statement,” stated High, “by posting facts about drinking and driving on a wrecked car to show what can really happen. It’s out here in the middle of campus. It draws your attention. It makes you realize what the damage of drinking and driving can do.”
“We decided to do drunk driving because that’s a real issue involving college students,” said
Boley. “A lot of our facts on our car talk about college students our age, specifically the 18-24 [year
old] demographic.”
As students walked through the Tundra, they saw an unapologetic demonstration of the consequences of drunk driving.