St. Patty’s day is notorious for a good time which most often entails a scrupulous amount of alcohol for college students. Downtown Center Student Government sought to highlight this trend by encouraging students to sign a no-drinking pledge for this 2003 holiday. Student Government representatives, clad in traditional green garb, decorated the north lobby in true St. Patrick’s day theme colors with shamrocks, green candy and a sneaky leprechaun that resembled the SGA Vice-President, Eric Cotto.
Total, SGA gathered over 100 pledges during a two-hour period and students who submitted a pledge were encouraged to visit Student Life the day after to receive a prize. The event was experienced as a great success and gave SGA not only an opportunity to educate students about the potentially fatal dangers of excessive drinking as well as drinking and driving, but also to recruit new members and share the event calendar with the DTC student body.