MCLA CHOICES
Volume 4, Issue 1
Ever felt really warm
when you are drinking.
There is an illusion of
increased heat because
alcohol causes the
capillaries to dilate and
fill with more warm
blood. Drinking alcohol
lowers rather than raises
your body temperature.
October 8, 2009
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
Thursday, October 22nd 10:00pm Campus Center Gymnasium
Make Good Choices to Make it a Safe Night
If you know that you are going to be drinking, eat some food
before and during when you drink.
Go to parties with friends and always have one friend remain
sober to keep and eye on everyone. Never leave a friend alone.
Accept only the drinks that you either pour yourself, or you can
watch someone make it; do not leave your drink unattended.
Space out your drinks with water. Water dilutes the alcohol and
also hydrates you.
BOOZE TRUTHS
* 56.1% of MCLA students
drink 3 or less drinks in an
average week.
Carbonated drinks increase the
absorption of alcohol into the
bloodstream.
* 17.5% of MCLA
students spend at
least 5 hours per
month in volunteer
work.
Common Alcohol Statement
The average brain is not fully developed until the age of 25.
1.) Drinking through a straw
gets you drunker faster.
—when you drink through a
straw you tend to drink faster,
therefore, alcohol will enter your
bloodstream at a faster rate
raising your BAC level in a
shorter time period.
Time is the only thing that can lower a person’s BAC level;
coffee, exercise, or cold showers will not assist in lowering
a person’s BAC level.
Having a “high tolerance” just means that a person may be
able to hide the behavioral cues that would otherwise tell
you they are intoxicated.
* All data from the 2008 CORE MCLA Survey
MCLA CHOICES
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MASCAC Weekly Athletic Honors
Week of September 6th
Player of the Week
Evan Coe
Honor Roll Kayla Bromback
VB
Week of September 20th
GOLF
10 Westfield State
18-20 NEIGA,
12:00pm
Player of the Week
Jake McCall
MS
TBA
Player of the Week
Jess Tietgens
WS
Cape Cod, MA
Week of September 27th
TENNIS
8 WNEC
MS
3:00pm
12 UMASS Dartmouth
12:00pm
Honor Roll
Jess Tietgens
WS
Honor Roll
Charles Donavan-Martin
MS
Honor Roll
Marta Brown
VB
WOMEN’S SOCCER
OCTOBER ATHLETICS
CROSS COUNTRY
10
17
24
31
Westfield State
m-11am
w-12pm
Williams College
TBA
MASCAC
12pm
Keene State College TBA
MEN’S SOCCER
10
14
17
20
24
28
31
Mass. Maritime Academy
Skidmore College
Framingham State
Southern VT
Fitchburg State
SUNY Cobleskill
Westfield State
1:00pm
3:30pm
11:00am
3:30pm
1:00pm
3:00pm
5:00pm
8
Bay Path College
10
Mass. Maritime Academy 1:00pm
17
Framingham State
1:00pm
20
R.P.I.
4:00pm
23
Fitchburg State
7:00pm
29
Sage College
3:30pm
31
Westfield State
1:00pm
9
12
14
17
21
24
28
30
4:00pm
VOLLEYBALL
Colby Sawyer College 7:00pm
Bridgewater State
2:00pm
Elms College
7:00pm
Clark
2:00pm
UMD
4:00pm
SUNY Cobleskill
7:00pm
Framingham State 12:00pm
Norwich
7:00pm
Salem State
6:00pm