October's alcohol awareness campaign captures sober, fun activities on campus

October celebrates more then just colorful leaves and costumes. It's also a month dedicated to awareness of certain issues.

At DePaul, the Department of Residential Education, Housing Services and Student Centers sponsored an Alcohol Awareness campaign, which ran the entire month.

A photo contest was one of the events to promote alcohol awareness had individual and group entry options.

Individuals or groups were asked to submit a picture of them having fun on-campus or in Chicago with alcohol to demonstrate the many options on-campus and in Chicago to have fun without being under the influence.

This year Alcohol Awareness on campus made a huge comeback and success on DePaul's campus, according to the campaign coordinator Christy Shipyor.

Alcohol consumption and binge drinking is something that affects all college campuses and unfortunately takes the lives of students every year across the country. DePaul University works to be as proactive as possible in educating students about making safe and smart decisions surrounding alcohol consumption.

Group Winners

"Marilyn" submitted by Professor Chad Morgan and his Discover Chicago class

"I took my Explore students out walking around the city," Professor Morgan said. "We stopped to take a picture of the statue of Marilyn Monroe on the Mag Mile."

Individual Winner

"Superhero" submitted by Sergio Garcia

"My friends and I had a beach day," Garcia said. "On our walk back to the school we ran through a soccer field pretending to be superheroes."