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MCKEE: I think that for the large part, even when people
KANSAN: Do you believe that the overall use of alcohol will drop according to this survey?
MCKEE: I think it is very likely that we will see a decrease in some of the numbers. I think that there are some really great passive campaigns right now and active campaigns especially with bystander intervention programs like the Step Up Campaign that is from the office of the Vice Provost of Student Affairs. It talks about students stepping in when anything happens, which could be as easy as when you see a friend that has overserved themselves and being like, "Hey, why don't we go home and order some pizza," or just doing something else to help someone if they need it.
KANSAN: What worries you most about alcohol use by KU students?
MCKEE: Over winter break, the city of Lawrence was named the most hungover city in America and unfortunately many of our students have taken that as a source of pride. Even last night (March 25), I was giving a presentation to about 380 female students, and when I mentioned that [the title of most hungover city.] they were like "woo, yeah, that is awesome," and that seems like a very myopic point of view to have.
What worries me is that, especially our first- and second-year students, but all students in general, is they are not putting as much value into their college experience. They are not understanding that what you do as college students stays with you forever, whether that be an image of you on social media that will never go away once it's out there or an MIP, DUI
or perhaps just a decrease in your GPA that is caused by not going to class because you were drinking. These things do matter. Being named the most hungover city in the U.S. is not a point of pride; it is something we should be embarrassed about. It might be my biggest worry that our students do not understand the experience we are privileged to have at KU if not taken a little bit more seriously, might be missed. The stuff that happens here does matter. This is not a five-year party. This is real life with training wheels because regardless if you are ready, they are coming off when you graduate.
MCKEE: I thought of when I graduated from KU with both my undergraduate degree and my master's degree. When I put my resume out there to potential employers, they were impressed I graduated from KU. I don't want that to go away. This is not a notorious party school. My worry is that if we relish that honor too much, we buy into it and start behaving in that capacity, it's going to mean something different to have a degree from KU.
KANSAN: On the topic of the hangover story, what was your initial reaction to that title?
KANSAN: We previously discussed the deaths of Jason Wren and other KU students who have died from drinking. Why is it that KU as a community forgets so quickly about these deaths?
see things happen to very close friends, there is still an assumption it will never happen to them: "It's never going to happen to me, it's never going to happen to one of my friends or someone on my floor." So a lot of it is denial. A lot of people want to deny the frugality of their own life. This is an incredibly exciting part of life. You are preparing for the rest of your life. It is difficult to think that is going to be over on any given weekend, honestly.
When we have people who are pushing those limits, there are plenty of people who go to the hospital with very high blood alcohol concentrations. It used to be that 50 percent of people who went to the hospital with blood alcohol concentrations of 0.3 or above would die.Now we are
seeing people achieve 0.3 or above more frequently, which is crazy. When people are constantly pushing the limits, and with seemingly not a death or no immediate severe consequences; they are going to keep going down that road.
KANSAN: What would you like to see the University do in collaboration with the city of Lawrence to help fix the over-drinking culture in Lawrence?
MCKEE: Pie in the sky, I would love to live in a city where our young people were not taken advantage of. It is astounding to me that a place can continue to exploit young people by knowingly serving underage individuals. I would love to see that stop but I doubt it would happen.
What I think it would be more possible if the people in the city and the people at KU could at least get together and talk about possible policy changes that could make our campus safer and the community. Not just for KU students but for everybody and just understand that having a working relationship is not a competitive thing. Alcohol abuse is not a KU specific problem and it is not something that KU people have to own, it is something that our entire Lawrence community needs to own. To say that it is not a Lawrence issue and only a KU issue and the vice versa is unrealistic. We need people to just get around the table and say what kinds of policy changes are possible.
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