CAMPUS BRIEFS: Wednesday, March 25, 1998

OFSA official awarded for awareness program Training for Intervention Procedures, or TIPS, "trains people to intervene in situations where alcohol is being misused," rather than trying to prevent binge drinking itself, according to John Burnside, university programs manager for the Arlington, Va.-based group. Burnside added that while similar Greek-collegiate TIPS training programs have typically educated about 50 students per year, Carroll has trained about 700 in his two years with TIPS for the University program, including 500 in the past year. "We generally recognize trainers that have gone above and beyond [their job]," Burnside said, explaining that in addition to training the most students ever in the program, Carroll clearly enjoys his job. Carroll stressed that he wants to convince people that socializing can consist of more than just binge drinking. He also spoke about the limits and benefits of the program. "If a student chooses to ignore all he has learned and not be responsible when using alcohol, there isn't anything we can do but challenge him on it," Carroll said in statement. "You never hear about the ones that were responsible and prevented someone from abusing alcohol and saving their life." -- Jeremy Reiss