Tessa Fisher

This opportunity was something I am always willing to participate in. Ask Me About My Number is a way that I am able to educate myself on hazing events that have taken place all around the country. The number I was given was about a member of a fraternity who was hazed to death. It was incredibly sad to read about his story but continuously makes me learn about how bad hazing is. My number was 263. This death was a caused by the fraternity Sigma Nu in Reno, Nevada. A pledge member named Ryan Abele was consuming alcohol underaged that was given to him by his fraternity. Ryan consumed a heavy amount of alcohol and he eventually fell and died because of the incident. Although the university stated that it was not a hazing incident his parts filed a lawsuit to rule it as a hazing tragedy.
Before doing this service event I was and still aware of hazing and how detrimental it is. Hazing can cause injury, mental and physical abuse, trauma and even death. When reading my persons description it made me aware of another hazing incident that took the life of someone who had a lot going for them. It was also interesting to learn that another person in this fraternity experienced the same type of hazing that occurred. Hazing happens all over the world as we all need to do better in the stop to fight hazing.
At BGSU and in the BG community I feel we have made tremendous strides to prevent hazing from happening. I myself and many members of student organizations, athletics, and Greek life have attended several kinds of prevention summits, the presentation that was given by Stone Foltz's parents/family/friends. I know I see flyers and other kinds of media about what to do if you have been hazed, seen hazing happening and if you are unsure if a certain activity is considered hazing.

I wish I could understand why people haze because it is such a despicable way to treat other individuals. No one should ever been hazed or feel unsafe when waiting to join anything.

I know after reading the article about my person I will continue to prevent hazing and be a member of the community who does not tolerate any kind of that behavior. That is why I am part of an organization that does not stand for hazing and participate in anti-hazing service opportunities.

My service hours included giving two, one hour presentations about Alcohol and other drugs. The presentation that I gave included a lesson on standard drinks, legality around alcohol and other drugs including marijuana. The lesson also includes how to practice safe drinking and how to protect yourself from and date rape drugs. In the lesson we also include our Fatal Vision Goggle Demonstration. This is a chance for students to see the different visual impairments that come with differing Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) levels. Students are tasked with pouring a standard drink into a beer, wine, whiskey, or shot glass while being visually impaired.

I personally really like giving this presentation as there is so many unknowns about alcohol and different drugs in our world. Students are able to learn and share in a safe environment which I think is curial to teaching this topic. The lesson helps students engage from games, activities as well out-loud sharing. The lesson is incredibly important to teach on a college campus as many students are not aware how to count their drinks, how to practice safe drinking practices (covering your drink, not leaving it unattended, etc) and how drugs can affect your body.

In my opinion I love what Wellness Ambassadors stands for and what we teach our BG and BGSU community. The presentations I help give, give back to me as well. I am better educated with the presentations I give, help my public speaking and given me a lot of outreach.

I volunteered at the BGSU Graduate and Professional School Fair where I was a greeter where I welcomed people in and also answered questions that anyone had. I also help tear down when it was time.

Marianne Geisbuhler  3 años Hace Your reflection should include thoughtful response to the TFS reflection questions about your service experience: What did you do? Where does the root of the problem come from? What is your new perspective? How do you hope to engage with this group in the future? What would you do differently. How do you think your volunteering impacted this project? MG