Tips for Party Goers

Kenyon College
TIPS FOR PARTY GOERS

Whether you are partying on campus or off campus, please consider the following:

Only accept unopened cans and bottles. Beverages that come in sealed containers are much safer than mixed drinks.
If you order a mixed drink, watch the person who mixes it.
If you put down your drink for any reason, get a new one.
Make sure the cups the bartender is using have been stacked upside-down (so that nothing could be sitting in the bottom of the cup).
Never drink anything out of a common punch bowl.
If someone offers to get you a drink, go up to the bar/keg with them to accept it.
Be wary about accepting drinks from anyone you don't know well or long enough to trust.
Subscribe to the "buddy system": always party with one or more friends and keep an eye on each other. If someone begins to appear "too drunk," get them to a safe place.
Watchful friends can help prevent rape by the use of drugs.

Effects of date rape drugs usually begin within thirty minutes, peak within two hours, and can persist for up to eight hours.
Symptoms include memory impairment, drowsiness, visual disturbances, dizziness, confusion, gastrointestinal disturbances, urinary retention, nausea and MEMORY BLACKOUTS.
If you think that you have been a victim of any kind of sexual assault, notify the Heath and Counseling Center immediately (drug screens are effective within 72 hours) and/or a Sexual Misconduct Advisor. Report incidents to the Security and Safety office and/or to the Knox County Sheriff's department.

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