For Immediate Release:

 

 

FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ÒHAZEÓ TO FEATURE NATIONAL

EXPERTS ON ALCOHOL POISONING AND HAZING AT COLLEGES

 

 

When the feature documentary, ÒHAZE,Ó is completed in early 2008, it will contain insightful interviews with prominent national experts on the subjects of alcohol abuse and hazing on college campuses.

 

The full-length film, which utilizes no narration, uniquely weaves together approximately 35 interviews to shed light on what has been recognized as the Òlargest problem on campus.Ó

 

Responsible for more than 1,700 deaths per year, alcohol poisoning, binge drinking and hazing practices by college and university students have also contributed to as many as 700,000 assaults, 600,000 injuries and nearly 100,000 sexual assault or date rapes.

According to studies completed by the Harvard School of Public Health, about 44% of college students binge drink.

 

Following is a list of key experts who appear in the motion picture to raise awareness of the problems and help examine ways that parents and students can eliminate these dangerous practices.

 

Joseph Califano, Jr., L.L.B.

 

            Chairman and President, Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

at Columbia University  (CASA)

 

Served as President Lyndon JohnsonÕs chief assistant for domestic affairs

and as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare from 1977 to 1979.

He practiced law in Washington D.C. and New York until he founded

CASA in 1992. He is the author of nine books and a member of the National Academy of ScienceÕs Institute of Medicine.

 

 

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Dr. Thom Dunn

 

            Professor of Emergency Studies, University of North Carolina

            Emergency Medical Technician (EMT

 

Charles A.  Hurley

 

            Chief Executive Officer, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

 

            Formerly vice president of the Transportation Safety Council.

            Received the prestigious J. Stannard Baker Award for Highway Safety

            from the International Association for Chiefs of Police.

           

Kay Bailey Hutchins

 

            United States Senator from Texas

 

            Initially elected in 1993, she is the first women elected to represent the State of

            Texas in the U.S. Senate.  She serves in the Senate leadership, having been

            elected by her colleagues to be Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee,

            making her the fourth highest ranking Republican Senator in the 110th Congress.

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Susan Lipkins

 

            A Psychologist on Hazing

 

            During her twenty-five year career, she has become the leading authority on

            campus conflict and violence in high schools and colleges. She is an author and a

            recognized expert in the field of hazing. She has appeared on ÒOprah,Ó ÒLarry

King Live,Ó ÒThe Today Show,Ó ÒThe OÕReilly Factor,Ó ÒGood Morning America,Ó ÒCNN,Ó ÒCBS NewsÓ and over 100 other television and radio

programs. She has been quoted in national newspapers and magazines and her book, ÒPreventing Hazing: How Parents, Teachers and Coaches Can Stop the Violence, Harassment and HumiliationÓ is the only source for psychological

information on hazing.

 

Dr. Hank Nuwer

 

            Hazing Research and Studies,  Franklin College

            Nationally known author and journalist

           

            Author of ÒWrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing and Binge

                        Drinking (Indiana University Press, 1999)

 

Dr. Rick Schwartstein

 

            Medical Director, Beth El Israel Hospital, Boston

           

Barry Seaman

 

            Author of ÒBinge, Excess in an Age of DisconnectionÓ

            Former Time magazine reporter – White House Bureau

 

Ronald J.  Stump

 

            Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, University of Colorado

 

            Responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of programs

            and services intended to support the intellectual and personal development of

            students and to build a sense of community on campus.

 

                                                           

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T.J. Sullivan

 

            Chief Executive Officer of CampusSpeak

 

            CampusSpeak is the leading providers of campus speakers on social issues

            affecting college students today

 

Dr. Henry Wechsler

 

            Lecturer on Society, Human Development, and Health

            Department of Society, Human Development, and Health

            Harvard University

            Principal investigator of the Harvard School of Public Health ÒCollege

            Alcohol StudyÓ (CAS)

 

            Since its inception in 1992, CAS has conducted four national surveys at a

            Representative sample of over 50,000 students at 120 colleges in 40 states.

 

 

 

Dr. Aaron White

 

            Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

            Duke University

 

            His research focuses on the brain mechanisms underlying memory formation, the

            impact of alcohol on such brain functions, the impact of environmental

            influences and drug exposure on both brain and psychological development,

            parent-adolescent communication about drinking and other risky behaviors, and

            substance abuse education and prevention.  

 

 

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