Highline’s student integrity conduct manager held a learning table for students open to learning about the do’s and don’ts when it comes to alcohol. 

Isabelle Wroblewski, the student integrity conduct manager, held a learning table outside of the Cafe Bistro in Building 8 on the second floor to spread awareness about having a responsible relationship with alcohol, and to teach students about the proper serving sizes of alcohol.

The learning table was developed based on the data of how college students have been consuming alcohol in unhealthy ways.

Here at Highline, the average age people begin drinking is 23 years old, two years older than the legal age limit. Wroblewski emphasizes that students may start sooner than others – another reason why the learning table discussed how to do it responsibly. 

“We also know that the average starting age of a student at Highline is 23 years old which is over the legal age of drinking, and we know that students under the drinking age choose to drink and if they are choosing to drink we want to know they are doing it responsibly,” Wroblewski said.

Alcohol is not allowed on campus. In the resident halls, you must also be over the age of 21 and must follow the dorms resident guide if you live on campus. 

One thing that Wroblewski wanted students to take away from the learning table is that many may not know that a serving size of alcohol is 1.5 oz. 

Throughout the event, alcohol blood content table slip sheets based in Washington were handed out to show levels of alcohol content when drinking.

In Washington state a 0.0 blood alcohol content level is needed for you to be behind the wheel, as this means no alcohol has been sipped, but the sheet also provided information on how each content level may relate to your body weight. 

The alcohol safety learning table event was the first ever to be held at Highline and Wroblewski said that more education surrounding topics on drugs and alcohol will be in the works for the near future.