Shannon McHale: Final Project Proposal

My final project would be an audio slideshow about underage drinking on campus. I would like to interview students about their experiences, but this might be difficult and they could ask to be anonymous. I would like to get pictures of games and other school-sponsored events that students drink before attending, to demonstrate that although the school does not provide alcohol or condone its use, students do drink before coming to University of Maryland events. I would also try to get photos at parties and non-school events to see how pervasive alcohol is among college students. Ideally, I would "profile"a day/night in the life of a UMD student who is drinking (i.e. take the pictures and tell the story of an average night from a first-person point of view, while remaining sober for reporting's sake) for my story arc. The hook would be that my slideshow presents dangers or uncomfortable situations that students are putting themselves in every time they drink irresponsibly. The slideshow would probably be about 5 or 6 minutes in length and would have the headline, "Is drinking in college worth it?"