Eastern will have a UMADD chapter in the near future.

Micah Rucker, a junior wide receiver on Eastern’s football team, is planning to start a chapter at Eastern. UMADD is a student organization composed of students concerned about underage drinking, high-risk drinking and impaired driving. The group’s objectives are: to work with campus leaders to establish policies designed to minimize alcohol-related problems; to work with campus and local police to enforce underage drinking and impaired driving laws; and to educate students, faculty and staff concerning the scope of alcohol-related problems and set up effective prevention strategies.