College drinking creates a potential for students to wind up hurt or killed, or to hurt or kill others.

To answer that, the University Board will attempt to inform students on the dangers of drinking and driving by sponsoring a presentation called “DUI: Are you in or are you out?” featuring Lt. Chris Stone of the University Police Department and Tina Leonard of the Counseling Center.

The program, designed to keep Eastern students from becoming part of frightening statistics, will combine speeches, skits and facts to teach ways to prevent drunk driving, Alison Mormino, University Board lectures coordinator, said Sunday.

Leonard will speak about ways to save friends from hurting themselves or others, such as limiting how much friends drink or convincing already drunk friends to give up their car keys.

Stone will discuss the possible repercussions of drinking and driving, along with personal experiences, Mormino said.

Stone, who last semester did a program called “How to drink and not get arrested,” will also talk about drinking and not getting a DUI, or driving under the influence, citation. UB representatives will present related skits.

Mormino said Stone would be open to questions and would tailor the presentation to the audience.

The program, which will take place at 7 p.m. in the Effingham Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, is sponsored by the UB Lectures Committee.

– Jessica Danielewicz, staff editor, contributed to this article.