In recent weeks, Central staff members have conducted Alcohol 101 demonstrations and led group discussions with different fraternities and sororities to help achieve program objectives. It is specifically targeted at the Generation X population, who have grown up with video games. Although its message is serious, in some segments it creatively combines witty dialogue with video, special effects and other features that grab and hold viewers' attention. As the program opens, the host, who looks like a cross between a lava lamp and Mr. Potato Head, asks viewers to submit personal data about their age, weight, height and gender. Once they have done so, they enter a virtual party, where they have an opportunity to interact with an assortment of different characters while getting drinks from a virtual bar.
Participants can opt for many different drinking scenarios.
They can make a wrong choice and see what happens or a responsible decision. Either way, they have an opportunity to learn from the experience in a non-traditional learning environment. It lets you interact in a lot of different scenarios, and you learn about things you don't often think about. It's also much more interesting when you're playing the first-person role, rather than having someone sit there and tell you about it. Huffington noted that the fraternity was joined by Alpha Omicron Pi sorority members during its recent Alcohol 101 session.