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NEWS TAKING INITIATIVE Drink tester initiative on ODU’s campus Natalie Hockaday 29 | maceandcrown.com
Sonya Williams, a student at Old Dominion University is planning on bringing drink testing tablets to the campus. As a member of the Student Government Association (SGA) she is working along with other members to provide these tablets in order to increase safety for students and faculty around the university community. When these tablets are dipped in a drink it will be able to detect traces of drugs that may be in the drink. Sonya was inspired to bring this product to the campus when the former SGA senate speaker, Jasmin Carmon shared information about the product as an idea for the organization to look into. Sonya’s own story inspired her to really make this idea a reality of the campus. Like any other young adult in their twenties, Williams went out for a night with her friends to a bar to have a good time. Her friends had insisted in going to a poetry event that was inside a bar, but Sonya was not so much interested in the poetry and more the party. Her friends went to grab some drinks and have a fun night while Sonya got a mocktail made up of sweet tea and other juices. Sonya chose not to drink that night because she was the designated sober friend of the evening but she still wanted to fit in with her friends having fun and pretty drinks. “While I’m still at the bar, I drop my bag on the floor and I lean down pick up my clutch and put it back on the counter of the bar area and I keep drinking my drink… time passes, I’m not sure exactly how long but next thing you know my legs gave out and I’m bucking trying to stand up and I urinated on myself… I was telling my arms to catch myself, but my hands were not responding… it was like my brain was disconnected with my body… A guy from base had seen me handpicked me up and threw me over his shoulders and took me to the emergency room [where they] pumped my stomach. [The doctor’s] asked if I knew why I was [in this condition]… the police [later] came in and told me I was roofied and that I had a large amount in my system. I filed a police report and months later I was contacted by the police that this was an actual case and they found the guy who did it and I guess he had done it to multiple other women and some of them weren’t as lucky as I was to see have seen me and take me to the hospital,” said Williams. “Some people would say that I’m blessed and I am and I do view it as that, but in a sense it’s like you have no idea how bad it could have been,” said Williams. Sonya is motivated to seek justice and provide preventative resources for students and faculty. She wants to provide a space for people to feel comfortable and speak up about their experiences. She plans to implement this initiative across the campus and has the support from various organizations and students around the university. “It seems like a secret that no one want to confront and I’m tired of feeling like it’s a secret. It’s a part of my story and if other people have a way tolerate then let’s talk about it,” said Williams. When Sonya first started the initiative to bring drink testers to the campus she spoke to students to get an idea of how students would approve and react to it. Williams received an influx of approval and heard stories and testimonials from men and women about their experiences. “I think [not as many people come out and talk about their experience] has a lot to do with people not knowing if it happened like the confusion. People second guess themselves thinking about what they did but you didn’t do anything but it took me a while to face that,” said Williams. <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2019</strong> | 30
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