Keg parties and bar-hopping are common social activities in college, which can make students apprehensive about asking questions pertaining to the effects of alcohol.

Mystudentbody.com is a Web site sponsored by the Student Wellness Center, which lets students remain anonymous while giving pertinent information about alcohol.

“It’s useful because students can access it on there own time in the comfort of their own room or apartment,” said Amanda Richmond, wellness coordinator at the Student Wellness Center. “They don’t have to be embarrassed to call us.”

The site was initially used fall quarter, primarily by incoming freshman who learned about it through the First Year Success Series and mandatory survey courses.

Lori Martensen, Program manager at the School of Allied Medical Professions, required students in her fall quarter Survey Class to log onto the site.

“I had a really good experience with it,” she said. “The students overall seemed to enjoy the exercise and got something out of it.”

Students can sign into the Web site as an optional or required user. Required users will be instructed to complete one of five individualized courses which take about an hour. The courses include first-year students, Greek students, student athletes, students who received an alcohol-related judicial sanction and general students. A certificate of completion can be printed for students to receive credit for an assignment.

“How they did on the test was not important, just that they had the experience,” Martens said.

Richmond said she hopes to see all first-year students participate in the Web site’s courses.

“The big goal for mystudentbody.com is to make it a requirement for all incoming students,” she said.

Site features include general information about alcohol, statistics, related articles and a blood alcohol concentration calculator.

Susan Schnell, senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions and first year experience, said the site offers different information for every student,

“It was very individualized to that particular student and response to things and allows them to asses themselves,” Schnell said.

The student receives individual feedback without using academic language, Richmond said.

“It gives good information about alcohol in a student-to-student type way,” Richmond said.

Freshman are the most common users of mystudentbody.com, the Student Wellness Center would like to see more people log onto the site.

“We want students in general to know that this is a resource for all OSU students, and for faculty to know that this is a resource they may want to use in there class,” said Karen Donnelly, wellness center coordinator and the Student Wellness Center.

To enter the site, faculty and staff should use “wellness” as the school code and students should use “buckeyes.”