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Stephanie HuebeL a junior English major, is in her third mester of volunteering for CARPOOL. Huebel said the pit begins for members long before they start taking phone for rides. “We go to the (CARPOOL] apartment at about 9:30 p.m., we have a short meeting where we just review CAR- procedures, like what weTl be doing if we are her- tieling (walking around bars and clubs), what we’ll be if we're driving, basic signs of alcohol poisoning and ings like that," Huebel said. CARPOOL takes calls from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., and Huebel id that calls start coming in at exactly 10 p.m. “Usually there are about two or three calls that come in at Ifromthe people who have been waiting all night to call, after that, it usually slows down until about 11:30 p.m. or Huebel said. CARPOOL members find ways to entertain themselves ien waiting for calls. "We usually have food at the apartment, usually pizza, 1 people just eat and sit around and talk,” Huebel said. iVehave a TV and a VCR there ... and if there’s a sporting tent or an awards show, we watch that. It’s just CARPOOL bond- g time.’’ When the calls begin, a long night of hard work follows. Jessica nold, a junior economics major, said the executives determine will be doing what job for the night. “Ourevening can consist of three different things,” Arnold said, fecouldbe driving, herscheling or taking calls. The execs assign sat the apartment, and the process is pretty random.” Brettne Vitek, a junior business major, explained that the mem- rswho “herschel” — as in Herschel Walker — are the members walking around clubs and bars passing out cards. “Webasically walk around Northgate, or wherever there will be lot people, and pass out business cards,” Vitek said. “If people ahde and don’t necessarily want to call CARPOOL them- )0L potea forw am ho !Y t :en ml; ^ STUART VILLANUEVA * THE BATTALION selves, we can put the call through to the apartment for them." Vitek said herschels stay with students who are waiting to be picked up, especially at places where the wait might be long, to prevent people from giving up and driving home themselves. Members of CARPOOL get a great deal of attention at the clubs and bars they go to, Vitek said. “Sometimes when we’re herscheling, we hear a lot of tunny pick up lines, like Ts that your number on the card? sa ‘d- ^ s like the CARPOOL shirt means ‘come and hit on m6. For those who drive, there is a process that they must follow to ensure the safety of passengers and themselves. When the CAR- POOL apartment receives a call, they take information from the caller, such as where to send the ride, who will be picked up an where they will need to be taken. A call is then placed to one o tie cars, each of which has a cell phone, and the car is dispatched to e pick-up location. “When we pick someone up, we read them their ‘Miranda Rights,’ which basically tell them what they can and can’t do in the car, like no drinking or smoking in cars, and they can’t be physically or verbally violent to people in the car,” Huebel said. “If they do, the ride can be terminated at any time.” Huebel said some people call CARPOOL frequently to get them home safely and have memorized the ‘Miranda Rights.’ “It’s really funny because some people know them by heart and will recite them with us,” Huebel said. Arnold also said CARPOOL has a very strict seatbelt policy and will not let more people in the car than there are seat belts. Riders should be aware that CARPOOL will not take them from one party to another. “If we drive up somewhere and it looks like a party, we can't refuse to let someone out of the car,” Arnold said. “But we try to report that to the apartment so we’re not just shuttling people between parties.” Vitek said rides can get pretty interesting at times. If the drivers of the car feel that person may have alcohol poisoning, they will take that person to the hospital imme diately. Drivers also have to deal with drunk passengers and the side effects. “We do sometimes have a 'taxi cab confessions’ situation where people are so drunk that they tell us their whole life story, like the fight they had with their boyfriend and things like that,” Vitek said. “We really have to stay open-minded.” Members of CARPOOL also must deal with another side-effect of drunkenness: vomiting. “We have trash bags in cars, and usually, we can tell if people are about to vomit, so we just hope they make it into the bag,” Vitek said. “If not, the execs get to clean it up.” Huebel said that the hard work definitely is worth the feeling she gets from working with CARPOOL. “I feel like 1 am making an impact on the campus because I see that 1 am part of an organization that is really doing some thing to help the community as a whole,” Huebel said. “We touch people’s lives by helping them specifically or protecting them by helping others.” md Washing impktntiitedi .ojster tequirw i opera® ire raft atii ^ ie rs and cte" their perates in a®] tM faculty,» f and Colics an resident: o Houston at di airp^ WWW texashalloffame net Texas Hall of Fame 18 October ber 20,200i ch, RoyseCil) lurds Shaver 'ed Sg[il!$ ucker archniar! 52 others Bar Dddjs startickets.w f ‘ r i-888-597- sI festival.con? tHursda College Night $ 1.00 long necks and $1.00 U-call-its til’ 11 pm $2,50 chuggers and $3.50 pitchers all night! 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