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Entertainment December 1, 2016
Matthew McConaughey has taken to the wheel to promote an anti-rape movement on college campuses.
The Oscar winner offered free rides to students at University of Texas at Austin college on Nov. 28, reports UT News.
This service is part of the SURE Walk, Students for United for Rape Elimination, that provides transportation every day from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. SURE Walk was put in place to keep students safe on campus late at night.
The star of “Intersteller,” “Dallas Buyer’s Club” and upcoming drama “Gold” is a 1993 graduate and distinguished alumni of the university.
Previously he has supported current students in the classroom as a film professor and as a pseudo coach at sporting games, according to UT News. McConaughey teamed up with SURE Walk to lend yet another helping hand (behind the wheel) to his alma-mater.
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In a Twitter post from the UT student government’s account, four students accompany the Oscar-winning actor on a ride. The photo, seen below, is now going viral online.
Always use @SUREWalk when walking home from campus at night… you never know who will be driving! New hours: 7PM-2AM #AlrightAlrightAlright pic.twitter.com/czGRNpj2Ys
— UT Student Gov’t (@UT_SG) November 29, 2016
Huffington Post points out that one of the four students isn’t brimming with excitement in the photo. (However, they speculate she’s likely texting about the bizarre surprise rather than being bored by the experience.)
The publicized ride is earning McConaughey a lot of positive feedback from millennials – and other generations – on social media. KVUE, an Austin news outlet, expressed admiration for the Texas native in a Facebook post, seen below.
Comments on the KVUE article include, “Thank You Mr. McConaughey for getting our kids home safely,” “I’m going back to college just for this!” and “Good man, loves his home state!”
With his latest campus contribution, McConuaghey joins a long list of male celebrities supporting the anti-rape movement, including Steve Carrell and Seth Meyers. Carrell and Meyers were two of the five celebrities who collaborated with President Barrack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden earlier this year to bring awareness to the issue. The seven men released a sexual assault PSA under the campaign “1 is 2 many.”
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ENTITY applauds McConaughey’s efforts to protect and support young people on his old college campus by getting them home, to use his catchphrase, “alright, alright, alright.”
