college
Meet Yakka: The Trashcan Cocktail of College Debaters Worldwide
The unofficial drink of the college debate world has a cult-like following, and nebulous origins. Drew Lazor on how this trashcan brew became a global phenomenon.
- story: Drew Lazor
- illustration: Liz Noftle
How Did Beer Pong Become America’s Most Iconic Drinking Game?
Practically a collegiate rite of passage, beer pong has become so firmly established in the American imagination that it’s inspired books, a World Tournament and most recently, a documentary. Drew…
- story: Drew Lazor
- illustration: Liz Noftle
Pulling Back the Curtain on Princeton’s Ivy Club
What does the bar by which we judge all other bars look like today? In “Deep Dive,” we send writers back to their college haunts to find out what treasures…
- story: Bianca Bosker
- illustration: Laura Breiling
Who the Hell Invented Edward Fortyhands?
From whence did the genius who first suggested taping 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor or beer to each hand come? Aaron Goldfarb seeks out the origin stories of the idiotic,…
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Can Everclear Shake Its Frat-Boy Image?
The infamous 190-proof grain spirit, Everclear, has long been synonymous with blackouts and bad decisions. But for the first time in the brand's history, it's trying to reverse that image…
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: everclear
College Students’ Perception of Drinking Rates Is Distorted
It’s been almost 40 years since Animal House was released in theaters, but college drinking, and everything that goes along with it, doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. As Ohio…
- story: Stephen Praetorius
College Kids Partied Hard in the 1800s Too
Rumfustian was to 19th-century university students what jungle juice is to 21st-century college kids. This mix of gin, egg yolks, beer, white wine, nutmeg and lemon juice was one of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
The Twisted History of Jungle Juice
Jungle juice has many names, but only one common language: extreme intoxication. Kenzi Wilbur digs into the crooked oral tradition that has led America's firewater from the jungles of the…
- story: Kenzi Wilbur
- photo: Aaron Stidwell
“Whispering” Under the Influence
We took a tour of the dumping ground that is Whisper—an anonymous social media app—to bring you a peephole into the weirdest (most intoxicated) recesses of human emotion.
- story: Echo Thomas
- photos: Anonymous
