University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Senior economics mapr A Guzowski prepares the cups game of Beer Pong on a Thurs night. Drinking games were entertaining way for students to p time at parties or have fun with ct friends. K. Staner photo DRINKING GAMES Two students team up to squash the competition in a drinking game. Competition provided extra incentive to drink more, perhaps more than intended Q.T.S. photo Ashley Welton, a junior architecture major, engages in a game of Beer Pong as senior English major Carty McEntee enjoys the fun. Beer Pong was a game that could sometimes get ultra-competitive, but in small, more intimate settings, close friends came together just to have fun. A. Summers photo Intoxicated sophomore Maz con- centrates heavily on the game at hand. Drinking games, seemingly simple when sober, took on a new level of difficulty when drunk. G.T.S. hhoto 48 MK HIOANKNSIAN

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..all we could see were blue, ROSS FOOD green and grey colors and a constant dripping... A jar of moldy applesauce srts on the counter, waiting to be taken care of. Green and gray mold was inevitable, and to some, unavoidable, as time spans between grocery shop- ping trios for students could last weeks. K. Matta photo A vegetable drawer m the ndge boasts fresh basil, carrots, a rotten onion, and a disgusting yei ' ow slime. Cleaning out the refrigerator was the last thing on a busy student ' s mind. and the neglect was often obvious when it finally came time to Ditch old food. K. Malta jbhoto MICHIGAN LIFE 47

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...let it slide. You don ' t need to get in a fight for that. It ' s BEER PONG! By McEl lt66 During their time at the University, students discovered a key piece of knowledge: the ability to play drinking games. A common practice on weekends and Thursday nights, Jinking games included Beer Pong, Flip Cup, Kings, Dice, Never Have I Ever, and Quarters. These games involved friendly rivalry or fierce competition, but either way they created hours of crazy entertainment. Beer Pong existed as one of the students ' favorite drinking games. The game consisted of ten cups set up in a pyramid, where the object was to throw a ping-pong ball into the cups. Each side would get two chances to throw a ping-pong ball in to the partial filled cups before it became the next teams ' turn. Whichever side threw in their ping-pong balls into all the cups first would win. The rules changed depending on who played, but the main principles remained the same. Engineering junior Jason Roselander said of the game, If you ' re playing Beer Pong and your opponent won ' t put enough Shlitz in his cups, let it slide. You don ' t need to get in a fight for that. It ' s BEER PONG! Another game popular at most parties was Flip Cup. The game could become a rivalry between two houses or just a friendly game between random partygoers. Physical education junior Nicholas Meter said of the game, The key to Flip Cup is to realize you ' re probably intoxicated and other people are counting on you and to take that all in. You realize that all you are doing is flipping a fucking cup over. The game used to discover the secrets of the participants was Never Have I Ever. The game made people divulge the secrets they had been trying to hide. Such statements included never have I ever been tattooed, and never have I ever had a threesome. Every time a statement was made, if the participants had done the action, they were subject to a drink. The more the students had experienced, the more likely they were to get drunk. Drinking games gave students an opportunity to make drinking more fun and also gave them a chance to get to know each other better. These games became a common place during weekends at the University and a fond memory for many students. MICHIGAN LIFE 49