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...collegiate conviviality has fallen from the civility of a kinder and gentler era. Where once the university quadrangles resounded with the tipsy warbling of De Brevitate Vitae or other commercium songs, now only the echoes of mass-market electronic recordings disturb the silence of Saturday evenings. Beer pong has replaced banter, courtship has yielded to hook-ups, pot is preferred to pipe tobacco. The choice of drink, and the style in which it is quaffed, is likewise illustrative: watery beer or cheap liquor, impurities masked by the syrupy sweetness of sodas and juices, downed in furtive binges. The goal...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: In Vino Veritas | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...perfectly in time and with looks of complete serenity while the instructress tends the cassette player and urges loitering spectators to join in. Further along, in front of the shutters of the Dragon Sends Travel Agency Co., Ltd., three ladies practice a version of Tai Chi combined with Ping-Pong, twirling the paddle about their bodies while keeping the ball perfectly balanced. "We come here every morning; it keeps you fit and it's fun," says the leader of the trio. "I've heard some young people join a gym," she adds, before her voice trails off in incomprehension. Guilin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going off Stream in Guilin | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...next four minutes rapping about is a modern day version of National Lampoon’s Delta House, complete with mattresses falling from second floor windows, a strip poker game, and even a grandma shooting a ball out of her mouth to score a winning shot in beer pong. The camera work makes it feel as if I really am watching a video a frat brother made on his handheld. I want to be at this party. I want to “Pass out at three, wake up at 10 / Go out to eat then do it again...

Author: By Victoria J. Benjamin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Asher Roth | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...someone have a question in the back? No, those building are not public housing projects, but in fact Canaday, a freshman dorm and home of the “Canaday renaissance,” a movement expressed primarily through Top 40 hip-hop and some seriously awesome pong. I mean, seriously. Seriously, man, you don’t even know...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Prestige and Mobility: A Real Deal Tour for Junior Parents | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

Alcohol can sometimes tear apart homes. But this weekend, it built them. At the Habitat for Humanity beer pong tournament in the PfoHo Bell Tower this Saturday, there was one principle—for every cup you make, God will send Stephen W. Piatelli ’10 to build a house for a poor person. FM paid the $10 entry fee and became one of the 32 teams in the tournie. Righteousness ensued. 9:30 p.m.—Game time. Our first opponents’ training and preparation? “I showered,” says Jessica...

Author: By Alexander J. Ratner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Habitat for a hangover | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

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