Students Pregame Everything
As recently as five years ago, pregaming was a way for college students to occasionally spice up a Saturday night, whether they were heading to a fraternity party or “hitting up the clubs.” But such is no longer the case, as pregaming continues to become the norm for more and more activities around Tufts.
Sophomore Daniel Gordon says, “It makes everything like wayyy more fun. Like, for concerts and stuff, I’ll have, uhhh, a quarter of a handle or whatever.” Gordon went on to say he pregamed this interview, and then proceeded to vomit into his hands.
Some popular events that have seen an increase in pregaming have been scrambled eggs with cheese at Dewick, moving your clothes from the washing machine to the dryer, Shabbat services, riding the Joey through its entire route 8 times, getting TEMS’d, and purchasing toothpaste.
“I personally think it’s a good way for students to socialize and participate in activities they wouldn’t normally do,” added president Anthony Monaco, who has taken up pregaming before writing emails to notify students of anti-Semetic graffiti. “Our students work very hard, and they deserve to enjoy what they’re doing.”
But not everyone is on board for pregaming’s recent surge in popularity. Says sophomore Sheldon Higgins, “my roommate Daniel Gordon pregames all the time, and I always step in his half-eaten bluezones, and he always gives me noogies when he’s drunk.” Sheldon went on to say that when he raised the issue with the university president, Monaco called him a pussy and poured beer on his head. When Higgins brought the subject up with his parents, his dad told him pregaming would build character, and gave him a swift punch in the shoulder.
Will the trend continue? Will no activity, no matter how minor, go without prior inebriation? That will be for the students to ponder, after pounding more Rubi, of course.