Having Natty Light, We Pass It On To Others

Drinking. Oh, where to begin with this one? I could take multiple different avenues here, but I’ll stick correlate two relevant topics in this blog: drinking and the upcoming election.

I know that as a whole, Wittenberg students are sick of hearing about the election, are sick of politics, are sick of the YouTube political ads; the list goes on. Our class found that there is an aversion to politics at Wittenberg – so how do you make politics more appealing? Why, just add alcohol!

The recent debate between the two candidates for presidency, Obama and Romney, really hit home at Witt. No, not because of politics –but because it happened to fall on a Witt Wednesday.

Many students here made the debate into a drinking game for some comic relief. Okay, so maybe it’s not the most “appropriate” or “mature” way to engage in some active political conscientiousness, but I think we should take what we can get –at least people are watching!

Even I sipped a cold Sam Adams Oktoberfest while watching the debate. All I have to say is this: Mr. Moderator, you got walked on. Actually, you got stampeded on. And overall: Romney=1 and Obama=0. Hopefully we can still keep Big Bird, though.

Here is one game that was played: