Spring Break
Sokolow teaches about 'buzzing'
Lisa Odierno and Tanya Lagatella
Issue date: 3/8/06 Section: Campus News
"Every college student in America drinks out of the same cup," said Brett Sokolow in reference to Solo cups. "And what color are Solo cups?" he asked. The audience replied, "Red."
Sokolow, president of the Malvern, Pa.-based National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, gave a presentation titled "10 Things Every College Students Should Know About Drinking." He spoke to Quinnipiac students in Alumni Hall on March 1 about high- and low-risk drinking.
Alcohol consumption from Solo cups is considered to be a form of high-risk drinking, Sokolow said. One cup contains 16 fluid ounces or one and one-third beers at the ribbon. Sokolow warned that it is harder for students to "control quantity" when they drink from containers that do not specify exact ounces. Examples of high-risk containers or behaviors are funnels, straws, shot glasses, keg stands, power hours and shot-gunning. Cans and bottles are considered low risk.
"Every idiot can take their hand and connect it to their mouth and drink," Sokolow said. The alternative to getting "drunk, hammered, smashed and nailed" is 'buzzing,' a moderate form of consuming alcohol. "For me, 'buzzing' is an art form. It's actually an art form. And I am an artist," Sokolow said.
'Buzzing' is a skill set to controlling alcohol. Sokolow advisesed a plan for moderate consumption in which students should ask themselves how much alcohol, what kind of alcohol and from whom they will accept a drink. "Learn your buzz. Become a buzz artist. It's not comfortable to sleep in a bathtub," Sokolow said.
Sokolow also commented on the legal issues surrounding drinking out of common-source containers, such as punch bowls, garbage cans, 'party-balls,' 'beer-bongs' and kegs. According to Sokolow, "Kegs are banned across almost every American college campus."
In the event of an accident proceeding common source container consumption, all insurance coverage is voided, including car, homeowner, renter and health insurance. "Drink out of something other than a common-source container unless served by a licensed vendor," Sokolow said who wants to protect students.
Sokolow, president of the Malvern, Pa.-based National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, gave a presentation titled "10 Things Every College Students Should Know About Drinking." He spoke to Quinnipiac students in Alumni Hall on March 1 about high- and low-risk drinking.
Alcohol consumption from Solo cups is considered to be a form of high-risk drinking, Sokolow said. One cup contains 16 fluid ounces or one and one-third beers at the ribbon. Sokolow warned that it is harder for students to "control quantity" when they drink from containers that do not specify exact ounces. Examples of high-risk containers or behaviors are funnels, straws, shot glasses, keg stands, power hours and shot-gunning. Cans and bottles are considered low risk.
"Every idiot can take their hand and connect it to their mouth and drink," Sokolow said. The alternative to getting "drunk, hammered, smashed and nailed" is 'buzzing,' a moderate form of consuming alcohol. "For me, 'buzzing' is an art form. It's actually an art form. And I am an artist," Sokolow said.
'Buzzing' is a skill set to controlling alcohol. Sokolow advisesed a plan for moderate consumption in which students should ask themselves how much alcohol, what kind of alcohol and from whom they will accept a drink. "Learn your buzz. Become a buzz artist. It's not comfortable to sleep in a bathtub," Sokolow said.
Sokolow also commented on the legal issues surrounding drinking out of common-source containers, such as punch bowls, garbage cans, 'party-balls,' 'beer-bongs' and kegs. According to Sokolow, "Kegs are banned across almost every American college campus."
In the event of an accident proceeding common source container consumption, all insurance coverage is voided, including car, homeowner, renter and health insurance. "Drink out of something other than a common-source container unless served by a licensed vendor," Sokolow said who wants to protect students.
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