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College Crap: Cruzin Cooler, Beer Hammer and Shot Gun Liquor Pump

College Crap: Cruzin Cooler, Beer Hammer and Shot Gun Liquor Pump

In every installment of College Crap, we'll explore super useful, can't-live-without products that will make your college experience that much more enriching.

 

Today we’re tackling the creative world of alcohol innovations. Because it’s just not as satisfying to sit back and relax with a drink if it didn’t somehow involve a completely unnecessa...

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5 Drinking Myths That Can Kill You

5 Drinking Myths That Can Kill You

 As New Year's Eve approaches, sh*t's gonna get crazy. We all know this. Whether you're at a sweet party in Hollywood scoring in on your alcohol ticket, or you're downing those tiny glasses of champagne at a family party to--well, deal with being with your family, alcohol consumption certainly rises at the end of the year.

 

In an effort to keep...

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Study Finds Smart Students More Likely to Develop an Alcohol Problem

Study Finds Smart Students More Likely to Develop an Alcohol Problem

If you’re in the Ivy League, be afraid; a new study has found that highly intelligent students have a greater risk of developing an alcohol abuse problem than their intellectually inferior [READ: brainless] peers.

 

According to Times UK, British researchers have found a loose connection between a “high childhood IQ and an adult enthusiasm for a...

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Five Essentials for the Average College Male in an Economy Gone Wild

Five Essentials for the Average College Male in an Economy Gone Wild

Good afternoon, my fellow average Joes. Below I have provided you all with a list of essentials to get yourself by the upcoming months.

 

1.) Alcohol- This is obvious for college students, but let me stress the importance of getting the right drinks. You can no longer afford Guinness or any other imported beer. It's time to go back to the basics...

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Daily Dirt: All the News We Missed

Daily Dirt: All the News We Missed

Uncoached reported on an 89-year-old Ohio woman who was arrested for petty theft after refusing to give back a football to some children.

 

Busted Coverage revealed that West Texas A&M cheerleaders have some pretty interesting warm-up routines.

 

Banned In Hollywood provided everyone with the official Hump Day visual.

 

Mad Atoms declared, “Alco...

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Alcohol Shrinks Your Brain! A Virginia Tech Student Shares The Sad But True News

Alcohol Shrinks Your Brain! A Virginia Tech Student Shares The Sad But True News

So apparently, drinking affects your brain.  Sorry to break the news but the consumption of alcohol can reduce your brain size, according to some smart people in the Archives of Neurology.


Even though brain shrinkage is inevitable with age, consuming alcohol will affect your brain even more and could possibly influence dementia. According to t...

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8 Movie Characters Who Would Be Perfect as Yale's New Alcohol and Substance Abuse Director

8 Movie Characters Who Would Be Perfect as Yale's New Alcohol and Substance Abuse Director

By fall 2009, Yale hopes to hire their first-ever director of alcohol and substance abuse initiatives director.

 

According to administrators, the AASAI director will be tasked with raising awareness of substance abuse on campus and providing resources/information to the student body, not enforcing Yale’s alcohol and drug laws.

 

In other words,...

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ShotPak: Perfect Sized Alcohol For Any Event

ShotPak: Perfect Sized Alcohol For Any Event

Critics call it an alcoholic candy bar. Mmm, sounds good to me.
 

ShotPak is a fun shot-sized alcohol line that comes Str8UP (vodka, whiskey, tequila and rum) or as delicious flavors like Kamikaze, Lemon Drop and Sour Apple. The pouch packaging, which allows it to be “the shot…without the glass!” is reminiscent of the Capri Suns of my childhood...

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Using the Truth to Cut College Drinking?

Using the Truth to Cut College Drinking?

Many universities have tried everything to reduce drinking on college campuses.
 

From scare tactics to strictness, it seems like nothing really works to curb the alcoholic tendencies of students. However, University of Virginia thinks they may have found the solution: the truth.
 

A recent study found that exposing students at the university to...

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Do Beer and College Sports Belong Together?

Do Beer and College Sports Belong Together?

NCAA claims their hands are tied. Despite pressure to ban beer ads during NCAA games, the organization has decided to let their current policy stand.
 

The NCAA was feeling the heat after college presidents called the beer ads during this year’s basketball tournament “embarrassingly prominent.”
 

But unsurprisingly (we are talking about more mo...

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