Last night's State of the Union Address was an historic opportunity for the president to lay out his agenda for the next year, defend the achievements of his presidency so far, and finally hit back (if subtly) at some of his Republican would-be opponents.
For Columbia students, it was an opportunity to gather with other politically-minded students and discuss the most important issues of the day. And also to drink.
The Columbia Democrats, at least, had a drinking game going. They claimed that their game was "non-alcoholic," but a source who attended this event last year says that's unlikely. We're not judging!
The score sheet is below (sorry it's so crinkled; the tipster who sent it to us was probably drunk). We've looked over the sheet, and gone through the text of the speech to find out how many times each of the phrases or terms that required people to drink occurred. How many drinks were consumed? Let's find out!
