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Lantern: Beer pong spreads herpes, mono, flu

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On fire: Beer pong spreads herpes, mono, flu

A buzz might not be the only thing students are catching from beer pong.

Beer Pong is arguably the most popular drinking game at universities nationwide. It is normally played on a table with 10 cups racked in a triangle at both ends. The basic objective of the game is to shoot a ping pong ball into the opponent's cups. When one team eliminates all the opposition's cups, they win.

Although many students play the game as a means to drink, they are swallowing more than they bargain for. Sharing cups with a partner can transmit common flu-like viruses, mononucleosis and even herpes simplex virus (commonly known as cold sores).

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Not sure who the staffers at the Lantern are partying with, but the general rule of thumb back in my day was that if you showed up at the party with mono, the flu, or ... you know ... obvious lesions on your face, you didn't get to sip straight out of the blender with everybody else.

Then again, maybe that was just how me and my friends rolled.
 
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Dryden;1404653; said:
Not sure who the staffers at the Lantern are partying with, but the general rule of thumb back in my day was that if you showed up at the party with mono, the flu, or ... you know ... obvious lesions on your face, you didn't get to sip straight out of the blender with everybody else.

Then again, maybe that was just how me and my friends rolled.
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Kids these days don't have respect for social decorum
 
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