Everybody knows that Otterbein is officially a dry campus, but the Tan & Cardinal has discovered that that may not actually be the case. The survey showed that 77.7 percent of students actually drink.
As far as those students’ favorite type of alcoholic beverage, beer and mixed drinks led the category with the same amount of votes with 30.8 percent.
If you’re someone who prefers Boston Beer Company brands (Sam Adams Boston Lager, Sam Adams Pale Ale, Yuengling, etc.) then you prefer the same as a majority on campus with 30.5 percent of the votes. Next highest was Bud brand with 16.9 percent and Coors Brand with 11.9 percent.
Budweiser brands were students’ favorite pong beer with 27 percent of the vote followed by Pabst Blue Rribbon with 11.1 percent. PBR was also the least favorite beer among respondents with 24.6 percent of the votes.
Budweiser brands were the second least favorite beer with 16.4 percent, and 31.7 percent of respondents said they don’t play beer pong.
While students have spoken on what types of drinks they do and don’t like, there is some split among where students go and where they like to drink.
Respondents who didn’t prefer to drink at home 51.9 percent of the time said that Jimmy V’s was their go-to place for alcoholic beverages with 19.2 percent.
Less popular options included Old Bag of Nails, Cluckers, Rancho Alegre and other area bars including some of the ones downtown on Ohio State’s campus as places they like to go.
While the response for Jimmy V’s was significantly more popular, some students feel that that Old Bag has some advantages.
Junior broadcasting major Neil Brown said, “I prefer Old Bag to Jimmy V’s personally. I feel like the service is better and they’re a little more personable at Old Bag than at Jimmy V’s.”
Senior broadcasting major Kristen Hughes agreed.
“I know a lot of people (at Old Bag of Nails),” she said. “A lot of Otterbein students work there and my roommate works there. I’m used to going there. Jimmy V’s doesn’t have the atmosphere for me that Old Bag does.”
When it comes to hangover remedies, students agree that drinking lots of water and taking some aspirin before bed are good ways to try to avoid the morning hangover.
Several respondents suggested drinking Gatorade or Powerade or consuming Tabasco sauce. One student even mentioned that their remedy was to take a nap with “Happy Days” on repeat.
Brown’s hangover remedy is to grab brunch in the Campus Center after sleeping in and watching some football.
Senior political science major Jason Watts’ hangover remedy is to eat “tons and tons and tons of meat.”
“I think I heard it from some crazy old lady, but every time I have a hangover I go and overload on some chicken,” he said.
Students may have their methods, but according to the health center nurse, Lee Ann Bowers, the only prevention method is not drinking at all.
She said, “The only guaranteed way to avoid a hangover is to not drink. The only way to get rid of it is time. But rest and fluids should help the process along.”
