Blarney Blowout lived as much as its title this yr, as ambulances from throughout converged on UMass Amherst as a consequence of extreme alcohol consumption, which officers say could have been spurred by a TikTok development.
The Amherst Fire Department dealt with requests for 28 ambulances Saturday, the beginning of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s annual “Blarney Blowout,” the biggest — unsanctioned — social gathering on the college.
The fireplace division “and UMass officials said many students were observed carrying plastic gallon containers, believed to be ‘borgs,’” stated the college’s chief spokesman Ed Blaguszewski, in a press release.
A “borg” is definitely an acronym, Blaguszewski defined, for “black out rage gallons,” which is a combination of alcohol, electrolytes and water and is a binge consuming methodology that “has been increasingly depicted on TikTok and seen on college campuses across the country.”
TikTok is an especially widespread social media app.
The college had not beforehand seen such a “notable use of borgs,” in response to Blaguszewski’s assertion, and introduced it would “consider steps to improve alcohol education and intervention.”
“Currently, all incoming students participate in required education called Alcohol.edu which includes information about the size of standard drinks, and physiological and medical risks of binge drinking,” the assertion added.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”