BOSTON — Twenty-eight ambulances were called to the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst amid reports of excessive drinking at an early St. Patrick’s Day party Saturday.
The Amherst Fire Department and UMass officials said “many students were observed carrying plastic gallon containers, believed to be ‘borgs,’” said a statement from chief university spokesman Ed Blaguszewski.
A borg — or “blackout rage gallon” — is a mixture of vodka, water and sports drink powder or caffeinated flavor drops that has become popular recently on campuses, having been touted on TikTok as a “hangover-proof” binge drinking method.
