Drive south down Rugby Road on any given Saturday during the school year and you may be greeted with the usual sights of Madison Bowl across from University of Virginia Grounds: sunbathing students, a pickup game of soccer, fraternity brothers playing spikeball.
Students sit in a window at a Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity party at the University of Virginia during the Midsummers celebrations on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Right, Justin Carroll points at his friend drinking a bag of wine during the Midsummers celebrations at the University of Virginia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Students wait for drinks at the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house at the University of Virginia during the Midsummers celebrations on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Sarah Grace looks up at foam coming from a foam machine at a fraternity house during the Midsummers celebrations at the University of Virginia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Left, Amir Devine falls off the goal post in the Madison Bowl during the Midsummers celebrations at the University of Virginia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Jon Agley is an associate professor of applied health science at Indiana University. Agley states that while not all studies agree, multiple countries, including the United States, have found evidence across multiple decades that there are seasonal variations in alcohol consumption.
Left, Amir Devine falls off the goal post in the Madison Bowl during the Midsummers celebrations at the University of Virginia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Sarah Grace looks up at foam coming from a foam machine at a fraternity house during the Midsummers celebrations at the University of Virginia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Students wait for drinks at the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house at the University of Virginia during the Midsummers celebrations on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Right, Justin Carroll points at his friend drinking a bag of wine during the Midsummers celebrations at the University of Virginia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Students sit in a window at a Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity party at the University of Virginia during the Midsummers celebrations on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
