Tue, Feb 24
|801 E St NW
State of The Union Watch Party - A Civic Experiment with Free Beer
Civic Experiment: How long can we give away free beer until someone or a group of people are insulted! Secondary Experiment: Submit your answers to a probability questionnaire for a chance to win a $250 Penn Social Gift Card in honor of our upcoming 250th anniversary! Must be 21+ to attend
Time & Location
Feb 24, 2026, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM
801 E St NW, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Civic Experiment 1: Free beer starts at 9 pm for our State of the Union Watch Party! The free beer will flow until the first insult is hurled towards an individual or a group of people/country. (Staff Decision; while supplies last) We brought in a ton of kegs for this!
Experiment: How much beer will we have to give out before someone is insulted.
Hypothesis: It will happen quickly and the free beer won't last long. (We bought a ton of kegs just in case!)
Method: Watch the speech on the big screen with your fellow community members
Trigger Event: The first insult is hurled at an individual, group of people or a country
Result: Our community remains civically engaged through a time honored tradition, beer.