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On language, Princeton style: The history of 'Beirut'
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2004
The capital of Lebanon is the second thing that comes to mind when the college student hears "Beirut." Images of beer-soaked chins and recollections of that unmistakable ping-pong tang first flood our memories. But why is this great American pastime ...
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All seems to be correct besides one small fact. The inspiration for the game of Beirut did come from Bucknell, but not the actually game. While visiting Bucknell, the Lehigh student witnessed 2 Bucknell students who were bored and began to try and sink a ping pong ball into each others cup, but they had no game created at this time, just a random spur of the moment action. This was viewed by the Lehigh Student and then brought back to Lehigh where they began to create the game and the rules, which still remain the same today at lehigh; the use of 9 oz cups, the use of empties and so forth. This being said it is indeed Lehigh who created the game of Beirut, but it seems some credit could be given to the 2 students at Bucknell for being muses.