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Universities protest Bud Light cans in school colors
Stony Brook University president Samuel Stanley has joined some 25 other college presidents in objecting to a new marketing campaign by Budweiser that features Bud Light cans in university team colors. The presidents say the school-colors “Team Pride” campaign — the beer is being sold at outlets near campuses, e.g., purple-and-gold cans near Louisiana State University — will contribute to underage and binge drinking and will leave customers with the impression the schools are endorsing Budweiser. Stanley, also a medical doctor, called the campaign “categorically unacceptable” in a letter to Anheuser-Busch. Earlier this year, Stony Brook began its Red Watch Band initiative to prevent the consequences of binge drinking. Reaching out to national schools for reaction. Handout.
Two Long Island universities are among more than two dozen schools nationwide protesting a campaign by Anheuser-Busch to market Bud Light beer with cans bearing various school colors.
Stony Brook University president Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr., sent a letter to Anheuser-Busch this week, and Hofstra University said Friday it would make a similar request asking the company and its local distributors...
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