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...perspective, it makes sense. As a service to its students, it makes sense. Not to mention, Harvard isn’t even on the Marathon route. According to Eagan, Wellesley and Boston College, both of which observe Patriot’s Day, were so thick with the smell of alcohol that it was a detriment to the runners. If any schools should be in session, it should be them...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DIX' SPORTING GOODS: Students Join in Boston Tradition | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...producing vodka surely played a part in its calculations. Whisky and brandy spend years maturing in wooden casks before they can be sold, tying up cash in inventory, but vodka is practically an instant money machine. The chemistry is simple: ferment grain or potatoes or even grapes to make alcohol, then concentrate it by distillation. Filter the resulting colorless, odorless spirit, possibly give it a fruit flavor, push out the publicity boat with a sexy name and designer bottles, and--voil!--you have a premium vodka that can sell in the U.S. for upwards of $30 a bottle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stiff Drink | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

Chemistry isn't a word that most people associate with cocktails. But more bartenders are applying the science of molecular gastronomy to the search for a better drink, mixing alcohol with such stuff as liquid nitrogen, alginates and chlorides. The result: whiskey marshmallows, a mojito mist to be sprayed instead of sipped, a Hurricane that erupts like a school science project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cocktail Class in Molecular Mixology | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...true that we need to listen to youngsters and focus on helping them [April 7]. But at the same time, we need to introduce new laws to stop teenage crime. We need to be very tough on guns, drugs and alcohol. Parents and teachers should be given more of a role in building children's character. They should be allowed to take the actions they deem necessary for kids' benefit. Hasan Raza Gondal, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Kid Troubles | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...sales to my own students are donated to a charity chosen by the student(s) who achieve the highest score in the class.”) to far more personal: “Have you ever used drugs?” (“Tobacco and nicotine and alcohol are drugs, so the answer is yes. If you mean illegal drugs then the answer is ‘I did not have sex with that woman...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Happy Man | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

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