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...long-awaited repeal, the Massachusetts legislature voted on Nov. 19 to lift the 200-year old ban on Sunday liquor sales. Massachusetts Gov. W. Mitt Romney is expected to sign the legislation into law, allowing immediate Sunday sales for anxiously awaiting alcohol consumers...
...venture a few blocks to purchase their toxins elsewhere whenever afflicted with the urge for a Sunday drink. It’s doubtful that Louie’s—which will remain closed on Sundays—will lose much business to beer-guzzling students on other, more alcohol-laden nights...
...bottom line is that the state has no reason to meddle in the alcohol-purchasing habits of its citizens or allow for unnecessary regulation of commodities, particularly when the only rationale for barring sales rests on outdated, frustrating regulations passed down from a more rigid and oppressive time. The legislature and Romney—provided he signs the legislation into law as expected—must be commended on finally recognizing the importance of the unfettered sales to Massachusetts alcohol-consumers. We can all drink to that...
...Shakespeare’s Macbeth, alcohol “provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance”—to be lecherous, in this context—just as the College’s rhetoric about health “provokes the desire” to seek treatment while its disciplinary rhetoric drives alcohol underground and “takes away the performance” of getting help. The committee must persuade students that it understands their partying, respects their desire to drink and above all, will not be disheartened—or draconian?...
Proctors and house tutors may be in the best position to enforce the ban on underage drinking, but they are also in the best position to protect students who are reluctant to confide in strangers at UHS. Given the mantra among administrators that alcohol is a health issue before it’s a disciplinary issue, the College should de-emphasize the disciplinary role of proctors and House tutors to foster these critical and often difficult conversations...