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...that real life provided so many classic frat-boy-comedy moments? "By the end of the week I felt my teeth eroding from the margarita mix," says Roxanne, a sophomore at Texas Tech and one of the twins. "There was never a sober moment. We woke up with margaritas." Alcohol, logic dictates, has the same effect on films as bad writing: it turns young people into cliches. Not only do the 16 people sharing the phat Mexican hotel suite make out indiscriminately, curse and say stupid things, but they also indirectly deliver the requisite moral lesson of a teen comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cue The Tequila | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...true beer fans, each season brings its own style of brew. Traditionally, spring means bocks. Bock beer in general is stronger than the average lager, with a more potent malt character, a slightly higher alcohol content and a deep amber hue. We gathered four beer experts--Matt Guyer of the Beer Yard, a beer specialty shop in Wayne, Pa.; New York City bartenders M.J. Keane and Rory Farrelly; and amateur beer aficionado Erika Ineson--to try some of the new seasonal offerings. Here are their favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seasonal Beers: Springtime Is Bock | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...Stoudt's Blonde Double MaiBock, which uses honey in its brewing to boost the alcohol content, ranked highest with our tasters, who thought the bright, rich flavor lived up to its perfect amber color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seasonal Beers: Springtime Is Bock | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...spokesman Ari Fleischer dismissed calls for a national ballistics fingerprint database that would link possible criminals to the unique markings left on spent bullets. But after critics accused the White House of being too beholden to the National Rifle Association, President Bush reversed course and ordered the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to conduct a scientific study of the technique, in which microscopic markings on bullets found at crime scenes are compared with stored test firings of thousands of new guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Trace Of A Gun Study | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

With barely enough time to recover from Springfest, the Undergraduate Council approved another round of grants and a barbecue to take place in the Quad next week—on the unlikely condition that “copious amounts” of alcohol are served—at its meeting last night...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Approves Barbecue | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

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