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...beer. Harvard students dash off letters of protest over keg bans (Letters, “University Ban on Kegs at Tailgates Laughable,” Oct. 9). It’s an interesting commentary on college drinking that more outraged protest is expressed about curtailing the supply of alcohol than about major social or national problems. In recent years more riots have occurred at American colleges about beer than about economic conditions or armed conflicts...
...parents, Mesbah has spent his entire life in Toulouse. A bout of adolescent rebelliousness made him forgo the French citizenship his eight siblings obtained, something he must now regret. The 1994 shooting of his younger sister scarred Mesbah, affidavits from psychologists note, and contributed to his subsequent abuse of alcohol and reliance on petty crime. His conviction for attempted murder stems from a 1995 altercation with nightclub doormen; when he was refused entry, Mesbah fired shots at the bouncers, wounding one. Once behind bars, Mesbah was a model prisoner. Penitentiary guards considered his behavior so commendable that they soon began...
Gomez said she heard final clubs are now liable for criminal incidents that occur as a result of the alcohol they serve...
...make suggestions about how to run the clubs,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. “I simply reported that based on what had come to my attention over the past year, instances of severe alcohol abuse associated with drinking at the clubs and associated dangerous misbehaviors seemed to be at worrisome levels...
Crimson reporters were able to gain entrance—uninvited—to five of the eight clubs last Saturday night, and were served alcohol at several of the clubs despite being minors...