Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to CLC co-chair Ryan E. Dorris '00,no alcohol will be served at the event this yearfor "security and insurance reasons." But Dorrissaid he expects a successful event nevertheless,beginning with a Battle of the Bands inPforzheimer House Friday night and includingamusements, food and a Violent Femmes performanceon Saturday...
...Penn students do get excited about some things, namely our football and basketball teams. After the third quarter of every football game, students sing a song which ends with the line, "Here's a toast to dear old Penn." Back in the day, Penn students used to drink alcohol after singing that line, but many years ago the administration clamped down on the practice. As a protest, Penn students threw actual toast on the field, and the tradition continues to this day. Many Penn students also spend a whole weekend in October camping out at the Palestra, our fabled sports...
Penn is also home to Spring Fling, the biggest party on the East Coast (or so they say). This year, however, the University implemented a new alcohol policy that slowed down, but certainly did not stop, people form drinking. A committee is still reviewing the alcohol policy, so it is unclear how is will affect future years...
...stomach is essentially a bag filled with powerful acid. If it weren't for a lining of protective cells, the stomach itself would dissolve. If the acid stays put, most people never give it another thought. Sometimes, though, it doesn't stay put. Foods like chocolate, mints, caffeine and alcohol relax the esophageal sphincter--a ring of muscle that guards the entrance to the stomach--letting acid bubble up to burn the unprotected esophagus. Smoking and fatty foods like my Yugoslav doughball can send acid levels soaring...
Room parties are often fun, particularly if you know the hosts; other times they're just loud, sweaty and invaded by the cops at 1 a. m. when the search for alcohol moves elsewhere (check out the Crimson Sports Grille). But for the athlete elite and the first-year women who love them, final clubs, exclusive all-male artifacts from the Roosevelt era--either Roosevelt--offer late-night festivities...