Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hear the chants as soon as we leave the elevator. When we walk in, the scene is much more like a WCW wrestling match than a suite common room. Guys in all varieties of dress and blood alcohol levels line the walls and floor, chanting riotously. We have walked into the middle of the "Most Eligible Bachelorette Contest." The ladies dance, sing and are encouraged to strip. Dan Ratner had won the earlier bachelor competition, allegedly baring extensive flesh in the process. When the ladies competition ends (Melissa Coleman, whose "talent" and strategy had been to to cook the food...
...there's alcohol there, though...
...with Team Tag-along and then leave them to meet some authentic MIT frat brothers, whom I approach as "Mambo #5" fills the murky air from the party's fog machine. Eventually I end up in the DJ Room, where the usual DJ-table crowd is gathered. With no alcohol present, the bartender serves (unlaced) brownies. Realizing it is time to head back to Harvard, I search for Tad and Team Tag-along. As I try to pull Tad away from the Jazz Quartet and the B.U. girls who drip all over him, I get a little unsolicited help from...
...inhale alcohol on the night in question...
...that salary, Shemmer can afford his portion of the $2,400-a-month apartment he shares with a college friend. Still, everything's relative. Although Shemmer invests his annual bonus, he spends the rest. "I break even every month," he confesses. His three main expenses: rent, alcohol and cabs. Shemmer spends most Friday and Saturday nights partying with friends at "dives" in the East Village, a welcome change from the weekday grind. It's a pleasant lifestyle, but very different from college, Shemmer says. "I'm working, I'm supporting myself, I feel productive," he says. "Do a good...