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...carbonated like a Bud but aged in oak barrels like scotch, and it has a vintage year, like a Bordeaux. It is also unbelievably delicious--like a port flavored with malt and a touch of bite from the hops, and somehow light, complex and free of any alcohol sting, despite having six times as much alcohol content as a regular can of brew. It was better than most $100 wines I've tasted. I shared it with three people, all equally ready to make fun of it, and they each wanted to know where they could...
...genre, the redemption tale is not unheard-of in American politics. In 1999, George W. Bush introduced himself to his conservative base by speaking of the moment he gave up alcohol and hard living, for family and God. Barack Obama has written of a time in college when he was unfocused, dabbling in marijuana and cocaine, before finding direction. Bill Clinton, at various times, claimed to have reformed his less-than-honorable ways, as well...
...Last fall, students were rocked by the College’s new and horribly dangerous alcohol policy that disincentivizes students bringing our drunk friends to University Health Services. In my last column, I reported University Hall’s hesitance to hold public forums about women’s-only gym hours because of expectations that students would be rude or cruel to the Muslim women who requested this accommodation...
...Menu changes are of course different from new alcohol policies or revisions to the College’s disciplinary structure, but University Hall’s lack of accountability should not be justified because of the complexity of the issues that it faces. As rumors and calls-to-arms swirled on House lists a few weeks ago about menu changes, Mayer figured that transparency and communication were necessary. Mayer said that HUDS aims to provide food that is “the most acceptable to the greatest number of students,” while also balancing needs of specific individuals...
...soaring oil costs and climate change, biofuels have become the vanguard of the green-tech revolution, the trendy way for politicians and corporations to show they're serious about finding alternative sources of energy and in the process slowing global warming. The U.S. quintupled its production of ethanol--ethyl alcohol, a fuel distilled from plant matter--in the past decade, and Washington has just mandated another fivefold increase in renewable fuels over the next decade. Europe has similarly aggressive biofuel mandates and subsidies, and Brazil's filling stations no longer even offer plain gasoline. Worldwide investment in biofuels rose from...