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...Order a packed lunch from the dining hall and then sit and watch the line move by the checker slowly. (Grilled eggplant roll-up anyone...

Author: By Amanda P. Fortini, | Title: 100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU GRADUATE | 4/3/1998 | See Source »

Alvarado concedes that "occasionally" someone with a good fake may make it past the I.D. checker at the door, but maintains that, "we have a pretty serious carding policy, most people don't even try." I ask him whether there was more pressure from the police to crack down in the wake of Scott Krueger's death, but if he has an opinion on the matter, he's not sharing it with me. He is willing to divulge that the Cambridge License Commission has been in a bunch of times this year. Still, he can't remember them having swept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inebriation Revisited | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

...skill needed for this type of job is often unrecognized, and every checker has a different technique. The checker at Adams House stares straight down at the machine, holds out her hand, and waits for students to pass her their card. Interestingly enough, she never lets one student by without being swiped, and although her head is down, she is aware of everything around...

Author: By Sonia Inamdar, | Title: SWIPED! | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...definitely easier than it used to be. Vicente recalls that "You had to look up every student's number on a big board, and it was very difficult." The level of output of each checker seems to increase depending on stance and form, although once developing a set pace each checker swipes surprisingly quickly...

Author: By Sonia Inamdar, | Title: SWIPED! | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

Each and every morning, Steven K. Haley, a kitchen employee, and his mother, Maureen, an ID checker, commute from Belmont, Mass., to Currier House...

Author: By Jason T. Benowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Own Seek Solutions to Parking Woes | 9/24/1997 | See Source »

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