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Cheng-san Chen, owner of the popular convenience store near Mather House, applied for the license after receiving a one-year prohibition last March on Sunday liquor sales, issued by the Commission after finding that Chen had intentionally sold alcohol to minors...
...Commission decided to grant Chen a temporary permit, effective March...
...comes evidence that Japan's new self-confidence extends even to the most sensitive of all matters in the region-the future of Taiwan. The island was a colony of Japan from 1895 to 1945 and ties between the two nations remain remarkably close. Advisers to Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, whom Beijing loathes, happily describe Japan as an ally, while in Tokyo, political leaders such as Shinzo Abe, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party and frequently tipped to be Koizumi's successor, have made no secret of their support for Taipei. Taiwan, Abe pointed out last year...
...revive his sales, Chen just hiked the prices of beer further. Now, that same Busch Light 30-rack costs $21, and six-packs run higher as well. Though it is in actuality a small price hike, it is in many ways the straw that breaks the proverbial student’s back. I can buy a 30-rack of Pabst Blue Ribbon for $14 at University Wine, and a 30 of Busch for $16. Psychologically, saving five-to-seven dollars per 30 is worth the walk up Massachusetts Avenue. And that’s not even counting the gain...
...ideal world, Cheng-san Chen would realize that the only way to increase his sales would be to lower prices in hopes of moving more volume. With his new diligence in ID’ing students and his higher prices, Harvard denizens have lost the two main impetuses for frequenting his store. They need to be convinced to return to the Superette, not further abused by high prices and a continually bad beer selection. In light of all this, it’s time for us students to exercise our consumer power and take our alcohol expenditures elsewhere. It?...