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...University is serious about cutting down on underage and excessive drinking, it should institute a drinking-awareness program in the weeks before the game. Such a campaign would be more effective and less adversarial than a police-led crackdown. Excessive drinking is a real problem at The Game, but a ban on kegs is unlikely to help...
This habit of thinking about the Middle East leads to a dangerous lack of empathy for particular groups in the Arab world. Over the last few weeks, I have heard people blame the Palestinians for the Israeli crackdown, saying that Palestinian protesters are the ones throwing the rocks, so they should suffer the consequences. Consequences maybe, but what kind of consequences? How far can a nation go in putting down an uprising...
Before the crackdown, said Wechsler, "with a high density of alcohol outlets, there's more competition for customers, so you cut corners to stay alive...
...students who want to drink, the answer to the crackdown isn't as simple as "don't get caught." Boston has focused on preventing illegal purchases just as much as it has on punishing offenders. Through a program called Cops in Shops, according to Evans, undercover police officers are randomly distributed at liquor stores, ready to arrest anyone who attempts to purchase alcohol with a fake ID. They also spot check vendors...
...underage students who want to drink circumvent the crackdown? According to Bill Mills of BC, some kids lucked out as soon as they turned...