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October 24th evening is Debauchery Dance, the age-old event in the Winthrop Dining Hall, where the theme is--aptly--debauchery, ribaldry and drunken fits. Everybody is given 10 Debauchery bills on entry to the fest, and by the end of the night, whoever possesses the most bills wins a prize--this year, it's a gigantic box full of condoms. To obtain these bills from other Debauchery attendants, one must perform certain acts and rituals for a price...however, this year the barnyard animals must stay in the coat room. Liquor--lots of it--will be served for those...
Like it or not, drinking is a mainstay of college life. Ideally, alcohol would be consumed responsibly and in moderation and alcohol poisoning, aspiration or falling off roofs in a drunken stupor (all causes of the deaths of various college students over the past several years) would never occur. Although we are aware that we do not live in an ideal world, irresponsible drinking needs to stop and more efforts to heighten the awareness of rising first-years needs to start...
Once they had formed a band, the members needed to find a name for it. Jim recalled the story behind the name of one of his favorite candies-the Squirrel brand's Nut Zipper bar. A 1920's newspaper article cited the tale of a drunken Vermont man who had to be coaxed down from a tree by police. When asked to explain himself, he replied, "it must have been the Nut Zipper," referring to a popular alcoholic drink. The Squirrel Brand candy company, located on Boardman Street here in Cambridge, decided that this would be the perfect name...
...Confidential" opens with Bud White watching a drunken husband attack his wife. White approaches the house and proceeds to beat the drunk senseless. Next, we see Jack Vincennes dancing at a glitzy celebrity party with a beautiful girl, boasting of his movie star friends, followed by the presentation of Ed Exley, the by-the-book watch commander, manning the station and posing for a newspaper crew on hand to write a story. Only later do we learn that Exley is a conniving politician who is ever-ready to exploit the rules for his own career advancement...
...model, she has a slightly spreading figure and a philandering husband (Christopher McDonald) who is, dammit, the man she loves. This week's debut episode, with Ronnie and her husband attempting a reunion, carries weird echoes of the Princess Diana tragedy: famous couple, paparazzi at a restaurant, even a drunken chauffeur...