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...truly open-house, as they are not controlled by people with any interest except money (distinguishing them from most student-run parties), which means that no one need be nervous about being kicked out by the host. One might even go so far as to say that an FDE, in its consummately pluralistic and capitalistic incarnation, is the very embodiment of the American Dream. Well, maybe not. But you get the idea...
...FDE’s also have going for them perhaps the most unifying force in existence: a broken rule. Anyone underage who has bought from an FDE has taken a risk, and there is an implicit, and sometimes explicit, fraternity between all the patrons in such an establishment. Just for having gained entrance, or more precisely for having the courage to enter, everyone feels at home, linked to each other by, if nothing else, the subtly strong twinge of shared excitement at being partners in a victimless crime...
Every legitimate college town must have an FDE. In fact, three or four of them. And most college towns do. We had one over-crowded one for a while; now we have a choice between final clubs where few can get in, and house parties where one usually finds 100 people packed like sardines in a room not meant to hold more than...
...FDE would provide a much-needed appendage to Harvard’s social life—an appendage that could snap weekend options out of their current funk...
...campus that knows it has a dependable place to look forward to socializing in—may well be sprightlier in its approach to the daily grind of getting work done. At any rate, it will at least be happier, and that in itself warrants an FDE. Any takers...