Word: kegs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alcohol to Springfest is not in fact going to be spent on beer. Harvard regulations require that we hire a BAT team to check IDs ($400) and an extra police officer. Additionally, we had to acquire a one-day liquor license, and allow for the somewhat steep deposits on keg barrels and taps. Thus, less than half of the expenditure will be used to purchase beer, and the rest is necessary to have an approved party. Hopefully this will clear up the seemingly exorbitant expenditure. RYAN DORRIS '00 April...
...pressure to drink began to wear me down during sophomore year. I started picking up a beer at parties and even figuring out how to operate the tap on the keg after a while. Yet I remained torn. That November, the night after The Game, I walked down Mt. Auburn Street shaking my head at the beer-induced chaos around me--the vomit on the street, the police cars everywhere, the bodies collapsing onto one another as they fell out of the final clubs. I was still reluctant to be a part of that scene...
...know take place here at Harvard and should be more of a concern. It is our social scene itself that every weekend, and on many a weeknight, too, damages the psyche of the non-drinker. I guarantee you that every time you plan a party around scorpion bowls or keg stands, someone feels pressured to drink. I have been that person. I guarantee you that every time you go around the room and have each person name a favorite drink, someone feels unwelcome and unwanted. I have been that person...
...operate under the assumption that anyone coming in [to get a keg] is lying to us," he said...
Blanchard's declined to reveal how much of their business came from Harvard students but McVicker did say that "a large part of keg deliveries" were to Harvard University...