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...President Matthew W. Mahan ’05—at a UC party in Eliot C-51 last Saturday. Apparently he was doing field research on how much beer will be needed at the Harvard-Yale Game tailgate later this month. If Mahan’s 43-second keg-stand was any indication, the answer...
Fast forward to 2004. Today there is a new Dean of the College, and with Harvard’s encroachment into Allston ever more imminent, the Boston Police Department has suddenly become a force to be reckoned with in planning for the tailgates. For weeks now, the failed keg ban seemed the least of students’ worries as contentious issue after issue threatened to undermine The Game tailgates altogether. We applaud the tireless efforts of Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 and Vice-President Michael R. Blickstead ’05, who have worked overtime...
...major hurdle remains. Earlier this fall, it was revealed that some kegs would again be permitted, but inexplicably House Committees would be the only organizations authorized to have them. The kegs would be purchased collectively from a single alcohol distributor, and keg beer would be controlled and served by licensed, bonded, professional pourers. This plan, while a vast improvement over the nonsensical 2002 ban, is still fundamentally flawed. Banning kegs last time around seemed only to encourage students to drink more hard liquor before and at The Game; having a limited number of controlled kegs is unlikely to prevent that...
...place by the Boston Police Department. He said that Harvard’s intention, to the best of his knowledge, is to restrict alcohol-use no more stringently than that. However, Massachusetts law simply prohibits unlicensed individuals from transporting more than 20 gallons of beer (slightly more than one keg). Harvard’s keg ban goes above and beyond what the law requires. We wonder if Dean Gross’ reluctance to overturn the ban in full is simply due to a misplaced deference to his predecessor...
...When the keg ban was initiated two years ago, Dean Lewis was driven by a quaint paternalistic impulse, which ultimately proved unsound. The University has lately taken steps toward a more pragmatic and results-oriented alcohol policy. We sincerely hope Harvard applies that kind of nuanced thinking to their policy on kegs. Student health and safety concerns are of primary importance, but foolishly banning all kegs serves nobody’s interests. It may in fact lead to more dangerous drinking instead of less. Dean Gross, you’ve taken small steps to rectify this mistake: why stop halfway...