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...swelling of its budget—a 114 percent increase of current levels. And, the concerns were warranted. Several of the council’s initiatives hadn’t exactly done as well as projections had hoped (read: poorly planned Fall-fests, an inane hypnotist, an unprofitable keg service) and much of the student body didn’t feel the council was effective at bringing what and whom they wanted. So, while the student referendum approved the Student Activities Fee hike—by an extremely slim margin—it seemed most students were willing...
...College has also renewed the keg ban for this year’s Game. Perhaps the idea is to drive up aluminum prices, as will happen when thousands of tailgates are forced to rely on cumbersome 30-packs of beer to quench Crimson fans’ taste for malt beverages. Or perhaps the idea is to enrich a single keg distributor, namely United Liquors of Cambridge, which has been given a no-bid contract to supply kegs to HoCo tailgates only. The catch is that all beer in kegs will be served by licensed, bonded and insured United Liquors employees...
Whatever the reason, the extended keg ban just doesn’t make sense. Banning kegs once more will only increase the consumption of hard alcohol at and before the Game. Harpoon may have a scary brand name, but Smirnoff is the real way to kill someone. Furthermore, keg ban or not, and United Liquors men or not, the College is never going to rid itself of responsibility if a student drinks too much and dies. There are too many people serving too much alcohol. The College would be better off reinstating kegs, restricting dangerous hard alcohol and focusing...
...when it's time for a drink, well, Chicago knows how to tend bar. You could visit the historic Berghoff on West Adams Street and the Coq d'Or in the Drake Hotel, the first two bars to tap a legal keg after Prohibition ended. But if you have time to leave the business district, head up to West Randolph's up-and-coming restaurant row to see how Gen X yuppies indulge themselves. You will also find them at the spacey Ghost Bar upstairs from Nine, Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff's new restaurant...
...think they are pretty much intractable on the keg ban as a general regulation,” he said...