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...things don’t change soon, will once more be sans kegs. Football fans won’t be able to carry more than a six-pack of beer across the river into Allston. And House Committees (HoCos) and other organizations planning large tailgates will have to obtain special licenses to transport their intoxicants over the bridge...
...quantities of hard alcohol and legalize kegs. If the city and the College don’t trust students to drink responsibly, they should at least take steps to ban the most dangerous types of alcohol. The College should also help HoCos and other organizations (from Harvard and Yale) obtain the requisite licenses, in order to promote a vibrant, communal tailgate environment in which students will self-regulate their own drinking. If students eschew boring and keg-less tailgates in favor of pre-gaming—drinking massive quantities of alcohol to achieve a 4-quarter-long buzz?...
...policy effects of Sept. 11, 2001, which tightened screening procedures. Visa consulars told non-immigrant visitors to the U.S. to anticipate some delays, but in many cases delays extended far beyond expectations. Some Harvard students had to wait months for visas that had formerly taken them only weeks to obtain...
...Israeli navy and had no counterterrorism expertise. Despite his thin qualifications, he received a $110,000 salary. When reporters started asking questions, McGreevey refused to order a full vetting of Cipel and wouldn't make him available for interviews. After it was revealed that Cipel couldn't even obtain federal clearance to see top-secret data because he is a foreigner, he left the homeland-security post for an undefined "special counsel" job in McGreevey's office. He quit state government altogether in August...
...Vail, Colo., hotel room; in Denver. Her suit seeks compensatory damages of at least $75,000 and unspecified punitive damages. Prosecutors in Bryant's criminal trial for rape later sought a delay in that trial's Aug. 27 start date, claiming courthouse gaffes have made it impossible to obtain a fair jury. The judge denied the request...