Word: pubs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...strongly believe that campus community and social life is found in Houses, groups, and the consistent programming of a permanent pub,” said Haddock. “We think that there are occasional and infrequent opportunities for the campus to come together for a cause, show, or campus event...
...cites events such as Pub Nights and the failed Springfest Afterparty as proof that students are ready and waiting for a revolution. Furthermore, he sees University Hall’s support of these events as proof the administrators are afraid...
...government of Prime Minister Tony Blair has tried to clean up the mess by introducing a change even its supporters acknowledge is paradoxical: extending the hours that pubs and bars can stay open. The 11:30 p.m. closing time, imposed during World War I to ensure that munitions workers could function by breakfast, has always encouraged pub crawlers to toss 'em down fast before last call. Under the new law, which took effect last month, bars can apply for licenses to stay open the entire night. Its backers argue that longer hours would encourage a more relaxed and responsible drinking...
...cost-benefit standpoint, the addition of new social space in the basement of freshmen dorms is not a compelling enough reason to gut so much student office space. Before planned renovations of the Yard dorm basements are even finished, freshmen living in the Yard will already have a new pub in Loker Commons and, depending on the construction schedule, possibly a new 24-hour café in Lamont Library. These improvements seem to offer more than enough conveniently located social space for freshmen. And, furthermore, these are spaces that promise to encourage freshmen-upperclassmen interaction—a priority...
...student body, it appears, will willingly grant the University administration tyrannical authority—so long as it agrees to give us a 24-hour library and a student pub. The University Council’s (UC) recent decision to support Harvard’s custodial workers in their wage negotiations with the University has drawn an irate and indignant response from several student organizations claiming that the council has transgressed its mandate by addressing a political issue. This issue, however, is one in which the student body should expect, even demand, that the UC involve itself. The UC?...