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...said that as he went to help Squires after Garrett's punch, he "was taken down," but said he does not know by whom...
...stands, most of the clubs are little different from fraternities. They host parties replete with free alcohol; they provide opportunities for members to meet women; and they "punch" members in a process reminiscent of fraternity rush. They provide Harvard students--that is, those who are admitted--with an alternative to the social life of the College proper...
...conquered. The trendiest smoke on college campuses these days emanates from Indian imports called beedies (from the Hindi bidi). About half the diameter of regular cigarettes and hand rolled in tendu (Indian ebony leaves), they look slightly like microcigars. Beedies, however, pack a much more powerful punch: up to 8% nicotine, versus the 1% to 2% in American cigarettes. The imports are composed of a species of tobacco different from that most commonly used by U.S. manufacturers. They also come in flavors: clove, menthol and even strawberry. Popular brands include Mangalore Ganesh and Kailas. Despite the buzz that beedies deliver...
...live convention broadcasts "got better ratings than [popular video show] Alternative Nation." It's important too to play off the new ways young people get their information. "If you watch Letterman or Leno, you're getting motivated to find out more," says Woodhull, "or you won't get the punch lines." And Leno knows to "never assume an audience knows who people are." Instead of just saying, "And Warren Christopher said," Leno explains, "I'll say, 'Warren Christopher, the Secretary of State--you know, the guy who looks like Dracula...
...during their most chaotic years and when, where and in what quantity any drugs may be taken on school grounds makes drafting the Code of Federal Regulations look easy. Remember the joke about Chelsea's having the school nurse call her father when she needed an aspirin? The real punch line wasn't that her mother was too busy, but that at schools these days, an adult would no more give a child an unauthorized pain reliever than a vial of crack...