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What, one would ask, is the appeal of this bastard child of 7-Up and Jolt? A sinister picture is painted by Elliot T. Weiss '99. "Maybe in another attempt to corner some area of the market, they left some ingredient off." The hypothesis hearkens back to the rumors that the soft drink Coca-Cola had a little something extra in it's original formula to attract and then addict its buyers. "Maybe it's some government conspiracy tested in small towns," Weiss adds. "I suddenly saw Surge a year ago in a rural town in the Carolinas." It seems...
...Gomez-Trochez only notices that he is "peeing a lot and feeling really awake." Taking a cue from the TV commercials, he adds, "Well, every time I drink Surge, I feel compelled to ball my hands into fists and shout "Surge!!!!" to anyone I know who is passing by." Weiss, a pre-med student, also remarks jokingly that Surge may cause "short-term memory lapses...
...Surge's effectiveness as a highly caffeinated beverage should not be doubted, (loose bladders and increased libido aside). Weiss recalls, "It did work driving from Boston to Miami straight." No-doze in a bottle, perhaps? Those more accustomed to caffeine might find the drink less potent, however. McLaughlin reports little effect on her alertness after drinking Surge. She notes, though, that her "caffeine tolerance is ridiculously high...
...wrestling team's performance at Nationals brought into sharp focus one of the most irksome long-term grievances with The Crimson's sports pages. The wrestlers had a spectacular showing, with co-captain "Dustin Denunzio '99 earning Harvard's first All-American award in fifteen years, and Jay Weiss being voted Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Coach of the Year. Not only was there no reporter present at the event on March 21, but even the post-fact report in The Crimson ran only on April 2. Accounting for Spring Break, this was still an unnecessary four-day delay during which...
...Weiss points out, however, that being involved in the study still feels a little strange...