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...Mandarin students, Beijing has traditionally been the city of the cut-price tequila shot, but the coming sporting extravaganza is attracting accomplished restaurateurs who formerly kept the cheapskate capital at arm's length. That means everything from tapas joints to decadent martini lounges is finally on the menu. Face Bar, tel: (86-10) 6551 6788, swung open its doors in July, and is a good example of the new kind of venue to be found - blending northern-Chinese substance with an international style more commonly found in China's worldlier south. Housed in a crumbling former state schoolhouse near...
...alumna Erica G. Bromley agreed: “It’s just nice to congregate with old alum and things.” What things, exactly? FM found its answer in a large tent in the middle of the Village, which was pimped out with a make-shift bar, an artificial fireplace, and a plasma screen announcing the day’s races. As Judah H. Rome said, “this is probably the only place on the course [where] you can drink without feeling bothered by the police.” Indeed, not everyone grasped...
...integral part of freshman year is swarming to upperclass houses, where enterprising students put Harvard ingenuity to work as they try to listen for loud, blaring party music. Some achieve their goal of getting blindingly drunk, willfully disregarding the ubiquitous signs behind the bar: “You must be 21 or older to drink.” But could the pernicious purveyers of that alcohol actually get in trouble for feeding underage booze hounds? The College’s Handbook for Students says that the “provision of alcohol to anyone under 21 years...
...Massachusetts Department of Education voted yesterday to increase the passing score of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) examination to 240, raising the bar for graduation and mandating that students be “proficient” before receiving their diploma...
While tame compared to the Great Lamont Dessert Riot of 2005, a few hundred students turned out for last Thursday’s grand opening of the Penthouse Coffee Bar in Hilles Library. As one female undergrad yelled to a friend, “They’re just, like, giving away sandwiches...I’m going to go get my bag!” The Penthouse Coffee Bar is part of the new Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH) located on the fourth floor. Open Sunday to Thursday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., the café specializes...