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...started the year with a senseless policy grounded in inequality. We write of the pub’s Upper Hall program. When it began last year, Upper Hall allowed seniors willing to pay an up-front subscription fee (which manifests in the form of a mug) to drink up to three drinks a night every other Friday—and every Friday at the end of the year—at no cost. It was a successful idea that both popularized the pub and, more importantly, promoted camaraderie amongst the senior class. Yet this year, the program was dramatically changed...
Taylor said the increase was warranted, adding that while the pub was not established to make a profit, it could not sustain the revenue lost on each drink...
Upper Hall will be open to all students but only those with stein membership will be able to drink for free...
...Perhaps it was the bottle of red, or the ros?, or the arak, or the starry Bekaa night, but suddenly it all started to make sense: We were drinking for Lebanon. The Lebanese economy is now hugely dependent on aid from foreign powers - who have turned the country into a regional battleground - and also on the foreign tourism that has turned Beirut into an Oriental Disneyland for the privileged few. But if foreigners start quaffing Lebanese wine en masse, Bekaa valley vineyards could become incubators for economic independence and environmental sustainability: In vino, libertas. Come to think of it, Israel...
...Following last summer's war with Israel, an ongoing political crisis, and a string of assassinations, Lebanon's reputation hangs in the balance. "Wine develops as long as the country where it is produced conveys positive values," Ramzi explained. No one wanted to drink South African wine during apartheid, and Chile couldn't sell its wine as long as Pinochet was in power. "Wine is a journey," he said. "And who want to travel to a country that conveys negative values...