The money quote: “Officials said the ban will apply to any liquor that is 15 percent alcohol — barely more than most wine — or more, and will take effect when the spring term begins March 30.”
My alma mater has always been interested in training its students to be well-mannered adults, and obviously, inculcating appropriate preferences in wine is now part of that mission. I say, kudos.
Next they should work on turning out well adjusted nice people who have just a tiny modecum of humility.
If drinking 12% abv makes one well -mannered, where the f*ck did you go wrong?
Well this is the second time I have been rejected by Dartmouth. Hopefully I can be wait-listed with the Albarino, Syrahs and rose and they will let me in after a few months like when I was 18.
I’m amazed. I think being at Dartmouth was a big part of getting into wine. Back then (10-15 years ago), the NH State Liquor store had a burg buyer who gave a crap, and there were tons of decent burgs that would go on sale and you could pick up for nothing. There also was - and continue to be - a remarkably decent wine store in Norwich - a bit pricey but well curated. You could drink very well in Hanover for very little. . .
Kind of weird to tell folks who are 21 or older they can’t drink. Wonder if this will apply to the grad students or just the undergrads. I’d be more impressed with Hanlon if “Moving Dartmouth Forward” had included a tuition freeze. Hope they don’t try to sneak in a campus speech code in as part of this.
I remember periodically going into the NH state liquor stores also a decade or two ago and being pleasantly surprised. They also gave me a stock list which they could/would special order stuff, had to be case lots, and again the prices were superb. I used that a few times when living in New England.
Perhaps the Dartmouth leadership doesn’t care much for the “Live Free or Die” state motto?