In my previous post on alcohol-related news from around the country, an item from Massachusetts caught my eye about Amherst College trying to obtain a liquor license for their on-campus pub (click here for more info on that effort.)
It got me wondering about our St. Mary’s College pub and how it was going. Turns out that it is not going at all.
In April 2011, St. Mary’s College conducted a trial pub-operation on campus where alcohol was served to students and staff over the age of 21. Here is an excerpt from an article by Jesse Yeatman that ran in the Enterprise. (Click on link below to read full article.)
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In 2012 the College applied for and received a liquor license for their pub. Here is the Enterprise story on it:
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I talked to the Head of our local Alcohol Control Board Tammy Hildebrand who informed me that after the College tried it for several months, they decided that it wasn’t worth it and did not renew the license. Thus, St. Mary’s does not have an on campus pub serving alcohol. I joked with Tammy that maybe Brian Tarleton’s Green Door was just too much competition for the College to make a go of it.
I found this good article on the benefits of having on campus bars (click here.)
And speaking of the Green Door, here’s a 3 Doors Down video that is guaranteed to make you tired as you watch this dude run and bounce his way all thru it. However, hang with it if you can because it’s ultimately not bad – literally!