The Collegian ran an article this morning about a proposed 10% tax on poured drinks being discussed by small town leaders across the state. State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham was quoted as saying,
"It would not discourage people from drinking. If it did, it's not a bad thing."
Thanks for playing, Liz, but you're wrong.
Increasing the price of booze in bars is going to, according to economic theory, do precisely what Goreham believes it won't; that is, "discourage people from drinking" in bars. See the nifty chart I found on the Internet to visualize why this is.
So what would be the actual impact of a poured drink tax? Sure, some bar and lounge enthusiasts might simply drink less on each visit, but another reaction to seeing your bar tab go up 10% would be to refrain from going to the bar at all and take the party elsewhere, to a house or apartment in downtown State College. And that's something that would probably be "a bad thing."
I just returned from a family vacation in Portugal. It was the first time that all 4 children in my family had the same spring break, so we decided to do something neat. I had a great time on the other side of "the pond" and now I want to know,
"Get Him to the Greek" is the latest release (set for June 4th) by Nicholas Stoller (the same guy that directed Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Judd Apatow (the same guy that produced Knocked Up and Superbad).
They are having a COMPETITION amongst all the Big 10 schools, and the winning school receives a FREE screening of the film and a chance to meet the cast!
That's right, everyone's favorite interestingly-named Penn State wrestler finished a perfect run at the 2010 Big Ten Championships to bring a title to Happy Valley.
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Topless in class - m4w - 23 (Classroom)
I'm sure you'll remember what I'm talking about because for the life of my I can't remember what class this happened in. I was sitting the the back like usual, probably on my laptop or something. You were up front and not wearing a shirt, boobs out and everything. I'm sorry I don't know your name, but your hair was in braided and pulled back and it looked like your skin had ritualistic ash or ocher painted all over it. So you looked like you were going through a tribal rite or something, I can't remember the specific tribe and color motif exactly. Anyway, I'm sure you remember doing that and I just wanted you to know how gorgeous I though you were and maybe we could go get some coffee sometime.
You'd think that you would remember which class had topless tribal women in it.
While most of us are thinking of sand and sunscreen for Spring Break, the Penn State Icers are thinking of ice and trophy polish. They are heading to Chicago to play in the ACHA Division 1 Men's Hockey National Championships with hopes of bringing home some hardware instead of a nice tan.
Throughout this season, the Icers have compiled a 27-4-1 record while winning the ESCHL regular season and tournament titles. Now there is only one thing left on their preseason to-do list: Win a national championship.
Penn State received the #2 seed in the national tournament and play the SUNY-Canton Kangaroos in the first round on Saturday. If they prevail over the marsupials on skates, they will play the winner of Oklahoma and Central Oklahoma on Sunday.
It will truly be a grueling stretch for the guys who will have to win 4 games in 5 days in order to claim their stake as the #1 team in the country. But after not being in the national championship game the last 2 years after making at least an appearance the previous 10 years, you can be sure that the barbarians on ice will be hungry to bring home a title (and not drunken beach stories) to State College.