College students in Wisconsin are finding changes at local bars a serious problem, based on this item from the “Tony & Tacky” column of the April 9 Wall Street Journal.
“At the University of Wisconsin, where protesters once blew up the Army Math Research Center, a new generation of activists has filed a complaint in state court accusing two-dozen local drinking establishments of violating antitrust laws by collectively agreeing to eliminate their Friday- and Saturday-night drink specials. The bar owners told the Chronicle of Higher Education that they were simply responding to a call from the University to help cut down on student binge drinking. A lawyer for the tavern league told the paper: “When you combine a student with imagination with a lawyer with time on his hands, this is what you get.”
