"Health & Medical News"

By David Rocco

Organizing a family get-together or rounding up close friends for dinner can be daunting, especially when you don’t have the luxury of time to spend going over every detail. Here are 10 party tips that will make planning for any party a breeze.

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Boston College has employed a roving party patrol to keep tabs on off-campus student house parties, with liaison Steve Montgomery tasked with warning revelers about keeping noise down, the Boston Globe reported Nov. 18.

Montgomery drives an official BC van around Brighton and Chestnut Hill, checking in on about 40 private homes known to be rented to BC students. He has a list of 18 properties known to be “problem houses” that are tagged for special attention.

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Earl Dodge, a perennial presidential candidate for the Prohibition Party, has died at age 74, the Summit (Co.) Daily News reported Nov. 8.

Dodge, a resident of Lakewood, Co., was involved in the Prohibition Party since the 1930s. He won the party’s nomination for president in every campaign since 1984, and was preparing for the 2008 campaign when he died.

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The Harvard Undergraduate Council continues to make grants of $100 or more that can be spent on alcohol at student parties despite a dean’s order to stop funding alcohol purchases on in-dorm events, Bloomberg News reported Oct. 15.

The grant program began in 2003 as part of an initiative to improve student social activities that also included the opening of an on-campus pub. But new Harvard interim dean David Pilbeam recently announced a cutoff in funding for parties.

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