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In the wake of three drug-and-alcohol-related deaths, Southern Methodist University put together a task force to work on ways to combat substance abuse. One of the task force's solutions: An on-campus bar. University officials were quick to correct the media and point out that to call it a "bar" was unfair, because it would serve beer, not hard alcohol. "I think it might put the school in a bad light," said Brett Johnstone, a 22-year-old senior at the Texas school. "It already has an image that we're a party school."