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This is where I’m going to drop the Jew card. As a half-Jew on the side that doesn’t really make me Jewish, I am deeply offended that ABP has no dreidle or Antiochus IV Epiphanes shaped cookies. I’ll die a happy Few (fake Jew) the day that I attend an Ugly Hanukkah Sweater party. Believe me, there are plenty of Jews out there with grotesque sweaters knitted by their Grandma Harriets and Aunt Ednas...
...like it or not, there are a lot of us around—even on campus. And, for the most part, we do not care if you do not like the smell of smoke when you are sitting near us outside ABP. You’ve taken our bars, restaurants, campus, even Leavitt and Pierce; at least let us shiver over a smoke outside in peace. That isn’t to say that we don’t plan on quitting, of course, just give us time. Maybe even a sympathetic smile or a high-five...
...half years later, at the Game for my last time as an undergraduate, my more cynical 20-year-old self reconsidered this pro-Harvard prejudgment. After all, there’s nothing so unique about our Square, where I regularly cut through the seating of Cambridge’s ABP so that I can avoid Spare Change Guy and the colonial-style bricks that destroy my heels. With the storefronts of my two former favorite coffee shops still vacant because of Harvard Real Estate’s prohibitively high rent, I am hard-pressed to remember what I liked about...
...installing a free wireless network for students, residents, and tourists alike. That was announced way back in February of 2006. What the hell happened? Very little. Almost no progress has been made in the Newtowne Court Housing Project and a small segment of Harvard Square in front of ABP. This area now offers free wireless service, according to Cambridge Chief Information Officer Mary P. Hart. “We’ve had mixed feedback,” said Hart. “Not everyone has been able to access the network.” Nevertheless, Executive Director...
...ABP: 1. Acronym for the fast-food bakery Au Bon Pain, where croissants, chess enthusiasts, Harvardians, and tourists abound just beyond the Yard’s wrought-iron gates...