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...makes a jazzy marriage (a movie studio! a cable-TV network! an Internet dotcom!), a clash of cultures, a triumph of the new media, the death of the old, etc.? And how many times can Old Media, like an actor at curtain time, rise from the dead, take a bow and prepare to die again in the next performance...
...about them apples, indeed. The Bow and Arrow Pub and Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins duo made famous by Good Will Hunting seem to be doomed to the same fate as The Tasty. Because of the gentrification of Harvard Square and rising rents, these landmarks that added a dash of local flavor to our increasingly bland surroundings might soon be replaced by yet another Starbucks...
Regardless, these two businesses are Square establishments. Thousands of Harvard students have commiserated over a pint at the Bow and grabbed a late-night scoop of ice cream or a donut at the Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins. Though Dunkin' Donuts is a chain establishment, this store has been a Square mainstay since 1971 and has been owned by the same family for the last 14 years. Countless Cambridge students have been greeted by the Latzanakises' warm smiles as they bought their daily cup of coffee. But more than the actual businesses themselves, the gradual decline of the Square's quirkiness...
Especially in a thriving intellectual community like Cambridge, ideally the surroundings would effect a collegiate feel. But as the Square slowly becomes just another incarnation of the suburban strip mall, will we mourn the change? Perhaps next year the Bow and Arrow Pub, along with the Dunkin' Donuts, will just exist in the minds of upperclass students as first-years wander the brick sidewalks looking for "that bar in Good Will Hunting...
...addition to the water balloons and ice slick, this year's runners sported a variety of interesting costumes and paraphernalia, including capes, hats and bow-ties...