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...such a walled-off dream world. But even among all these physical comforts (which I suppose my tuition pays for), that luck and its consequences can seem very difficult to justify. We grow accustomed to seeing the same unfortunate people in the Square: the same sleeping bags outside the Coop at night, the same cajoling man selling Spare Change News outside Au Bon Pain, the same lady on the benches in front of Bank of America. Familiarity breeds blind comfort, and somewhere along the line, we begin to see our neighbors in the Square as the nameless homeless, instead...
Coincidentally, 2008 marks the 125th anniversary of the Harvard Coop, the 75th anniversary of Harvard Book Store, and the 25th anniversary of the Globe Corner Bookstore, as well as several other bookstore birthdays...
...student and you will find someone who, as an infant, was forced to wear a bib that said I Will Go To Harvard Someday, or Future Freshman: On My Way to Harvard , or something of that ilk. If you are a young future-legacy, an entire section of the COOP exists specifically to make your life miserable, with crimson baby booties and Harvard bath towels—even Harvard teddy bears. Your family dinners have been interrupted for years by Harvard students calling to ask for donations. When you were in eighth grade, you had to trek up to Cambridge...
...Trustees should make it their business to speak up for the students when the occasion demands, because the students themselves come and go and have little influence. To cite just one small example, last year at Harvard an enterprising student noticed that the Harvard Coop was selling the required books at high prices. So the student decided to publish a list of required books with their ISBN numbers online to make it easy for students to order them from other sources. As the student made his way through the Coop writing down these numbers, he was threatened with arrest...
...situation is all too familiar: you leave William James Hall proudly waving a $10 bill earned in the name of scientific advancement, but suddenly become overwhelmed by an insatiable desire for an over-priced James Dean poster from the COOP or new Tannery boots with high-fashion exteriors that resemble small furry animals. In a fleeting moment, your hard-earned cash is squandered away, leaving you confused, helpless, and flat-out broke. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Your spare change can do wonders at Christ Church Thrift Shop (CCTS), open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays...