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...July, every incoming first-year receives a thick envelop full of information about advanced standing, Expos and other relevant aspects of life at Harvard. Mixed in with this mailing is a Religious Interest Card, which allows students to request information from College religious organizations before arriving on campus, but the list is not exhaustive. Organizations not affiliated with Harvard’s United Ministries (UM) do not make it onto the card, are not listed in the Harvard directory, cannot advertise on student activities day or on campus billboards and their leaders do not get any University privileges. Without...
Though Harvard policy already prohibits alcohol in first-year dorms, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 formed a Committee on Alcohol and Health at Harvard last semester to investigate alcohol abuse and develop a more defined strategy for combating drinking problems among students...
...went into Annenberg and I was one of those guys who got up on the chair and yelled at all the kids,” said Nowinski, who refrained from smashing any furniture during his brief foray into the first-year dining hall. “As I walked off, I’m like, ‘I used to hate those guys when I sat in there...
...been circulating through students’ e-mail boxes for the past week, firmly declaring that “Annenberg is not Stop and Shop.” Reading through the detailed arguments of the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), I was prompted to consider what else the first-year dining hall is not. Aside from not being a large grocery, it’s certainly not one of Yale’s dining halls—which offer five different meal plans, each with the option of using included “Eli Bucks” at their campus...
...accommodate students. Eating an afternoon dinner only prompts late-night hunger, unsatisfied by the stale bagels and donuts offered at Brain Break. Unlike what HUDS promises, I have personally never seen Brain Break feature Eggo waffles or cereal, two frequently hyped items on the menu. So how do first-year students try to stave off those midnight hunger pangs? More often than not, they resort to smuggling food from Annenberg during the too-early dinner hours. Clearly, this is not the solution HUDS is looking for, but it’s one that students are forced to adopt...