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...fro-yo campaign was started by Zach Buchwald '96, who has since been elected House Committee Chair. "I love going to Temptations," he recounts, "but it's so far away." With the support of the House Committee, he talked to Dining Services director Mike Berry and orchestrated the purchase, at a bargain price, of a machine that the Bio-Labs Cafe was going to put in storage. The House Committee provided a small percentage of the funds and Dining Services paid the rest. "It's amazing how much you can accomplish just by talking to Mike Berry," says Buchwald with...
...introduction, this much-anticipated fount of sweetness has already made a dent in the life of Currier residents. Its popularity is evidenced by the high consumption rate which, according to Currier Dining Hall Supervisor Charlie Lambert,averages about 15 gallons per day. More than justproviding a tasty desert, fro-yo has affectedCurrier life in subtler ways. With names asstimulating as "Blissful Banana," "RadicalRaspberry" and "Just Peachy"--or "Simply Vanilla"for the mild at heart--the daily changing of theflavors adds extra flair to mealtimes...andbedtime. "It's better [than ice cream] forspreading on bodies," says one junior. "You know,milky...
Currier House's fro-yo experience can also beseen as a case study in the seductive power oftechnology, as revealed in the types of praisesome Currierites heap on "the machine." "Itprovides automatic gratification," says RashidaJones '97. "All you have to do is pull down thelever." Edward Shen '95 delights in the fact that"no matter what flavors they have, you can alwaysget that little twist in the yogurt when it comesout of the machine...
...their new collections. "Ready to Wear" is certainly fun to watch, but with the investigative depth of Altman's previous "Nashville" and "The Player" exposes only that (Surprise!) the fashion industry is filled with lots of shallow, glamorous people. Altman is simply overwhelmed by the chaos, running to and fro with his camera to catch the glitter...
With the Super Bowl of Holidays but eight days away, and Santa dashing to and fro from one end of the North Pole to the other (do you think any of his elves feel the need to call Room 13 this time of year?), here's a little bit of information gleaned from one of his spies...