Word: halle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SIMILARLY, the majority laments the reaction to the Mather kiss-in, noting that had heterosexuals staged a kiss-in the reaction would have been "different" A heterosexual kiss-in in the dining hall during meal hours surely would have offended many students as well. Simply put, this form of protest--whether used by gays or hetersexuals--stretches the limits of good taste and consequently suffers as an effective means of protest...
Episode One: (a lonely Monday morning, 2 a.m., October 1987, Winthrop House dining hall). While working on a Statistics 100 problem set, I gradually wake up to the reality that a large, grey rat (about the size of a fat guinea pig) is peering down at me from the nearby Coke machine. After a near miss from a No. 2 pencil, the rat hastily scampers behind the machine and out of sight. Although I will probably never know whether the two events are connected, about a week or so after this encounter, the Winthrop House Coke machine...
Episode Three: (January 1989, Winthrop House dining hall, lunch). A pretty cold day, so I opt for the clam chowder. Wrong move. As I go to open my package of S.S. Pierce Saltines my friend points out the very appetizing fact that it has little rat-sized bite marks. I give the crackers to the dining hall checker who promises to bring it to the attention of the proper persons...
MORE recently, my night-owl habits that often bring me to the Winthrop dining hall have brought me into more frequent contact with Harvard's rat community. The record for simultaneous observation now stands at three: one on the Coke machine and two on the conveyor belt for dirty trays. The scary thing is that where the rats once ran at my presence, they are becoming bolder with each passing...
According to Joe Niccoloro, a Senior Inspector with the City of Cambridge, all 25 Harvard dining hall recently passed the twice-annual inspection which is required by law. Niccoloro admitted that there is an infestation problem at a number of these places, but stressed the fact that this is a problem all over the Back Bay area and that Harvard is making progress with control, making that a "number one priority." He noted that the city has the power to close down any food establishment within city limits which is "overrun" by an infestation problem--but "that depends on tabulation...