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Fadillioglu's women's section is an expansive balcony overlooking the central hall and divided only by crisscrossed railings. An airy and luxurious sensibility pervades the building. The facilities for preprayer ablution have blond-wood and Plexiglas lockers. In the main hall hangs a bronze chandelier, dangling with hand-blown glass raindrops - a visual allusion to the Koranic verse that says Allah's light should fall on believers like drops of rain. The mihrab, which indicates the direction of prayer, is tulip-shaped and turquoise - "an opening to God," says Fadillioglu...
...Hachigian ’12, a Crimson editorial comper, lives in Wigglesworth Hall...
Winthrop lays claim to a special kind of beauty unique from all other River House libraries. Like the dining hall, it is underground, but cozier that way. The green couches are the puffiest in any House library. And getting to walk down the stairs into the library gives the studier a sense of purpose. At least a dozen original portraits line the walls of the library, all depicting men and a woman with the last name Winthrop. Three of them are named John Winthrop, and a fourth is John Stills Winthrop...
...Lamont? Adams is here to open its welcoming arms, saving countless undergrads driven out by Lamont’s shrill 9:45 PM bell. On a Friday or Saturday night, they can simply walk to Adams. Although Adams is not the best place to study during a dining hall party, in most cases it provides an ideal haven for refugees from other Houses. So, thank you, Adams...
Pistachios are the latest nut to disappear from Harvard dining hall menus. The move comes in response to a warning issued earlier this week by the Food and Drug Administration about salmonella contamination of products from Setton Pistachios of Terra Bella, Inc. Just two months ago, Harvard University Dining Services eliminated all peanuts from their dishes in the wake of a salmonella outbreak attributed to several peanut products. The FDA and the California Department of Public Health is still investigating the incident, and Setton has voluntarily recalled around one million pounds of pistachios—both shelled and unshelled?...