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...appreciate the journalism of The Crimson in its article “DormAid Could Face HSA Lawsuit,” (news, Oct. 6), because most students would never find out the lengths to which Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) is willing to go to rout competition. To make things abundantly clear, there are no stolen business plans or breaches of contract. We had no reason to take anything from HSA, and, if anything, we were too charitable as we worked 60-hour weeks without overtime pay, I donated my vehicle to be used as a delivery truck without reimbursement...
...think the real story lies with the fact that HSA is practically a monopoly on campus and will do anything to protect that position. Why do you think they would be coming after DormAid so strongly? Do you really think grocery delivery is a patentable idea? (I think Peapod would beg to differ.) It is simply because we may be the first form of competition HSA has seen in ages as we expand our services into DormStep, a delivery service for laundry and groceries. I won’t elaborate on the nastiness of HSA and its lawyers, although...
...competing livestock, Loker Pub would be the prize cow.CALLED TO THE BAROn this year’s first pub night, Loker was already pulsing with activity by 6 p.m. as skinny, artistic-looking students dressed in black ran around frantically with tape rolls hanging from their arms and HSA workers prepared to man the bar. “I don’t think people understand the amount of work each Pub night takes,” says Dan J. Zaccagnino ’05, co-founder of Veritas Records, the group that helps put pub nights together. Born...
...editors: It is important that students and other readers of The Crimson know several critical facts that were missing from last week’s article concerning DormAid and Harvard Student Agencies (“DormAid Could Face HSA Lawsuit,” news, Oct. 6). This is not simply a case of some employees wanting to go their separate ways from HSA. These students were managers and were being paid by HSA to create business plans for HSA to expand its grocery and laundry services to area colleges. These are the very business plans they took with them...
Corker also says that HSA and Veritas Records will take a leading role in planning events next year’s pub events...