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Last week urban college students around the country lost a dear, dear friend. Our friend Kozmo was there for us late at night, seven days a week, and was never more than 20 minutes away. Unfortunately, Kozmo.com was more of a giver than we knew—the company lost money on virtually every sale and was forced to go out of business early last week. Now we’ve got no one to rely on for late night snacks and movies, delivered straight to our door...
Widespread grief and feelings of betrayal have overcome the student body since the company closed its virtual doors, abruptly shutting down its website, cutting of its phone lines and firing its employees without so much as a warning to the thousands of loyal customers who relied on Kozmo for convenience, comfort and late night chocolate fixes...
However, if given a little credence, it becomes clear that the students bemoaning the loss of Kozmo are grieving for more than the good ol’ days of lethargy and caloric indulgence. Students are grieving for something that has become anomaly in the Harvard Square of late—a retail establishment that seems to genuinely care for their needs, lifestyle and desires...
...this environment, Kozmo was a godsend—a retail establishment that provided greater selection and higher quality food than the few late-night eateries in the Square, that arrived on spot with laundry detergent several hours after CVS had dimmed the lights, and that rescued boring evenings with the most recent Oscar winning flicks long after VideoPros had called it a day. Kozmo was loved because it met students’ needs on students’ schedules, because it was the Harvard Square that Harvard Square...
...suburbanites than they do about preserving those establishments that give the Square character, from University officials who see no need pick up the slack by catering to students’ needs from within the walls of Harvard itself. Perhaps it is time that we protest, not the loss of Kozmo, but the loss of our community. Perhaps we should do so before the College is filled with students too young to realize that something once grand is gone...