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...final club scene. First-year men are almost wholly excluded from this form of “going-out.” Unless they belong to sports teams, which gives them special “ins,” they are left to enjoy enthralling Undergraduate Council gatherings at Loker or risk proctor-intervention during short-lived Yard parties. Lucky sophomore men are given the opportunity to punch, but the reality is that each of the eight clubs (which have memberships ranging from thirty to forty-five men) can only take ten to fifteen newcomers. This computation means around nine...
This fall, Loker celebrated a new milestone in its history: it now houses a casual late-night grill, which is open to students. Loker Grill opens up at 10:30 when brain break ends, and stays open hours past midnight: the snack shop is now the most convenient place for Yard residents to find late-night mingling and freshly cooked food...
...fast food is not the only attraction of Loker Grill’s late night scene: pool tables and an old-fashioned jukebox add to the charm. Students will also be able to rent out the grill for nighttime music performances, HUDS server Ron Hunt says. He also approves of the grill’s soundtrack, saying there is “a nice variety, a little something for everyone...
Despite these late-night lures, the Loker scene is far from Landsdowne Street. Grate characterizes the atmosphere as “pretty mellow,” adding, “I have never seen an upperclassman there. It is all freshmen…everyone is getting math help.” So far, the Grill’s reception from the freshmen has been lukewarm, and despite shuttles to and from the ’Berg until four a.m., the upperclassmen aren’t passing over the Quincy Grille for Loker. Whether or not the late-night Loker Grill...
...money, as it always is. For while Harvard has the largest endowment of any university, retooling Hilles Library into dance studios no one will use is infinitely more important than providing arenas the administration hopes no one will ever want to fill, and building campus hot spots like Loker Commons will always take precedent over a football stadium with a decent place to tailgate...