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...This looks like Daedalus on a budget,” an unimpressed Angie J. Thebaud ’04 said. While the word “budget” may be unsavory to some, it is music to the ears of others??namely diners at the Franklin Café. The restaurant is frequently rated a “best value” by Boston publications, according to Manager Jennifer Anderson, a former employee of Harvard Square’s Grafton Street. Anderson recommends that students come to the South End to escape from “the sports...
...their surnames. Lately, though, I’ve begun to wonder whether my classmates’ cultural identities aren’t as newfound as my Freedonian one—albeit more authentic. Our cultural identity isn’t important in our hometowns, where we know each others?? families, and where we tend to take certain parts of our lives—what we eat for dinner, say, or how we celebrate holidays—for granted. At Harvard, though, away from our families, we begin to see the observances we took for granted as unique...
...doesn’t Harvard take the steps necessary to bring its policies in line with its Statement of Values’ promise of “respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others??? What of the respect for the rights and dignity of workers, which many have fought long and hard to make a reality here...
...those awkward dining hall conversations you have with decreasing frequency after freshman year. The friend of a friend and I, abandoned during the dessert course by our mutual acquaintance, were trying to fill the silences between sips of coffee with pleasantries. We had inquired about each others?? concentrations; where we’d grown up; which courses we had decided to take; how we had spent our respective summers. Then, when the silence lengthened uncomfortably, I cleared my throat and introduced a formula I’d relied upon since elementary school: “So, what...
...single kept me cloistered up the hall or a flight down. All I wanted was a space I could share with my blockmates. But thank goodness Harvard’s archaic system kept me from giving in to temptation: living together, in closer proximity to each others?? coffee breath, messy rooms, and unorthodox showering habits, it’s possible that my blockmates and I would have become wildly attracted to each other and engaged in large blocking group orgies—with me at the center...