Word: pits
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Square’s pit of consumption can be difficult to resist. Elizabeth J. Heymann ’06 spends most of her money on big purchases like plane tickets to visit her boyfriend but she admits, “What kills my budget are runs to Starbucks and impulse buys at Aldo.” The latte factor can be significant for Harvard’s fatigued students—coffee is more than caffeine; it’s a warm, satisfying drink with a bonus jolt. “Last year I went [to Starbucks] on average five...
...battle of the bands, which is free to Harvard and Yale students, is slated to take place on the night before the Nov. 20 Harvard-Yale game, and will pit Chester French, Dramadairy, and Rich Mae—the Harvard contingent—against a yet-to-be-named band from Yale, said Finance Policy Chair and Currier Representative Samita A. Mannapperuma...
...ahead, ridicule me. I’m an eternal optimist, the proverbial Pollyanna. And while the deep pit of my stomach was always worried, I saw no point in being unhappy too soon. You might argue—and many have—that this is no way to approach life. I’m sorry, I can’t help it, it’s the way I function. And maybe that’s why I made my section of the country into a new Eden, combining the down-to-earth values of the middle...
...because I haven’t seen all my friends. Notable absences have included, but are not limited to, The Surprise (the shy person in section who morphs into a total party animal), The Alternative (turns every hip-hop song into a Nirvana-esque mosh-pit) and The Guy Who Jokes About Doing Hard Drugs In The Bathroom. Oh well. Saturday is another night. I’m going to Tommy’s now. What? It’s closed? Shit...
After a while, the crowd drifted into the Square. We drifted with them, shouting periodically. Cars and trucks drove by with their windows open and horns bleating. The band had migrated to the Pit and begun to play an uneven version of “Dirty Water.” People climbed on top of the T stop, on top of garbage cans and on top of the information booth. I heard one thirty-ish man say to his friend, “Oh, to be in college again.” After a while, Cambridge policemen in comical riot...