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Bars with plasma televisions and shops serving up Sox paraphernalia drew crowds yesterday, when Boston’s home team played yesterday’s second World Series game against the Colorado Rockies—whose blacks and purples were noticeably absent from the streets...
America’s oldest collegiate foodservice has just scored some major bling—but its patrons have yet to show much of an appetite. For the most part, Harvard University Dining Services’ (HUDS) new flat-panel plasma screens and electronic kiosks (for installation in each dining hall) haven’t even sparked brain-break levels of interest. Still, at a campus in which anything and everything inspires debate—from abstinence to alcohol subsidies and single-ply toilet paper—HUDS’ latest effort has not escaped criticism. The new technology deserves...
...editors: RE: Televisions Light Up Dining Experience, news, Oct. 10. I doubt that I’m the only one who sees the irony in a university dining service that deems plasma TVs a necessary expense but balks at living wages for its workers, fair trade policies for its produce, and its perennial anathema, extended dining hours. Apparently, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) was able to make this decision because it derives profits from its “retail operations.” This begs the question, why should a university dining service be extracting profits from those who already...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) installed 13 42-inch flat-panel plasma television monitors and 14 free-standing electronic kiosks into the 13 dining halls across campus last summer...
According to a Best Buy spokeswoman, however, the 42-inch plasma screens bought by HUDS typically retail...