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While some find it easy to get wrapped up in the issues of the "Great Grape Referendum," students should also keep in mind the object of the debate, the fruit itself...
According to a preliminary ballot released yesterday afternoon by Harvard Dining Services (HDS), students will have not two but six options in the upcoming "Great Grape Referendum"--the juicy battle of culinary wills that has all but consumed the Harvard campus...
...bring the tasty little fruits back for brunch Nov. 9. But, when many students cried foul, the dining authorities decided to let us decide. With a flourish of creativity and maybe just a little too much free time on their hands, HDS officials dubbed the vote "The Great Grape Referendum" and designed enormous purple signs to rev up the student body. Students quickly and admirably responded to the challenge, splintering into pro-grape and anti-grape factions...
...third faction of council members offered a compromise: an amendment advocating an "informed vote" in the referendum. But several council members said the amendment was toothless, and it failed...
...resolution to endorse a "no" vote in next Friday's grape referendum--and continue Harvard Dining Services' boycott of grapes--failed at last night's Undergraduate Council meeting...