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...Lamont 24 hours a day is heralded as a momentous victory—it is easy to accuse Harvard’s entire student body of being overly consumed with petty, ivory tower politics and personal advancement. After spending two hours at the entirely student-run Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (nicknamed UniLu as a result of it being situated in the basement of the University Lutheran Church) this past Saturday, it has become evident to me just how unfair such an accusation...
...While inebriated revelers hobbled by the shelter in pursuit of piping hot Sicilian slices from Pinnochio’s, I assisted four student volunteers and two especially dedicated leaders staff the shelter’s 9 to 11 p.m. shift. We put away the food taken out during the previous shift, cleaned dishes, took turns scurrying to various Harvard Square shops such as Tealuxe that donate leftover food, and offered companionship to the shelter’s occupants. We also made sure to sate the appetites of ravenous late arrivals—grilled cheese sandwiches were particularly popular items that...
...These students who devote their Saturday nights to volunteering at UniLu—the only college student-run homeless shelter in the nation, according to volunteer coordinator Jill F. Stockwell ’08—do so out of a desire to make a real difference in the world, not to pad resumes. In their view, the homeless denizens of Harvard Square that we constantly walk past and all too often ignore provide tangible evidence of unfairness and inequality in society...
...Messac, one of the most rewarding aspects of volunteering at the shelter is that it is an organization where helping others, and not personal advancement, is placed at a premium. In his opinion, this makes volunteering at the shelter unique, as it is “contrary to so many other things you see at school...
...heads of Dean Witter, Gardner solves the biggest puzzle of the 80s—the Rubik’s cube—and scores the internship. But with no steady income, he and his son go from a shabby apartment to a shabbier hotel to an all-out homeless shelter, and times become really, well, unhappy. Not to worry, though. There’s no question as to how this one ends...