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Location is an additional factor in Loker's popularity. Because the food is much better than that served at the Greenhouse Cafe, students who are in the Science Center or stepping off the Quad shuttle are more likely to stop at Loker for a snack. When I met a Quad-dwelling friend for coffee recently, she was delighted that she no longer had to walk all the way across the Yard in the cold to get a drink. But, of course, the reason everybody likes Loker is, as several students have put it, "Free food...
...made with olestra along with a sensible diet, then they should be fine. Besides, the side effects of diarrhea and other gastrointestinal problems kind of give olestra a built in safety valve against overeating its products." Olestra, which is produced by Procter & Gamble, was approved to be used in snack foods, provided that a warning of possible side effects is on the label...
Second, Loker Commons serves the interests of only a minority of Harvard students. None of the Crimson Cash accepting eateries are anywhere near the River Houses. Unless you are a first-year student or a science concentrator, why would you ever walk to Memorial Hall for a snack when local businesses are much more convenient? Now you will--all because of Crimson Cash...
Even those who favored approval acknowledge that olestra could result in some nasty surprises. The University of Illinois' Chassy, for example, is still concerned about the fat's effect on carotenoids. As long as olestra is limited to snack foods, he thinks it probably won't cause major problems. But he's not absolutely certain. "Three or four years from now," he says, "we might want to review olestra again...
...decision, which is unanimous, is that the chips taste like chips. Not bad chips (each of us takes another) but not jim-dandy chips, either. Mouth feel, I would say, is about right. (This is no joke in the snack-food biz; successful mouth-feel technicians retire to seaside mansions.) Finger feel is pretty good too. Pick up a chip and your thumb and forefinger get greasy, just as nature intended...