Word: snow
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First, Crimson Cash is no more than a $75 subsidy paid for by each of Harvard's students in order to distort the free market, force students to trek to Loker Commons in the snow and sleet [so as not to lose the $75 allotment which their tuition purchased], and alter their normal consumption choices. Alas, say goodbye to Tommy's. Pinocchio's and Bartley's Burger Cottage. Pretty soon we will all have to eat in an ugly tan basement with no windows. And we wanted more choices...
Well, several hundred feet of snow have fallen, several hundred more are on their way, and the daily walk to the yard has become the daily trudge. Now, it's not that slogging through inches of slush while dodging falling icicles isn't my idea of fun. It is. In fact, it's right up there with Tibetan yak racing and funnelling Ole Grand-Dad brand 140 proof whiskey. However, the number of miserable-looking people I've seen slipping and sliding on their way along the streets leads me to ask that question which I'm sure...
...understandable that in the first few days after a major snowfall the sidewalks will be slippery, as men and machines struggle to simply remove the masses of snow. But Harvard's sidewalks, in my two years of experience, are simply never cleared. I almost killed myself on Mt. Auburn street last year when the entire sidewalk was covered in a slippery, uneven coating of ice. The last snowfall had been several weeks previous and apparently no attempt had been made to clear or even salt the sidewalks in the general vicinity of the river houses. Under these conditions...
Members built three snow-workers on the north side of Massachusetts Hall to keep the vigil through the night. Signs reading "Don't mess with the JCB" and "Harvard, don't get cold feet" were planted around the figures...
...eastern states have begun to dig themselves out from the "Blizzard of '96," another snowstorm is bearing down on the region, threatening to further slow cleanup efforts of the storm that has paralyzed much of the east. Starting sometime Friday, forecasters are calling for up to 2 feet of snow in parts of western Maryland, with at least several inches predicted for most of the coast. TIME Daily'sspecial coverageincludes reports from the National Weather Service and TIME correspondents in RealAudio, plus a look behind the weather and select links to other Web resources.SNOWJACKED!If New Yorkers drank...