Harvard Today: April 13, 2015

Happy Monday, Harvard! With the temperature reaching 70º yesterday, it is safe to say that spring has arrived!  Take advantage of the great weather and spend the day outside (who needs to go to lecture, anyway?). You could probably even sunbathe on the yard if you could find a patch of grass without a swarm of tourists.

IN THE D-HALL

LUNCH:

Maple and Chipotle Chicken

Philly Cheese Steak Sub

Tofu Fingers

DINNER:

BBQ Pulled Pork

Pork Sausage Sub with Peppers and Onions

Seeded Hamburg Rolls

Greek Pizza on Multigrain Crust

IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Today should be sunny with a high of 71º. It’s going to be a little windy, but otherwise a perfect spring day.

IN THE NEWS

Calling for Divestment, Protesters Blockade Mass. Hall — “Members and supporters of the activist group Divest Harvard began a planned blockade of three entrances to Massachusetts Hall on Sunday and were still rallying outside the building in protest of Harvard’s investment in fossil fuel companies late that evening.”

DoubleTree Hotel Workers Approve Unionization — “Following a campaign of more than two years that included demonstrations, a strike, and a boycott, workers at the Soldiers Field Road DoubleTree Hotel, a Hilton Hotels enterprise housed in a building owned by Harvard, have organized with the UNITE HERE! Local 26 union, according to workers and union representatives.”

EVENTS

Animal Law and Environmentalism — A lecture by Jon Lovvorn on the impact of factory farming on the environment. 12pm in Pound Hall.

Addressing Ebola — Rupa Kanapathipillai will be speaking about the realities of treating Ebola. 12:30pm in FXB G13 at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Spencer Lecture on Drama — The annual lecture featuring Sarah Benson and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Farkas Hall at 4pm. A dialogue on the contemporary American play, open to the public.

Remembering Selma — Rev. Clark Olsen will be speaking about the Selma legacy, especially as it relates to Unitarian Universalists. 4pm in the Rabinowitz Room of the Andover Harvard Theological Library.

Ethics in Public Life — A discussion of practitioners in rising Asia and the ideal of public service. 4:10 at 14 Mount Auburn St.

How to Be Loved — A screening hosted by the Harvard Film Archive at 7pm. Free for Harvard students with HUID.