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Late Night Food Fight: Pizza Ring

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It's 1:30 in the morning, and you're hungry. But where do you go? It is a divisive debate among the Harvard student body, and loyalties to the Square's late-night stops run deep. Over an 11 day period, The Crimson will debate 11 popular choices around campus. Now up: Pizza Ring.

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I can think of two things that are best bought past midnight, get delivered to your door, have a big selection, and give you a cheap, satisfying, quick fix with almost certain regret in the morning. One is not legal in the state of Massachusetts. The other is Pizza Ring.

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While Pizza Ring may not be the healthiest of choices or have the promptest of service, it is indisputably—for lack of a better word—clutch.

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What do I mean, you ask?", [])

The Nonrequired Required Reading List

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When Daniel A. Gross ’13 thought about life after graduation, he decided that with his departure from campus,\xa0he\xa0didn’t want to lose the education he got sitting around in\xa0dining halls, hearing and participating in conversations on all sorts of subjects.

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He created a solution: The Best Harvard Nonrequired Required Reading List.

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"My sense is that when we graduate from college, we keep a certain individualized, personalized education," he said.\xa0"But we lose that communal aspect."', [])

Late Night Food Fight: Domino's Pizza

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It's 1:30 in the morning, and you're hungry. But where do you go? It is a divisive debate among the Harvard student body, and loyalties to the Square's late-night stops run deep. Over an 11 day period, The Crimson will debate 11 popular choices around campus. Now up: Domino's.

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Harvard Square has a rich legacy of unique, one-of-a-kind restaurants. Mr. Bartley’s, Noch’s, and the Kong are just a few of the places that we all must experience at some point during our time here at Harvard.

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But when it comes to late-night food stops, one Harvard Square tradition towers over the rest. I am, of course, talking about Domino’s Pizza.

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There is no question that when it comes to convenience, Domino’s can’t be beat. Who wants to trek all the way to IHOP in the pouring rain or freezing winter when you can have Domino’s delivered right to your door? Pizzas often arrive in 20 minutes, sometimes less, and Domino’s online tracking system tells you where in the pizza-making process your food is (and, to make it that much more personal, the name of the individual preparing it), never leaving you wondering how much longer until it’s in your hands.", [])

HUIT Redesign Poll is Up and Running

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For those who just can\'t stand the gray tones of the current my.harvard.edu page, the end is in sight. The results of Harvard University Information Technology\'s redesign contest are in, and students now have the opportunity to vote for their favorite design here.

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According to HUIT Communications Officer Nicholas L. Connors, 12 potential redesigns were submissions for the contest. The student IT advisory board then selected three of these designs.', [])

Late Night Food Fight: Market in the Square

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It's 1:30 in the morning, and you're hungry. But where do you go? It is a divisive debate among the Harvard student body, and loyalties to the Square's late-night stops run deep. Over an 11 day period, The Crimson will debate 11 popular choices around campus. Now up: Market in the Square.

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How do I love thee?\xa0 Let me list each way.

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I love thee in the despair and darkness at the height

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Of an endless all-nighter when exhaustion blurs my sight

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I love thee as I welcome the dawning of a new day.

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Stumbling innocently into thy great fluorescent light

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I love thee, emotion shared by seniors and by frosh

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I love thee dearly for the offerings and late-night nosh

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I love thee purely, but in thy sushi I take alimentary delight

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Late Night Food Fight: CVS

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It's 1:30 in the morning, and you're hungry. But where do you go? It is a divisive debate among the Harvard student body, and loyalties to the Square's late-night stops run deep. Over an 11 day period, The Crimson will debate 11 popular choices around campus. Now up: CVS.

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You’re finally finished with that problem set (or essay, or Call of Duty marathon). The crippling hunger you’ve been ignoring all night has finally caught up to you—you must feed the beast. Only one question remains:

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Where do you go?

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The unadventurous will slink to their House grille. The hipsters will flock to Starbucks or Pinkberry, while the unoriginal will congregate at Pinocchio’s and the Kong. The less educated can be found at Falafel Corner or Boloco. Only those with the most discerning appetites and most sophisticated taste for excellence will choose the ultimate late night eatery: Consumer Value Store (known to laypeople as CVS).", [])

A Harvard Reunion for Civil War Vets

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Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

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June 18, 1914: Class of 1864 Holds Reunion

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The 50th anniversary of their graduation has brought back to the reunion in Phillips Brooks House today nearly all of the 36 living members of the Class of 1864.

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There were 99 men in \'64 who completed their four years and 44 who were associated with the class for a part of that time. The large number of men who did not graduate is accounted for by the fact that many of them went to war. Forty-one members of the class, either graduate or associate, took part in the Rebellion—35 in the Union Army and six in the Confederate Army. Of the 99 graduates, almost every one took a further degree than the A.B., and more than a third studied medicine or law.

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Late Night Food Fight: IHOP

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It's 1:30 in the morning, and you're hungry. But where do you go? It is a divisive debate among the Harvard student body, and loyalties to the Square's late-night stops run deep. Over an 11 day period, The Crimson will debate 11 popular choices around campus. Now up (in poetic form): IHOP.

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It was a snowy, frigid night,
And all through the Square
The undergrads were sleeping,
Their snores filled the air.

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But three blockmates, awake?
Half past two in the morning.
Their stomachs were grumbling,
Where to get the food they were yearning?

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Late Night Food Fight: The Kong

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It's 1:30 in the morning, and you're hungry. But where do you go? It is a divisive debate among the Harvard student body, and loyalties to the Square's late-night stops run deep. Over the next 11 days, The Crimson will debate 11 popular choices around campus. First up: The Kong.

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I first visited the Kong during my pre-frosh weekend in the spring of 2009. And it has been a steamy, delicious love affair ever since.

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Hong Kong Restaurant is simply the best. The Alpha and the Omega of late night food. As a wise man once said, “There’s no telling how a good night will end. But great nights end at the Kong.”", [])

The Aftermath of the Pooh's Eviction

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The Hundred Acre Wood just got a little smaller. Last week, the Harvard community was rocked when the tree known simply as "Pooh\'s House" was chopped down just outside the Science Center, leaving nothing but a stump. The tree first gained notoriety after its base was decorated with a red door, along with a miniature awning and sign bearing the name of the famous cartoon bear.

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Public backlash following the tree’s removal was intense.

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“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," John L. Pulice \'15 eloquently offered in a Facebook post.', [])

The Burrito Brawl: A Case for Qdoba

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It's an argument almost as old as the burrito itself, and students for generations have devoted untold hours to debating the best burrito joint in Harvard Square. Over the past few days, members of The Crimson's summer staff have made a case the Big 4 of Square burritos: Boloco, Chipotle, Felipe's, and, now, Qdoba.

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For those of you that love Qdoba, this article probably isn’t worth your time—you know it all, anyway. But for the less enlightened among you who don’t agree, allow me to explain.

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We’ll start off with my favorite stage of burrito-brawling: the bashing. When you really think about it, it’s easy to see why anyone who goes elsewhere to satisfy their burrito cravings is seriously delusional.", [])

The Burrito Brawl: A Case for Chipotle

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It's an argument almost as old as the burrito itself, and students for generations have devoted untold hours to debating the best burrito joint in Harvard Square. Over the next few days, members of The Crimson's summer staff will make a case the Big 4 of Square burritos: Boloco, Chipotle, Felipe's, and Qdoba.

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Simply put, Chipotle is the best. I won’t sugar-coat it. And neither will Chipotle. The restaurant itself proudly proclaims, “It’s not just a burrito. It’s a foil-wrapped, hand-crafted, local farm supporting, food culture changing cylinder of deliciousness.” And they’re absolutely right. Because not only do they the best-tasting burritos on campus; they are also the healthiest.", [])

99 Years Ago, Harvard Described As "Not the Rich Man's College"

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Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

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June 10, 1913: Not the Rich Man\'s College

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A report was recently made before the Associated Harvard Clubs by the Committee on Secondary Schools which discloses some interesting facts concerning Harvard. In making the investigation the Committee selected a group of 292 men in the classes of 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, representing the most prominent men in each class, such as class officers, athletes, editors, Phi Beta Kappa men, student councillors, etc.', [])

The Burrito Brawl: A Case for Felipe's

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It's an argument almost as old as the burrito itself, and students for generations have devoted untold hours to debating the best burrito joint in Harvard Square. Over the next few days, members of The Crimson's summer staff will make a case the Big 4 of Square burritos: Boloco, Chipotle, Felipe's, and Qdoba.

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Like many Harvard students, I was struck by one question when I first explored Harvard Square: why on earth were there four burrito places within a few blocks of each other? Within a few months of living in Cambridge, however, that enigma had been replaced by another: how on earth do Boloco, Chipotle, and Qdoba compete with Felipe’s?", [])

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