Scouting the Area: Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard is hosting this weekend.  Football, men’s soccer, men’s water polo, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball are all taking on their opponents at home.  Good news, Crimson fans, you don’t have to travel far to see your teams play.  And as for our visiting opponents, we like to make you feel welcome too.

Dear Bucknell, Brown, Columbia, Connecticut College, Mercyhurst and St. Francis players: stick around another day.  Here are the two major events happening on Harvard’s campus this weekend:

1.  Freshmen Parents’ Weekend

Freshmen parents will descend on campus to visit their sons and daughters.  Yes, it will be annoyingly crowded, but there are perks to Parents’ Weekend too.  Harvard will be stepping up its game: above-average food in Annenberg, tidy dorm rooms and a rare Mankiw Ec10 lecture.

2. Harvard’s 375th Anniversary

Who doesn’t like talking trees, free T-shirts, Yo-Yo Ma and a cake big enough to feed 4,000 people?

Football fans, here’s what you won’t be missing this weekend at Bucknell:

1. Antiquing

“Antiquing” is listed as one of the top ten things to do in Lewisburg, Penn., the home of the Bucknell Bisons.  If antiquing made it onto the top ten list, you should be afraid… very afraid.

2. Enough said.

In conclusion, thank your lucky stars that you are staying close to home this weekend.