Lamont
Police in Lamont
Harvard University Police officers monitor the outside of Lamont Café while occupiers sit inside.
Students Occupy Lamont Library Café
Members of the Occupy Harvard movement parked themselves in Lamont Library Café on Sunday night, pledging to stay in the café until 10 p.m. on Friday in order to protest planned staff reductions in Harvard libraries.
UC Survey Asks for Student Opinions on Extending Library Hours
If you've ever been kicked out of Lamont Library at 10 p.m. on a Friday night, a survey conducted by the UC Student Life Committee may be the answer to your library woes. The survey, which has already received 1,500 responses, asks for student input on whether undergraduates would utilize Lamont Library were it to extend its hours.
Six Tips for a Successful Primal Scream
Along with having sex in the stacks and peeing on the John Harvard statue, participating in Primal Scream is on the traditional list of activities students should partake in before graduating.
Twitter Interview with @LamontCafeGirl
If you're a frequenter of Lamont Café, you may have heard of @LamontCafeGirl, a Twitter account run by the baristas. Flyby tweeted with @LamontCafeGirl in an ongoing interview to get the lowdown on Lamonsters, obnoxious customers, and the state of the café during finals period, all in 140 characters or less. The highlights are below.
Missing Kittens
Over the past month, HUPD has stayed busy protecting campus from heat-born acts of crime. A frustrated laundry-doer, dangerous dumpster truck, and a Civil War-era rifle have made this summer anything but quiet in Cambridge. As part of our Securitas series, we've combed through recent HUPD log entries and published some of the more colorful entries below.
How Busy Is Lamont?
As each semester draws to a close, crowds descend on Lamont Library. Students camp out at wooden tables and in armchairs, slowly transforming into the bleary-eyed and smelly beast known as the Lamonster.
Nobel Prize
Former chairman of the Nobel Prize in Literature and current Nobel committee member Kjell Espmark discusses the Nobel process in the Woodberry Poetry Room Thursday afternoon.
An Exhaustive List of Places to Snooze
Students whose beds are far from the Yard—Quadlings and residents of far-flung River Houses—sometimes bemoan their lack of opportunities to nap between classes. If you face this problem, worry no more. We here at Flyby have compiled a list of some of the best places on campus to catch some Zs.
Dean Hammonds Brings Burritos to Late-Night Studiers
We first wrote about a certain burrito-bearing dean around this time last year, when Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds surprised students studying in Lamont with free burritos.
Sleeping at Lamont, a Tumblr
With finals fast approaching, it’s not uncommon to spot Lamonsters napping though parts of their 36-hour study marathons at the library.
