Hungry from their active schedule as pseudo-Harvard students, your parents will likely want to stop and eat. Take them to the luncheon in the Houses. For just one meal Harvard University Dining Services will let you have a taste of what they've been preparing at the faculty club while you've been served up generous helpings of General Wong's Chicken and Emerald Beef. Savor the penne with artichokes, take seconds of the endive salad, but do remind your parents that it's back to Sharon's Chicken on Monday and that the care packages should keep coming.

Adhere to these guidelines, and the 'rents are sure to head for the airport on Sunday feeling like true-blooded members of the junior class--exhausted, disgruntled and itching to get home for a few days of rest.

Lauren E. Baer '02 is a social studies concentrator in Dunster House. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays.