“Providing students with food past 7 p.m. will allow them to have a full stomach if they choose to drink, and create a social space in the dining hall,” Crane said.
Although all three students hope that the administration will consider their proposals, Hou expressed some skepticism.
“I think that the administration will take a look at [the petition] and decide if there’s enough student support and demand they’ll do it,” Hou said. “But in general, I don’t have too much faith in the administration.”
—Staff writer Steven S. Lee can be reached at stevenlee@college.harvard.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @StevenSJLee.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
CORRECTION: February 25, 2013
An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that the 432 Harvard students who responded to an online survey about a proposed nap space were undergraduates. In fact, while 418 of respondents were from the College, the survey also drew responses from students from Harvard’s various graduate schools.