Cambridge
Harvard Promotes Shopping in Square
Despite the busier weeks leading up to winter break this year due to the new academic calendar, administrators are encouraging students and faculty to shop in Harvard Square for their holiday needs as part of an effort to support local businesses through a tough economy and to meet the University’s sustainability goals.
Alum Shares Food Salvaged From Dumpster
At some time between 10 p.m. and midnight on a predeterminded day of the week, Spring Greeney ’09 and her three housemates board their bikes and make the trek to a series of closed local grocery stores. They park their bikes behind the store, and open the side dumpster door.
So You Think You Can Rob a Bank
If there is such a thing as a classy way to rob a bank, we may be able to learn a little something from the man who ran out of the Harvard University Credit Union with an envelope full of cash Tuesday morning. Minutes earlier, the man, allegedly marched into the bank only minutes before, seemingly unarmed, and presented the teller with a letter demanding cash. Yep, that's right. A letter. Was his getaway just as classy? Find out after the jump.
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Retro ceiling-to-floor prints serve as the backdrop for chairs originally sold at D/R's Cambridge store.
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In addition to furniture, the D/R exhibit also features ceramic sets assembled from private collections.
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Many rare exhibit pieces were chosen to demonstrate a designer's understanding of the materials.
