HaRe TodaY - Leverett House
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HaRe TodaY - Leverett House
HaRe TodaY Vol. 10 Issue 19, Mon, February 8th Created by Jessica Caplin Lev, Love, And Strawberries Since their introducGon in 1903, when Binney & Smith produced the first 8‐pack of Crayola crayons, the range of colors and styles has expanded at an astounding rate. • John Mayer with Special Guest Michael FranE & The original box of crayons sold for a nickel and featured Spearhead: Wed 2/24, 7p, TD Garden black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and • The Black Eyed Peas ‐ The E.N.D. World Tour: Fri green. The word Crayola was created from a combinaGon 2/26, 8p, TD Garden of the French words for chalk (craie) and oily • Chocolate Bar: The Langham Hotel; Saturdays (oleaginous). By 1949, Crayola had expanded its line to from 12‐3 p.m. ice cream, crepes, cookies, tarts, 48 colors. By 1958 that number had again increased to coJon candy, waffles, fondue, and more. $35 increased to 64. Eight fluorescent colors were added to the collecGon in 1972, raising the total number of colors to 72. 1990 saw the Crayola arsenal increase to 80 colors • Strawberries are the only fruit whose seeds are with the introducGon of 16 new colors and the disconGnuaGon of eight colors. Again, the number rose on the outside to 96 in 1993 and to 120 in 1998. Thirteen crayons have • The average strawberry has 200 seeds been reGred since 1903, but the total number of colors • To symbolize perfecGon and righteousness, medieval stone masons carved strawberry produced by Crayola since its incepGon is 133. Along with the regular packs of crayons, there have designs around the tops of pillars in churches • In parts of Bavaria, country folk sGll pracGce the been many specialty sets, including Silver Swirls, Gem Tones, Pearl Brite, Metallic FX, Magic Scent, Silly Scents. annual rite each spring of tying small baskets of wild strawberries to the horns of their caJle as an Magic Scent, introduced in 1994, was intended to offering to elves. produce realisGc fragrances when used. A year later, • Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in spring. Crayola changed 13 of the 16 scents ajer parents complained that some crayons smelled good enough to • In France, Strawberries were thought to be an eat, such as Cherry, Chocolate, Blueberry. The 13 crayons aphrodisiac. A soup made of strawberries, with food scents were reGred in favor of non‐food scents, thinned sour cream, borage, & powered sugar was served to newlyweds. such as: new car, smoke, soap, cedar chest, fresh air, eucalyptus, tulip, dirt, and leather jacket. Except for the dayglow neon colors created in the 80s, • What was the hardest habit you had to break? the official color set has remained • What have you never had the courage to do? remarkably faithful to its roots— • What are your opinions regarding ValenGne’s represenGng colors found nature, Day? rather than man‐made hues. • Dining hall cupcakes: yea or nay? The average growth rate of • Do you love me now that I can dance? Crayola crayon colors is 2.56% annually. Stated differently, the number of colors in a crayon box Start your reading doubles every 28 years. • Masters’ Open House: Wed 2/10, 8:30p • Sherry Hour: Th 2/11, 5p (SCR) • ValenSTEIN Stein Club: Fri 2/12, 9‐11 (JCR) Lev’s own Jeremy Lin has been named one of top 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the top point guard in college basketball ‐‐ www.cousyaward.com/vote.php to vote for Jeremy every 24 hours! • AEPi’s Raise the Roof‐Charity Dance for the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: Tu 2/9, 9‐1p, Tommy Doyle’s. $5. 18 to enter, 21+ to drink. All proceeds will be donated. • The Vagina Monologues: Th 2/11, 8p, Aggassiz Theater • Harvard Thinks Big: Th 2/11, 8p, Sanders • HaiE Benefit Concert: Fri 2/12, 7‐10p, Sanders • Frankly My Dear, I don’t Give a Jam: Callbacks and Veritones Concert. Sat 2/13, 8p, Sanders Important Campus Dates • Deadlines: Add/Drop without a fee ‐ Feb 12 Sign Up for an IM Team now! hJp://levereJ.harvard.edu/intramurals/teams.php *JOIN THE FORCE!* SIGN UP FOR WINTER IMS! Winter Sports Basketball, Dodgeball, Ice Hockey, Squash, Table Tennis Upcoming Games B Basketball: Wed 10th, 8:30p v. Pfoho A Basketball: Th 11th, 7:30p v. Mather A Basketball: Tues 16th, 7:30p v. Eliot Ice Hockey: Tues 16th, 9:30p v. Adams THIS IS OUR SEASON! Procrastination Corner Best of the Q Valenstein Stein Club • some TFs are evil; much depends on luck; i had a Friday. 9‐11. JCR. great v Beer, Champagne, chocolate fountain • Be sure to keep up with the textbook ‐ it will be your Come for the drinks; stay for the love friend. Also, Helpful Hints are actually mandatory Skatefest reading. Sunday, February 14, 1:30 ‐ 3:30 pm, though • The worst thing about this class is the you are welcome to come for just 1 or 2 hours. preponderance of meaningless lectures Skatefest is an ice‐skaGng by pre‐Olympian • Take economics in high school Boston SkaGng Club performers. All seats are • this class was a disaster. seriously, it was the bane of given out to local inner city kids. Proceeds are my existence donated to a daycare center for homeless kids. • dont buy the book, you dont need it. spend the $200 Lev runs a concession booth and donates on beer profits to fund other public service projects. • Ec 10 is high school AP Economics with a couple of This year, we are supporGng the Roses for HaiG holes patched up. However, those holes were rather effort, which is raising money for Partners in shallow to begin with, and, taking leave of this terrible Health's earthquake relief efforts in HaiG. mixed metaphor… Interested? Email [email protected] or • Kind of soul‐crushing. [email protected] • Ec Ten rocks so hard. I don't get why everyone doesn't want to make babies with Ec 10 Design Lev’s Housing Day T-shirt! • The marginal rate of subsGtuGon between this class Go down in Lev History! and ec 10 is less than the price raGo of both cosGng a The pride and honor of having everyone in the Harvard credit, so taking this class is inefficient. house wearing your design on their chests Chinese New Year might be yours this year! Submit your housing day shirt idea/design Year of the TIGER to [email protected] February 14th (in whatever photo/image format you prefer) • Tiger in the Chinese zodiac: Unpredictable, by Saturday, February 13 at 7pm rebellious, colorful, powerful, passionate, daring, impulsive, vigorous, sGmulaGng, sincere, affecGonate, humanitarian, generous. Can be cold, restless, reckless, impaGent, quick‐tempered, obsGnate, ruthless, selfish, aggressive, unpredictable, moody. • A Gger’s skin, as well as its fur, is striped • A group of Ggers is called a streak • Tiger stripes, like human fingerprints, are unique to each cat Submit to the Hare Today Deadline for LevereJ House NewsleJer submissions is Thursday at 11:59pm. Please e‐mail [email protected]. Thanks!