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Forgot to write away for an absentee ballot this November? Don't worry about it; the most interesting vote of the year has yet to take place. This Friday, our democratic friends at Harvard Dining Services (HDS) send us to the ballot box on a question close to home: Do we want grapes in the dining halls...
Heeding feedback requests for grapes, HDS was about to bring the tasty little fruits back for brunch Nov. 9. But, when many students cried foul, the dining authorities decided to let us decide. With a flourish of creativity and maybe just a little too much free time on their hands, HDS officials dubbed the vote "The Great Grape Referendum" and designed enormous purple signs to rev up the student body. Students quickly and admirably responded to the challenge, splintering into pro-grape and anti-grape factions...
...encourage the reinstatement of grapes at Harvard. The Coalition released an impassioned mission statement, turning to capital letters to make their points hit home (e.g. "GRAPES ARE TASTY"). A typically fervent debate took over the U.C. e-mail list, and unknown pranksters circulated a bogus poster threatening to toss HDS dietitian Shirley Hung into a crossfire with political pundit and baseball analyst George Will...
Starting the week of November 17, HDS will have a table in every dining hall with literature on the grape boycott for students to read. There will be information for both sides of the debate, McNitt said...
Many students said they are glad to learn that HDS is considering their views...