In last week’s poll, we asked Noice readers if they would rather have hot breakfast back or more frequent rides to the Quad. The results are in, and again, the outcome was pretty close, but it looks like hot breakfast won over shuttles by a smidge. Sorry Quad!

This week, Noice is asking its readers another simple question: What do you prefer to take notes with in class? Paper or your laptop? Vote in the sidebar!

Last week, Noice asked a simple question: “Gen Ed or Core?” Can you even tell the difference? Here are the results.

I guess this answers that second question. Gen Ed and the Core are maybe, probably, the same exact thing.

Participate in this week’s poll (in the sidebar): Would you rather have hot breakfast or more frequent shuttles?

Who knew an email could be this exciting and dramatic?

We at Noice are unabashed gossips, in the best sense of the word. We like checkin’ Harvard out, talking about who’s doing what, where, and to whom.  So when this vitriolic thread went over Quincy open list earlier today — with indignation nearly bursting out of its cyberseams — the drama could not escape our attention.

So what set off the little tiff? (Okay, not so little, it’s actually pretty long.) Just the Peer Health Exchange spamming Quincy House, as well as every other list, about its “FREE Pancake Breakfast” this morning.

Sounds innocuous, right? I mean, who actually reads stuff that gets pubbed on House lists? But, my oh my, the responses that ensued…

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Hot breakfast delicacy: Pizza with egg on top.

Recently (and by “recently” we mean this morning), Noice emerged from its cozy riverside home to traverse the Yard and into those forgotten depths of Annenberg, that hallowed hall of yesteryear, in search of hot breakfast, the forgotten delicacy which upperclassmen can now only dream of.

Indeed, the hot breakfast was found, but to our great dismay, it was not as delightful as our anticipatory minds made it out to be. In fact, it was actually kind of bad. The difference between those inferior, cold plates of upperclassman breakfasts and these silver platters of toasty meals can be broken down into a simple list:

That Which Annenberg Hath Which Upperclassmen Hath Not

• Sausages
• Pizzas with eggs on top
• Tasteless potatoes
• Tasteless eggs

That’s all.

Perhaps this is simply an anomaly — perhaps Noice arrived on a bad morning? Nevertheless, Noice gives Ye Olde Annenberg Breakfast 2 out of 5 stars.

A link to the Harvard College Idea Bank has been making the rounds on house-lists. Noice thinks it’s pretty nifty. Here’s a brief summary of what it is, from the website:

“The FAS/Harvard College Idea Bank is an on-line community forum for students, faculty, and staff to share their thoughts on ways to reduce expenses, adapt budget planning, and reshape our academic and extracurricular programs for the smaller baseline budget resulting from a reduced value of our endowment.”

Noice is surprised no one has mentioned installing more (or fewer…?) technicolor chairs in the Yard.