No, this is not another UC election stunt to convince you that they, finally, will be the ones to get Harvard students out of their respective study shells (or so we think). However, in yet another effort to increase interactions between undergraduates on campus, the website, www.harvardlunch.com, has been launched, to randomly pair up students to share a dhall meal together.

According to the website, “After freshman year in Annenberg, we often settle into groups (blocking groups, concentrations, houses student groups) and don’t venture outside them. HarvardLunch gives you the opportunity to meet and/or network with people you might never meet otherwise in the Harvard community.”

Annenberg...where social interaction comes to live and die at Harvard. (From the Office of the Arts website.)

It’s not clear who started this website or exactly when it was launched, and it’s still listed as in beta form. However, all you need is a Harvard e-mail address to add your name to the group of 52 people (and counting) that the site claims it has already helped introduce.

Let’s see if Coe-Odess-Li, Ebrahim-Cao or Jones-Davis can do any better.

Noice's alternative to soggy PB&Js at FlyBy.

Let’s face it–that line at Flyby down in freezing-cold Loker is never going to get shorter before 1pm, so it’s time to find new digs to refuel after Mankiw’s lecture on… whatever. (Not like anyone was listening.) Next time, venture into Café Gato Rojo, almost hidden between Grays and Matthews and nestled in a nook underneath Dudley House, for a quick cappuccino and for a nice respite from the lunchtime fury.

With a conscientious menu of fair-trade coffees, Gato Rojo also offers muffins, scones, and other baked goods made fresh daily. For those not inclined toward caffeine (to which we say “WTF”), a generous selection of bottled juices, loose teas, and other beverages are also available. Not only do they take Crimson Cash, but a small coffee only costs around a buck. Read more about the hipster invasion at Dudley’s premiere lunch spot after the jump.

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