Every part of Dunster is connected to every other part of Dunster through a labyrinth of subterranean tunnels. These passages are fun to investigate all year round, but when winter arrives, their value skyrockets.\u00a0 As a veteran winter-phobe, I\u2019m adept at avoiding face-to-face encounters with winter.\u00a0 So when it\u2019s snowing outside, I can actually get from my room to the vending machine, to the laundry room, to the dining hall, to the computer lab, to the Grille \u2013 all without going outside or taking off my flip-flops.<\/p>\n
2. The Illustrious D-Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n Dunster\u2019s dining hall is famed across campus for it\u2019s Harry-Potteresque interior and lovingly crafted cuisine.\u00a0 It also stays open later than any other dining hall \u2013 something that many non-Dunsterites appreciate every day.<\/p>\n 3. Location, Location!<\/strong><\/p>\n Some [weird] people claim that Dunster is located really far away from the center of campus.\u00a0 While the five-minute walk admittedly feels endless in winter, Dunster is not that<\/em> remote \u2013 and it\u2019s refreshingly far away from the fray of the Square.\u00a0 The courtyard faces onto the Charles River (a beautiful sight in any light).\u00a0 And Dunster is a mere block away from Petsi Pies<\/a> \u2013 Cambridge\u2019s hipster-haven, a local caf\u00e9 with good music, greasy air and sinful pies.<\/p>\n 4. Meese<\/strong><\/p>\n Dunster\u2019s mascot is the endearing, enduring Moose.\u00a0 We get to wear Moose sweatshirts, wrap our necks in Moose scarves and carry around Moose steins. On Housing Days, we even don our Moose antlers en masse<\/em> \u2013 and you know that’s cool.<\/p>\n 5. The Dunster Petting Zoo\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A brand new Dunster tradition! \u00a0This past Sunday afternoon, Dunster\u2019s student council organized an autumn Hoedown in the courtyard.\u00a0 The yard was dotted with footballs, bales of hay, and picnic tables filled with donuts and candy corn.\u00a0 But when I arrived on the scene, everyone was totally ignoring the Hoedown — instead, they were clustered together in the middle of the grassy lawn.\u00a0 I ran over to see what was so enthralling, and I wasn\u2019t disappointed. \u00a0It was a petting zoo<\/em> of baby farm animals!\u00a0 Baby ducks, baby rabbits, baby goats, baby chickens, and even a baby pig named Lydia, who reminded me of a little furry black bullet.\u00a0 About forty mostly-grown Harvard students were squealing and talking in high-pitched baby voices (Awww wook at the iddy biddy piggy wif its wittle snout!)\u00a0 <\/em>I loved witnessing the immense transforming power of baby animals — how we all became undignified and delighted for a few minutes.<\/p>\n
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