Harvard Students Are Skipping Lunch Because the Line Is 20 Minutes. The Dean's Fix Is a Second Line

Even at Harvard, the lunch line wins. The College's grab-and-go lunch, Fly-By, runs out of Memorial Hall under Annenberg, and students told the Crimson the line can run 10 to 20 minutes. One first-year said that some days he just skips lunch.

So Dean David Deming floated opening another Fly-By in Zimmer Hall. He told the Crimson nothing's been decided. Students are split. Some say a second spot is overdue. Others say Zimmer's already packed and a lunch line would make it worse. One asked the obvious question: Clover is right there, "so how would it be different?"

And they're protective of that Clover. Fly-By takes meal swipes; Clover makes you pay. Students don't want to lose coffee and cookies just to get one more sandwich line. Meanwhile, the science-complex Fly-By apparently has no line and better salads. One student said the wait there is 30 seconds, max.

Dez's take: I love this story, because it's the most relatable thing that's happened at Harvard all year. Six hundred kids get out of the same lecture and all want a sandwich. You don't need a committee. You need a second register and a better salad.

What we still don't know: whether the College actually does it.