Several residential colleges are providing late-night snacks second semester to satisfy the nocturnal cravings of underclassmen and enrich students' social experience.
"Harvard has a similar program and it seems to work well in providing a late night study space as well as a 'community' space within the residential setting where students can gather for informal quiet conversation," Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan said in an email.
On recent nights, hungry up-campus students could munch on cookies, apples, coffee, hot chocolate, three kinds of cake and make-your-own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the Rocky Dining Hall.
"I think it's a great idea because I know a lot of students go to the U-Store at night. It's a way for us to save a little money," said Mathey College resident Sara Chen '08.
Wilson and Rocky Colleges provide free snacks nightly — which include freshly prepared foods and leftover desserts and breads from dinner — while Butler and Forbes Colleges are still deliberating.
Rocky College, which is taking over for Mathey from the fall semester, offers this service from 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, said Rocky College Council Officer Jon Li'08.
Meanwhile at Wilson College, "Late night snacks will be offered every night from 9:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m., or until they last in the Wilcox Dining Hall," Wilson College Administrator Randall Setlock wrote in an email to students.
"The student response so far has been overwhelmingly positive — we're glad about that, since we want students to feel at home in the college," Rockefeller Master Maria DiBattista said in an email.
USG President Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 conceived of the program, which he suggested to Dean Deignan when they worked together on the Freshman Year Experience Committee.
Deignan shared the idea with DiBattista, who worked to implement the proposal with Dining Services Director Stu Orefice and Mathey College Master Antoine Kahn after getting approval from the Council of Masters.
"The late snack program began as a joint Rocky-Mathey venture at the beginning of reading period," DiBattista said.
DiBattista is pleased that the program is in place for the rest of the school year.
"We had always planned to continue the program into the spring semester in order to give the idea a chance to take root and become part of the college routine," DiBattista said.
Butler College also experimented with late-night snacks in January.
"We have been opening our dining hall [at night]. We did during reading period and finals last semester," Butler College Master Sanjeev Kulkarni said.
Kulkarni said Butler is considering whether to offer snacks in their dining hall on a regular basis.
Forbes College Master Elizabeth Lunbeck said that late night snacks are not currently available in the Inn. "We're still discussing that," she said.
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