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Every Week, It's a Week | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson

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Lightbulbs caged in yellow metal frames line the edges of the white tent in the Kirkland courtyard. Up above, a bright and expectant moon gazes down on the gatherers. It is Halloween night, and the air carries the mild chill of impending November. Students congregate around the small cluster of tables underneath the tent. One by one, they walk up to the light blue typewriter sitting on one of the tables and mark themselves present. Tonight was the end of an era, but by chance, a new beginning as well. “It’s 11:59!” A cry rises from the crowd, “Goodbye, Pole Week.” It is a bittersweet ending, but such is change. Eager volunteers pass around a chalice — a large plastic Animal Crackers jar shaped like a bear — for the night’s ceremonyr. They take turns plucking pieces of paper from the jar and tossing them aside. Finally, the last volunteer reverently lifts the final slip and slowly, delicately unfolds it. It is the moment they had all been waiting for. The air is thick with suspense, exc

Every Week, It's a Week | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson Sections News Opinion Arts Blog Magazine Metro Multimedia Sports Newsletter Print Delivery Editor's Pick Tips Donate Programs Every Week, It's a Week The latest addition to the lineup of cultish Kirkland activities, this is the Kirkland Choosening — the weekly Sunday night ceremony that inaugurates a new theme for the week as soon as the clock strikes midnight. By Hannah V. George and Jem K. Williams Lightbulbs caged in yellow metal frames line the edges of the white tent in the Kirkland courtyard. Up above, a bright and expectant moon g

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