One of Harvard's hidden delights, like the secret Porcellian crypt under Sever Hall and the Spee's underground river of chocolate, the Chinese Food Truck has been keeping the University's science faculty and students happily gorged on cheap Asian eats for years. Only $4-4.50 gets you a styrofoam box overflowing with rice and the dish of your choice. Aside from the usual General Gao and sesame chicken, the menu also serves Ginger and Scallion Chicken and beef, chicken, or pork with black bean sauce. The cook's claims of “No MSG!” may only apply to the lack of New York-based sports channels on his satellite dish, but the food is tasty nonetheless. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Fear Not -- Halloween Exhibit Exploration Friday, October 24 through Sunday, November 2, 2008 Are you creeped out by spiders? Scared of snakes? Nervous around bats? Come look these scary animals in the eye and learn why you shouldn't be afraid. Maybe you'll even discover a new appreciation for these fearsome creatures. Pick up the museum's Halloween exhibit exploration at the front desk, free with museum admission. Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 www.hmnh.harvard.edu 617-495-3045 (Red Line Harvard MBTA)

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Template:Gift Store While somewhat random, the museum's third-floor gift shop maintains a beautiful collection of mineral and insect specimens. Botanists and lovers of beauty come from far and wide to see the museum's famous glass flower collection; take home a souvenir book of the collection for $20. For the insect lover in you, the shop stocks real specimens of butterflies ($18-50). Those who don't care for the multi-legged might opt instead for the less authentic, but far more flavorful, Pet Dinosaur or Crocodile Gummy Candy ($2). The far side of the store is a great place to find gifts for children, as it has a large selection of games, science experiments, stuffed animals, and pet rocks. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Your half-closed eyes meet as the two of you are dozing off in Cabot Library easy-chairs. You get to talking. She's also been here all day. There's definitely chemistry between you. Chem 15, to be exact. Your problem set grazes her hand. She shudders and stares at you expectantly. You smile. It's time to make your move. You take her by the hand and whisk her over to the Greenhouse for a chicken burrito and a Diet Coke. For added style you grab a bag of sour-patch kids “for later.” As you slide your tray toward the cash register, she begins to look uncomfortable. Ever suave, you whip out your ID. “Put it on Crimson Cash,” you tell the checker dashingly. “No, wait. This one is special. Make it Board Plus.” This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and animals from around the globe. Look closer at hundreds of animals including giraffe, elephant, rhino, tigers, lions, armadillo, platypus, giant whale skeletons, & more. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 135 million year-old, 42 foot-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; and amazing gemstones and minerals including a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode. Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Find models of bananas, figs, cacao, pineapple, and cashew nuts to learn what they look like as they grow. You won’t believe they’re not real. On weekends and Wednesday afternoons, trained volunteers are in the galleries with hands-on activities and investigation carts. Check out the weekday afternoon Young Scientists and Animal Artists clubs, weekend Nature Storytime for preschool visitors, Sunday afternoon programs for ‘tweens, and the popular annual Mineral Madness or Fossil Fest family festivals. Changing exhibitions include Sea Creatures in Glass, models of jellies, octopus, anemones, by the same glass artists who created the Glass Flowers, and Climate Change: Our Global Experiment, on the latest research on our changing planet, including an interactive video, and comparative past and present photographs of glaciers, demonstrating dramatic melting.
The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line ‘T’ station. Handicapped accessible. Ticket includes admission to the adjacent Peabody Museum -- archaeology and cultures of six continents
Admission: $9.00; seniors and students $7.00; $6.00 ages 3-18; under 3 free. Free for Massachusetts residents only: Wednesdays. 3:00-5:00 pm (September thru May) and Sunday mornings year round, 9 a.m.-noon. Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Phone: (617) 495-3045 Email: hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu Web: www.hmnh.harvard.edu Hours: Open daily, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

One admission ticket covers this connected maze of museums, including the Botanical Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Mineralogical and Geological Museums, and the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, with collections in archaeology, geology, ethnology, zoology, and botany, as well as special exhibits. The museum's most famous display is its spectacular glass flower exhibit, with reproductions so delicate and life-like you just might be tempted to sniff them—which was the point when they were created for Harvard botany classes in the 19th century. Moving through the labyrinthine corridors and staircases, you'll see the impressive gem collection (including a 1600 lb amethyst geode) and cases of equally shimmering jewelled beetles. There is some standard fare, such as dioramas documenting the history of life and some curious stuffed and fossilized creatures, but there's also George Washington's pheasants (!), a narwhal skeleton, and the popular 42 ft. Harvard chronosaurus. Additional eye-poppers at the Peabody (with an additional entrance at 11 Divinity Ave.) include a giant Pacific dugout canoe, suspended from the ceiling, and fascinating collections of stelae, altars, and other stone constructions from the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Admission $7.50, students and seniors $6, and children (3-18) $5. Free with Harvard ID or Su 9am-noon and Wed 3-5pm (Sept.-May). This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.