Ellen Cassidy

3 weeks ago | thecrimson.com | Ellen Cassidy |Evan Epstein

Today, Pforzheimer House residents regularly swipe into the Adams House dining hall without a passing thought. But unbeknownst to many, this is a hard-won privilege that their Pfoho predecessors fought for during a militantepisode in Harvard’s history: the Adams-Pfoho Dining Hall War of 1999. During the fall of 1999, upperclassmen regularly flocked to Adams’ centrally-located dining hall to grab a quick lunch between classes.