Dylan Gasperik, Program Assistant, Communications, Santa Monica, California

When I was a broke college student, I would often sustain myself on what I liked to call “the pizza circuit”. Every evening after classes I would check the campus events calendar for guest lectures, movie screenings, panel discussions, awareness events, affinity group meetings. You could say that I was an active mind interested in taking advantage of the many resources and opportunities of Haverford College, or you could say that I was looking for a couple of free slices of greasy cheesy deliciousness to tide me over until my midnight bowl of frosted mini-wheats.

It was by way of this scavenging lifestyle that I discovered the EHaus community. Someone tipped me off that every Thursday there was a steaming pot of lentils or some other hot homemade specialty at this environmental co-op on campus, and all I had to do was show up with my bowl and spoon. It was like a student soup kitchen, except all vegetarian and no disposable dishes or silverware. As I became a Thursday night regular at EHaus, I became friends with many of the chefs and residents. I began to learn what these veggie hippies ...

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