As darkness falls on Harvard Square, students wrapped tight against the freezing cold hustle down icy, red-brick sidewalks and past snow banks, eager to reach the warmth of dorms and libraries.
One man, underdressed in a light jacket and baseball hat, paces impatiently at the basement door of the University Lutheran Church.
He's waiting for the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter to open.
Every night from Nov. 15 to April 15, the shelter brings together students from one of the world's wealthiest and most prestigious universities with neighbors struggling to survive on the fringes of society. It touts itself as the only homeless shelter in the nation run entirely by college students.
"When I got on campus, I saw a really strong juxtaposition between the wealth, prestige and power of the university compared with the plight of so many people in the square," said Jonathan Warsh, who in addition to being co-administrative director of the shelter is a senior from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., studying government and health policy. "It's too easy to get trapped in the ivory tower."
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