Roberta’s

An alternative and more fitting name for Saga, more officially the Hampshire College Dining Commons.

Colleges all over the country have cafeterias named "Saga", after the SAGA food service company which left Hampshire some years ago. Shouldn't Hampshire, of all places have something different? Why not name our dining commons after one of its most distinguishing aspects and a staple of the Hampshire campus? Why not start calling Saga "Roberta's"? There are no signs officially declaring a name for our cafeteria – it has simply been passed down through first-year guides to Hampshire written by the school and by people using the name themselves.

A pamphlet made by the 2010 Jan Term Public Typography class recently came out referring to the dining hall as Roberta's (Roberta's Cookbook). Right on, Public Typography class. More info on the grassroots effort here.