Okenshields: Inscribed over the entrance to the dining room on the southwest level of Willard Straight Hall. The name of a tavern frequented by elves in the fantasy work of J. R. R. Tolkien (? - 1963). It was so named in 1975 and is used by students on the co-op meal plan.
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