All the Food in Allston
Escape the Harvard Bubble! First, it was Al’s and Yenching. Then went B. Good and Panera. And now, at the end of this school year, gone will be the beloved Greenhouse Café in the Science Center. Where is a Harvard student to eat? I suggest trying somewhere in Allston. Given the dwindling number of options […]
Girl Power
How one female athlete is changing the representation of female athletes everywhere. By SHAQUILLA HARRIGAN and CAROLINE CRONIN Photo Credit: Zeb Goodman ’16 zebgoodman.com Before reading any further, take a moment to Google ‘female athlete.’ Your results will likely be inundated with articles on the hottest female athletes and pictures of half-naked women clad in […]
Harvard Struggles with Islamic and Middle Eastern Scholarship
Institutional centers and academic departments at the world’s richest university remain quiet. With all its capital, intellectual and physical, Harvard is not just a university. It is an idea, potent and exciting; a force, sharp and unforgiving, that alters civilizations and shapes dialogue. Islam and the Middle East does not seem to be among them. The […]
Q&A With Jimmy Vesey
The Indy talks to Harvard’s fourth Hobey Baker winner. Indy: It has been almost two weeks now since you won the Hobey Baker Award. What was that like in the moment, and how has it been in the time since? JV: It was a really cool moment to experience in person and with my eleven […]
A Princess, a Humanist, and an Activist
Carrie Fisher receives Lifetime Achievement Award. By HUNTER RICHARDS On April 18, Carrie Fisher was presented with the 10th Annual Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism. The award was given on behalf of the Humanist Hub, in partnership with the student group, The Harvard Community of Humanists, Atheists, and Agnostics (HCHAA). Individuals whose lives […]
HUDS and You: Soups Edition, Part 2!
A review of some more of Harvard’s soupy offerings. Spring notionally should offer a respite from the tyranny of the harsh and uniquely Bostonian cold that normally drives so many Harvard students to the soups on offer from Harvard University Dining Services. Cold shocks, however, have proved a boon to the consumption of the various […]