Sports Spotlight: Mason Langenbrunner and Joe Miller
Last week, Harvard men’s ice hockey announced that Mason Langenbrunner ’26 and Joe Miller ’26 will be taking over for Ian Moore ’25, Jack Bar ’25, and Zakary Karpa ’25 as captains of the Crimson next season. Both players were voted to wear the ‘C’ by their teammates and are eager to take on the […]
Sports Spotlight: Women’s 4x400m Relay Team
The Harvard women’s 4×400-meter relay team has just concluded a historic indoor track season in style, finishing sixth place at the NCAA Indoor Championships and earning All-American First Team Honors. Before this final indoor meet, they broke their school record for the fourth time, resetting it to 3:30.28. The team plans to carry this momentum […]
Calling All Artists!
There are moments when the art world feels like a quiet, distant thing—locked behind gallery walls. But in certain spaces, art belongs to everyone. Art breaks free, and the walls speak louder than ever. From April 18-21, Harvard University’s Gallery at 92 Seattle St. will host an exhibition that promises more than just art on […]
Got Me Singing in the Shower
It’s springtime again, and with the changing seasons comes the annual event that everyone’s talking about: the annual Cultural Rhythms Festival. Throughout the week, student groups strutted the fashion runway, prepared their favorite foods from home, and showcased their heritages through dance and music—all to celebrate cultural identity and community at Harvard. This year’s culminating […]
Heff’s HUDS Hacks
As a self-proclaimed foodie, it is an understatement to say that Harvard University Dining Services is a massive disappointment. The cost for the meal plan for the Spring 2025 semester totaled $4,134, which breaks down to about $35 per day. This cost is widely agreed upon by the student body as simply too high, especially […]
Russell’s Sprouts: Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Clusters
It is officially munchies season, which means there must be “healthy” snacks and treats on hand at all times. Considering these cookies contain oats, milk, and peanut butter, they’re basically a hearty breakfast alternative. This recipe is no-bake and only takes about 10 minutes to throw together on the stovetop, so it’s perfect for a […]
Addicted To My Air Fryer
Steve was your typical Harvard first-year. He planned on studying economics and had never felt freer now that he could hide his grades from his parents. He was in love with a girl who lived above him in Canaday, but he couldn’t remember if her name was “Chloe” or “Zoe” and was too scared to […]
Dressed-Up Fries: A Mash-Up
After interviewing Will McKibben ’25 on cooking as an art form for the Independent, I could not stop thinking about the tension he described between fine dining and foods that are affectionately known as “munchies.” He made me realize that foods often dismissed as messy—late-night nachos, over-sauced burritos, crinkle-cut fries doused in mystery condiments—have the […]
Munchies vs. Michelin: Exploring the Art of Cooking
In the culinary world, there seem to be two opposite realms: the casual, crave-worthy indulgence of “munchies” and the meticulously crafted masterpieces of Michelin-starred dining. At first glance, the two could not be further apart—one is messy, quick, and easy; the other is precise, time-consuming, and technically arduous. The former could be viewed as artless, […]
I Was Here
In December 2023, shortly after my acceptance to Harvard, I traveled to Poland to visit all six Nazi extermination camps—where over 2.7 million people were murdered, the majority of them Jews. Those two weeks were emotionally exhausting and grueling. My instinct afterward was to mentally lock the experience away, to avoid confronting the weight of […]
Thoughts from New Quincy: High on Nationalism
America has the munchies. From sea to shining sea, from Doritos Locos Tacos to Manifest Destiny, this country was built on a bottomless appetite—insatiable, indiscriminate, and utterly divorced from actual need. Expansion wasn’t just policy—it was craving. A sudden, stoned hunger for land, for oil, for more. Why stop at thirteen colonies when you could […]
Dazed and Confused
The Knights have returned—not for glory, but to kill the same dragon, high and half-laughing. Everyone is tired. Not in the way sleep fixes, but in the way that lingers behind the eyes. The kind of tired that sits beneath conversation, beneath caffeine, beneath even the desire to name it. One night, I felt it […]
Food For Thought
With only five weeks left in my first year at Harvard, I’ve begun reflecting on the people and places that have made Cambridge feel like home. And surprisingly, despite everything that Harvard University Dining Services lacks (which is…a lot), Annenberg—affectionately known as ‘Berg’—is one place I know I will miss. Dining hall culture is a […]
Bon Appé-Temps: The Art of Savoring French Meals
There’s always something to do in the kitchen—something to chop, something to peel, something to stir. Last weekend, after tiring myself of reading, painting, and walking around my host family’s country home, I wandered into the kitchen, where my host dad’s sister was preparing dinner and the next day’s lunch. Eager for a task, I […]
Welcoming the 2025 HUA Co-Presidents
The 2025 Harvard Undergraduate Associate election voted Abdullah Shahid Sial ’27 and Caleb N. Thompson ’27 as the co-presidents for the upcoming academic year. The pair ran on a campaign to make the HUA actively student-first, resonating with voters amid campus uncertainty and demands for better campus life decisions. Sial and Thompson clinched the election […]
Democracy on the Brink: Technology, Reliability, and the Future of Democracy in Latin America
The Institute of Politics JFK Forum recently led a conversation examining how democratic institutions—legislatures, political parties, and judicial systems—have been slow to adapt to a new global context marked by digital disruption and widespread public distrust in government. Hosted on April 4, the panel brought together moderator Steven Levitsky, director of the David Rockefeller Center […]
Hot Takes: Munchies Edition
A few weeks ago, the Harvard Independent published an article asking Harvard students about their hottest takes. Many of the opinions shared ended up being food-related, with one first-year claiming that “HUDS banana bread pudding is pure fuego” and another student saying they’d “rather eat foods with Red 40 because…they’re more visually appealing.” But what’s […]
Biting Into Business: Harvard Square’s Dessert Profile
As you circle the Yard and journey through Harvard Square, you are likely to come across hungry Harvard undergraduates wandering about. While their bellies are already full from the dining hall menu, there is one craving that a college meal plan just can’t suffice: the desire for a sweet treat. Harvard Square is known for […]
Joining the Table: Harvard Food Literacy Project
Whether it be reunions in Annenberg, dining hall takeout, or a late-night run to Pinocchio’s, food is a pervasive aspect of the college experience. But for some at Harvard, food is more than just a backdrop to busy student life—it’s an entry point into deeper questions about sustainability, health, and community. As a student-led initiative […]
