Kitchen Sink No. 7
The ash was under my left thumbnail when I woke. I noticed it before I noticed anything else—before the grey light coming through the curtain, before the cold, before the particular silence of early morning that the building produced when it was trying to pass as uninhabited. I lay still and held my hand up […]
Students Respond to the “Salient” Revival
“Neo-Nazis at Harvard? Not surprised,” Aaron Thompson ’27 said. “They’re just very ‘red pill,’ irritating men, you know? Just terrible,” an anonymous sophomore in Mather House added. “I think the revamp is a scam,” another sophomore in Cabot House commented. In the wake of a leadership shakeup at the “Salient” due to past publication of […]
Blarney, Block Parties, or Bust
Across college campuses, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in wildly different ways, from 6 a.m. pregames at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to radio silence at Harvard, as the Yard empties each year for spring break. The fifth-century commemoration of Saint Patrick—the man credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland—was historically celebrated as a religious observation. […]
An Irish American’s Guide to St. Patrick’s Day
While I’m proud every day to be the great-granddaughter of Irish immigrants, there’s one day a year when I feel an extra sense of pride in my heritage: St. Patrick’s Day. Since I was a child, “St. Paddy’s” has been one of my favorite holidays. I always looked forward to donning green from head to […]
Writers With the Luck of the Irish
For those more inclined to spend St. Patrick’s Day at home rather than in a pub, there are still ways to show your appreciation for Irish culture. Ireland has a rich literary history filled with wit, disillusionment, and an ardent love for its country. So for those who don’t feel like going out and drinking […]
The Story of the Celts as Told Through Their Art
From Mar. 6 to Aug. 2, the Harvard Art Museums is displaying “Celtic Art Across the Ages,” an exhibit curated by Susanne Ebbinghaus, Penny Coombe, Laure Marest, and Matthew Rogan with sculptures, paintings, and artifacts dating from 800 BCE to today. This exhibition is the first major showcase of Celtic art in the United States, […]
Harvard at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics
Harvard athletes have long represented the College at the Olympics, with alumni and students earning over 150 medals since the first modern Games in 1896. This winter, five athletes with Crimson ties carried this legacy forward as they competed at the XXV Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Rémi Drolet ’24: Canada […]
Harvard has a New Track Star: Amari Turner
On Feb. 7, the Harvard track team had plenty to celebrate. Their meet in Lowell, Massachusetts, had gone exactly as planned, with Fabiola Belibi ’26 winning the 60-meter hurdles the day before, and the team firing up after Arpad Kovacs ’29 broke the school record with a time of 46.56 in the Men’s 400-meter. But […]
The Art of the Comeback
The 2026 Winter Olympics may be over, but the world’s obsession with Alysa Liu is just beginning. Hailing from the Bay Area, California, the 20-year-old with halo-hair took the world by storm after winning the gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics, less than a year after she won the world title […]
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Green Shoots in Red Soil: The Texas Primary Race
Money is the engine of politics. It fuels campaigns and elections, and, by extension, our politicians. Each dollar purchases yet another 15-second campaign advertisement or a canvasser to knock on undecided voters’ doors. Currency and power are synonymous in a game that systematically rewards the highest spender. The hopeless cycle in which money determines political […]
Iranian Women Weep Too
In February 1998, Tony Benn, then over 40 years into his career as a Member of Parliament, rose in the House of Commons and delivered a legendary speech in opposition to the proposed bombing of Iraq. His words that day left no shortage of memorable lines: one in particular has never left me. “Are not […]
The Green Line
Every March, Boston slips into shades of green. The city’s color palette, usually a winter wash of red brick and slate, takes on an unmistakable hue. This green does not arrive with the weather, but rather a ceremonial cast on the 17th. It appears in flags hanging off of fire escapes, in the bunting draped […]
Luck is in the Yard
No matter what time one walks through Harvard Yard, there will undoubtedly be throngs of tourists surrounding the John Harvard Statue. Many will be snapping photos of them touching John Harvard’s foot, now polished bronze after years of wear. Whether it should be touched or not is another question, but the fact remains that rubbing […]