As the first week of classes concluded, many Harvard students made their way to the Agassiz Theater to experience the magic of a night at the opera. The original “Cendrillon,” a Cinderella story and French opera, was composed by Jules Massenet from 1894-1896 before its premiere in the National Opera-Comique in Paris in 1899, with […]
With the great range of interests and accomplishments that come from Harvard students, considering any one student superior to another can seem like an unreasonable task. Taking on this challenge, someone has written a document that attempted to definitively list Harvard College’s supposed “Top 100 Students.” Ironically, this list only included 99 names. Clicking a […]
Before the sun rises The sound of bound paper striking the door Summons me to start a fire To procrastinate retrieving what has been delivered Least I risk meeting you And recall how If you were to churn brown sugar Over a gas stove While inhaling the rich, smokey molasses Take a moment to turn […]
While many self-help books and advice columns claim to have “expert knowledge” on dating, none seem to include vignettes from the lives of Harvard’s hopeless and hopeful romantics. Since personal stories resonate more than advice alone, we’ve collected stories from our friends with invaluable lessons (and given each of them pseudonyms). Sometimes it feels like […]
Before the Harvard Undergraduate Association (HUA), the Harvard Undergraduate Council, known as the “UC,” governed all student affairs until its abrupt abolishment by a student referendum in 2022. Stories of the events that resulted in the UC’s demise have become part of the lore incoming students learn upon being admitted to Harvard. Even so, the […]
Students rush to see a retelling of Shakespeare’s greatest play at Harvard.
September 26th, 1960: Princess Alexandra of Kent, representing Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria smiling from her car as she was greeted by the cheering of schoolchildren. A few days later: on October 1st, the princess would preside over the official freedom charter where Nigeria was declared a sovereign state. […]
Pinnochio’s Pizza, nestled in a cozy corner of Harvard Square, has been the lifeblood of Harvard students since 1966. Last week, Joe’s Pizza, an NYC transplant, opened up in a prime central location at 3 Brattle Street. Now, Harvard undergraduates everywhere ask the question, Noch’s or Joe’s? So we decided, as a lactose-intolerant first-year and […]
It is safe to say that the majority of Harvard’s students are fueled by their ambitions for great academic and career success. This drive to overachieve remains unbridled by many of the “distractions” associated with college life. From pulling all nighters instead of finally meeting up with that friend we swore we “had to catch […]
Early American history is saturated with imperialism: a reality that stokes discomfort and denial in many contemporary Americans. The art of early America is itself an implicit—and occasionally explicit —testament to the intrinsically imperial nature of the country often celebrated for its ostensible opposition to empire. From the Andes to the Caribbean, the first major […]