Why you should probably thank the OSL if you have a fun time at The Game this year. It’s that one time of the year when Harvard students get to be normal college students –not without some help from the Office of Student Life (OSL), of course. As Harvard football gets ready to crush Yale […]
In Iran the Baha’is wait for justice As the world debates the Iran deal, Baha’is wait with bated breath. After decades of persecution by the Iranian state, the deal could be the harbinger of recognition and equal rights that the outlawed Persian community has long awaited. Stateside criticism of the recently brokered deal has focused […]
Dr. Tim McCarthy spills beans on club workings as he crusades against assault on campus. The door to Tim McCarthy 93’s cloistered Quincy office proclaims itself, in rainbow colors, a “safe zone.” Yet, the man himself had long been a participant, a proponent, and a living emblem, in fact, of spaces that were anything but […]
It is safe to assume that Harvard may not be the safest place for female and gender non-conforming undergraduates. 31.2% of female Harvard College seniors who took the sexual conduct survey this past spring reported having experienced some form of “nonconsensual sexual conduct,” including sexual touching, attempted penetrations, or completed penetrations. This was a good […]
A damning investigation of why some students decided to take time off Harvard. “There was no one holding me there,” says Sam‘17*. “My sense of joy in life bled out of me over the course of sophomore spring.” Sam has decided not to return to school this fall, choosing instead to till a farm in […]
Everything you need to know to sound informed about the Divestment movement at Harvard. By ADITYA AGRAWAL What is the aim of Divest Harvard? 1) Harvard should immediately freeze any new investments in fossil fuel companies. 2) It should immediately divest direct holdings (currently $19.6 million) from the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Everything you need to know to sound informed about the Divestment movement at Harvard. What is the aim of Divest Harvard? 1) Harvard should immediately freeze any new investments in fossil fuel companies. 2) It should immediately divest direct holdings (currently $19.6 million) from the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The Indy scopes out a new pre-orientation program for freshmen The Harvard Undergraduate Council announced a new ‘Harvard Project’ grant initiative that would award $3000 to a student-led project that proposes a solution to a campus problem. The Indy caught up with Savannah Fritz ‘17 who is one of the three finalists […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The Harvard Independent Profiles the Harvard Humanist Hub. A general wave of enthusiasm and anticipation greeted the Super Bowl this past Sunday; viewing parties across dorms and houses became the highlight of the day. Breaking this sacred circle of tradition, however, was an organization that few people at Harvard even knew existed: […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Chatting with Rhodes winner and visionary computer scientist Ruth Fong ’15. The Rhodes Trust announced the 2014 Rhodes scholarship winners on Saturday, November 22. Three Harvard students made it to the list – Ben D. Sprung Keyser ’15 (Economics, Kirkland), Ruth Fong ’15 (Computer Science, Mather), and Fritzi Reuter ’14 (Economics, Lowell). […]