As the fall semester came to a close last December and exams piled up, it felt as though the world was crashing down. But there was one light at the end of the tunnel: Harvard’s January Term. Better known as J-Term, this period consisted of a luxurious six-week break with no homework, tests, or student […]
If you believe everything you read in the news, Harvard students are either future billionaires, political masterminds, or villains in a culture war. This narrative is making Harvard, a pinnacle of higher education, seem as if it’s plotting to undermine the country from within. The truth is, as always, less dramatic: most of us are […]
On Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine schools across the country, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After nine days of deliberation, MIT was the first institution to formally reject the deal, which would have granted it preferential access to federal funding. Brown University, the […]
As fall settles over Cambridge and the air turns crisp, life slowly moves indoors. Patio dinners fade away, the days get shorter, and most importantly, the season of the best food arrives. For those of us in college, we are no longer privy to homemade apple pies and the wonderful bliss of nostalgic kitchen aromas, […]
