A Helpful Harvard Romance Quiz Last Minute Date Ideas for the Elite and Emotionally Bankrupt By ALAYA AYALA A new year, a new semester, and already there’s a new wave of class work and extracurriculars and jobs ready to leave you awake and struggling in the library at 3am. That’s not to mention the […]
Class Divides and Financial Literacy at Harvard A Tax Return Horror Story and a Learning Opportunity All in One By ALAYA AYALA Last year, filing my tax return before April 15th turned into something of a nightmare for me. One of my outside scholarships had decided to send me a 1099-misc document, turning my scholarship […]
Thoughts on sex and relationships during the holidays By: ALAYA AYALA As the holiday season rolls its way into Harvard’s campus, I find myself wondering how different the holidays will be for me now that I’m dating someone. I already know that the whole shopping-for-presents thing has suddenly gotten three times harder. How does […]
Some musings on the things Harvard Professors can’t teach you By ALAYA AYALA The week after Thanksgiving is often the week when all hell starts to break loose for Harvard college students. Suddenly every essay is due, final projects are in the works, and Reading Period is just around the corner. Procrastinating is […]
We asked Harvard undergrads about their experiences with drug culture on campus. In the end, these were their responses.
Part Two By ALAYA AYALA Growing up, I’d never been one to put much stock into the supernatural. I stopped believing in things like fairy tales and Santa Claus when I was about five years old. One day, I must have asked too many questions and pushed my mom a little too far. That […]
Things go bump in the night on Ivy-League campuses, too By ALAYA AYALA 1.The Night: A period of time during which the sun does not shine upon Harvard. Upon being a student for little more than a year at Harvard, I have observed a truly terrifying trend at the school. It would […]
At least, for me, anyway. By ALAYA AYALA When I first got to Harvard, I would do my makeup every day. At the bare minimum, I’d wear some BB cream, fill in my eyebrows, throw on some concealer and mascara and be out the door. Other days I’d go all out with a full face […]
Because what kind of insane creature would even contemplate self-care at a time like this? By ALAYA AYALA 1.Sleep Sleeping is for the weak and you know it. Tired after having classes all day and studying all night? Don’t even think about taking that nap, you could be using that time to study, […]
Angsty Thoughts on Too Many Expectations By: ALAYA AYALA For me, coming to Harvard was as freeing as it was binding. I was free from the fetters of my high school responsibilities, free from the city where I was born and raised, and even as I hated to admit it, I was […]