WHRB (W: East of the Mississippi River, HRB: Harvard Radio Broadcasting) 95.3 FM is Harvard’s official radio station. Founded in 1940 as the Harvard Crimson Network, the station, housed in the basement of Pennypacker Hall, has been run by undergraduate students for eighty-six years, including yours truly. WHRB’s current undergraduate staff is furthering a long-standing […]
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 […]
As midterm season draws closer, sleep can be the last thing on many students’ minds—except for those taking Gen Ed 1038 “Sleep.” This classic Harvard College course has been running since 2009, reaching around 400 enrollees each semester. Taught by Dr. Charles Czeisler ’74 and Dr. Frank A.J.L. Scheer of the Harvard Medical School Division […]
