The UC unveils $30K fund. A $30,000 fund has been allocated by the Dean of the College, the Office of Student Life, and Harvard’s Undergraduate Council to support initiatives addressing the compelling issues of 2016. Initiatives that address mental health, sexual assault and harassment prevention, race relations, and inclusive social life are eligible to apply […]
The 2016 1vyG Conference makes lasting changes. By HUNTER RICHARDS Being the first in your family to go to college can be difficult, let alone when that college is Harvard. Over 350 first generation college students from the Ivy League and other top-ranked universities joined together on Harvard’s campus last weekend for the second […]
A shuttle struggle. Winter is coming but the shuttle probably isn’t, and TransLoc can’t help you now. The levels of snow are rising and our levels of patience are falling. Both those hailing from the Quad and Mather, along with those brave fellows in between just trying to visit their friends (or who, more likely, […]
A spring term reflection on fall term blues. My sophomore slump can be characterized by getting my heart broken multiple times: usually on Thursday nights before my CS50 p-sets were due, occasionally when I missed a deadline for an internship I would have loved, and once or twice by a Junior living in Kirkland. […]
Reevaluating which traditions are worth keeping. By HUNTER RICHARDS Within Harvard’s residential system, House Masters oversee the students living within an upperclassmen house for a renewable five-year term. However, the term ‘House Master’ has lasted far longer but will soon cease to be in use at Harvard College for the leaders of a house […]
Why Harvard-Yale makes me thankful. At this point in the semester, there’s a lot to be thankful for and not just because Thanksgiving Break is coming up. With Harvard-Yale this weekend and only a few more weeks before winter break, here are some of the things I’m most thankful for: 1. That the only […]
Multiracial and Multiethnic students celebrate their backgrounds in Other. ‘Other,’ the 58-photograph gallery displayed in the SOCH, began last March when Amanda Mozea ‘17 developed the concept of how the perceptions of others weigh in on how multiracial individuals view their own identity. However, as her models would agree, the question of identity and what […]
What a co-ed Spee does for Harvard’s social scene. When women asked for rights, misogynists asked if that meant it was okay to punch them. But finally, the Spee club has gone ahead and done just that. This is the year when it’s finally okay to punch women, but it’s really the patriarchy that’s taking […]
BY HUNTER RICHARDS Harvard Students participate in the ‘Fight for 15’ Movement April 14th marked the Justice and Labor Day of Harvard’s Heat Week, a week otherwise devoted to rallying for Harvard’s divestment from fossil fuels. The rally for economic justice for workers has capitalized on large concentrations of college students in major cities. Over […]
BY HUNTER RICHARDS Genderqueer activist Jacob Tobia speaks at Harvard. Genderqueer activist and binary non-conforming Jacob Tobia spoke on the current state of genderqueer identities and their place within current LGBTQ communities and movements on April 4, 2015. Tobia’s talk, “On the Heels of Change,” addressed the issues faced when identifying outside the gender binary […]