Since Wednesday, April 24, the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine Coalition (HOOP) has erected an encampment, consisting of around 40 tents, around University Hall in Harvard Yard. This encampment followed similar protests at Columbia and Yale. Many of these encampments have seen chaotic and violent scenes, with police called to disperse participants, leading to hundreds […]
Art can take a million different forms. It can be a spoken word poem, a urinal turned sideways, or a guitar riff. Despite access to the illustrious Harvard art history professors, one would be hard-pressed to get a definitive answer on not just what constitutes “good” art, but what constitutes “art” at all. The personal […]
In the wake of the overturning of affirmative action by the Supreme Court, all aspects of the college admissions process were placed under greater scrutiny. The Supreme Court’s decision blocks colleges from consciously building a racially diverse class, and, as a result, it is more important than ever that Harvard examine its metrics for admission […]
In the past month, Harvard President Claudine Gay has released two statements in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The first expressed her hope that Harvard would “modulate rather than amplify the deep-seated divisions and animosities” with regard to the conflict, but received backlash—from faculty, students, donors, alumni, and the general public—for not specifically condemning Hamas […]
BY: KATE KADYAN ’26 Clarence Thomas, arguably one of the Supreme Court’s most esteemed conservative members, used to pledge allegiance to a much more radical left group, the Black Panthers. Now he strikes down affirmative action as “racial discrimination” and holds that abortion “has no basis in the constitution.” What triggered this shift from the […]
On Saturday, April 22, upwards of 1,500 students flocked to the Bright-Landry Hockey Center for the fashion-dance performance-rave of the year: Eleganza. Upon entering, VIP ticket holders were welcomed with Red Bull—an energizer which spectators would certainly not need after experiencing the vitalizing performance. Energy united and defined the entire performance. Performers danced, strutted, vogued, […]
On March 6th, Stanford Law School’s Federalist Society invited Kyle Duncan to speak on “Covid, Guns, and Twitter.” Chaos ensued. Duncan, a conservative judge appointed by Donald Trump, was met with heckles from students during his speech, an interruption that halted his address. Following Duncan’s request for an administrator to help de-escalate the situation, SLS […]
As Halloween rolls around, Harvard’s most terrifying fiends are not hiding under your bed. Instead, they are the “Sunday Scaries,” the anxiety-fueling monsters that rear their heads after the shining euphoria of Saturday night fades away. This October season, the Sunday Scaries wreak havoc on Harvard campus. It all begins around 2 p.m. on Sunday […]
The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade has made maternal and reproductive health care even more essential in places where it remains legalized such as within Harvard campus. Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) promises to provide reproductive care services for its students, but they fail to do so in an equitable fashion, creating burdens and […]
Last Friday, after the Harvard Women’s Rugby team tackled, blocked, and ultimately beat Sacred Heart University, they serenaded their opponent with a song that both uplifted their rivals and promised future scrimmages: “here’s to Sacred Heart, we will play you ever more.” This scene encapsulated the spirit of the team, one that balances tackling and […]
