At Harvard, we toss around the term “crash-out” as casually as if it’s just another everyday occurrence—like leaving your laundry in the machine for a minute too long and coming down to find it discarded on the floor in a plastic bag. Students are relentlessly torn between academic, social, and physical demands, pushing themselves to […]
Kate: I refuse to take notes on paper in class. The moment I walk into any lecture, my bag hits the ground and I quickly open my computer. My Google Drive tab is already pulled up, and within seconds, I create a new document in its assigned folder and begin pre-formatting the page. On the […]
Harvard women’s rugby has become a consistently dominant Crimson program in recent history. In the last five years, they have won the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association DI Championships in 2019, 2023, and now 2024, and are currently the defending national champions for rugby sevens. This past weekend, while most undergraduates were busy at the long-awaited […]
Being a student-athlete in any Division I program comes with its challenges, whether that be physical or mental. As a result, significant amounts of money are devoted to state-of-the-art athletic training programs to ensure athletes have the support they need for optimal well-being. An area that has recently gained focus is the mental health of […]
Cultural icon Taylor Swift has made international headlines since releasing her first album, Taylor Swift, in 2006. Her Eras Tour is the highest-grossing concert series of all time, earning over $1 billion in 2023 alone. The Eras Tour brings “Swifties” through all of her different music-making eras, from Fearless to the recently released Tortured Poets […]
Every individual at Harvard has a different story of how they became a student at this university. Each unique path is part of what makes the Harvard community a special place. Within the student body, there is a very specific subset that chose to modify their experience in an extremely physically demanding way: varsity walk-ons. […]
Harvard is home to 42 varsity athletic programs, the most in the NCAA. These athletes perform both on and off the field, supported by the Harvard Varsity Club and other support systems throughout the University. Crimson athletes especially rely on a key group of 17 individuals to make it through grueling practices and competitions: the […]
Olympic gold medalist Lauren Scruggs ’25 would not have been a fencer had it not been for her older brother. His obsession with Star Wars led their mother to sign him up for a local fencing club in Brooklyn when Scruggs was eight. Despite an initial desire to quit, her brother stuck with the sport […]
Between the start of class, comping clubs, and being back with friends, fall is certainly an exciting time at Harvard. As everyone arrives back on campus, there is a select group of students who have already been hard at work since as early as Aug. 8: fall athletes. After strong pre-seasons, several fall teams are […]
Mitchell Saron ’23 has loved sword-fighting since before he can remember. An early introduction to the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings franchises stoked that fire, leading Saron to attempt to duel everyone in his life: “I had this huge lightsaber and toy sword collection, and I would always ask [my parents] to fight […]
