For over a century, Leavitt & Peirce has served Harvard Square patrons on Massachusetts Avenue. Above its entrance, three simple words announce what it sells: gifts, tobacco, games. But inside, there is nothing simple about it. The store is densely packed, stocked with everything from flavored tobacco and pipes to chess sets, Go boards, knives, […]
There is a sense of romanticism attached to counterculture—the idea of actively rejecting the dominant values, norms, and expectations of mainstream society. One of the glorified narratives is that of the college dropout, which frames leaving as an act of rebellion, a rejection of the traditional postsecondary academic path in pursuit of something riskier, freer, […]
In 2021, just after the peak of COVID-19 had subsided, I started high school at a small boarding school in northern Massachusetts. Before leaving home, I didn’t have to think much about who I was, what was happening in the world, or what I owed to it. My first disorienting memory came the night of […]
When Harvard meets Yale on the football field this weekend, it is more than just a season closer. Known simply as “The Game,” the annual matchup is one of the oldest and most widely recognized rivalries in American collegiate sports. The Harvard Crimson and Yale Bulldogs first faced off in 1862 when their men’s crew […]
The “hookup” embodies one of our most basic impulses. The term has been diluted over time, used to describe anything from making out to simply meeting up. This analysis, however, focuses on the traditional interpretation: sex. While we have evolved from our cave-roaming days, the custom persists. Frat parties have replaced balls, flowers have replaced […]
This weekend, Oct. 17-19, marks the 60th anniversary of the Head of the Charles Regatta. Founded in 1965 by the Cambridge Boat Club, the event has grown from a local experiment into a global showcase of athleticism, tradition, and community. Each fall, the regatta draws thousands of athletes and spectators to the Charles River. Harvard […]
On the evening of Oct. 4, Sanders Theater was filled with tuning notes as the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra stepped onto the stage, welcoming the buzzing crowd of students and locals eager for their first performance of the year—notably the orchestra’s first appearance since its suspension. The orchestra was suspended for the rest of the fall semester […]
The Harvard women’s field hockey team has opened the season with remarkable momentum, undefeated at 10-0 overall and 3-0 in Ivy League play, winning over nationally ranked opponents such as Princeton (6), University of Connecticut (11), and Stanford (25) with a perfect 1.000 winning percentage. In an interview with the Harvard Independent, captain Fiene Oerlemans […]
Harvard’s ideological climate faces unprecedented national scrutiny. This summer, the Trump administration claimed that the University was guilty of silencing viewpoints unpopular with the liberal majority while examining on-campus antisemitism. While University President Alan M. Garber ’76 called several federal requests “intrusive and unconstitutional,” he acknowledged parts of the White House’s critique, including concerns that […]
