In December 2023, shortly after my acceptance to Harvard, I traveled to Poland to visit all six Nazi extermination camps—where over 2.7 million people were murdered, the majority of them Jews. Those two weeks were emotionally exhausting and grueling. My instinct afterward was to mentally lock the experience away, to avoid confronting the weight of […]
Among the many Phillips Brooks House Association programs, Pets as Therapy stands out as one of the few Harvard initiatives to unite animals and students to support those in need. Through carefully organized visits, undergraduate volunteers and trained therapy dogs head to the Cambridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to offer canine companionship and its associated […]
“Gruesome Playground Injuries,” written by Rajiv Joseph, is an unconventional play that blends heartbreak, pain, humor, and recklessness into the complex, lifelong relationship between Doug (former Independent Editor-in-Chief Andrew Spielmann ’25) and Kayleen (Lauren Mei ’27). Directed by Texaco Texeira-Ramos ’26, the show ran from Feb. 20–23 in the Loeb Experimental Theater, offering the audience […]
It was a quiet Saturday night, and I was getting ready to sleep when my phone suddenly blew up with messages. “Yo, did you see this?!” Half-asleep, I grabbed my phone only to be met with a breaking news alert: Dallas Mavericks star Luka DonÄŤić traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. As […]
