The Indy interviews College Jeopardy! Contestant Julia Clark Julia Clark ‘14 never thought of herself as an athlete. Caustic, quick, and short, her competitions took place mainly off the court. As a debater, she’s studied political, economic, and moral philosophy. As an aspiring scientist, she investigates the dynamics and history of epidemics. As a native […]
BY MILLY WANG Harvard Thinks Big inspires once again. Each year, the Harvard College Events Board organizes an evening event where six faculty members are invited to share their ideas and research with the Harvard undergraduate community in only ten short minutes. This annual event occurred on Wednesday February 5th – a night of heavy […]
BY LAUREN COVALUCCI #whyimnotanchored in 800 words I love rush week. I have three roommates, and every night, all at once, we would scramble to the mirror to fix our makeup (at our double sink — thanks, Pfoho!) and chat about prospective sisters. Then they left and I had the room to myself for a […]
BY WILL HARRINGTON The branding of Russia at the Olympics Games A friend of mine spent the fall in Siberia improving his Russian. His bags didn’t include a winter coat when he left in late August. He reasoned that nobody in the world would make warmer winter coats than the Russians in Siberia, so he […]
BY JOANNA R. SCHACTER Inter-University comedy festival brings improv to the Loeb Drama Center’s ex-theatre. Friday and Saturday night’s LaughRiot, an improv comedy festival hosted by Harvard’s Immediate Gratification Players, made laughter simple. Comedy is a undeniably a difficult medium of expression; jokes can very easily fall flat, audiences can be an unresponsive bunch, and […]
BY DOMINIQUE LUONGO Bringing the thrill to Ivy League Sports Imagine yourself screaming “GO HARVARD!” at the top of your lungs. You are surrounded by a sea of crimson that ebbs and flows in unison with you as you find yourself feeling the emotions of the collective: either exuberant or frustrated. Like your fellow spectators […]
BY LAUREN COVALUCCI (So I went.) “Your hip abductors are very weak.” “What?” “These muscles up here.” She poked hard at a muscle group near my glutes. “I’d expect to see a lot more strength here. You need to work on that.” On the examination table in the physical therapy center of HUHS, I thought […]
BY SHREYA VARDHAN “Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done.” -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Mrs. Bennet’s hopes in this regard were to remain unfulfilled — her daughter Jane did not die of a broken heart after […]
BY CAROLINE GENTILE How technology is not making us fatter. “Fatty, fatty, two by four, can’t fit through the kitchen door, when the door begins to break, fatty had a tummy ache!”— This is a rhyme my mother likes to chant whenever my siblings or me are being lazy. Since the dawn of the creation […]
A Harvard legend passes away. On November 24th 2013, the Harvard Independent received an email from Vida Ghaffari, the daughter of scientist Abolghassem Ghaffari, who with much sadness, informed us that her father had recently passed away on Tuesday, November 5th at 10:55pm in Los Angeles. He was 106 years old. The Harvard Independent would […]