Allowing allyship for all. I’m afraid to write an article criticizing the LGBTQ community. I am afraid not only because I might use some terminology that is outdated or dehumanizing. I am afraid not only because of the vitriol with which I have seen members of the LGBTQ community respond to such misspeaks. I am […]
BY MILLY WANG A Conversation with Ang Lee and James Schamus. On Friday, October 25th, The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies in collaboration with the CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinology, Harvard Film Archive, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Harvard University, and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office invited Ang Lee and James Schamus […]
BY CAROLINE GENTILE Making up for lost time. I walked into CVS the other day and was caught in an avalanche of candy. After clumsily bumping into a shelf, bags of candy cascaded down on top of me. I was literally hit with the reminder that Halloween is just around the corner; the glorious time […]
BY MADI TAYLOR The process begins – casting a show. It seems that the cast of a show is one of the most important elements in its becoming a popular production. Whether there’s a well-known celebrity playing the lead or a friend in the ensemble, feeling connected to the cast of a show makes us […]
BY KALYN SAULSBERRY Alzheimer’s from multiple perspectives. Every Sunday morning, Virginia Marshall, a junior in Dunster concentrating in English, hops into a PBHA van and makes the thirty-minute trip to Hebrew SeniorLife Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. HSL provides retirement communities for seniors throughout Massachusetts, and Marshall spends an hour there each week visiting Molly, a […]
BY MILLY WANG A Norwegian how-to for avoiding the oil curse. On Wednesday, September 25th, 2013, His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, gave a public address at the Institute of Politics on Norway’s economic success at avoiding “the Oil Curse.” Stoltenberg has served two terms as the Prime Minister […]
BY MEGHAN BROOKS Girls’ education advocate honored in Sanders Theatre. Friday, the Harvard Foundation honored 16-year-old Pakistani girls’ education advocate Malala Yousafzai with the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian of the Year Award. A full crowd welcomed Yousafzai to Sanders Theatre, along with her family and the neurosurgeon who performed her first operation. The awards […]
BY CAROLINE GENTILE To every liquid nitrogen ice cream there is a season. Early this semester, I noticed a new addition to the Science Center Plaza. No, it wasn’t the farmers’ market on Tuesday, nor, despite its resemblance to a food truck, was it Benny’s Crepes, Whole Foods, or Bon Me. After walking past it […]
BY LAUREN COVALUCCI Why Emerson 310 is the place to be. I’m sitting at a massive wooden table, which is still glossy despite many spilled cups of coffee and generations’ worth of note taking. I’ve managed to maneuver my clunky chair into a relatively comfortable position, but my left foot still wants to fall asleep. […]
BY DOMINIQUe LUONGO Women’s soccer squeezes out a tight victory. Donning my favorite crimson Harvard T-Shirt, I went to my first-ever collegiate varsity athletic game: women’s soccer featuring our Harvard Crimson vs. Long Island University Brooklyn Blackbirds. This leads me to my first question: How does Long Island University have a location in Brooklyn? Unless […]