Staring at a blank page this week with Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I find myself drafting a love poem. This is hard work for me; I actually tend to avoid it. I can’t recall the last love poem I wrote that had not left me embarrassed by how quickly my words curdled into cliché metaphors. […]
“Thank you to my partner of three years. Thank you for our foundation. I love you.” Celebrity Timothée Chalamet captivated the star-studded crowd of the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards with these words on Jan. 4. Accepting the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy for his role […]
Last Friday, on Feb. 6, Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh shared an email with Harvard College students and faculty titled “Grading Policy Proposal.” In the email, she suggested a new grading policy that will be implemented with the College faculty’s approval. The plan suggests a 20% cap on A-grades given, with the instructor’s discretion […]
The “Harvard Independent” 2026 Love Survey offers insight into the common romantic dynamics, or lack thereof, on Harvard College’s campus. The survey points to a campus that doesn’t reject intimacy, but approaches it cautiously and strategically. Respondent Demographics The “Independent” collected 107 responses across all four undergraduate class years and residential houses. Of all respondents, […]
Walk into any public library in Boston, Cambridge, or Somerville—or in most cities across the country—and you will find physical copies of the “New York Times,” “Washington Post,” and “Wall Street Journal,” alongside a few magazines. But walk into the Harvard Kennedy School of Government library, and you will not find any print periodicals—to access […]