On April 21, Boston will celebrate its annual marathon, an event characterized by tradition, hard work, and enthusiasm for the runners who boldly take on the 26.2-mile course. With hundreds of volunteers offering refreshments to athletes and thousands of spectators lining the race path with encouraging signs, Marathon Monday is a highlight for many city […]
Much has been said about the challenges faced by international students at Harvard, but perhaps the most significant obstacle of all is the visa. The visa, along with the restrictions it carries, can be a significant burden on its holder. However, the difficulty of the process varies greatly depending on the passport you hold. A […]
If you polled college students, most would claim that their favorite time of year arrives during spring break, the winter holidays, or the last few weeks of school. For me, it’s the day that daylight saving time begins. Daylight saving time begins in early March when the clocks jump forward an hour and ends in […]
Harvard College just made a game-changing announcement: it’s expanding its financial aid. If your family makes $100,000 or less per year, congratulations—you get to attend Harvard for free! If your family makes $200,000 or less, do not worry—you still get a piece of the pie, because your tuition will be fully covered. For a lot […]
“So beautiful OMG.” “OBSESSED WITH YOU!” “Sickkk!” Scroll through any college student’s Instagram, and you’ll find comment sections overflowing with enthusiastic displays of praise. But look closer, and you’ll see a microcosm of college social dynamics. From heart emojis to sarcastic one-liners, Instagram comments can reveal not only how users seek validation but also how […]
Despite my love for Eliot Dining Hall, I spent much of sophomore fall hopping between different Houses’ dining halls—not for camaraderie, but for answers to Stat 110 p-sets. Each week, hours of my life disappeared in crowded office hours, hovering around a teaching fellow in hopes of getting a single question answered about probability, Bayes’s […]
On Saturday, March 29, the Harvard hip-hop group Expressions Dance Company put on their spring showcase, EXposé, in Lowell Lecture Hall. The show was an hour long and featured seven distinct and powerful performances. Founded in 1978, Expressions Dance Company is a student-operated dance group showcasing hip-hop dance. Their ‘Direx,’ EDC’s current board of directors, […]
Tucked just off Massachusetts Avenue on Linden Street sits a narrow glass art display that was once a Bank of America ATM. Illuminated and on view to passersby around the clock, the display space is aptly named the “25/8 artspace.” The display space features a rotating exhibition by local artists, with an emphasis on work […]
When art emerges from the debris of war, it carries memories, lingering with cold uneasiness. On March 29, Nikita Ivaniuta ’28, a first-year student from Ukraine, opened a solo art exhibition at the Signet Society, Harvard’s arts and letters society. Through his work, Ivaniuta reflects on the devastation caused by the ongoing war between Russia […]