Last time I took to this column, I was discussing the ins and outs of March Madness, the annual NCAA basketball tournament. While I did correctly guess several outcomes of various games, the tournament is largely unpredictable due to its one-game nature. This contrasts with the playoff structure of professional sports, which are played in […]
“We have reached a point where it is unrealistic and unhealthy to have a standard for what the … body is supposed to look like.” Modern standards for size and body types have overarching negative effects on body image throughout society at large. Certain beauty standards disproportionately affect different populations; one demographic affected in a […]
In those first weeks of freshman fall, Harvard’s name felt exhilarating coming out of my mouth. With every new friend made over a meal in Annenberg and each discovery of a secret corner on campus, I felt like an enthusiastic visitor to a place I now got to call my new home. Yet with each […]
At Harvard, the social dynamic between first-years and upperclassmen is stark. Compared to other universities, this culture of first-year-isolation is deeply embedded—first-years all live together in the yard and eat every meal in the same dining hall, upperclassmen are seldom found at majority first-year parties, and most organization structures strictly separate new compers from staff […]
As the Harvard Football Team celebrates 150 years, let’s look back on their history! Carly Brail ’26 (carlybrail@college.harvard.edu) went to her first Harvard Football game wearing a pin that read “Penn Rules Harvard Sucks.”
Thirteen years ago, McKenzie Forbes ’23 joined the Folsom Force, a tornado of tiny sneakers, flailing limbs, and wild enthusiasm. This third-grade basketball team, coached by their mom Sasha, was one of many vibrant communities that formed the player and person Forbes is today. As we marvel at the transformation of Harvard Women’s Basketball this […]
Captivating audiences with her unique brand of dreamy, vintage-inspired pop music since the release of her debut album in 2010, Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd is a testament to her growth as an artist and an exploration of new sonic landscapes. With flashy, seductive songs like “Peppers” […]
Yesterday I thought that I’d take the bus, yet I dreaded balancing the two luggage bags, both Plastered to my side. After deciding To stay, reluctant but certain, I now sit in the simmering Elbow of my crumpled bed, neck folded and head Hunched. Goblets of sleet line the windowsill. There’s a woman outside—hair sorted […]
Roughly one year ago, Putin announced an impending “special military operation.” The 5am declaration warned that Moscow would soon invade, fracturing the post-World War Two European peace and undermining the liberal international order. Just over a year after Russia’s unprovoked and illegitimate invasion, the Kremlin has perpetuated the bloodiest conflict in Europe since WW2. The […]
you put me on the floor of my childhood room ripping same scrap of paper over and over infinitely—smaller—halves shred this not your insides stacked stapled collated feel the heft of unity defiled finger its edges every fault, you confirm that you can hold my battered wholeness but will never put together again.Olivia Pasquerella ’26 […]