How students celebrated one another. By HUNTER RICHARDS Valentine’s Day means a lot of things to a lot of people, whether it means just another Tuesday or a chance to share affection with someone close to you. At Harvard, there were quite a few ways that people chose to do this but using different […]
Rocky Horror comes to life in the Pool. By CAROLINE CRONIN The 1973 musical stage production of The Rocky Horror Show was the creation of Richard O’Brien, who wrote the book, music and lyrics. The story of a newly engaged couple caught in a storm and seduced by the strange members of a transvestite doctor’s […]
New podcast by the Independent is out this week! By Kelsey O’Connor Listen to our teaser on iTunes! This week the Indy is launching a new podcast called Tell Me More. We are talking to undergraduates about the people who inspire them: the moms, dads, sisters, artists, and superheroes who motivate the students who walk […]
By DARIUS JOHNSON those who don’t know the loss of kin will feel grief, unending , when the rapture comes. how do you choose who to cry for? how do you choose who you will allow to leave salt stains on your sallow skin or whose crucifixion you will watch? […]
New Winslow Homer at the Fogg. By CAROLINE CRONIN Winslow Homer (1836 – 1910) is remembered as one of America’s favorite painters. Homer first cut his teeth on sketchings of the Civil War, which were often published in the widely read magazine Harper’s Weekly. He soon grew to become one of this country’s most […]
the first thing they teach you in bible school is the original sin the first exodus of the human race out of the garden where God grew our flesh and watched it wilt under the weight of falling apples and cognizance when he used the earth as seed to grow the first bodies the stench […]
A new lunch in town at Beat Hotel. By ADITYA AGRAWAL and CAROLINE GENTILE On a cold Monday afternoon, we walked into the psychedelic interiors of the Beat Brasserie and I was instantly reminded of a Moroccan villa crossed with the American Wild West. Tucked away below The GAP store on Brattle Street, the Beat […]
Harvard Art Museums Lecture by Mel Bochner. The Harvard Art Museums host a variety of events and exhibits open to interested participants of any kind. While the experience of traversing the museum individually and discovering art and new truths on one’s own is not to be undermined, one is also encouraged to compliment this process […]
A take on the frequent-flyer frozen entrees foisted upon us by the HUDS strike – and what your favorite says about you. If the sign-brandishing workers, squawking megaphones, and repeated emails from the administration have not already tipped you off, there does happen to be a dining hall workers’ strike going on at the moment […]
Experiencing the Heaney Suite Student Readings. As I made my way to Randolph on this uncharacteristically warm October Tuesday evening, it occurred to me that I had not visited the building in some time. Whether it is attributed to the hectic nature of midterm season or to the physical restrictions the strike has put on […]