Last semester, I authored an opinion editorial titled “A Commentary on Conservatism,” in which I, borrowing the words of Sir Roger Scruton, described the ideology as a “philosophy of love.” This is a sentiment I still hold to be true. The title of a “philosophy of love” doesn’t solely belong to conservatism but is […]
On my usual afternoon Metro ride home, I settle in with a book, headphones on, and my bag beside me. On this particularly hot June day, an older white woman pauses beside my seat and asks if she can sit down. I move my bag without looking up, Malcolm Todd’s newest album filling my ears […]
After heaving my 50 lb suitcase onto a giant red coach, wrestling it down a cobblestone alley, and hauling it up five narrow, winding flights of stairs, I finally arrived at Exeter College, Oxford, where I would spend the next six weeks. The first thing I noticed was my view: a charming little window overlooking […]
In recent weeks, headlines about a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship in the South Atlantic have been impossible to avoid. Public health agencies have repeatedly emphasized that the outbreak, caused by the Andes strain of hantavirus, involves a limited number of cases tied to a specific exposure rather than widespread community transmission. In […]
Harvard Yard is a beautiful place; it is chaotic neutral. In my head, the Yard could be compared to Times Square—if all the billboards were replaced by engraved brick buildings, and the costumed performers replaced by squirrels (can you tell I haven’t been to Times Square?). It really is a bubble, even though most days […]
I came to in a body that was only mine, the singleness foreign. For months, I had woken into crowding—the press of another attention behind my eyes, the sense of a second man already up and working before I had woken at all. That was gone. The body lay on the bunk, and the body […]
In T-minus 3 days, I will embark on my summer adventure to intern in Los Angeles. Living alone, 3,000 miles away from home, this will certainly be a change of pace from the past three months of the non-stop Harvard College lifestyle. I grew up essentially an only child. While I have three half-siblings with […]
April 2026 A week after Harvard College’s 2026 admitted students weekend in April, dubbed “Visitas,” I found myself at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts’ “Art in Bloom” exhibition. Flower arrangements were displayed throughout the museum, mimicking the curated pieces displayed in each room. The artistry in the flowers reflected that of the paintings, sculptures, and […]
I hate the word “grief.” What is it supposed to mean? Am I meant to be crying every single day, an uncontrollable emotional mess, angry at the world? Grief carries a pressure to mourn in a “correct” way. Immediately after my Dad’s death, I felt absolutely nothing. Nothing at all. No intense sadness or anger. […]
I, like many other teenagers, spend far too much time on TikTok, consuming copious amounts of AI slop and content so mind-numbingly stupid it almost makes my lectures seem interesting … almost. However, amongst all the OOTDs (Outfits-of-the-Day) and food reviews, some gems make you stay beyond the 0.2 seconds it takes to scroll. I […]