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Shortchanged: The ADHD Medication Crisis Hits Harvard’s Halls 

A deeper look at ADHD medication shortage and its impact on Harvard students.

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Up until several weeks ago, a nationwide shortage of ADHD medications presented a formidable challenge to students who rely on them. For many Harvard students, the prospect of enduring three-hour seminars, extensive reading, and hours immersed in the library on weekends becomes daunting in the absence of these vital medications. Entering October—the official ADHD awareness […]

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Inclusión y exclusión: “Hispanic Heritage Month” en Harvard

Comprendiendo los implicaciones, pero celebrando igualmente nuestra identidad.

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Aunque soy latina y mexicana, no celebro el “Mes de la Herencia Hispana,”,  ​​Hispanic Heritage Month. A través de su materialización en Harvard, el mes de septiembre—lleno de eventos y celebraciones culturales—fomenta la reflexión de estudiantes latinos sobre la interacción entre raza, cultura e identidad lingüística. Para mí, la atribución de un mes de celebración […]

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The Big Bad Bubble

Sorry, Harvard: You’re not special.

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In the pages of last year’s Love Issue in The Harvard Independent, Layla Chaaraoui ’26 argued that the frenetic flurry of semesterdom—the “Harvard bubble”—serves for too many students as a shield against the myriad of crises, tragedies, and catastrophes happening everywhere in the world. She asserted that we ought to leverage the power of our […]

The Faces at the Front of the March

Why student activism on Campus is limited to a select few.

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To an outsider, Harvard might seem like the kind of place where student activism blooms. Just this summer, Harvard students congregated both in Harvard Yard and Washington D.C. to dispute the Supreme Court’s rejection of Affirmative Action. In January, more than 100 students walked out of John Comarroff’s classroom due to allegations of sexual assault. […]

The Sleeping Power of Harvard Student Activism

How Harvard distracts students from their own global impact. 

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BY: KATE KADYAN ’26 Clarence Thomas, arguably one of the Supreme Court’s most esteemed conservative members, used to pledge allegiance to a much more radical left group, the Black Panthers. Now he strikes down affirmative action as “racial discrimination” and holds that abortion “has no basis in the constitution.” What triggered this shift from the […]

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The Pursuit of Happiness Beyond GENED 1025

The search for happiness at Harvard, and how The Human Flourishing Program is finding it.

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Happiness is an elusive concept. Although it is studied by many, we are no closer to unlocking its mystery. Why is this? Can humans even define happiness well enough to chart a concrete path to its achievement? Though seemingly impossible, humans have continued in their attempt to outline and define what exactly happiness is, and […]

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Counterpoint: Ditch your High School Sweetheart

Save yourself some trouble.

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College is, for most people, your first time out in the world as an adult. You’re independent, living without parents and the rules and supervision that come with them. And you simply can’t fly the nest if you’ve still got one wing caught in the twigs. That’s what your high school sweetheart does. They hold […]

Point: Don’t Ditch Your High School Sweetheart

Why breaking up for the sake of breaking up is overdone.

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It is safe to say that the majority of Harvard’s students are fueled by their ambitions for great academic and career success. This drive to overachieve remains unbridled by many of the “distractions” associated with college life. From pulling all nighters instead of finally meeting up with that friend we swore we “had to catch […]

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Classes You Need to Take Before You Graduate 3.0

Underground must-take classes, according to The Harvard Independent Staff.

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Are you sick of people telling you to take CS50 with David Malan? Upset that you did not win the lottery for “Meritocracy and Its Critics” with Michael Sandel? Tired of perusing the course catalog during your DIY shopping week trying to find the perfect 4th class?  Harvard students commonly have three classes per semester […]

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Don’t Go Here, Go Here…

An extensive review of major decisions you will make eating out in Harvard Square.

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EATING & WORKING: Don’t Go To Blackbird Doughnuts, Go To Flour Bakery + Cafe Before people get upset, we’re not saying that the Smith Center is not a good place to get some work done. We love the Smith Center. However, we think that Blackbird Doughnuts is forgettable and should be replaced. Blackbird Doughnuts has […]

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