Dear Readers, In 1969, the Harvard Independent was established as a platform on campus for students to freely voice their opinion against a commonly biased public narrative. Student protests due to the Vietnam War sparked a cascade of on-campus political and social involvement, giving rise to the Independent’s role as a Counterpoint. Since then, Independent […]
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 […]
“Make yourself at home.” Harvard’s Residential Life page boasts the housing experience here on campus, professing “cozy reading nooks” and “sun-kissed lawns.” Arguably one of the most exciting and integral parts of the Harvard experience, housing assignments and the subsequent demonstration of house pride is somewhat of a rite of passage for all Harvard students. […]
Well, my loyal fans, I’ll have you know I got a whole two texts asking where my column was last week. Where was the Broad Abroad? Well, fear not, she’s back and with more content than ever. As a college student without a dining hall, I’ve been doing a lot of cooking. So domestic of […]
The word “summer” often garners a variety of emotions. While for some Harvard students, the word might represent sunbathing on beaches and surfing on beautiful blue waves, for others, the word “summer” comes with a much more daunting connotation: internships. When it comes to internships, certain fields of interest require recruitment processes that vary heavily […]
BY: JONAH KARAFIOL ’26 AND LUKE WAGNER ’26 Jonah Karafiol ’26: Prostitution is a practice built upon exploitation, impossible to guarantee safety for its workers. It is vital that the United States ban prostitution to protect those at risk.Luke Wagner ’26: Of course, the practice has undeniable flaws. But we cannot solve these issues by […]
We have all heard the phrase ‘Daddy Issues.’ Whether used as a derogatory way to describe a woman’s childhood or a mainstream method for people to self diagnose their past trauma, it’s a hot topic in all of our sex lives today. Whether or not most Harvard students are using their Psych 1 knowledge to […]
Many educators fear how artificial intelligence will dismantle academic integrity, giving students easy ways to answer classroom questions. Yet a more unsettling thought is the magnitude of how technology can disrupt interpersonal relationships. If artificial intelligence can learn to think like a human and create curated responses to our every inquiry, will people form emotional […]
We’d all like to believe that our leaders’ decisions on foreign affairs have nothing to do with their, well, personal affairs. However, often what goes on under the sheets can be as important as what goes on in the Oval Office. Indeed, as we all well know, the Oval Office has long been a place […]