BY CAROLINE GENTILE How technology is not making us fatter. “Fatty, fatty, two by four, can’t fit through the kitchen door, when the door begins to break, fatty had a tummy ache!”— This is a rhyme my mother likes to chant whenever my siblings or me are being lazy. Since the dawn of the creation […]
Allowing allyship for all. I’m afraid to write an article criticizing the LGBTQ community. I am afraid not only because I might use some terminology that is outdated or dehumanizing. I am afraid not only because of the vitriol with which I have seen members of the LGBTQ community respond to such misspeaks. I am […]
BY CAROLINE GENTILE Making up for lost time. I walked into CVS the other day and was caught in an avalanche of candy. After clumsily bumping into a shelf, bags of candy cascaded down on top of me. I was literally hit with the reminder that Halloween is just around the corner; the glorious time […]
BY KAYLN SAULSBERRY How to pick a year’s worth of electives. During my senior year of high school, a teacher assuaged my anxieties about college: I would survive, he explained, because I was someone who was dedicated to learning for the sake of learning. I can remember nodding and thinking of how much I enjoyed […]
BY LAUREN COVALUCCI A serious revelation on student leadership on campus. When I’m not writing groundbreaking op-eds for the Independent, I’m performing and choreographing for two on-campus dance companies. When I’m not doing that, I’m running their publicity, and have been a publicity officer for two years. And after two years of waking up thirty […]
The Indy interviews the Harvard First Generation Student Union. Seniors Daniel Lobo of Quincy and Jesse Sanchez of Adams sat down with the Indy to discuss the formation, motivation, and mission behind the Harvard First Generation Student Union. They hope the group will gain official recognition this semester, but that’s not their only goal. From supporting first […]
BY MANIK BHATIA A hard pill to swallow. For a country that prides itself on its advancement in technology, infrastructure, and research, the United States has unsurprisingly been responsible for a number of the most significant medical advances in the last century from the life-saving (chemotherapy) to the life-improving (Pepto-Bismol). Modern medicine plays a vital […]
BY KALYN SAULSBERRY Words to live by from the class of 2017. The class of 2017 has been settling into their new home in the Yard and Union for a good three weeks now. The more than 1,600 members of the freshman class have officially survived the First Chance Dance, shopping week, and the Activities […]
BY CHRISTINE WOLFE Why “following your dreams” might not be as terrible as it sounds. The next time someone asks me what I’m doing after I graduate, I’m going to tell them I plan on developing a serious addiction to crack and getting a tattoo of a Spork on my thigh. That’s so ludicrous it’s […]
How to thrive, not just survive, in long-distance relationships.