“I would get a tattoo but I don’t know what I would get a tattoo of.” By HUNTER RICHARDS Do you feel personally attacked by this already? Have you or someone close to you found themselves in need of dragging recently? This is the piece for you! You’ve tried some wild stuff since coming to […]
By ABIGAIL KOERNER Concrete steps down into a woodland escape were my favorite place to walk. I’d hop skip and jump down to where they ended and the dirt and grass began. Trees billowed out overhead to guard my body from any sunlight which could have blinded me. Behind sunglasses, I’d look up and gaze […]
But not the kind you think they are. By ALAYA AYALA The cold February day I got my belly button pierced, I hadn’t been planning on doing it. My mom had two coupons for free piercings, and she asked if I wanted to use one. I was a bit surprised at first, but like any reasonable, broke […]
By ANONYMOUS I love a good spontaneous vacation and my acid trip was no exception. I hadn’t even had a chance to renew my passport before the most impulsive drug trip of my life. You ever wondered what the mind thinks on drugs? Let me tell you. We took acid at around 12:57 am, […]
Breaking my mother’s heart only cost $120 but was still much cheaper than therapy. By HUNTER RICHARDS The old saying goes, “Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words inked into your skin breaks-your-mother’s-heart-honestly-how-could-you-do-this-to-your-family.” You can try to keep that ink to yourself and hide it from all the parents and potential employers you encounter, […]
Remembering the political origins of counterculture. By SEGAN HELLE The story of American counterculture is well-known. Rooted in sixties era fears and frustrations, counterculture arose as a challenge to American politics and culture. Youths began to reject imperialist Cold War policies and continued intervention in Vietnam. They were disenchanted with social values of materialism […]
Halloween celebrations. By KELSEY O’CONNOR Like most people I know, my birthday is in October. I’ve always loved having a fall birthday. It falls right in the middle of the the time between summer and Christmas, so it’s something to look forward to in the middle of a long stretch of work and […]
By HUNTER RICHARDS Aries Try getting to class on time this week. Honestly, just go to class at all this week. At least the classes that don’t have recorded lectures because you didn’t plan that far ahead but you live and learn! Your Halloween costume: Sexy HUPD officer. Instead of the Hotline Bling of yore, make […]
Navigating Harvard’s campus during Halloween amidst cultural appropriation. By HUNTER RICHARDS “I wish I had just gotten one of the easy costumes – like Native American!” Hearing friends discuss the costumes they were assigned to wear to Halloween events by their sports teams and organizations on campus, I started to remember Harvard is a bubble. Except, […]
By HUNTER RICHARDS Engineering is hard. Struggling with your identity is hard. Navigating how you fit into the engineering community as a whole is hard. Not relating to the majority of your classmates, professors, or leaders in your field because you can’t find your background represented enough is hard. Trying to graduate with an […]