This year’s Datamatch strives to bring a smile, new friends, and free food to Harvard students. Year in and year out, February consistently presents a poor showing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winter break bliss has rapidly evaporated and shopping week never seems to allow for that much shopping. These days are filled with frozen-toed embarkments […]
A spring term reflection on fall term blues. My sophomore slump can be characterized by getting my heart broken multiple times: usually on Thursday nights before my CS50 p-sets were due, occasionally when I missed a deadline for an internship I would have loved, and once or twice by a Junior living in Kirkland. […]
Thoughts on an involved process. Materialize. As you’ve now been noticed, your powers of invisibility have been rendered temporarily inactive. On the bright side, being visible will make the clicking noise your keyboard is making much less alarming to those around you. Begin gathering all of your thoughts, which have up until this point […]
The story behind the group who took on Bieber’s music video. Dear Indy readers, For those of you who believed that Bieber actually responded to our letter, we are writing to inform you that you may be disappointed. WITCH is in fact comprised of two junior girls, Diana Ingerman and Ritchey Howe. Though we presented […]
Reevaluating which traditions are worth keeping. By HUNTER RICHARDS Within Harvard’s residential system, House Masters oversee the students living within an upperclassmen house for a renewable five-year term. However, the term ‘House Master’ has lasted far longer but will soon cease to be in use at Harvard College for the leaders of a house […]
What non-Americans do for the five-day holiday. Observed every year on the fourth Thursday in November, American Thanksgiving Day is a celebration that was originally meant to give thanks for the blessings of the fall harvest. Today, it has become a tradition of reuniting families over football games and a cornucopia of food. Additionally, many […]
Why Harvard-Yale makes me thankful. At this point in the semester, there’s a lot to be thankful for and not just because Thanksgiving Break is coming up. With Harvard-Yale this weekend and only a few more weeks before winter break, here are some of the things I’m most thankful for: 1. That the only […]
How to do Harvard-Yale at Yale right. Ladies and gentleman, it’s that time of year again: the infamous weekend when students of Harvard College become students of Harvard State. The game is upon us. But wait. It’s at Yale this year. What’s a Harvard State student to do? Luckily for you, my little party animals, […]
Just the things you ought to know. With this year’s Game approaching, The Indy wants readers as informed as possible about the oldest game in college football. And with The Game being played almost every year since 1875, it is difficult to keep track of all the history, tomfoolery, and revelry that surround the rivalry. […]
The thin line between appreciation and appropriation. My knowledge of Halloween before the previous weekend was limited to the various episodes of American Television shows that I had watched back home; it wasn’t that I was particularly ignorant, but just that it is not a celebration observed in most countries in the orient. This […]