Personal experiences with Harvard’s Mental Health Services. I remember the first time I used Harvard’s Mental Health Services. The fall had been a struggle, largely due to the punch process. Two of my best friends had used HUHS since freshmen year, and they suggested that I reach out. I was nervous, but figured it was […]
Remembering to make meaningful friendships at Harvard. By CHRIS RILEY At the end of last semester, I was lucky enough to sit down with Dean Khurana for a few minutes. We talked a bit about how Harvard students go about joining, forming, and changing communities. I don’t know that this was. What Dean Khurana would […]
Why I will defend Charlie Hebdo–and freedom of speech–regardless of how controversial it may be. “We do not kill anyone. We should stop conflating the murderers with the victims. We must stop declaring that those who write and draw are ‘provocateurs,’ and are throwing gas on the fire. We must not place thinkers and artists […]
BY ELOISE LYNTON Is no weather good weather? Last Tuesday, Juno brought me my first ever snow day. Some people were worried about the blizzard wreaking havoc, but I had no such qualms. No class? No homework? No obligations to speak of? As far as I could tell, I had no choice but to stay […]
BY SEAN FRAZZETTE My winter session in Costa Rica. The week before classes started, while Cambridge was a mixture of freezing temperatures and snow, eleven members of the Harvard community and I traveled down to the warm and sunny city of Liberia in northern Costa Rica to build a house for PBHA’s Habitat for Humanity. […]
BY ANDREW LIN An exploration of the portrayal of Thanksgiving in popular culture and art. Within the confines of the great and storied calendar of holidays that make up the American recreational canon, Thanksgiving occupies a unique place. Though certainly not of the same obscure ilk of federally legislated and popularly neglected holidays such as […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Chatting with Rhodes winner and visionary computer scientist Ruth Fong ’15. The Rhodes Trust announced the 2014 Rhodes scholarship winners on Saturday, November 22. Three Harvard students made it to the list – Ben D. Sprung Keyser ’15 (Economics, Kirkland), Ruth Fong ’15 (Computer Science, Mather), and Fritzi Reuter ’14 (Economics, Lowell). […]
True stories from Hemenway Gym. I don’t know how you convince yourself to go to the gym, but my preferred technique is self-deception. When I use the elliptical, I always enter my weight at 300 lbs. Factoring in my massive size, the machine calculates I’m burning more than 900 calories in 30 minutes. Hey, it […]
Some thoughts on acting “Like a Real College.” By CHRIS RILEY “I love the Game! It’s the one weekend where we get to act like we go to a real college.” So goes the refrain of the stressed Harvard students who has logged way too many hours in Lamont and way to few nights taking […]
Below is an article from the 1994 Harvard-Yale issue, entitled “Yale Sucks”, by the associate sports editor at the time, Eric Baker. The parallels between the state of Yale now and twenty years ago are striking! Still, their Gothic architecture and “urban setting” remain some of the many reasons why Yale does, in fact, suck… […]