Inside: We Welcome Spring with Holi, Advising, and Shakespeare.
If we are trying to be inclusive, let’s include everyone. In the last few years, Harvard and other colleges across the country have made a greater effort to be inclusive and provide safe spaces for the diverse body of students who attend these schools. I am in complete agreement with the notion that it should […]
Harvard students celebrate Holi. The festival of Holi marks a very special day in the Hindu calendar. It, much like most other Hindu festivals, celebrates the triumph of good over evil, of devotion over corruption, and faith over envy. The story behind the origins of this festival stems from a puranic myth about King […]
Freshmen and faculty go through Advising Fortnight. Despite the last snow on the first day of the season, it seems that all of the traditional signs of spring have finally arrived. Daffodils and other early bloomers can be spotted around the campus. Allergies have returned, if measured by the trumpeting of a thousand […]
A selective review of some of the chicken offerings that HUDS provides. With the end of spring break comes that inevitable return to Harvard – and with that inevitable return to Harvard comes the inevitable re-acquaintance with Harvard University Dining Services’ love of chicken. Chicken, that greatest of institutional meats by virtue of its low […]
First trial of Spring Break grant program raises questions. For students who cannot afford the high travel costs during peak periods, such as Spring Break, the price of food in Harvard Square can place a heavy burden. Rather than being forced to miss meals, the administration has offered assistance to accommodate these students. Some […]
How Senior Spring can feel like one giant April Fools’ Joke. Oh, Indy readers, it has been a while since I last shared my latest first-world woes with you. I believe the last time was when I asked everyone to wallow in his or her inner SWUG. Well, I’m back again to share what I […]
The Hyperion Shakespeare Company plays in Adams Pool Theater. The Adams Pool is a place of legend. Home to particularly raucous parties of the past, it seems to breathe freedom and excitement into all who enter. From the first steps down a narrow corridor in the maze of halls that constitute Adams House, pool goers […]