09.08.22: The Ultimate Indy Comp
Students Have Mixed Reactions to Bill de Blasio’s IOP Fellowship
What to know about the contentious former mayor of New York City’s fall 2022 fellowship at the IOP
The Harvard Institute of Politics holds that former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will be an asset to the institute this fall. But some students are doubtful, citing his contentious political record. As part of the IOP’s Visiting Fellow program, de Blasio is required to visit for a short but intensive period during […]
An “Intentional” Lifestyle
Demystifying the Dudley Co-op
The broad majority of Harvard students live in one of the twelve upperclassmen houses they were assigned to freshman year, but another housing option exists beyond this traditional structure, which some students call home, and others have never even heard of: The Dudley Co-op. The Co-op is part of The Dudley Community, which is equivalent […]
Losing a House away from Home
The growing popularity of off-campus housing signals the weakened appeal of Harvard Houses
Harvard’s twelve Houses have lost their appeal for some students who enjoyed off-campus living during the Covid-19 crisis. Even after most students returned to the time-honored tradition of on-campus housing in the fall of 2021, 265 undergraduates remained in off-campus housing–more than double the Harvard standard of roughly 100 students. These self-exiled students are attracted […]
Housing Horrors
Between mattress fires and delayed storage lockers, some students are still moving in nearly two weeks after arriving on campus
Flaming hot mattresses, last-minute switch-ups, and missing boxes: campus move-in this year was replete with complications, handing students troubles and trifles as they moved into their dorms last week. On August 22, a truck filled with the Harvard Student Agencies’s new bed-extending service, BiggerBeds, struck fire and delayed the delivery of many students’ mattresses by […]
Convocation, Corrupted
PCS’s protest at Convocation last week added fuel to the anti-Israel flames taking hold of campus
Amid speeches, song, and instrument, the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) gave a performance of their own at Convocation Ceremony last week. “Veritas? Here’s the real truth: Harvard supports Israeli Apartheid,” exclaimed a banner held by members of the student group as they chanted “free Palestine.” This demonstration corrupted a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many freshmen, […]
Point: Divide and Rule
Shopping Week’s death bodes poorly for the future of Harvard
Shopping Week was killed by an administration more concerned with Teaching Fellows’ schedules than students, and now students’ schedules are suffering. Last spring, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted to end Harvard College’s long-standing flexible week of class registration known as Shopping Week in favor of a far more opaque and restrictive pre-registration […]
Counterpoint: “Death” is a Tad Dramatic
There are calls for protest and times of sacrifice—Shopping Week is the latter
As a response to the termination of Shopping Week last May, popular narrative maligns the administration and hyperbolizes the undergraduates’ suffering, leaving the voices of Harvard’s graduate students unheard. Teaching Fellows incur major costs as a result of Shopping Week that cannot be dismissed. TFs aren’t made aware of whether or not they’re employed until […]
The Plight of the Harvard Artist
Harvard is failing to make AFVS courses available to all despite high student demand
Harvard breeds countless courses that students not only struggle to complete, but to even acquire spots to begin with each semester. STEM concentrations are infamous for their course exclusivity: students often must have a specific combination of prerequisites and a dash of luck in the course lottery to gain access to the golden gates of […]
At Annual Talent Show, Class of 2026 Does Not Hold Back
Although the first-year performers are seriously talented, they don’t take themselves too seriously
On the last Saturday night of the summer, hundreds of first-years clustered outside Sanders Theater, poised to cheer on their classmates at the annual first-year talent show. The show, hosted each year by the Crimson Key Society, brought together the Class of 2026 for a night of poking fun at Harvard. Bobby McCarthy ’23 and […]