Inside: Profanity, Pot, and Piercings
By JP Vieira Coming off an incredible year, in which Harvard Men’s Basketball won their sixth Ivy League championship in program history, expectations were high for the upcoming season. Last Tuesday, November 2nd, college basketball started off the new season around the country. For Harvard’s first match-up, they hosted their Cambridge neighbors: MIT. By […]
By Gant Player Sidney Gish is alone on stage. Behind her are a piano, music stands, and a few chairs. No other musician ever comes out. She holds an olive green Fender Stratocaster, the instrument’s white pickguard adorned with a few stickers just below the strings and a rainbow just above the ¼ inch […]
By Aidan Fitzsimmons Philosophically, the concept of counterculture is more interesting and fundamental to human life than may originally be considered. Counterculture is defined as a subculture created in opposition to mass culture, middle class values, consumerism, mainstream media, the mores of a previous generation, the cultural hegemony of a dominant group, and other […]
We asked Harvard undergrads about their experiences with drug culture on campus. In the end, these were their responses.
Drug Section What’s the going rate for what you’ve bought while at Harvard? “$15 for two pot brownies.” “$10/g of weed” “mostly been through friends so free” “40/eighth” (weed) “lol idk i get my drugs for free” “$75/ half Oz (weed)” “$25 for a THC cartridge. $120 for a half ounce of high quality bud” […]
The Independent’s Counterculture survey remains to date a key flavor and sampling of the pulse of Harvard’s community. Measuring interest and intrigue with topics with as drugs and body modifications, the survey tends to attract a wide variety of individuals, proudly displaying diversity in its respondent base. This year, in particular, presented an incredibly diverse […]