Inside: Voting, Hedgehogs, and Championships
Work of The Week SPOTLIGHT: Liv Farrar Liv Farrar is a Junior in Cabot House, originally from Rochester, New York. She studies English and the History of Art and Architecture, and spends most of her mornings and afternoons rowing for the Harvard-Radcliffe Varsity Lightweight team. Around campus, Liv can be found doodling, camping in Darwin’s, […]
Race To The Starting Line A Spoiler Conversation about Sonic the Hedgehog By MICHAEL KIELSTRA and JONATHAN ZHANG JZ: Hi, I’m Jonny Zhang. MK: And I’m Michael Kielstra, and we just saw Sonic the Hedgehog. For context, I know next to nothing about Sonic the Hedgehog. JZ: And I know almost everything about […]
It’s Comping Season A look into Harvard’s favorite passion By JULIO V. PARDO Dear reader: A few days ago, I woke up to an inbox full of emails. From the ten unread I had disregarded the night before, they had increased by the dozens, signaling unmistakably that the Spring Comping Season had begun. […]
Victories for Harvard Athletics Both the men’s squash and men’s swimming & diving teams bring home championship titles By LIZZIE GUMMER College Squash Association National Collegiate Men’s Team Championships On the final day of the Potter Cup, the men’s squash National Championships, Samuel Scherl ‘21 and Adam Corcoran ‘21 kept the […]
My Experience With the Ghun-gods A behind-the-scenes perspective from an Independent staff writer By GRAHAM WALTER Ghungroo has been a wonderful experience for me for the past two years at Harvard. Practices twice a week are a lot but just as much fun, especially when first learning how to perform these styles of […]
The End of Weinstein’s Run The significance of the Weinstein case in the #MeToo era By MAYI HUGHES Last week, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two felony sex crimes following a historic case which has spanned over four years. The jury found Weinstein guilty of felony rape and sex crime, but acquited […]
The Big Fish Finds His Pond The forming of Harvard College graduate Pete Buttigieg ‘04 as a centrist presidential candidate focused on political participation By ARSH DHILLON Growing up in South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg was a typical “big fish in a little pond” before arriving at Harvard in the fall of […]
When I come into his office, Dr. Mark Gearan’s hands are straightening out a paper on his desk, and there is a moment when I am terrified that this interview will consist only of the former White House Communications Director reading from a prepared statement. This passes instantly as we begin to talk, and I […]