Valentine’s Day: Where were you? A review of Valentine’s Day events that Harvard students probably should have gone to. By MIMI TARRANT This year, Cambridge and the surrounding area did not disappoint for Valentine’s Day events. Whether single and soul searching, cuffed and curious, or unavailable and uninterested, it’s certain that the right event […]
Final Arguments Presented in Harvard Affirmative Action Case By EVELYN GRAY The final briefs have been submitted in a Boston courthouse by both sides of Harvard’s well-publicized legal battle over a 2014 lawsuit regarding discrimination in admissions against Asian Americans. The case is now in the hands of U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs, […]
Climate Change New Exhibit Engages Visitors at the Harvard Museum of Natural History By MARISSA GARCIA and CHIDAMBARAM THILLAIRAJAH “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction…” When Rachel Carson accepted the National Book Award of […]
The Harvard Science of Psychedelics Club The new Harvard Science of Psychedelics Club had their first meeting last Tuesday. By AIDAN FITZSIMONS The Harvard Science of Psychedelics Club held their first meeting last Tuesday, February 12, at 8 p.m. in Boylston Hall. According to its mission statement, the new club “is dedicated to an interdisciplinary, […]
Sunday Night Football or Wednesday Nine to Five? Why Not Both? By TUSHAR DWIVEDI Sports betting has raced to a fast start in the United States, with valuations of the industry ranging from tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. Among the various legalized states, Delaware and New Jersey were some of the earliest to […]
Harvard Comes Up Short in Beanpot Championship By JP VIEIRA After convincingly defeating the Boston College Eagles 4-1 on Tuesday, February 5th, the Harvard women’s hockey hosted the Beanpot Championship Game in which they played the Boston University Terriers. History was on our side as Harvard was previously 18-3-1 in Beanpot games against the […]
National Girls and Women in Sport Day Harvard Athletics putting a Band-Aid on a broken leg By MIMI TARRANT This week saw the 33rd annual National Girls and Women in Sport Day (NGWSD). Organized by the Women’s Sport Foundation, the initiative aims to celebrate the countless benefits that women can receive by partaking in […]
A Helpful Harvard Romance Quiz Last Minute Date Ideas for the Elite and Emotionally Bankrupt By ALAYA AYALA A new year, a new semester, and already there’s a new wave of class work and extracurriculars and jobs ready to leave you awake and struggling in the library at 3am. That’s not to mention the […]
Land Under Seige Harvard Undergrads push for Recognition of Environmental Justice By MARISSA GARCIA “We need to wake up, we need to wise up, Come on Bacow, do it now, do it now, now, now We need to build toward a better future — We need climate justice now.” Originally performed by Sing […]
Kiwi Cows and California Wines The Independent examines Harvard’s investment history By EVELYN GRAY As Harvard students, we often find ourselves asking why the richest university in the world seems to spend so little on the things that we care about. The answer is complicated, but the reality is that the majority of the […]