“Neo-Nazis at Harvard? Not surprised,” Aaron Thompson ’27 said. “They’re just very ‘red pill,’ irritating men, you know? Just terrible,” an anonymous sophomore in Mather House added. “I think the revamp is a scam,” another sophomore in Cabot House commented. In the wake of a leadership shakeup at the “Salient” due to past publication of […]
Across college campuses, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in wildly different ways, from 6 a.m. pregames at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to radio silence at Harvard, as the Yard empties each year for spring break. The fifth-century commemoration of Saint Patrick—the man credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland—was historically celebrated as a religious observation. […]
Every September, a new class of Harvard students arrives on campus with a beaming smile and an ambitious look in their eyes. Yet between academic pressures and unfamiliar environments, one challenge many students do not realize awaits them: staying connected to their cultural identity when home is now a college dorm. Language, for many students, […]
On Dec. 30, 2025, the People’s Liberation Army launched what it called “Justice Mission 2025”—a two-day operation during which PLA artillery units fired 27 rockets into the waters surrounding Taiwan while Chinese ships and aircraft reportedly practiced repelling an approaching enemy force. The operation marked a sharp escalation in a long-standing trend of aggression from […]
A Harvard College international student—who chose to remain anonymous due to security concerns—was playing frisbee in the Harvard Yard when a man approached her, introducing himself as a reporter for CNN. He asked if she felt scared or threatened. “I didn’t want to just say yes, because of course I’m scared and of course I’m […]
“Expectations? No. Hopes? Of course,” said an anonymous senior at the College. Datamatch returned this February, inviting Harvard College singles to test their luck ahead of Valentine’s Day 2026. The platform was founded in 1994 by students in the Harvard Computer Society, originally beginning as a paper-based matchmaking survey. Every year, countless undergraduates sign up […]
Chloe Lee ’29 entered the Holworthy basement with her friends at midnight on Feb. 23, at the tail end of the second blizzard Boston has experienced this year. “As I walked in, there was a common room with a bunch of couches, and along the couches was a HUDS worker asleep,” Lee said to the […]
BY: SIMON FARRUQUI ’29 Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg ’04 and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will join the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics as Spring 2026 Visiting Fellows, the organization announced on Jan. 21. These fellowships are part of the IOP’s Fellows and Study Groups program, which brings public […]
“How should I lead a happy and fulfilling life?” This question has plagued humanity for centuries, including many of the ambitious students who have called Harvard College home. Luckily for us, prominent figures in psychology have been developing answers to this mystery since the 1930s. To gain some insight, the “Harvard Independent” spoke with two […]
As midterm season draws closer, sleep can be the last thing on many students’ minds—except for those taking Gen Ed 1038 “Sleep.” This classic Harvard College course has been running since 2009, reaching around 400 enrollees each semester. Taught by Dr. Charles Czeisler ’74 and Dr. Frank A.J.L. Scheer of the Harvard Medical School Division […]