To put it simply, Fez Zafar is both a jack of all trades, and a man with a lot of phone numbers. A junior at Harvard College who prides himself in his ability to use humor to bring people together on campus, Zafar has spearheaded on-campus initiatives from junior assassins, On Harvard Time, and unique […]
“The parallel [to nuclear weapons] is striking. Can you imagine the creators of nuclear weapons deciding they wanted to open source what they had done?” On Tuesday, March 28th, Harvard Program of Science, Technology, and Society welcomed former Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio for a discussion of AI for Cities or Cities […]
The Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia Association (SIAMA) is an organization on campus dedicated to promoting community for Harvard students from Southeast-Asia. With a relatively small number of Harvard students hailing from these three countries, SIAMA has worked to preserve Singaporean, Indonesian, and Malaysian culture on Harvard campus through organizing events to raise awareness and building […]
Philosophy, in its endless array of abstract concepts, can often seem removed from personhood and physical reality. Discussing the theories of a select number of ancient men can be repetitive, overly conventional, and downright boring. I find myself asking, why should I care? For Agnes Callard, perhaps it is her unconventional choice in marrying her […]
The nation’s first-ever student protest sparked from rancid dairy. According to the Harvard Gazette, a decade even before the American Revolution, Harvard’s “Great Butter Rebellion” of 1766 was perhaps the first sign of America’s spirit as united in civil disobedience—and it started from a Harvard dining hall. Despite the strangeness of this origin story, student […]
“Paulo Freire did not study at Harvard. Harvard studies Paulo Freire!” remembered Victor Arruda ’25, who is from Freire’s hometown in the outskirts of Recife, Brazil. “Coming from Pernambuco, I have sort of always known Freire; his name is all over: streets, schools, buildings,” said Arruda. Victor added that he would like American students to know […]
For a school focused on academics and post-grad success, sex often is an afterthought at Harvard. Internship interviews, CS 124 problem sets, HUM10 readings, MCAT studying—beyond our school obligations, many Harvard students do not give themselves the time or energy to build sexual relationships. But this is not just a trend at Harvard, as a […]
“ERA YES.” “Stop the Pipeline.” “Dissent is Patriotic.” Throughout history, political and social movements have utilized buttons as a way to voice their agendas. Easily worn and displayed, buttons effectively distribute a variety of messages to a mass audience. A current exhibition at Harvard Kennedy School called “Political Buttons” features buttons collected from the 1960s, […]
“Essentially, it was a social club,” said Sean McGann, decade-long employee and current manager of Leavitt & Peirce. For much of its history, the tobacco shop was not just integrated, but a central part of Harvard campus; students living in the Hilton Block passed through the shop—occupying the dorm’s first floor—each day. Billiards tables lined […]
Last March, I was given a single Insomnia cookie in exchange for downloading yet another app that was attempting to launch in front of Harvard’s Science Center. Almost one year later, and what seemed like just another tech startup has produced some of the funniest and most controversial content on campus. Sidechat, an app that […]