The housing process is a hallmark of the Harvard experience, connecting students to a new community that will remain constant for three years. But many sophomores are now getting shuffled into side buildings with separate communities, forced into the college’s ever-growing overflow housing. To accommodate the large number of students in the Class of 2026, […]
It’s 2 AM on a Saturday night. Harvard students are packed into El Jefe’s Taqueria, shouting out to friends further in line in hopes of purchasing their favorite bean and cheese burrito a few minutes faster. The tables and chairs are pushed into the corner of the restaurant in a failed attempt to create enough […]
Harvard tosses and turns its students through the rolling cycle of school and social life. However, sometimes the most turbulent cycle is a more literal one: Harvard’s laundry services. For students who do not use third party services, such as the large network offered by Harvard Student Agencies, Harvard’s laundry machines are the only option, […]
Every May, graduation season hits as millions of high-school seniors decide where to attend college, and many college students graduate and enter the workforce. Higher education holds a critical role in shaping America’s prosperity: an abundance of research suggests that strong higher-learning institutions greatly contribute to a country’s economic strength and social wellbeing. Harvard and […]
Last semester, as I was talking to a super senior about her time at Harvard, a notable void emerged where her experience and mine misaligned. Reminiscing about first-year year traditions, she recounted opening days and reveled in the nostalgia of all the classics: Berg, Love Story, the Yard, the Igloo — Wait, the Igloo? That’s where […]
Harvard is still alphabet soup to them. Comp, Tasty Basty, Expos, Securitas, Quaded, Blockmate, Berg, Veritaffle — not to mention CBE, RVH, PAF, UC, HUA, HUCP, HUFPI, JCR, and a host of other elusive acronyms. From April 24th to 25th, Visitas commenced in-person for the first time in two years, inviting the Class of 2026 […]
For the third time this semester, it is voting season on Harvard’s campus. But this time, there are hopes that the election will be free of the acrimony that has marred prior contests and mark the start of a new chapter for Harvard’s student government. The interim student government has initiated elections for the co-presidents […]
Harvard students are no strangers to challenge, but military rigor is unlike the usual academic, social, and physical tests required for admission to the college. Three percent of Harvard’s student body either served in the military prior to attendance or enrolled as part of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. Yet the experiences of […]
While student protests have flooded Harvard Yard in support of Ukraine over the past few weeks, Sebastian Mandell ’24 decided to take action on the Ukrainian border. Leaving his academics behind in Cambridge, Mandell relocated to assist in medical combat training for the Ukrainian forces. In an attempt to familiarize himself with the local culture, […]
Among the 2,320 students in the Class of 2025, 15.6% come from outside the United States. Moving from high school to college is a momentous transition for everyone, but going through this change in a foreign country requires adjusting to new foods, academics, and cultural dynamics. Five students reflect on their transition to campus this […]