The Harvard Undergraduate Association (HUA), the new student government formed to replace the old Undergraduate Council, is hosting its second election for its officer positions. Given the crucial role of the finance committee in securing and distributing funding for student organizations, and some issues present in the initial semester, the Independent reached out to both […]
On February 4th, the Hasty Pudding Vice President and President went in for a kiss atop a black Bentley. That is, two costumed student actresses both planted a smooch on each of actress Jennifer Coolidge’s cheeks at the same time during a jubilant parade down Massachusetts Avenue, and the crowded street erupted in great fanfare. […]
For someone who cared so much about her outward persona, it seems that infamous con artist Anna Delvey has now turned inward. In some of her first public appearances since her notorious conviction, she donned large, black sunglasses, which reflected the sheen of camera flashes. Her refusal to let the public deter her is indisputable. […]
Coming back from winter break means a new semester, filled with new classes, new faces, and new activities. Yet not all Harvard students choose to return to campus, after winter or summer break—often opting out of on campus classes to fulfill their concentrations, secondaries, or for more personal reasons. Keep reading to meet some students […]
The Fellows & Study Groups (FSG) program has been a cornerstone of the Institute of Politics (IOP) since 1966. In essence, fellows are professionals—public servants, activists, and more—who travel to Harvard to live on-campus and impart specialized knowledge to the community at large. Harvard’s Institute of Politics has unveiled the Spring 2023 cohort of six […]
“I never felt a connection to Radcliffe, and I was a feminist,” Jill Abramson ’76 prefaced in her interview. Abramson was among the first class of women to live in Harvard Yard as a First-Year in 1972. Even though she lived at Harvard, she was still technically a student at Radcliffe College, which only three […]
On December 3rd, over 80 people gathered at the steps of Widener Library to remember Uyghur victims and protest the Chinese Communist Party’s mistreatment of minority groups in crisis. On November 24th, 2022, a deadly fire ravaged an apartment block in a primarily Uyghur neighborhood in Ürümchi, the capital of East Turkistan, also known as […]
For many current students, Harvard was their absolute dream school. However, it may not have been the only school to which they applied. While Harvard and Yale are competitors on the football field, they also compete when it comes to admissions. Many students applying to Harvard also apply to Yale, as the schools are comparable […]
Correction: In the teaser for this piece, I incorrectly referred to the “nine” apex predators of the American legal trophic pyramid, otherwise known as the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. There are in fact only eight. As aforementioned, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a guppy, for now. But these things have […]
After more than a decade without universal hot breakfast across dining halls, students and staff are taking a stand. Armed with a petition of over 2,000 student signatures, and backed by unionized Harvard University Dining Hall workers and Harvard Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), members of the Harvard community are ready to put up a […]