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Asian Americans for Political Justice

Social Studies concentrators Sanika Mahajan and Ryan Zhang found a new advocacy group dedicated to shedding light on issues experienced by the AAPI community 

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A wide variety of clubs at Harvard focus on supporting the greater Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Certain student organizations encompass broad areas of interest, such as the Asian American Association, while groups like the Asian American Dance Troupe may celebrate more specific areas of interest. These groups have been foundational, but there […]

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The Many Hats of Deborah Jo Gehrke

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The Many Hats of Deborah Jo Gehrke The life and times of a beloved Quincy House Dean   By KILEY ALLEN   “Deb’s only goal was to make sure other people were happy,” said Elizabeth Jacobsen, a current Dean’s Aide in Quincy House. Eli met Deb when she started living in Quincy House her sophomore […]

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Thropping Hearts

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Thropping Hearts Winthrop students express their love for their interim Faculty Deans   By JEN EASON   More than a little heartbreak was felt in Winthrop House when Dean Khurana officially announced two weeks ago that the College would soon begin the search for permanent Faculty Deans. The announcement encouraged Winthrop residents to participate in the […]

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The Whole Kit and Kaboodle

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The Whole Kit and Kaboodle Julius Wade’s senior thesis performance of Mac Wellman’s ‘Terminal Hip: American Dream in HD’   By JILLY CRONIN   On February 7 and 8, Julius Wade ’20 held his one-man performance of Mac Wellman’s play Terminal Hip: American Dream in HD in the Naumburg Room of the Harvard Art Museums. The […]

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The Modern Cupid’s Arrow

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The Modern Cupid’s Arrow The Indy sits down for a conversation with Datamatch’s Supreme Cupids    By CHIDAMBARAM THILLAIRAJAH   Each February, as classes start to heighten in intensity and the most dreaded of Hallmark holidays rears its head, Datamatch returns to provide a welcome reprieve. This enigmatic dating website has long been shrouded in mystery. […]

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Free Renty

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Forgotten in the attic for 103 years, artifacts from Harvard’s sordid past open a discussion on its responsibility to social reparations In these past couple of weeks, it is very likely that you have become passingly familiar with the phrase, “Free Renty.”  Perhaps you saw it in the subject line in one of the many emails […]

A Home away from Home

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  A Home away from Home: Examining the unique culture of the Dudley Co-op   By CHIDAMBARAM “CID” THILLAIRAJAH   The Dudley co-op is situated in two warmly appointed Victorian houses. The main building bears a sign proclaiming it The Center for High Energy Metaphysics in large friendly letters. The common spaces eschew the impersonal décor of […]

What it is to be “Counterculture”

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  What it is to be “Counterculture”   By TUSHAR DWIVEDI   Counterculture in modern culture has often been associated with the notion of subversion, making using a set of notably distinct values or beliefs to drive change in an existing system. The seemingly rebellious nature of counterculture appears embedded in the name itself; the […]

Setting the Record Straight

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  Setting the Record Straight: The Origins of “The Game”   By CHIDAMBARAM THILLAIRAJAH   In 1852, as spring became summer, the students of Yale issued Harvard a challenge. The recently formed Yale rowing team had invited the even more recently formed Harvard rowing to come test the superiority of their oarsmen.  A gauntlet had […]

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