If you’re a Harvard student interested in religion, you’ve likely stumbled upon the Harvard Chaplains’ website at least once. Looking through the list of represented traditions the other day, I had a good (or at least general) idea of the way most traditions worked and what their practitioners believe. But reading further down the list, […]
In line with the many other realities of our COVID-adjusted world, the end of semester move-out from Harvard’s dorms looked quite different this year and presented its unique set of challenges. As planned for the fall semester, the administration required most undergraduate and graduate students living on campus to return home in the week before […]
Between concentration requirements, grades, extracurricular activities, and the general malaise that comes from being a college student during the plague years, it can be easy to develop academic tunnel vision. Even at the best of times, it can be difficult to get involved with anything that falls outside the gravitational pull of your primary field […]
With the shift to virtual learning and working from home, many Americans are sleeping quite differently than they did before the pandemic. For Harvard students, this means no more 6:00 a.m alarms for sports practice; no more late-night study sessions in Lamont. No more walks to the dining hall to grab a bite before class, […]
What do you think of when you picture an anthropologist? Is it a suave, Indiana Jones type with a fancy hat and a bad attitude? Perhaps it’s someone in an unfamiliar place, frantically scribbling notes about rites of passage and kinship structures? Or, maybe, you can’t see anyone at all because you have no idea […]
With less than two weeks to go until election day, the political circus is broadcast on national television showing our presidential candidates dueling for the hearts and minds of the American people with their tongues. Campus is usually a buzz with debate watch parties and good old-fashioned retail politics, but with Massachusetts locked down, Harvard’s […]
As Harvard College students navigate learning while COVID-19 governs our lives, one might wonder about a key aspect in the school experience: the Harvard Library. When it was open, students could browse the shelves and consult with the librarians about their upcoming research projects. So, what is the library doing now to ensure its availability […]
Remember that time your miscellaneous relative said they’d show you a card trick? You brought them the deck of cards, placed perfectly one on top of the other. You watched as they shuffled the cards three times and tapped twice on the table to realign them. You looked at the deck of cards in their […]
Socialism! The red menace of the 20th century, now reincarnated in the form of mobs upon mobs of angry Gen Z’ers plotting the destruction of Western civilization! An evil, parasitic force that wants … “equitable housing and universal healthcare?” The assurance that individuals’ “basic needs are met” no matter who they are or where they […]
Thanks to the Wild West balladeer Kenny Rogers, we all know how important it is to “know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.” But where am I supposed to find such information? Where could I develop the sheer instinct to know without […]