BY HUNTER RICHARDS Harvard Students participate in the ‘Fight for 15’ Movement April 14th marked the Justice and Labor Day of Harvard’s Heat Week, a week otherwise devoted to rallying for Harvard’s divestment from fossil fuels. The rally for economic justice for workers has capitalized on large concentrations of college students in major cities. Over […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Everything you need to know to sound informed about the Divestment movement at Harvard. What is the aim of Divest Harvard? 1) Harvard should immediately freeze any new investments in fossil fuel companies. 2) It should immediately divest direct holdings (currently $19.6 million) from the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel […]
BY ALBERT MURZAKHANOV Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks at Harvard Law. The Program of Negotiation at Harvard Law School hosted Mohammad Shtayyeh, Minister of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction, on March 25, 2015. Shtayyeh delivered a speech titled, “A Paradigm Shift for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations.” The talk came only one week after Israeli Prime Minister […]
BY ANDREW ADLER Wilco and other bands stand up to discriminatory legislation. Alternative-rock band Wilco cancelled their performance in Indianapolis to protest the “thinly disguised legal discrimination” of the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which permits discrimination of sexual minorities under the guise of the protection of religious freedom. Fans who bought tickets for the […]
BY RITCHEY HOWE Dartmouth College decides to ban hard alcohol. Dartmouth’s decision to ban hard alcohol on campus shocked me. Do they really believe that they can rid a college campus of hard alcohol? Imagine an animal house without, well, the true animal. The toga party would not have existed as portrayed on the screen. […]
BY SHAQUILLA HARRIGAN Ava & Dhruv share their vision for the UC. The bond between presidents and vice presidents can be tumultuous (please refer to Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr in your old AP U.S. History textbooks), but other times, they are quite harmonious. Ava Nasrollahzadeh ’16 and Dhruv Goyal ’16, the Undergraduate Council (UC) […]
HCS’ Datamatch helps Harvard Students Find Romance. Earlier this week, I received Datamatch 2015’s call to action. Seeing this email brought me back to freshman year when I first enlisted the help of Datamatch to find the love of my life, or at least my first date. My roommates and I sat in our common […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The Harvard Independent Profiles the Harvard Humanist Hub. A general wave of enthusiasm and anticipation greeted the Super Bowl this past Sunday; viewing parties across dorms and houses became the highlight of the day. Breaking this sacred circle of tradition, however, was an organization that few people at Harvard even knew existed: […]
Boston’s Long Island Shelter abruptly closes. By A CONCERNED GROUP OF HARVARD STUDENTS Imagine you are coming back to your house after a long day of class only to be told that Harvard officials deemed your residence unsafe. You are unable to go to your room and gather any of your belongings or important documents. […]
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The case for making public service a mandated requirement at Harvard. Cornell recently launched a $150 million initiative “Engaged Cornell” that will make it mandatory for undergraduates to take at least one course with a public service component. The announcement made waves on college campuses across America; Harvard wasn’t immune to its implications:while […]