Note: an update to this article has been published on the Indy website here. Today is a breakthrough day for Bieber fans (Beliebers) who have recently found themselves conflicted by their inability to play any other music than the new Bieber album, which is breaking records, and a general distaste for Bieber’s egregious persona. About […]
Why you should probably thank the OSL if you have a fun time at The Game this year. It’s that one time of the year when Harvard students get to be normal college students –not without some help from the Office of Student Life (OSL), of course. As Harvard football gets ready to crush Yale […]
PBHA’s Y2Y youth homeless shelter hosts its opening celebration. Over thirty years ago, Harvard students saw a need in Harvard Square for a shelter that was dedicated to providing homeless individuals with a sanctuary. This sanctuary would need to be one in which every volunteer served with compassion and was dedicated to helping guests to […]
Early Indy member and Staples founder passes away at 66. On Friday, October 23rd, the world lost one of the most astute businessmen of the 21st century. Thomas George Stemberg ’71, most famous for founding the international office supply retailer Staples, passed away at the age of 66 in his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, […]
#BLM Founder Alicia Garza receives Robert Coles “Call of Service Award.” As I walked through Tercentenary Theater, I clutched my notebook and copy of Harvard Diary tightly – it was almost Halloween. The glowing lights of Memorial Church did seem rather ominous in an otherwise dark and empty yard. It was too late for classes […]
A round-up of upcoming events around campus OTHER: A Multiracial Student Gallery Amanda Mozea ’17 created OTHER: A Multiracial Student Photo Gallery as a way to start a conversation on how people conceive of race, especially when it comes to multiracial and multiethnic students. The exhibit features fifty-eight students of various racial and ethnic backgrounds. […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi comes to Harvard. On October 10, 2014, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced a joint Peace Prize to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai. They called it “an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against […]
How to combat the autumn blues at Harvard. Autumn sneaks up on students every year. The transition from shopping week to the fifth Monday is as subtle as the changing of the leaves, but the realization can be daunting. One doesn’t quite notice the receding green until the trees are all reds, yellows, and oranges […]
Attending Boston’s Bernie Sanders Rally According to my laptop stickers, I’m currently endorsing three candidates for president in 2016: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Selina Meyer. If Selina was real, she would be my top choice right now, as Julia Louis Dreyfuss just slays (if the Emmys last month didn’t show that). Wait no. I […]
A burgeoning field and its place on Harvard College’s campus. By DANIEL UM Akshar Bonu ‘17, who launched his iPhone app Masquerade on September 1st, says he was “pleasantly surprised” by the overall campus receptiveness to the app. However, he is not the only Harvard undergrad to find app success. With its low cost and […]