BY ADITYA AGRAWAL A feminist’s musings. Recently, a Facebook event regarding a debate on the future of feminism between pro and anti Lean-In feminists trapped my particular attention. The cautious feminist that I am, this post precipitated in me an avalanche of self-introspection and much to my own surprise, my thoughts came in bearing heavily […]
BY CHRISTINE WOLFE The College makes a class. Each year, on the last week of March, the world learns what makes a Harvard student. Though admissions is as much about making a class as it is an effort to find the best and brightest, to select 2,023 from 34,295 necessitates some attention to the individual. […]
BY ALICE LINDER The paradox of physician-assisted suicide. The doctor giveth, and the doctor taketh — or that’s how proponents of physician-assisted suicide would have it. A person’s so-called “right to die” through physician-assisted suicide is absent from the US Constitution, yet the subject calls into question a person’s individual freedoms, and the extent of […]
BY MEGHAN BROOKS In praise of cracks and missing floor tiles. I am going to admit right off the bat that I have no legitimate cause for complaint with regard to Dunster’s swing housing, most obviously because I am a senior whose post-grad apartment will likely be half the size and twice the price of […]
New housing makes Dunster swing prime real estate for next year. On Friday, February 14, 2014, Dunster House tore out the hearts of the sophomores that will be living in their loving Moose community next year. It is common knowledge that Harvard’s oldest upper-classman house is undergoing renovations next year — something that many acknowledge […]
Goldman Rightly Punished for WECode Support My Facebook feed was recently swamped by a sea of posts assailing a New York Times’ article that questioned the motivations behind Goldman Sachs handing out mirrors and nail files at WeCode (Women Engineers Code) Conference, 2014 organized at Harvard. The overarching argument that resonated across board focused on […]
The Indy interviews College Jeopardy! Contestant Julia Clark Julia Clark ‘14 never thought of herself as an athlete. Caustic, quick, and short, her competitions took place mainly off the court. As a debater, she’s studied political, economic, and moral philosophy. As an aspiring scientist, she investigates the dynamics and history of epidemics. As a native […]
BY MILLY WANG Harvard Thinks Big inspires once again. Each year, the Harvard College Events Board organizes an evening event where six faculty members are invited to share their ideas and research with the Harvard undergraduate community in only ten short minutes. This annual event occurred on Wednesday February 5th – a night of heavy […]
A Harvard legend passes away. On November 24th 2013, the Harvard Independent received an email from Vida Ghaffari, the daughter of scientist Abolghassem Ghaffari, who with much sadness, informed us that her father had recently passed away on Tuesday, November 5th at 10:55pm in Los Angeles. He was 106 years old. The Harvard Independent would […]
BY KALYN SAULSBERRY Alzheimer’s from multiple perspectives. Every Sunday morning, Virginia Marshall, a junior in Dunster concentrating in English, hops into a PBHA van and makes the thirty-minute trip to Hebrew SeniorLife Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. HSL provides retirement communities for seniors throughout Massachusetts, and Marshall spends an hour there each week visiting Molly, a […]