The OSL Calls it The “SOCK”
…and other challenges presented at the Student Leaders Forum. At the beginning of term, student leaders of all recognized undergraduate organizations received multiple emails from soch (at) fas.harvard.edu regarding an upcoming Student Leaders Forum. It was made quite explicit in these emails that in order to receive funding, renew office or locker space, and register […]
What I’m Not
Multiraciality in an increasingly mixed world. To be honest, I’m a bit late to the game on this. I don’t really keep up with sports in any capacity, aside from cheering for Team USA every four years. When Colin Kaepernick started kneeling instead of standing at attention for the national anthem, I didn’t hear about […]
The Art of the Tailgate
How to host a top one! Over the summer, The Independent’s Sports Editorial Board was informed of the results of a recent Megabus survey. Against all odds, Harvard emerged as the #1 tailgating destination in the Northeast (see attached graph). The Indy thus answers Megabus’ timeless question: How do you throw the best tailgate? Necessary […]
He Dreams in Monotony
A short story. The dream was always the same for him now: the idle purchase of some item one day would slowly multiply by crawling twos and fours into a weekly and then a daily ritual, inviolate as the surety of the lethal pull of gravity and the noose, steadily tightening its hold on the […]
An Evening with Champions
Skating stars descend on Bright-Landry. The night of Friday, September 9th, a large crowd gathered outside Harvard’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center. The amalgamation of individuals standing under the imposing shadow of the stadium ranged from elders in elegant dress to freshmen who barely found the location on time, slipping through a hole in the gate because […]
When Harvard Workers are Under Attack, What Do We Do?
HUDS and students rally as strike vote approaches. On Wednesday September 7th, dozens of members of the Harvard and greater Boston community gathered in a side room of University Lutheran Church to hear from HUDS workers and their allies about the impending worker’s strike. It was a warm afternoon. Members of the standing-room-only crowd fanned […]