Do the Thing. Win the Sports.
The Indy recaps Harvard Athletics from this past weekend. Football For Harvard football, the fun just does not stop. In its second Ivy League contest, Harvard defeated Cornell 40-3 behind dominating performances on both sides of the ball. Harvard’s offense put up a perfectly balance 499 yards of offense, and the defense followed up that […]
Down But Not Out
An unathletic athlete’s take on injuries. I would never really consider myself an athlete in the traditional sense of the word. I live for sports. I want to pursue a career in the sports world. But I have never been particularly good at any of them. Upon arriving at Harvard, it appeared that my athletic […]
The Fall Fallout
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 […]
Winter is Coming
Maintaining that Harvard physique in the face of it. While I am a proponent of the seasonal tradition of packing on a few in preparation for the winter months, others maintain that winter is not the time to hibernate but rather to reinforce one’s strength and health. We are currently enjoying the blessings of […]
A Chinese Kid on the American Diet
Adjusting to the salty-sweet realities of American food. There’s often a transition I have to go through after settling down in a new place. In the first few weeks every time I buy something, my mind calculates how much the price would be in CNY and compares that to how much I’d pay at home […]
Browsing the Library: Houghton and Pusey
An exploration of some of the exhibits from the Harvard Library Collections. For all the talk of soothing shelves of books, cool marble paneling (and vinyl-grain wood veneer if you’re in Lamont), and plush armchairs, libraries at Harvard are more often than not innately stressful places. Whether it be a problem set bearing down on […]
#TBT: ‘New Counseling Program Attempts to Reduce Alienation’
The Indy goes back to the 1970s to see the creation of a PAF-like program. This week, the Harvard Independent is bringing you an article from our September 17, 1973 issue on Harvard’s changing mental health services. By JAMIE KATZ’74 Harvard students have become much more academically competitive in the last few years. Ordinarily, as pre-med […]
The Rise of Fall
Reflections on the transition to autumn. Over the last week, the colors of Harvard have started to change hue. Gone are the bold greens of the Yard that, when juxtaposed with the bright red buildings, form the quintessential ‘Harvard’ image. They’ll be back—or so I’m told. For now, we find ourselves entering a phase that, […]