Fantasy Roundup: Week 0
The NFL season has officially arrived. Finally, fans have another event to fill their schedules alongside the hundreds of baseball games and the phallic interruptions of the WNBA. Instead, plop down on the couch, grab your (surely nonalcoholic) beverage of choice, and watch as the Cowboys once again fail to reach the NFC Championship. At […]
Crimson’s Crowds Are Back!
Returning to campus after a long summer break means one thing: countless opportunities to spectate and support all the fall athletes taking the stage in the 2025 season. With the ever-growing competitiveness of Harvard as both a top academic institution and a sporting hub of talent, grit and ambition, fall sports teams begin their seasons […]
The Next Chapter of Globalization
In recent months, the United States has shifted towards an increasingly isolationist trade stance, imposing wide-ranging tariffs and retreating from its traditional role as a champion of open markets. This change in commercial policy has sparked debates about the future of global economic integration and is raising questions about whether the world is entering a […]
Sports Spotlight: Chandler Piggé
This July, senior guard and captain of the men’s basketball team Chandler Piggé ’26 traveled to Bochum, Germany, to help Team USA secure the silver medal in 3×3 basketball at the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games. “It was my first time representing the United States in international competition, which was very awesome… To have […]
Reconnecting with Nature Through the Harvard Outing Club
The Harvard Outing Club offers students the chance to step outside the University’s urban setting and explore outdoor spaces across New England. Through weekly trips that range from Boston-area outings to weekend hikes, the student-run group aims to make the outdoors more accessible to the Harvard community. “HOC is Harvard’s main outdoor recreation club, but […]
Quad Life, Preseason Edition
It’s 5:45 a.m., and Storage Squad still hasn’t delivered your scooter. Instead, you’re trudging across Cambridge with calves that feel as heavy as bricks. Before the sun is even up, you spill coffee all over yourself trying to juggle your belongings for the day. To top it off, you yelp from a hamstring cramp after […]
Attention: Harvard ROTC!
Since its founding, Harvard has been renowned for its rich military history—starting with the University’s “Indian College’s” involvement in King Phillip’s War in 1675 and progressing into the modern day with the University’s distinguished Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. The University currently holds the title for the most Medal of Honor recipient alumni out of […]
First-Year Perspectives: Why Harvard
Over the past five months, Harvard University and the Trump administration have clashed in a series of policy disputes. On April 14, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion of federal funding from Harvard; on April 16, the federal government threatened Harvard’s international student enrollment eligibility; and on April 21, Harvard filed suit against the administration. […]
“I Don’t Eat Before 1 p.m. Because I’m Better Than You”
“I don’t eat before 1 p.m. because I’m better than you. Eat 300 grams of protein, sleep 8 hours, drink 8 glasses of water, reduce stress, get 10,000 steps, lift heavy, and remain in a calorie deficit. For a high-protein afternoon shake, put a large steak and matcha powder into a blender.” Over the past […]
Out Of Your League: The Dying Art of Mundane Interaction
“But midst the crowd, the hurry, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel and to possess, And roam alone, the world’s tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless…” Solitude, Lord Byron Solitude. As the youngest sibling of three and one of the younger grandchildren in a sprawling […]
Too Late or Too Soon? The Right Time to Think About Graduate School
At the start of high school, I set a simple, resolute goal: get into a top college. For me, that felt like the ultimate measure of success, the culmination of years of work. Many students share that mindset—the process is grueling, but in hindsight, the path looks fairly straightforward. The formula is not exactly a […]
Thoughts from New Quincy: Metric Mindset
There’s a moment every shopping week when the choice isn’t between two classes you love, but between an easy A and a harder B+. You look at the syllabi side by side: one packed with weekly papers, late nights, and the risk of failure; the other promising generous curves, lighter reading, and a safer GPA. […]
Hungry for More: Dexter Suhn’s Ascent into Music
Dexter Griffin ’27 took a lingering pause when I opened our interview by asking him to describe himself in three words. While I could have answered the question for him—creative, artist, visionary—he chose instead to revisit the question at the end of our conversation, offering me only one: “Hungry,” he said when I asked him […]
d4vd’s Musical Guide to Love, Loss, and Performative Males
Since the writing of this review, on Sept. 9, ABC7 Los Angeles reported that a woman’s decomposing body was discovered in an impounded Tesla registered to d4vd. The investigation is ongoing, and a spokesperson for d4vd said that he is cooperating with authorities. There’s a particular scream that only happens in the two seconds between […]
Fall 2025: What’s on at the HRDC?
As always, the start of the fall semester comes with the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club’s announcement of upcoming shows and productions to take place at Harvard this season. The stage is set for an exciting lineup of performances ranging in genre, style, and scale. Learn more about the upcoming HRDC productions for Fall 2025: Loeb Experimental […]
Love is an American Bath Story
Portrait by photographer ©Darlene DeVita, supported by the Chelsea Heritage Grant. Last spring in Chelsea, Lisa D. Guglielmi Rizzo—the magnetic owner of Dillon’s—opened a new window of America for me. Week after week, I returned to enjoy the traditional shvitzing (sweating in Yiddish), oil rubs, and platza (shoulder whacking with an oak leaf) at her […]
Crimson Jam in Review
Last Friday, Harvard Yard was transformed into a mini-festival ground as students gathered for the annual Crimson Jam. Hosted the first week of each September by the Harvard College Events Board, the event is a signature kickoff to the school year, drawing hundreds of students—especially first-years—eager to embrace one of their first large campus traditions. […]