Issue Articles
Breaking the Mold
It troubles me to think how often I tell people I am a Harvard student and they either don’t believe me or immediately inquire about my participation in sports purely based on the color of my skin. It’s time for a change, and Achele Agada ’23, Grace Allen ’24, Annika Bassey ’22, and Chelsea Williams […]
Houndmouth: Fur Coats, Bandmates, and Grandma’s Keyboard
The lead singer of Houndmouth is Matt Myers. We’re the stereotypical fangirling freshmen who want to fuck him. Instead, we got to interview him.
Where are the Comments?
How hard is this class? Will I get an A? These are, for many students, the first concerns when deciding whether to take a class. Searching for answers, students turn to Harvard’s Q Guide, which publishes student feedback on classes at the end of every semester. Also known as the Harvard FAS Course Evaluations in […]
The Bonob[r]o
Having conversations about people’s future plans, and realizing just how impressive they are, is a quintessential Harvard experience despite our awareness of the impressiveness of professors and students alike. Such is the case with Professor Martin Surbeck, from the department of Human Evolutionary Biology, who will be spending much of the winter and spring semester […]
Naked and Unafraid
Twenty-five degrees fahrenheit, a slight easterly breeze, and the season’s first snow: auspicious conditions for a nude lap. With gates agape, Harvard Yard welcomed hundreds of students and dozens of voyeurs for “Primal Scream.” This bi-annual tradition originated in the 1960s as a gathering at the end of reading week in which repressed Harvard students […]
West Side Story: One Good Review, One Bad One
West Side Story is one of the most recognizable American works: it’s been placed in the National Film Registry, has had more than a handful of Broadway and West End reboots, and now has two film adaptations. Composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim worked together to create a riveting, modern-day take on Romeo and […]
“Unmoored From Reality”
Color kits, nose swabs, sets of eyes above blue disposable masks. These sights were defining features of campus life this fall. Though most students were compliant in wearing masks indoors and completing their weekly testing, more students disagreed with Harvard’s COVID-19 policies this semester than one might expect. And as the surging omicron variant renders […]