March Rundown
What’s new, what’s old, where do you need to be in March? With a hippie twist.
Tuesday, March 2nd: The grand opening of LifeAlive x Down Under Yoga in Harvard Square! Drop by for some non-intimidating “health foods” and a yoga session if you’re up for it. Post-up here on a chilly afternoon to enjoy the warm vibes and music. Staff favorites include the Udon Noodle soup, avocado toast, and PB […]
Size Might Matter
Harvard’s smallest concentrations are chronically underrated.
High salaries after graduation, famous professors, and well-trodden paths to being a mover and shaker: the ingredients for a popular academic concentration are fairly obvious. As of December 2020, 483 students were concentrating in Economics, 400 in Computer Science (including joint concentrators), and 245 in Applied Mathematics. At the other end of the spectrum, some […]
A Fresh St(ART)
The return of the Harvard Art Museums…
The Harvard Art Museums—comprising the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler museums—are one of Harvard University’s great prides, housed under the same glorious glass pyramidal roof at 32 Quincy Street. After a two year hiatus, the Harvard Art Museums are back in business. In their second exhibit since reopening, the museums featured Prints from the Brandywine Workshop […]
Don’t Let it be a Drag, Queen
A Perspective on Harvard’s History of Drag
“If you can’t love yourself how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?” This quote is repeated at the end of most episodes of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, a show responsible for making drag mainstream. The show starts with a dozen queens strutting on a runway, and they then compete against each other […]
The State of Psychedelics at Harvard
How the reemergence of these substances is unfolding in Cambridge
The relationship Harvard holds with psychedelics is long, convoluted, and until recently, static in its progression. Many are familiar with psychedelics’ fall to social damnation during the ’60s, less are familiar with how institutions like Harvard were involved, and less still are familiar with academia’s attitude towards these compounds before the research ceased. When the […]
How to Trust the News
What’s wrong with the news media, and how can we fix it?
Do you trust the news? In an era of post-truth politics and partisan polarization, only 7% of American adults say they have “a great deal” of confidence in newspapers, television, and radio news reporting. Trust in the media reached record lows in 2016. Americans consume more news than ever before, just in different forums and […]
Blending Wellness with Blenders
Life Alive and Down Under bring the Wellness Collaboration to Harvard Square
Have you ever stepped out of Widener Library for a study break at Pinocchio’s only to find the scarfed-down meal slows you down? The collaborators at Life Alive Organic Café and Down Under School of Yoga are determined to keep your energy ignited. Their first-ever collaboration, Wellness Oasis, which opened at 22 John F. Kennedy […]
Made by Marlo: Max Ingersoll and the Meaning of Meditation
Harvard Psychedelics co-president speaks about the power of meditation practices
Sunlight floods in from the Dunster fifth floor’s angled skylight as Max Ingersoll settles into his makeshift meditation space. He starts breathing in a cadence, focuses on how his body feels, and tries to imagine himself dying. As he thinks about his own life ending, he tries to make himself feel physically hotter. He imagines […]
Student Voices from Ukraine
Two students’ demand Harvard properly recognize the War In Ukraine
Nika Rudenko ’24 has not gone to class in more than a week. The war in Ukraine, and the responsibilities she feels for her family and country, matter more than any homework assignment. Along with a handful of other students from Ukraine and neighboring countries, Rudenko demands that Harvard University take action in support of […]