Indy Sportsbook: Method to the Madness?
My picks and advice on how to fill out your bracket for March Madness.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—not the holidays, March Madness. Gambler’s paradise. The holy grail of sports betting. The time of year where sports fans can come together and rejoice with 67 games being played over the next three weeks. There is more to do than just watch them, as arguably the biggest […]
Indy Sportsbook: The Gender Betting Gap
Our picks and thoughts on gambling on women’s sports.
It goes without saying that the sports gambling industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past few years. Widespread legalization has made wagering more accessible than ever before. A Harvard student will soon be able to bet on events as obscure as second-division Australian soccer (we like West Adelaide at +130) from the comfort […]
Fear and Loathing in Philadelphia
A savage journey to the heart of the American Dream: Women’s Squash Nationals
We were somewhere around New Haven on the edge of the ocean when the drugs began to take hold. And by drugs, I mean sleep deprivation and caffeine. The road trip from Boston to Philadelphia to watch Harvard defend their title at Women’s Squash Nationals had only been underway for 3 hours, but we were […]
A Hot Harvard Hobby
A review of the Harvard Undergraduate Pole Dancing Club.
Harvard undergraduates constantly join pre-professional on campus organizations in the pursuit of acquiring competitive jobs that can provide them financial security after they graduate. For instance, the average salary for the highly coveted position as a First-Year Analyst at Goldman Sachs is an estimated $124,219, ergo the countless finance clubs on campus. Yet few people […]
A Pup Costs Five Dollars
When Bene pushes Marc off the swing, hands Scrambling and accompanied by rapid gust, Marc falls on the mush with his shirt speared Open like a gutted fish, the tattered sleeves limp. Before That odd incident, he had undressed In his room alone. Was it private? Bene, at the time, was Laboring. Marc had forgotten […]
History in Art
A Review of the Harvard Art Museums’ From the Andes to the Caribbean
Early American history is saturated with imperialism: a reality that stokes discomfort and denial in many contemporary Americans. The art of early America is itself an implicit—and occasionally explicit —testament to the intrinsically imperial nature of the country often celebrated for its ostensible opposition to empire. From the Andes to the Caribbean, the first major […]
The Counterculture of Cancel Culture
The international perspective on counterculture at Harvard.The international perspective on counterculture at Harvard.
Is counterculture universal? Culture is by definition unique to a certain country or community. As a result, communities around the world each breed behaviors or topics that go against their unique status-quo. But perhaps there are countercultural trends that stretch beyond geographical borders. We set out to understand how counterculture is perceived around the world, […]
The Flip Side of Phones
Living with a flip phone for forty days and forty nights.
I’m not Catholic. But when a few of my roommates got flip phones for Lent in an attempt to decrease their screen time, another roommate and I joined them in a secular attempt to do the same. We couldn’t wait, so we started way before Lent. We ordered five Nokia flip phones, each bought a […]
Jason Rezaian, an Embodiment of Counterculture
An interview discussing counterculture, journalism, and the future of free speech.
If anything, IOP Spring Fellow Jason Rezaian is the definition of counterculture. “I was constantly wondering, ‘is this the article that is going to get me throwin in jail?’” Rezaian, The Washington Post journalist who led the Tehran bureau from 2012 to 2016, is famously known for the 544 days he spent as a hostage […]
The Tainting of Tattoos
How our generation can dismantle the unprofessional stigma of tattoos.
My whole life, I have been told that under no circumstances would I ever be allowed to walk into my parent’s house with a tattoo. They did not care about the color of my hair or wherever I chose to pierce my body, but any type of ink was and continues to be non-negotiable. When […]
Pushing the Buttons Through Time
Harvard Kennedy School button exhibition highlights social movements throughout history.
“ERA YES.” “Stop the Pipeline.” “Dissent is Patriotic.” Throughout history, political and social movements have utilized buttons as a way to voice their agendas. Easily worn and displayed, buttons effectively distribute a variety of messages to a mass audience. A current exhibition at Harvard Kennedy School called “Political Buttons” features buttons collected from the 1960s, […]
A History of Wholesome Degeneracy
A tobacco shop full of character, deviance, and balls of fire.
“Essentially, it was a social club,” said Sean McGann, decade-long employee and current manager of Leavitt & Peirce. For much of its history, the tobacco shop was not just integrated, but a central part of Harvard campus; students living in the Hilton Block passed through the shop—occupying the dorm’s first floor—each day. Billiards tables lined […]
