I Can’t F*ck Up
I can’t fuck up. Limited time. Limited resources. Limited energy. I can’t afford to fuck up. By HUNTER RICHARDS I don’t want to generalize; I’m sure that this is a common sentiment among Harvard students. However, my incessant need to succeed is less so a result of my perfectionism than it is the truth that […]
A Mother’s Burning Fury in “Three Billboards”
A late take on “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” in a pre-Oscars review series. By: CLAIRE PARK In Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Frances McDormand perfects the exquisitely subtle acrobatics of rage as Mildred Hayes, from the way she crunches on her nails as she surveys the billboards that will announce her […]
Harvard’s Housing History
A Quick Account of Why Harvard Is So Much Weirder Than Other Ivy League Schools By ALAYA AYALA With Housing Day approaching, and the simultaneously stressful and exciting weeks or months before it, comes a sense of anticipation…and confusion. There are those who knew from the moment they set foot on campus what their dream […]
Hell or High Water
By JASPER FU Yale entered the 2018 Women’s Ivy League Championship as the defending champions, but it would be Harvard’s team that would carry the title this time around in a runaway victory. Even as the first day came to a close, Harvard’s stellar performance was indicative, as the team tied with Yale to take […]
Witnessing Women Speak UP
A description of a Women’s Week event By ALAYA AYALA This week, barriers are being broken every single day due to Women’s Week. Many of Harvard’s most prominent women’s groups on campus are participating in the event, including the Harvard College Women’s Center, and the Radcliffe Union of Students (for a full list of […]
The Students of Stoneman Douglas Remind Me of My Voice
By REMEDY RYAN When I first heard about the shooting I was in church The priest had just rubbed a black cross on my head and he told us to pray for Florida Later, I skimmed the news update and after concluding the shooting was a safe 45 miles from my alma mater went on […]
II. Atlas
I. What is it that I am doing here In the fresh green breast of the New World? What was I thinking when I chose To land in these shimmering shores? My shores—white, sandy, palmy shores Are due South, due where the green Becomes so lush it can murder The air so pure it […]
Old Men and Transportation: A pairing of photographs
By LUCY HAMILTON The photos pictured here were arranged months after I took them. The first photo pictures my father’s eyes in the rearview mirror. I took it last Thanksgiving Day, as my entire family was travelled to see friends for dinner. We piled into the car, everyone was fighting, and of course, we were […]