I’m a Crybaby
Harvard students should not be afraid to show their tears
Harvard students pride themselves on being academically and emotionally intelligent individuals. We are keen to impress and to portray ourselves as the strong, competent leaders we are taught to become. The Harvard atmosphere amplifies the stigmas against crying. With the heightened pressures to live up to the Harvard name, many students feel the need to […]
As Primus Fights for HUA Representation, Students Point to Greater Inequities on Campus
All eyes are on HUA after it struck down first-gen/low income calls for a diversity, equity, and inclusion group.
After a summer-long conversation with the Harvard Undergraduate Association regarding equity efforts in Harvard’s student administration, Primus, Harvard’s First Generation Low Income student association, posted on Instagram on Sep. 19 stating that the HUA had “rejected PRIMUS’s plans for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” Primus members were responding to the HUA’s vote against their proposal for […]
A Numbers Game
The plummet of Columbia’s ranking raises questions of universities’ prestige
After exposing inaccurate reports from his own school, Columbia mathematics professor Michael Thaddeus ignited the fall of Columbia’s rankings in the annual US News and World Report. Earlier this month, Columbia’s ranking on the annual list fell from #2 to #18 after Thaddeus’ divulgement of the university’s inaccurate reports of financial data, terminal degrees, graduation […]
Switching Homes at Harvard
The trials and tribulations of inter-house transfer
While most students at Harvard live out their years beyond the Yard in the House they were assigned to first-year spring, there are a select few that opt to switch Houses. With a notoriously low acceptance rate, the inter-house transfer process is easy to apply to, but infamously hard to find success in. For how […]
Campus Cupid, Coded
Do Harvard Matchmaking sites actually work?
You’ve probably seen the ads in your email, thrown under your dorm room door, or stamped on the walls of the bathroom stalls: Harvard wants to find you a match. Harvard matchmaking sites offer ways for you to connect with fellow students of similar academic interests, sense of humor, and experience on campus. It’s Harvard […]
The Desire To Stay Light 
Disordered eating habits haunt the NARP life
Do I look fat today? Can you tell I had a cookie last night? Even a year after their relevance, I still find myself asking these questions. The residual trauma from competing in a sport that actively constricts weight, allowing petite women to be competitive, has resulted in a haunted relationship with my food. Women’s […]