Indy Sportsbook: Year in Review
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]
Going The Distance
On April 17th, 2023, nearly 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries gathered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to run the annual Boston Marathon. Started in 1897, the Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of six World Marathon Majors. The Independent spoke to several Harvard students who ran the marathon this spring about […]
Eleganza: Harvard At Its Best
On Saturday, April 22, upwards of 1,500 students flocked to the Bright-Landry Hockey Center for the fashion-dance performance-rave of the year: Eleganza. Upon entering, VIP ticket holders were welcomed with Red Bull—an energizer which spectators would certainly not need after experiencing the vitalizing performance. Energy united and defined the entire performance. Performers danced, strutted, vogued, […]
Review: Atalanta
I sincerely hope that newspapers in 1969 were this stylish and jazzy, although perhaps without the complex interpersonal drama. Atalanta, written and directed by Mira-Rose Kingsbury Lee ’24 and co-directed by Ellie Powell ’25, follows Sarina Lemonde (Grace Allen ’23), an editor at the fictional Atalanta Post in 1969 New York, as she grapples with […]
The Power of Uncertainty
Going to Harvard implies having it all figured out. With peers that serve in Parliament, compete in the Olympics, or have worked in Michelin star restaurants, it seems that everyone else is achieving greatness before graduation. Even seemingly less-extraordinary peers are on the path to success—with hundreds of sophomores lining up investment banking and consulting […]
Welcome to Harvard
For current Harvard students, Veritas means truth. For the visiting “pre-frosh,” Visitas, on the other hand, might take on a few different meanings. Whether or not visiting students have been committed to Harvard since December and have been eagerly awaiting their turn on campus, or if they are deciding between Stanford or Yale for the […]
It’s Okay to be Uncomfortable
On March 6th, Stanford Law School’s Federalist Society invited Kyle Duncan to speak on “Covid, Guns, and Twitter.” Chaos ensued. Duncan, a conservative judge appointed by Donald Trump, was met with heckles from students during his speech, an interruption that halted his address. Following Duncan’s request for an administrator to help de-escalate the situation, SLS […]
Standing up to the Stigma
“As women have entered more and more spaces and fields that have been historically male-dominated, you find there aren’t many considerations that have been made to accommodate women entering those spaces,” said Dina Kobeissi ’24, president of the Harvard Arab’s Women Collective. Kobeissi’s sentiments represent the all-too-common theme that many Harvard women exemplify: females in […]
The Trek Back From Israel
“Wall of Resistance.” Credit: Palestinian Solidarity Committee On Wednesday March 29th, around twenty students gathered in the lower floor Common Room of Adam House’s Claverly Hall. As people file into the small space, one student seated in front of a decadent fireplace invites them to join the conversation to share their thoughts. The meeting, referred […]