We're hearing reports that many parts of campus have lost power.\xa0Let us know in the comments where you are and whether or not your have power. Good anecdotes, please.

Harvard operates in acronyms, and sometimes it feels like our sentences are mostly just letters: "HUDS is going to send me to UHS" or "My PAF is my TF in my SLS class!" It\'s like our own secret language, and also helpful when we\'re too lazy to actually say Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding. However, people who aren\'t familiar with the jargon could get confused. Here are some alternatives to our beloved and well known letters, from the real world.

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This time it\'s for real, in all kinds of ways.

After a preemptive round of No Subject emails landed in students\' inboxes yesterday from the suspiciuos sender "registration@worldapp.com," The Office of Student Life has done its best to put this botched attempt at undergraduate opinion gathering behind it and move on to bigger and/or less sketchy things.', [])

Before fall dwindles away completely and winter takes its place, FM wanted to know:\xa0which of the five Starbucks in Harvard Square makes the best Pumpkin Spice Latte?

Taste-tester Brian A. Feldman finds out.

On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Secretary of State certified what\xa0most people around the country already knew: the Bay State is weird. Even as the rest of the country showed near-record apathy on\xa0Election Day, Massachusetts voters came out in droves.

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This winter, you might want to save your holiday shopping for after finals period. Researchers from Harvard and other universities have found that sadness (a common condition among students trying to finish papers and projects at the end of the semester) not only leads to increased spending, it also impacts the quality of our financial decisions.

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It seems like someone in New Jersey is still disappointed they didn\'t get into Harvard. Fortunately, all those tigers who are licking their academic wounds from last semester can take comfort in a new website that purports to convert Princeton students\' GPAs into slightly higher Harvard equivalents. Flyby can only assume that the site was generously created by a Princetonian hoping to fuel his classmates\' fantasies about how much better their lives would have been had they gone to Harvard instead.', [])

Okay, we know it's a little after Thanksgiving. But this video of how some Harvard students spent the holiday while on campus is nothing short of cute. And who couldn't use a little more cute in their lives?

That subject-less email you received today from registration@worldapp.com may have looked a lot like spam. But luckily for those who\xa0clicked on the link for the "2012-2013 Harvard College House Life Survey" that it contained, it was actually from the Office of Student Life.

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With seven blockmates, three siblings, four final exams, and two papers, shopping for holiday gifts can be both financially straining and time-consuming. Luckily, the Flyby elf is making his annual visit, offering ideas for creative and cheap presents. The gifts that follow will be sure to please everyone from your best friend to that random guy in your study group\'s Secret Santa gift exchange.

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Researchers at the Harvard Medical School didn\'t intend to pinpoint a gene that can predict time of death, but somehow that\'s exactly what happened. ', [])

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology edged out Harvard to top\xa0a study comparing cognitive skills released earlier this month.

Unlike other college ranking systems, this study analyzed results from online games that use neuroscience to measure five aspects that contribute to intelligence: speed, attention, flexibility, memory, and problem solving.', [])

We asked Harvard students, their families, and their friends to share one or two Thanksgiving-themed Instagram photos with us this holiday weekend by using the hashtag #flybythanksgiving.

The photos above are the best of over 40 submissions. Each one reflects some combination of the following elements: what the photographer is thankful for, where the photographer spent Thanksgiving, who the photographer spent it with, and what he or she ate.

Enjoy!

Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

November 19, 1925: Agent and Police Wet-Blanket Football Theatre Party—"Too Drunk to Talk to" Is Charge of Tremont Official

The University football squad, for whose entertainment an evening at the Tremont theatre had been planned, yesterday failed to witness "The Cocoanuts" because of the cupidity of an officious police officer and the unreasonable temper of the Tremont theatre\'s business manager.

Six taxis were engaged by the management to convey the players to the theatre. Upon alighting, the members of the party entered the lobby in a manner that was described by Manager S. de J. Osborne \'26 as "not noisy, but quietly keyed up."

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There are so many shows, performances, and galleries in and around Harvard Square that sometimes it\'s hard to know where to start—so the Arts board is here for you. We\'ve compiled a list of interesting (and nearby) events happening this weekend for those of you staying at Harvard for Thanksgiving. Send tips to artscal@thecrimson.com.

FRIDAY 11/23

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven – Boston Symphony Orchestra – 1:30 p.m. (repeated at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday)

Pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias showcases a completely Austro-German program for the classically inclined. This concert will feature the BSO\'s first-ever performances of Haydn\'s Symphony No. 76 and Beethoven\'s complete ballet score to "The Creatures of Prometheus."

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This week marks the return of Black Friday: that day when Americans brave stampedes and sleep deprivation for the promise of steep discounts at their favorite stores. Boston is no different from the rest of America, with shops in Cambridgeside Galleria, Downtown Crossing, and Newbury Street all featuring late-night openings and discounts. But for those of you who aren't too keen on risking your life (and your grades) fighting for a chance to buy that new HDTV for your dorm room, Flyby has organized an alternative Black Friday agenda for you. The best part? You get to sleep in.

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