Curious to see what students decided to leave on campus, and hoping to find some gifts for the family—father’s day is coming up—I channeled my inner raccoon and dug through the Habitat for Humanity donation bins set up in the Yard. After two hours of digging and losing all of my dignity, I discovered that there were some pretty questionable items—and students—in the freshman class. Here's a recap of some of the notable items I found:

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For the sixth year in a row, The Crimson surveyed the graduating class,\xa0asking questions ranging from employment prospects to personal health and tracking changes in the student body over time.

Take a look through some of the findings in the interactive graphic above. For the full take, check out the article printed in the Senior Section here.

Commencement is here. Join the crowd of thousands in Tercentenary Theatre and be a part of Harvard history. Or follow Flyby\'s live coverage with updates every minute from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. today.

Before you hear the comedian Andy Samberg, one of this year's Class Day speakers, Flyby thinks you should know a few things about the man who's sure to elicit more than a few chuckles. Here are five fun facts about the Saturday Night Live star in anticipation of his big speech today.", [])

Missing Class Day? Flyby has you covered. If you weren\'t able to snag a seat to the event itself, you can still follow along as we give you minute-by-minute updates of what\'s taking place. Check it out between 2 and 4:30 p.m. here.

Mass. House Representative Barnett "Barney" Frank ’61-’62 makes up one half of this year\'s unlikely Class Day speaker duo. Here are five facts to introduce you to the Congressman, from his Harvard roots to his upcoming wedding plans.

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Still on campus and looking for something to do? Radio 92.9\'s annual EarthFest concert is happening today at the Hatch Shell in Boston, beginning at 11:00 a.m. This year\'s performers include Eve 6, Switchfoot, Spin Doctors, and Third Eye Blind. Beyond providing music to the public, the concert seeks to promote an understanding of the environmental problems facing our planet. As a result, you\'ll learn a lot about green causes and be privy to a plethera of delicious (and probably all-natural) food samples from green-minded companies. Oh, and the concert is entirely free. So if you\'re craving some hummus, good music, and a day out in the sun, grab your friends and consider heading over to Boston for the afternoon.

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

May 17, 1917: An International Medley

It has been urged lately by some who, being of revolutionistic turn of mind, like to see any change, whatever it may be that we adopt "America" as our national anthem instead of the more martial song to which we now pay reverence. One reason set forth is that the "Star Spangled Banner" is well enough as an anthem in the bloody times of war, but in peace we need some more dulcet sentiment. Another is that "America" is well suited to the orchestration of the people\'s voices, whereas our present unlegalized national anthem is of too intricate a nature to be rendered to perfection by any save trained singers.

May 16, 1929: Crimson Cohorts Combat Comical Colleagues in Classic Crab Catching Crew Contest—Cup Clandestinely Confiscated

The welkin rang in proverbial style at Gerry\'s Landing up the Charles yesterday evening as final preparations for the tornadic Crimson-Lampoon regatta, scheduled for 2.30 o\'clock this afternoon, were completed. Merwomen prinked, pollywogs warbled, as two specially designed Gloucester herring chasers were launched with solomn rites on the star-flecked upper reaches of the local stream.

May 16, 1946: Rugged Individualist, Class of \'34, Pedals Bicycle on Road to Success

Not a bicycle races by Adams House hell-bent for New Lecture Hall that does not bring a smile to Harry Frankel \'34, proprietor of the Bi-ex Bike Repair Shop on 3 Bow Street. For it means another member of his old alma mater converted to the bicycle brethren.

"I always hate to buy a bike from anybody. Even if it\'s a good buy, it just means we\'ve lost another cyclist to the Sport," he remarked yesterday on this conflict between long and short run business principle.

May 14, 1979: Police Find Coins Stolen from Fogg

State and federal investigators Saturday completed their recovery of a collection of 5,000 rare coins stolen from the Fogg Museum in December 1973 and valued at approximately $2 million.

—Compiled by\xa0Julie M. Zauzmer.

This year\'s high yield rate of 81 percent for Harvard admits—up four percent from last year—only proves that playing "hard to get" can work.

While many administrators attribute the increase in yield to the return of Early Action decisions and the current economic climate, Flyby has its own theories as to why more admitted students actually want to come to Harvard:

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Bite your nails, hold your breath, take a shot.... Grades are now up. Well, if your instructors filed them and if you filled out all of your Q evaluations, that is.

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You've sent out an imploring message over every house and interest group email list, to no avail.\xa0You still need a roommate. Good thing Craigslist has more to offer than serial killers and casual encounters. We know finding someone to physically live with through the virtual world can be daunting, but luckily Flyby is here to help you with a few trustworthy tips.

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Apparently a chaste activity does exist that is analogous to sex: talking about oneself. A recent series of studies conducted by Harvard neuroscientist and Associate Professor Jason P. Mitchell (who taught SLS 20 in 2010) and psychology student at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Diana I. Tamir found that self-disclosure activates the same regions of the brain that are associated with food, money, and sex.

According to Mitchell and Tamir, 30 to 40 percent of human speech involves informing others of one\'s "own subjective experiences," meaning talking about oneself. That\'s right, we may think we\'re all great listeners, but we\'re really spending almost half of our time talking about our opinions on a subject or a telling a story in which we are the protagonist. Mitchell and Tamir conducted a series of five studies in order to determine why we love conversing about ourselves above all other topics.

The studies revealed that we will often go to comic lengths to avoid talking about others and to keep the focus of the conversation on ourselves. In some of their tests, Mitchell and Tamir even offered participants money to talk about other people, such as President Obama. Financial incentives, however, did not prove powerful enough to prevent people from revealing personal information, such as whether or not they liked pizza.

The neuroscientists monitored the brain activity of some participants and observed that when these participants talked about themselves there was increased activity in the mesolimbic dopamine system, the same area of the brain that experiences increased activity during sex.

Apparently, long-winded stories about your last trip to the Delphic can be just as enjoyable as how that night might have ended. Next time you find yourself completely annoyed at a friend for being too self-involved, remember: it\'s just part of his brain chemistry.

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

Saturday, May 9, 1891: Courses for Teachers on "Methods of Instruction"

The announcement of the courses to be given for the benefit of teachers during the new academic year is now in press, and will soon appear. The plan has been already mentioned in these columns, and some further particulars are at present forthcoming.

At its last meeting, then, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences decided to offer, during the academic year 1891-92, a series of courses, open to men who are graduates of Colleges or Scientific Schools, and "to others of suitable age and attainments" (under the same conditions as those which now govern admission to the Graduate School). These are to be called "Courses in Methods of Instruction adapted to the purposes of teachers, and of persons intending to become teachers."

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Interested in European history? Economics? Politics? The Center for European Studies Library is selling its books on these topics until 6 p.m. today.

The dusty shelves of the small library of the lower level of CES hold a wealth of untouched knowledge; many of these books have been left unopened since the CES library closed in September of 2010. Today these volumes of books concerning Europe are on sale for prices ranging from $1 to $5.

"I wish more students knew about it," said Grace W. Njunge ’15, one of the students who helped coordinate the sale. "There’s so much history in this library."

The sale is one day only and ends in around an hour, so hurry over to the CES to take advantage of some amazing deals.

Done with exams but not done with BoardPlus? Read on for Flyby's tips to finish up any leftover BoardPlus, whether you want to share the wealth or stock up for the summer.

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A group of hackers, dubbing itself only as "The Unknowns", claimed that it hacked into parts of Harvard\'s website, in addition to websites of other major organizations such as NASA, the U.S. Airforce, and the French Ministry of Defense among others, according to an ABC News article.

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