Catherine R. Shapiro, the current resident dean of Leverett House, has been appointed to the newly-created post of assistant dean of residential life, House Master Howard M. Georgi ’68 announced last week.

Princess Zahra Aga Khan ’94 said Tuesday evening that her audiences typically expect her to be sporting a hajib, as well a “long frilly dress and tiara.”

Eating healthy can be difficult, especially during finals. To make the task easier, the Harvard School of Public Health has just revamped its user-friendly food pyramid model.

Last week, W. Hugo Van Vuuren ’07 was dining at Ghana’s most expensive hotel, its lushness visible—until the lights went off.

Arrested for sharing a marijuana cigarette at the annual Boston Freedom Rally in September, Richard E. Cusick and R. Keith Stroup turned to Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson ’60 for legal counsel.

As the first anniversary of General Education’s approval by the Faculty approaches, it’s becoming clear that the new curriculum will push students less outside of their concentrations.

Humanities professors are drawing up courses for the new General Education curriculum in full force, contributing nine courses to the Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding category—more than a third of all courses approved by the General Education Standing Committee.

Nearly a year after then-Interim University President Derek C. Bok announced the plan for University-wide calendar reform last June, graduate schools at Harvard are moving ahead with its implementation.

In the past two weeks, Harvard students opened their mailboxes to find a blue “opt-out” card as part of the Abortion Opt-Out Campaign of Harvard Right to Life (HRL). The initiative allows students to request a refund of the part of their Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) health insurance plan that funds elective abortions—one dollar per term.

A year after the Faculty voted in favor of General Education, the new curriculum—with 26 courses approved so far—is still a work in progress. But as differences between the old and the new are becoming clear, not everyone is celebrating the change.

Preserving the structure of current copyright law, a relic of the times before fast bandwidth made worldwide music sharing a possibility, is not worth the costs of enforcement.

In the United States, and especially within our insular college community, it is far too easy to lose sight of the larger issues affecting people around the world.

More than a decade after the media spectacle surrounding Dolly the sheep, cloning seems to have fallen under the radar, while the legal environment surrounding it remains nebulous.

It is unrealistic to expect China and India to forego economic gain in order to protect the environment.

End of the world scenarios are not new.

We all need that extra something to get through reading period and finals. No, not drugs (not the illegal kind, anyway)—energy drinks (and caffeine pills, if you need an extra kick). But it’s hard to know which of the many options will really get you going, and which will lead to a break down à la Jessie’s infamous Saved By the Bell incident. So here’s FM’s guide to the good stuff.

Jehane Noujaim ’96, famous for her documentary film “Control Room,” which details the Al Jazeera television network, recently organized the first ever Pangea Day, which debuted on May 10. Pangea Day, designed to bring together independent filmmakers from around the world, was hailed as an event to help foster world peace through technology and mutual respect. Before the Day was upon her, FM sat down with this Harvard grad to discuss her fabulous forms of visual diplomacy, her hopes for the film festival, and her plans for the future.

It was a struggle for everlasting glory and honor, a fight to the death. The task was simple: Eat twelve chickwiches in twelve dining halls (and at least one bun). The competitors were not brawny, hulking men but two petite women: Katherine Y. Tan ’10 and Michela C. DeSantis ’10.

While Lamont might be depressing during reading period, we can all take comfort in that fact that it’s depressing for everyone. Students—regardless of color, creed, class, or gender—can gather to have their spirits crushed during marathon study sessions 24/5.

Harvard students, unless they’re participating in a psychology study, rarely just stand around and watch people. Ever-brimming with drive and determination, most of us are always on the move, whether it’s “On to the next study group!” or “On to the next hole in Leverett House senior golf!” Everything is always happening, right now.

The recent alleged assault near Lamont Library serves as a reminder that even on campus, nighttime travel can be a dangerous affair. After consulting the safety gurus, FM has compiled some safety tips and self-defense moves that should come in handy if you find yourself alone in the wee hours.

The British newspaper The Daily Mail recently reported that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is now required reading for A-level English students, noting with a hint of horror that Harry “has taken his place alongside such greats of English literature as Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.”

I was going to do it. It was just too tempting. I could imagine how it would feel—so smooth and sleek upon my body. The thought was riveting. And you know what? Dammit, I needed this.

I have always had a strange obsession with dates—with the passage of time. When I was young, I would document the dates and times of every significant event of my personal life: the arrival of my college acceptance letter, or the last day of school.