Clubs
Students Consider University Recognition for Single-Sex Groups
Students from varied social circles discussed the skewed social dynamic between male and female single-sex groups and the need for some form of University recognition for these groups during an event in Adams Lower Common Room yesterday.
True Love Revolution Hosts Porn Discussion
Neurosurgeon Donald Hilton, an associate professor at the University of Texas, told a packed audience last night that pornography consumption has negative effects on masculinity, social interaction and demographics.
Shakira Receives Artist of the Year Award at Sanders
Shakira appeared at Sanders Theatre Saturday to accept the 2011 Artist of the Year award.
Vi Hart Dazzles Pfoho with Balloon Polyhedrons
Vi Hart, recreational mathemusician perhaps best known for her videos about doodling in math class, is in residence in Pforzheimer House this week. Last night, she held a workshop where Pforzheimer and College affiliates—including this Flyby correspondent—learned to make polyhedrons and other mathematical objects using balloons.
Rush Figures Set New Record
Two hundred and sixty eight women rushed Harvard’s three sororities this year, representing the largest rush class in the University’s history, according to sorority leaders.
Harvard's First OWAW
Before classes even started, campus was teeming with students who returned a week early for Optional Winter Activities Week (OWAW).
Outing Club
Participants in the Harvard Outing Club's annual winter trip to their cabin in New Hampshire snowshoe across a frozen lake near Carter Notch.
Outing Club
The Harvard Outing Club led a week-long trip to their cabin in New Hampshire. During the day, students participated in winter activities like hiking, snowshoeing, and sledding.
Harvard's Listening Club
Shhh… can you hear it? It's Harvard's latest student organization, the Listening Club. Harvard administrators who like to say that there is a club for every interest at Harvard can take comfort with the decision by Beverly D. Boos, a student at the Harvard Extension School, to found the Listening Club, an organization that will train its members in listening skills. It will hold its first meeting at the end of January.
NBC’s Jeff Zucker Pays Homage to O’Brien Rivalry
As the illustrious career of Jeffrey A. Zucker '86, CEO of NBC Universal, nears an end, it appears that one "healthy rivalry" will still remain. Reminiscing about his life at Harvard as President of The Harvard Crimson, Zucker spoke of his days teasing fellow student Conan O’Brien '85, a past President of the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine.
Jewish Life at Harvard: A Rap Chronicle
Though Harvard students may often seem to sing praises for the student groups to which they belong, few ever rap about them—but that’s exactly what Maxbetter S. Vizelberg ‘14 did in this new video.
Calling All Cooks!
Are you constantly finding new ways to incorporate HUHDS ingredients into recipe masterpieces? Obsessed with the presentation of your meticulous food arrangements? The master of dining hall concoctions?
Yale Parody Video Deemed Offensive
A student comedy group is under fire after releasing a parody video that refers to the murder last year of a Yale graduate student.
Students Challenge Government on AIDS at Conference
Harvard students, wearing shirts and holding signs saying “HIV POSITIVE”, demonstrated at a high-profile global health conference in Boston Friday, calling on the Obama administration to fulfill its pledge to sharply increase funding for AIDS programs.
Today in Photos (11/15/10)
Photos from the November 15, 2010 print edition of The Harvard Crimson.
UC Candidates Compete For Student Group Endorsements
With voting for the leadership of the Undergraduate Council opening today, Student Life Committee Chair Senan Ebrahim ’12 and his running mate Bonnie Cao ’12, the current UC Secretary, have pulled ahead in the race for student group endorsements. A total of 16 groups had given the Ebrahim-Cao campaign their stamp of approval as of yesterday.
CSA Hosts Iron Chef Competition
The Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Student Association Iron Chef competition began, unexpectedly, with an original rap to the instrumental of “Like a G6” delivered by Joshua C. Zhang ’14 and Eric Lu ’14. The rap set the stage for the irreverent tone of the evening, established the rules of the competition, and announced the prize: a $30 gift card to Finale.
Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates
They're small. They don't make noise. They don't need to be fed. You can leave them unattended for weeks and they (probably) won't die. And your tutor likely won't care that you're haboring them illicitly in your room.
Final Club Real Estate
Though most Harvard students have walked by properties owned by final clubs, many have never been inside their million (and in some cases, multi-million) dollar clubhouses. As part of Flyby’s final club series, we’ve profiled club real estate holdings in Cambridge.
Harvard Vietnamese Association's Vietnamese Sandwich Workshop
Harvard Vietnamese Association's had its annual free Bánh Mì, Vietnamese Sandwich, workshop last night in Ticknor Lounge.
Harvard Vietnamese Association's Vietnamese Sandwich Workshop
Harvard Vietnamese Association had its annual free Bánh Mì, or Vietnamese Sandwich, workshop last night in Ticknor Lounge.
Body Building Club
(From left to right) Jordan R. Milan '12, Ge (Andy) Zhang '13, and Hugh G. Martin '12, enjoy snacks while listening intently to the upcoming plans for Harvard's Body Building Club including practice schedules, and fundraising efforts.
To Punch or Not to Punch?
Tonight, Harvard undergraduates found fliers with the following text under their doors, reminiscent of Final Club punch invitations: