College News
Low Voter Turnout in Coop Elections is Concerning but Familiar
With a week left until the end of elections for the Harvard Coop’s board of directors on April 24, candidates and Coop management remain uncertain whether enough members will ultimately vote in the elections.
With Pressures from Administration, InstaNomz Closes Doors
After a conflict with the Office of Student Life, the student founders of the food delivery start-up will seek to expand their business to other schools.
VIDEO: Looking Back One Year Later, Harvard Affiliates Prepare to Return to Finish Line
For the Harvard affiliates running in the Boston Marathon a year ago today, it was a picture-perfect mid-April morning and a pleasant, if difficult, run through Boston’s suburbs. Then, shortly before 2:50 p.m., two homemade explosives detonated near the finish line.
UC To Ask College To Pay for Summer Storage in Renovated Houses
The Undergraduate Council called on College administrators to cover summer storage costs for students during their weekly meeting.
Tyrrell Named New Men’s Swimming Coach
After leading the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team to one of its most successful seasons in recent memory, Kevin M. Tyrrell—who served as interim head coach for the 2013-14 season following Tim D. Murphy’s departure last fall—has been named the permanent head coach, Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise announced in a press release Tuesday.
If Approved, New Credit System Could Diversify Course Offerings, Standardize Accreditation
A proposal before the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to convert the College’s current course unit system to a more nationally recognized credit system could lead to an increase in the number and variety of nontraditional course offerings and a University-wide standardization of Harvard’s accreditation system.
Africa Week Wraps Up with Faces of Africa Show
Students danced, sang, and performed spoken word during the annual Faces of Africa show in Lowell Lecture Hall on Friday.
Students Praise Monáe’s Yardfest Performance
Monáe’s headlining performance addressed diversity at Harvard and elicited praise, particularly in the wake of last year’s controversial artist selection.
2012-2013 Ad Board Stats Reflect Three-Fold Spike in Academic Dishonesty Cases
According to the statistics, 97 students involved in academic integrity cases were required to withdraw in 2012-2013, the year that saw Harvard’s largest cheating investigation in recent memory.
Former Harvard Professor Cornel West Talks Black Politics
Cornel R. West ’74, American philosopher and former Harvard professor spoke Thursday afternoon in Emerson Hall about black political thought, philosophy, and religion at an event hosted by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum.
CLAIMING THE IBIS
David Royce ’56 stands atop the Lampoon Castle ready to claim the organization’s treasured ibis.
David Royce, Stealer of Thresky Ibis and Drawer of Crimson Presidents, Dies at 82
David Royce ’56—a sharp-penned cartoonist, controversial political activist, and the “alleged purloiner of the [Harvard Lampoon’s] Thresky Ibis”—died April 4 in Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Conn. after a two-year bout with lymphoma. He was 82.
Freshmen Dip into UC-Funded Nutella Study Break
Freshmen turned out in large numbers in Annenberg Hall Wednesday night to snack on Ferrero’s famous chocolate hazelnut spread at the Undergraduate Council’s $900 Nutella-themed study break.
Our Harvard Can Do Better Teaches, Recruits Students at Teach-In
The teach-in follows more than a week of campus discussion regarding sexual assault and the creation of a presidential task force on the issue.
