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Strong Support, Limited Results: Examining the Approved UC Referenda One Year Later
Though activists say the referendum process remains a valuable tool to demonstrate student interest in certain issues and raise awareness on campus about these topics, they say the events of the past year have shown that the process is no panacea.
Club Sports Hit By Funding Cuts
With the Undergraduate Council’s budget constrained and its ability to fund student organizations increasingly limited, some club sports groups on campus have received less UC funding this year than expected and have had to make spending cuts or raise fees to adjust.
Love It/Hate It: Vests
Emma Kantor ‘17 sports a navy blue vest while walking through the Harvard Yard.
Improvements for BGLTQ Student Life Discussed
Students packed Winthrop House’s Tonkens Room on Wednesday night to brainstorm ways to improve life at Harvard for queer students.
Drinky-Drink
Though we may be a little too old for trick-or-treating, we can enjoy a different type of treat to get into the holiday spirit. Make any costume party even more spooky and festive with these ghoulishly good potions.
Fun Facts: Harvard Architecture
The buildings on Harvard’s campus that feature “brutalist” architecture, such as Canaday Hall, were not actually designed to thwart student rioting as rumor suggests. On the contrary, brutalist buildings were meant to oppose repression and control, therefore promoting high culture.
Gary Gensler
Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Secretary of Domestic Finance, speaks at the IOP forum at the John F. Kennedy building on Tuesday night.
Halloween candy
Halloween candy distributed at the Sustained Dialogue conversation about insensitive Halloween costumes.
Harvard and Slavery: Office Hours with Sven Beckert
The era of Southern plantations and slave masters may seem removed from Harvard’s history, but the University features prominently in new research investigating slavery and its connection to America’s oldest colleges.
Dean Acknowledges Early Admission Disparity
Despite several Harvard initiatives to recruit high-achieving, low-income students, the College’s early action program tends to advantage applicants from higher income brackets in the short run, a trend that is expected to “continue to be the case for the foreseeable future,” Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 told The Crimson in an interview Tuesday.
Sustained Dialogue Explores Halloween's Cultural Undertones
After a weekend of Halloween festivities and with more trick-or-treating on the horizon, students gathered on Tuesday night not to discuss their party plans, but rather what they described as a problematic narrative behind insensitive Halloween costumes.
Renewing Winthrop
Winthrop, pictured in a Crimson file photo from 2009, is the fourth House in line to be renovated as part of the House renewal project, the Winthrop House masters announced to the House community Wednesday evening.
Gender-Neutral Housing Petition Garners Requisite Signatures for UC Referendum
If the signatures are confirmed by the UC Rules Committee, the petition, which would make gender-neutral housing options available for all students at the College, will go before student voters in the Nov. 18-21 UC presidential election.
Kathy Griffin and Harvard Undergraduates Honoring Veterans
Matthew R. Marotta '14 interviews the 2013 Distinguished Service Partner honoree Kathy Griffin at "Standing Tall for Veterans," a comedy charity benefit for the Home Base Program presented by the Harvard Undergraduates Honoring Veterans on Saturday afternoon.
Kathy Griffin and Harvard Undergraduates Honoring Veterans
Interim Dean of Harvard College Donald H. Pfister presents comedian and veteran advocate Kathy Griffin with the 2013 Distinguished Service Partner award at "Standing Tall for Veterans," a comedy charity benefit for the Home Base Program presented by the Harvard Undergraduates Honoring Veterans on Saturday afternoon.
Harvard Glee Club
The Harvard Glee Club, led by Resident Conductor Harris Ipock, performs in the 100th Annual Harvard-Princeton Football Concert in Sanders Theatre Friday.
Want Bigger Attendance at Your Event? Make Sure You Advertise the Free Food
Only three students attended a discussion last week with Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith about what they want to see in the next Dean of the College. It was on a Thursday night, and it was in the Quad, but that’s still pretty embarrassing. Flyby put together some suggestions for administrators to keep in mind for future events if they want to attract some student attendance.
Flyby Imagines: What Faust Might Write About the HUDS Barilla Boycott
Earlier this week, we learned that Harvard University Dining Services will stop serving Barilla pasta in Harvard dining halls after Barilla’s chairman Guido Barilla told an Italian radio station that his company would never feature a gay family in its advertising.
HUDS Unveils Sixth Annual "Harvest Dinner"
Harvard University Dining Services brought its usual weekday offerings up on a notch on Thursday in celebration of National Food Day, serving New England fare like Maine lobster bisque, spinach gnocchi, and four berry pie.
Despite Common App Glitches, Harvard Retains Nov. 1 Deadline
After several schools delayed their early application deadlines in response to technical glitches on the Common Application website, Harvard’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid has decided against changing the date.
Ask With Forum
Carnegie Corporation of New York vice-president for national program and director of urban education Michele Cahill gives a talk on education reform as part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forums series on Wednesday.
Harvard Alum Describes Experience with Domestic Violence
Steiner, a businesswoman, author, and journalist, discussed her experience with domestic violence with Harvard community members on Tuesday evening.