College
Reading Period: Expectations vs. Reality
You may have hopes of studying efficiently, eating well, exercising frequently and not going insane, but we all know that as soon as you click on that first Buzzfeed list, things go downhill and before you know it four hours and all hopes of a productive day fall to the wayside (don't worry, you're probably going to get an A anyway). Flyby has come up with two reading period pie charts detailing the expectations vs. realities of reading period.
World AIDS Day Vigil
Members of the Harvard community gather outside Memorial Church at a candlelight vigil to commemorate the lives of AIDS victims for World AIDS Day, which was on December 1st. The vigil was sponsored by Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition.
Substantiating Fears of Grade Inflation, Dean Says Median Grade at Harvard College Is A-, Most Common Grade Is A
The median grade at Harvard College is an A-, and the most frequently awarded mark is an A, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris said on Tuesday afternoon, supporting suspicions that the College employs a softer grading standard than many of its peer institutions.
World AIDS Day Vigil
Brianna J. Suslovic '16 participates in a candlelight vigil outside Memorial Church to commemorate the lives of AIDS victims on World AIDS Day, which was on December 1st. The vigil was sponsored by Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition.
Students Celebrate Hanukkah On Campus
Though many students were at home last week for the first few days of Hanukkah, they will be able to find food and festivities—from fried latkes and jelly doughnuts to traditional Jewish games of dreidel and the lighting of menorahs—across campus in the final days of the Jewish holiday.
We Don't Care: Celebrate the Last Days of Classes
Well, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. With That Which Shall Not Be Named looming around the corner, there are only a few days of classes left! Whether you are sad to be finishing Fairytales or overjoyed to leave CS50 behind, it’s time to shed your shyness and go a little crazy in the classroom. Here are a few things you could do in lecture or section to leave with a resounding bang.
Joke Ticket’s Victory Prompts Students To Wonder If Harvard Could Really ‘Do Worse’
In a year when students elected a ticket running under the slogan “You could do worse,” undergraduates reflected on what the first-ever-winning joke ticket means for student government at Harvard.
Six Rhodes Winners
From left to right, top to bottom, Rhodes Scholarship winners Elizabeth H. Byrne ’14, Alexander J. Diaz ’14, Aurora C. Griffin ’14, Andrew S. Lea ’14, Paolo P. Singer ’14, and Katherine E. Warren ’13.
