Crime
Law School Student Robbed on Mass. Ave.
A male law school student was the victim of an armed robbery near Porter Square on Sunday at approximately 4:22 a.m., according to a Harvard Police e-mail advisory sent yesterday afternoon.
Have you seen this man?
Cambridge police just released this photo of the man who quietly robbed the Harvard University Employees Credit Union last week ...
So You Think You Can Rob a Bank
If there is such a thing as a classy way to rob a bank, we may be able to learn a little something from the man who ran out of the Harvard University Credit Union with an envelope full of cash Tuesday morning. Minutes earlier, the man, allegedly marched into the bank only minutes before, seemingly unarmed, and presented the teller with a letter demanding cash. Yep, that's right. A letter. Was his getaway just as classy? Find out after the jump.
Credit Union Robbed Quietly
The Harvard University Employee Credit Union was closed briefly midday yesterday after a man demanded cash in a letter he handed to a teller at 11:15 a.m.
And You Thought Getting Into Harvard was Hard...
Last April, we found out that the acceptance rate for the class of 2013 was about 7 percent. That’s a number to make even some of us upperclassmen feel insecure. (Back in our day, we were admitted at the embarrassingly bloated rate of about 9 percent. Good thing we managed to slip in when we could.) These days, we wonder, could there be a statistically more impossible dream than getting into Harvard? Well, yes, if you aspire to be a genius—an Apple Store genius, that is. Find out more after the jump.
Ivory Tower Season 7
Sexual innuendos, fossilized jokes (get it?!), cheating on your boyfriend in front of your boyfriend, Ivory Tower Season 7 comes back with a bang…well, not quite, only if the boyfriend hadn’t interrupted. The Season Premier titled “You’re Not In Kenya Anymore” marks the return of Rob Foster after a year abroad, only to find Dartek (who?) rave all over campus and the girl of his dreams dating Dartek (again, who?). Well, sorry bud, trends here in Cambridge moves fast. But hey, at least you kissed the girl before Dartek did. Boy, talk about drama! The plot is somewhat soapy, with poor Rob clearly sexually frustrated – fossilized rhinoceros penis and two beetles copulating for a thousand years in copal? – must’ve had a tough year in Kenya. But what captured FlyBy’s eyes was Mel, the girl-next-door, the loyal best friend, the one you call up at 3 AM in the morning to tell her about all your girl troubles. Well, she’s clearly got her own set of woes this time. Readers, stay tuned for the next episode and analysis on FlyBy!
Going Underground: Biggers’ New Exhibition Explores Slavery
“This piece is...a little more surreal in context and performance,” Sanford Biggers, the 2009 Marshall S. Cogan Visiting Artist, says ...
Female University Employee Attacked by Unidentified Man Near Dewolfe St., Escapes Uninjured
A female Harvard University employee reported that she was attacked while walking on Grant St. near DeWolfe St. on Tuesday.
Patient Stabs HMS Doctor
Jay Carciero, 37, was shot and killed by an off-duty security guard at a clinic located a few blocks away ...
Madoff Investor Found Dead In Pool
Jeffry M. Picower, an education philanthropist who invested billions in Bernard L. Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme, was found dead ...
Poision Victim Alleges Foul Play
An HMS research fellow says he doesn't think the toxins in his coffee were placed there accidentally.
Online Threat Case Settled
Four years after derogatory material was posted about them in an online law school discussion forum, two former Yale Law students have reached a settlement in their case against about two dozen anonymous online posters.
Poisoning Sends Six to Hospital
Six Harvard Medical School researchers were poisoned in August after drinking contaminated coffee, according to a memorandum released by HMS officials last Friday.
Police Seek Suspects In Saturday Stabbing
Cambridge police are looking for three unidentified men accused of stabbing a 38-year-old Somerville man multiple times on JFK Street ...
Russian Criminal Group Forges College Diplomas
Russian police have arrested a criminal group responsible for the trafficking of counterfeit college diplomas, including those from Harvard, according to a statement released by the state-run news outlet Russian Information Agency Novosti.
New Potential Suspect In Art Theft Investigation
The investigation of an alleged $80 million theft of a Harvard doctor’s art collection has taken yet another bizarre turn, with the Boston Globe now reporting that officials are looking into whether the doctor’s business partner is to blame.
Locker Room Thefts Continue
Almost $4,500 worth of valuables was stolen from the women’s soccer and softball locker rooms last Tuesday—the most recent incident ...
Gilt Groupe at WIB Launch Event
Alumni of Harvard College and HBS, the co-founders of the Gilt Groupe, Alexis and Alexandra, talk to a full Emerson 105 room about their experience in founding the group and the success of their business. The event comes as the WIB Launch Event for the Annual Intercollegiate Business Conference in November and it included a Gilt gift card giveaway for each member of the audience as well as raffle prizes.
Grad Student Mugged In Porter Square
On Monday night, Andrew Mao, a first-year student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was mugged by two ...