Flyby Blog
How To: Stay Distracted in Class
Have you had to put away your laptop while your professor still presents off their own screen? The anti-technology epidemic is surfacing, but I refuse to let it stop me. Find ways to combat in-class boredom without ever being accused of touching your phone!
Things that Could Start and End While You’re Still in that BerryLINE
Is there anything longer than the wait at Berryline? Science still hasn't given us an answer, but we have found a few things that may be less time consuming, if its any consolation.
“Everything Must Go!”: Including the Senior Sale Itself?
It's Christmas in Cambridge again. As senior sales ramp up and the quality thereof steadily declines, I thought I might get in on the action. Check out Charlotte's Sophomore Sale Extravaganza here!
A Day in the Flyfe of a WHRBie
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the Pennypacker basement? Why are the lights always on? Why is there always an instrument or bike propped by the back door? What’s with the radio and its penguin Herbie? I had these same questions a year ago, when I embarked on my journey to join the society of herbie-whrbie AKA 95.3 FM WHRB Cambridge. Each Thursday of my life is now dedicated to the Penguin, and I think it’s high time I took you along. Waddle along and peer into the belly of Pennypacker if you dare…
An Open Letter to Claude and its Audacity
There is something deeply nefarious about the internet these days, and I’m not just talking about the capri pants propaganda. I am talking about the ever growing number of websites that are falling off the bone, held together by a four-sentence-long Claude prompt and a prayer. Somewhere along the way, empowering people to be innovative went a little too far, and now anyone with a laptop and a dream feels emboldened to unleash some half-baked nonsense they cooked up in the Chat cauldron onto the rest of us.
Things You Probably Forgot to Add to Your Senior Bucket List
It’s easy to get caught up in the Class Marshal talk, raps, and discarded pies of it all and forget that we have an expiration date looming over our heads: Thursday, May 27, 2027. Bonus points if you’re a thesis-ing senior who is already stressing over their mid-March deadline, struggling to plan out last-minute editing sessions in between visits to museums and local beaches in whatever city your spreak will take you to (don’t be basic and go to Cancun, please). But instead of continuing to prematurely spiral, it’s time to be a bit more glass-half-full. In an effort to practice what I preach and not measure our last year on campus in GCal deadlines and weekly Grensdays, here’s a round-up of the senior bucket list items I think we should all partake in to hold onto the whimsy and joy we will inevitably begin losing as the semester goes on…
How To: Make the Most of Your September Freedom
It’s safe to say that I will greatly miss the live-laugh-love version of myself that only comes out during this final weekend of September freedom. As a new weekend rolls around, I can only hope that my STEM classes push me to reinvest in my whimsy, spark conversation about my thrifted pieces and specialty coffee, and allow me enough time to sleep (even when solo cups are involved). Here’s to counting down the days until our next break!
An Open Letter to My Stolen Bicycle
Electric blue, shining brighter than the ocean at low tide, glistening like the sky on a hot summer day. Summer days like the ones when I was twelve, riding up and down my neighborhood street, delivering pies to my grandmother. Summer days like the one spent traversing the Providence Bike Path, stopping for Dell’s frozen lemonade. Summer days like the one when you were taken too soon from me.
POV: You’re the Love Island Cast on Sophomore Declaration Day
There are a myriad of lessons we can take with us from the Love Island cast as we transition into a new semester. Now, we can only wait for one, or many, of their appearances at Harvard Business School for further words of wisdom (writing this to manifest it). Or, for any of you lucky sophomores reading this, a serendipitous scroll through Harvard Yard on Friday, October 9th. I hope you all have this date GCal-ed…
Flyby's Guide to Crimson Jam 2026
Flyby's guide to Crimson Jam 2026, featuring Alesso!!
Overheards on Fall 2026 FDOC
Our eyes and ears were open for the FDOC! Check out some of the things we overheard at the start of this semester :)
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