Flyby Culture
Boring People Rejoice: Free Interesting Facts Here
It’s happened to everyone. You can remember your name, your dorm, your hometown, but you just cannot for the life of you recall that “interesting” fact you were asked to tell.
What's Worse: The ACA Website or Harvard Websites?
Since the launch of the Affordable Care Act website, there has been a lot of criticism about its workability. Some active internet commenters have been pretty outspoken about how they think it's the worst site in the history of the interwebz. Harvard students beg to differ. Students spend hours trying to traverse the maze that is the Harvard University Portal. To name just a few of these nearly impossible to navigate websites:
Horse Semen, Protesting R. Kelly, and Leaked Fratservs
The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight.
It Will Be Okay: Flyby's November Playlist
As midterm season round two sneakily morphs into the semester’s home stretch, try not to let work blind you from the remaining days of sunshine. Here’s a list of songs Flyby put together to accompany you through the rest of fall—from crisp struts through the Yard, to cozy cups of tea at your desk.
The Verdict: Instadvice
Welcome to The Verdict, Flyby's newest advice column! We know most of you on campus consider yourselves to be “tech savvy,” but the ultimate measure of social media success is arguably Instafame. If you’re confused by what that means, stop reading now. Instagram launched in 2010 and over the years other social media forms (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) have had to begrudgingly make room for this photo editing and sharing app. Instasuccess is everything. So, naturally, Harvard—recently voted #1 social media college—had to get in on the game; hence the emergence of the popular #HarvardinAutumn hashtag campaign. Whether you’re an insta veteran or a newbie, everyone can always use a refresher on how to play the Instafield. Without further ado, we present to you: Instagram 101.
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Lauren and Olivia taking a selfie in front of all of Lauren’s Instagrams that have been printed out for wall decorations.
Stanford Students Swap Secretions
It appears that Stanford students are bad at kissing. At least bad at kissing without infecting the entire student body in the process. Yes, it seems that germs are running rampant over on the West Coast, where the Stanford tradition of "Full Moon on the Quad" (imagine Incest Fest for the whole school) has exposed undergraduates to the risk of campus-wide flu and mononucleosis epidemics. Smh, Stanford.
Flyby Ranks the Rankings
We’re at a place that’s famously obsessed with rankings - especially ones that put the big H on top. Recently, the Atlantic did a comprehensive ranking of the college rankings that included a whole two rankings(!). Flyby wanted to embrace this idea and do an actual ranking of rankings.
Flyby's Throwback Halloween Playlist
Happy Halloween! To celebrate this holiday, here are some throwbacks to remind us of the days back when we made maps with our friends rating which houses had the best candy:
Who Needs the Jonas Brothers?
There are few things better than a boy band. And so, when another one bites the dust, disaster strikes. If you haven’t already heard (although we can’t imagine how you could be so in the dark), the Jonas Brothers have officially called it quits. If your first instinct is "Wait, they’re brothers, how could they have broken up?," we don’t really have an answer. We can only provide you with Nick Jonas’ disheartening explanation, “I was feeling kind of trapped." Though Nick apparently said that "It’s really hard to say ‘forever,’" he also confirmed that he and his brothers are "closing a chapter, for sure.”
