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Shaq to Be Harvard Benchwarmer
It appears as though our favorite “camouflage geek” still can’t get enough of Harvard. Soon enough Shaquille O’Neal plans to ...
The Pies Have It
It’s midterm season, and sometimes brain break just doesn’t cut it when you’re tormented by looming exams. We’re here to satisfy your inner foodie with some culinary stress-relief therapy: delicious pie recommendations! And for those of you spending too much quality time with that Math 25 problem set, we’re talking about the edible variety.
A Listening Preview
Award-winning local novelist Gish Jen pulls in her audience as she reads an excerpt of her newest novel, World and Town, a story of identity and acceptance.
Rainy day Harvard Square.
Heavy rain greeted the square late Tuesday afternoon, flooding the brick walkways along Massachusetts Avenue.
Today in Photos (09/29/2010)
Photographs from the September 29th, 2010 edition of the The Harvard Crimson.
Harvard Square
This colorful Shepard Fairey piece painted undereath a Ben and Jerry’s sign on JFK street in Harvard Square overlooks diners at B. Good. On top of it is stenciled the sentence ‘The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
Daniel Kehlmann Visits Harvard Book Store
The Harvard Book Store welcomes German novelist Daniel Kehlmann to Cambridge for a reading of his latest work, Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes. This novel, which is told in nine overlapping narratives, grapples with the connection between life and one's identity.
RiverSing
Little girls dance with hula hoops by Harvard Square’s Winthrop Park as part of the Pre-Show Entertainment for the 7th Annual Revels RiverSing, a free celebration of the autumnal equinox by the Weeks Footbridge on the Cambridge side of the Charles River.
Today in Photos (09/20/10)
Photos published in the September 20, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
Crossing the Street Will Give You Wings
We spotted a clever advertisement for Red Bull at the intersection of Mass Ave. and Plympton St. Perhaps they're competing ...
Another Starbucks May Open in Square
City records indicate that a Starbucks Coffee Company shop may occupy the former location of Alpha Omega Jewelers in Harvard Square.
Another Starbucks?
The central Harvard Square space previously occupied by Alpha Omega Jewelers will not host a Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt as speculated, but could possibly be the home of a new Starbucks
Arianna Huffington Discusses New Book
Arianna S. Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, discussed her latest book, “Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream."
City Council Discusses Housing, Tourism
Cambridge City Council met for the first time in the new fiscal year yesterday to discuss a wide range of issues that have been pressing the city’s residents, including funding for affordable housing in the city and increased summer tourism traffic.
HUFFINGTON POST CO-FOUNDER
Ariana Huffington speaks at Brattle Theatre promoting her new book "Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream."
Today in Photos (09/09/10)
Photographs from the September 9, 2010 print edition of The Harvard Crimson.
MBTA Renovates Harvard Square Subway Stop
The T station on Brattle Street is undergoing construction, including a new elevator and a renovated staircase.
Construction, MBTA, Harvard Square
Construction of new elevators and escalators in the Harvard Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority T station has led to the temporary obstruction of Square storefronts along Brattle Street. The construction is scheduled to reach completion in the spring.
Law Requires Harvard to Post Book Prices
A new federal law requires Harvard and other publicly funded universities to post the prices and ISBNs of course books online.