History
5 New Courses for the Undecided Shopper
Despite all its pluses and perks, shopping period does present Harvard students with one potential problem: buyer's remorse. While students filing into course book mainstays like Ec10 and LS1b pretty much know what to expect from the semester, nothing screams caveat emptor quite like the words "New Course" (and the telltale lack of a Q score) next to a class names. But new courses aren't all bad and often offer students a chance to snag a gem of a class before words gets out and the whole shebang is lotteried the following year. So, for those daring students who are eager to plunge into the great unknown (or who couldn't get into Maria Tatar's fairy tales class), here are five new courses that you might want to check out.
The Weather Was Worse in 1948
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Defending Radicals, Integrating Radcliffe
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Harvard Refused Heymann's Monitoring Proposal
Days after internet activist Aaron Swartz's Jan. 11 suicide, The Huffington Post reports that during the 1990s, Swartz's prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Heymann—who was, even then, a pioneer in policing the internet—tried to get Harvard's cooperation in monitoring the University's network usage without a court order. Heymann proposed that the University put an "electronic banner on its intranet telling users they were being monitored" and implying their consent. Harvard refused, HuffPo reports, citing "the privacy of its users."
In 1934, Hitler Refused to Endorse a Harvard Student Group
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Dorm Room Decorations and Wartime Pressures
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
A Changing Clubhouse, a Changing Faculty
Over time, it has opened its doors to new segments of Harvard’s community, and the nature of the faculty has changed. Once the professors’ clubhouse, the Faculty Club is no longer just the faculty’s club.
Stillman Infirmary Has Been Stillman Since 1902
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Eight Things We'll Miss: History
Everyone knows that the world might or might not be ending next Friday, December 21st. Flyby's not in the business of making predictions, but just in case the Mayans were right and the last day of exam period also happens to be the end of, well, everything, we're compiling 8 lists of some great things (in no particular order) about the world as we know it, one for each day between now and The End. While it's a shame the world's going to end before the 2010s conclude, the approaching apocalypse does provide us with an exceptional opportunity for reflection on the good times humanity has had. In that spirit, here's Flyby's list of the five best decades ever. Runners-up included the 1870s, when the Harvard Crimson invented journalism.