House Life
HUDS Names New Managing Director
David P. Davidson will serve as the new managing director for Harvard University Dining Services, Harvard Campus Services announced on Thursday.
Harvard College Social Spaces To Undergo Renovation
The renovations will freshen up several social spaces in the Houses and the Student Organization Center at Hilles.
Palfrey To Head Up First Lady’s Initiative
Adams House Master and Harvard Medical School Professor of Pediatrics Judith S. “Judy” Palfrey ’67 has been named Executive Director of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Initiative, the White House announced on Friday.
Harvard College Opens Houses Early as Hurricane Irene Approaches
With Hurricane Irene barreling towards North Carolina, the College opened up all 12 Houses Thursday, two days before the planned Saturday move-in date.
Old Quincy: A Test Project
Come 2013, when the first stage of a series of renovations across the Houses is complete, gone will be the walk-through room setup and cramped quarters that plague so many inhabitants of Old Quincy.
Shot after Shot: Harvard's Drinking Problem
While the College has enacted policies that more explicitly restrict alcohol consumption, it has also taken a more active stance this year in attempting to influence students’ drinking behaviors.
Security Guard Charged In Larceny
A campus security guard allegedly stole a laptop and an electronic tablet from a pair of undergraduates last fall.
Higher Drinking Age Leads to Stricter Policies
But social gatherings on campus became more confined within Houses and individual dorm rooms when Massachusetts adopted a new law in June 1985 increasing the legal drinking age from 20 to 21. The hike was in response to federal legislation that required all states to enforce a drinking age of 21 or risk losing government highway funds.
Year in Photos: FM
The Crimson’s weekly magazine once again offered insight into its stories with photos portraying the student perspective of life at Harvard. FM photo highlights include the Chickwich Challenge, Harvard’s most interesting seniors and hottest freshmen, underground Harvard culture and campus social life at large. Harvard’s cultural sphere extends far beyond the iron gates, and this year’s FM photo coverage brought this multifaceted experience to your door every Thursday morning.
College Struggles With Social Space
To work, socialize, and party, Harvard students must physically disperse, moving from one social space to another. While undergraduates at other colleges flock to one student center, no such central space exists at Harvard.
Cabot Café
Anna C. Mapes '13 orders a drink from Jesse J. Kaplan '13, Laura S. Hinton '13, and Chandan G. Lodha '13 at Tuesday night's opening of Cabot Café. The café will be holding its spring preview in the basement of Cabot house through the remainder of reading period, and it will reopen in the fall.
Pfoho Sumo Wrestling
As part of Sumo Night festivities, the Pforzheimer House Committee sponsors a sumo wrestling match in the dining hall.
Pforzheimer Celebrates Sumo Night
Pforzheimer House Committee organized Sumo Night earlier last month, which featured sumo wrestling matches in its arena-like dining hall. Check out this video documenting the big fun.
Committee on Student Life Discusses Party Policy
The Committee on Student Life discussed the party policies in the Houses at a meeting yesterday morning, with students arguing for more consistency in party form policy while administrators resisted, citing natural House variability.
Harvard Plans to Celebrate 375th
Planning is underway to celebrate Harvard’s 375th anniversary during the 2011-2012 academic year.
Kirkland Shooting Prosecutors Were Harvard Roommates
Daniel J. Bennett ’85 and Gerard T. Leone ’85 were roommates in Kirkland House in 1983. Twenty-eight years later, they are prosecutors in the high-profile murder case of a shooting that took place in the basement of that same House.
Swing Spaces to House Students
Students will be housed in three different swing space locations around Harvard Square during the renovation of Old Quincy, administrators announced on Friday.
Disparate Apartment Buildings Tapped for Quincy Swing Space
Students displaced by the upcoming renovation of Old Quincy will be housed in three apartment buildings around Harvard Square.
College Adds Two Days to OWAW
Much of the College’s policy for Optional Winter Activities Week and January break will remain unchanged next year, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds announced in an email to students yesterday.