“Mathemusician” Vi Hart demonstrates mathematic principles with balloons in the Pforzheimer dining hall yesterday.

A Sensual Study Break

Curious Leverett House members were able to learn about an array of edible aphrodisiacs this Sunday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The Food Literacy Project and the Health and Wellness Center teamed up to put on a study break to showcase what types of food can put you in the mood for loving.

House Masters Approve New UC Fund

The Undergraduate Council will move forward with the Student Initiated Program (SIP) fund, members said at last night’s council meeting.

Hoping for a New Home

The competition for best House has always been a tumultuous one. Upperclassman housing at Harvard often means more than just ...

Kirkland To Build Sustainable Room

By the end of this school year, one of Kirkland House’s guest rooms will become environmentally sustainable, according to Rebecca J. Cohen ’12 and Belen Rodriguez Galvez ’12, the student organizers behind the tentatively named Harvard Sustainable Dorm Project.

Lowell House Offers Five Minutes of Fame

Two Lowell House students will take the podium in Lowell dining hall to deliver a five-minute speech on a topic of personal significance on weenights at 7:20 p.m. this semester. Students will prepare their speeches with help from Lowell Senior Common Room members who will continue to serve as advisers for upcoming speakers.

Cabot Students Build Igloo

Rather than taking the time to mourn the University’s reluctance to declare a snow day, James E. Hawrot '12 decided to take advantage of last week's massive snowfall and construct an igloo in front of Cabot House on the Quad lawn.

The Construction of the Cabot House Igloo

Over the weekend Cabot students worked together to design and build an igloo in the Quad Yard. Inspired by the relentless snowfall and informed by an instructional video he found online, James E. Hawrot '11 rounded up a group of Cabotians to help create this new temporary installation in the yard. The igloo was completed in twelve hours over the course of two days.

Alex T. Hristov '11, Theodora M. Skeadas '12, and James E. Hawrot '12 make an angle cut on some of the last icy bricks of the igloo.

James E. Hawrot '12, Daniel K. Bruder '12, Romeo P. Alexander '11, Karen K.Y. Kim '13, and Alex T. Hristov '11 discuss how to start pitching the walls of the igloo inward.

The walls of the igloo in front of Cabot House stood nearly six feet tall before it is even completed.

Alex T. Hristov '11 pushes the bricks of ice through the door once the walls were too high to pass them overhead.

Theodora M. Skeadas '12 laughs while she packs snow into a milk crate to form the individual bricks that make up the igloo.

Jia Wu '11 and Karen K.Y. Kim '13 help strengthen the structure of the igloo by hard-packing snow into the spaces between the bricks.

James E. Hawrot '12 and Daniel K. Bruder '12 were in charge of adding each brick as the igloo starts to form around them.

James E. Hawrot '12 demonstrates how to properly pack snow into a milk crate to make igloo bricks, one of the many things he learned while watching a Canadian instructional film about building igloos.

Currier Residential Dean Quickly Replaced

Emily G. Rosenthal, sophomore advising coordinator at Pforzheimer House, will be the new Currier resident dean.

Cabot Holds Memorial for Livingston

More than 150 Cabot House community members gathered on Saturday afternoon to honor the memory of Cabot House Administrator Susan Livingston.

UHS Alcohol Admissions Up

The number of students admitted to Harvard University Health Services for alcohol-related illnesses last semester nearly matched the total number of cases treated during the entire previous year.

Living with Mold, Quincy Looks Ahead

Residents of Old Quincy, a section of Quincy House which will begin renovations in June 2012, say there are a number of improvements that they hope will be made to the House as part of the College’s ambitious House renewal project.

Old Quincy To Undergo House Renewal in 2012

Old Quincy House will be the first of the 12 residential Houses to be overhauled, initiating the long-anticipated House renewal project.

FAS Dean Plans House Renewal Announcement

The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences said he is planning a major announcement as early as next month on the status of and plans for House renewal.

A Slammin' End of Exams

In the midst of final exams and culminating projects last week, George Zisiadis ’11 saw a problem—finishing an exam or a final paper was surprisingly anticlimactic.

Elves Explained

Can you hear the music? We can.