In The Meantime
A New Movement
Benjamin L. DeVore ’15 wants to donate blood. He is young, healthy, and with a recent nationwide drop in donations, his blood could save lives. There’s only one problem: He is a gay man.
In Between
“Let’s go somewhere,” said B., one of my best friends, after showing up in my room in Hollis. We were ...
Harvard in the Political Moments that Changed History
On a warm night in October of 1957, history professor Charles S. Maier ’60 left his dorm room to stand on Weeks Footbridge and stare at the sky.
The Word: Pole
Between clapping hands and sing-song renditions of new vocabulary words, my teacher told us that pole meant sorry. “You’ll want to remember this one,” she advised.
Lunch Break: Dale R. Riley
As I swing open the door to the Barker Center, Dale R. Riley flashes a smile of recognition and pulls out a bundle of budding yellow roses from behind his back.
On the Phone With Composer J. Michael Friedman ’97
From the backseat of a cab traversing a Sandy-stricken New York City, Obie Award-winning composer and lyricist J. Michael Friedman ’97 picks up the phone to dial Fifteen Minutes.
After Dinner: Timothy P. McCarthy
Timothy P. McCarthy ’93 has, maybe, four people he’s obsessed with at the moment. One of them is Nate Silver.
It Takes Two: Michelle L. Picard ’15 and Lyndsey B. Fry ’14
Lyndsey B. Fry ’14 and Michelle L. Picard ’15 have been playing hockey for most of their lives—and this November, they’ll be playing together for the U.S. National Women’s team at the Four Nations Cup in Finland.
Outside the Two-Party System
Last Monday night, students across campus watched Bob Schieffer question Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on their respective foreign policy agendas.
Conversations: Barney Frank
Congressman Barney Frank ’61-’62 has represented Massachusetts’ Fourth Congressional District for more than 30 years. Last fall, he announced that he would not be running for re-election. Frank spoke with FM last week about Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate race, where Congress is headed, and what’s at stake on Nov. 6.
Cribs: David N. Damrosch
David N. Damrosch, Department Chair of Comparative Literature, joined Harvard’s faculty three years ago. Soon after arriving, he purchased this home on a quiet street behind the Graduate School of Design.
Conversations: Charles J. Ogletree
Law School professor Charles J. Ogletree first befriended President Barack Obama while he was a student at Harvard Law School in the late eighties. Ogletree spoke with FM last week about the president’s time at Harvard, the impending election, and Harvard’s place in the presidency.
Student Life and Union Ties
“I take offense to that question,” she says. “I don’t think of it as them at our protests. I think of it as us at their protests.”
The President's Club
In November 2000, Richard M.J. Maopolski ’14 watched mesmerized as candidate George W. Bush battled his way to the White House. Maolpolski was hooked. From then on, campaigns and politics fascinated him. As television clips showed the president stand amidst the rubble of the Twin Towers on September 11, Maopolski’s own politics were cemented. From 2001, he supported President Bush.
Conversations: Clayton M. Christensen
"I can tell you that neither of their [economic] proposals has any hope of ever having any impact on America."
It Takes Two: Laurent Rivard '14 and Christian Webster '13
My first year, he was the guy I was competing with. I was competing with him, but I was also learning a lot from him.
FM Arbitrarily Predicts the Election
Tired of analyzing poll after poll? Sick of combing your inbox for the latest IOP spam emails?
Inside the World of Cricket
“So…what exactly is going on right now?” I ask the man standing to my right, my Internet-encyclopedia knowledge of the sport having failed me. Cricket, I’ve realized, is a complicated game.
Catwalk of Champions
Now that days of trick-or-treating have passed, a new metric for a successful Halloween is emerging: the superlative costume. In anticipation of the many nights of dressing up ahead, FM brought together six students for the ultimate Halloween costume contest.
Your Ideal Harvard Sex Spot
From the Belltower of Pfoho to the labyrinths of Mather, there are tons of escapades waiting for you (and a partner). When you’re ready for the big leagues, take this quiz to determine your next Harvard sex spot.
Square Personalities: Brattle Square Florist
Stephen Zedros picks and chooses stem after stem, sweeping extra foliage away in a brush of the hand, placing each bright flower carefully into its arrangement. Pincushion proteas, gerberas, dahlias, cherry brandy roses, and finally, thin branches of hypericon berry, seem to have grown into the vases spontaneously, beautiful.
It Starts With a Drag: The Friendship of Frances A. Lebowitz and Frank Rich '71
You could call it a match made in heaven, if either of them believed in such a place. At her ...
Modern Love: At Night
My girlfriend is writing a novel at night. It’s her thesis. It’s more than that, too, but that probably goes ...