On Campus
Yardfest Countdown: Yardfest Through the Years
Yardfest is almost here—count down with us! Check out our guides to Kid Cudi, Parick Park, and Wale, then watch for more Yardfest features to come. Tonight, we present to you the history of Yardfest at Harvard. For the past sixteen years, Yardfest has wrestled rainy days, low attendance, and little funding to retain its place as the College’s spring pep event. Yardfest, previously known as Springfest, began in 1994 under the leadership of the Undergraduate Council as a way of bringing together the undergraduate community—and as a way for the UC to rally from a botched concert that cost $20,000 earlier that year.
The Weekend Roundup
All dressed up with no place to go? With our Weekend Roundup series, you'll always have plans for your two ...
Yardfest Countdown: Guide to Wale
Yardfest is almost here—count down with us! Check out our primer to Kid Cudi and Parick Park, then watch for ...
The iPad: Yours to Play with in Science Center Store
Apple fans rejoice – you no longer need to go to the Apple store in Boston to play with an iPad, the new feminine hygiene product mobile gadget that has been all over the news. All it takes is a trip to the Computer Product and Repair Center in the Science Center basement, and three display iPads are yours for the fiddling.
Robert D. Nyhen, Lamont Security Officer
In this series, we probe the minds of people around campus by asking them the same set of questions about Harvard and Cambridge life. Want to suggest an interviewee? Leave a comment or e-mail us at flyby@thecrimson.com. ROBERT D. NYHEN, Lamont Security Officer
Cartoonists Discuss Their Freedom to Work
Members of Cartooning for Peace, a multinational organization of political cartoonists, discussed yesterday the importance of using their craft to convey political messages, despite limits to free speech in the countries where they work.
Humanities Center Fellow Addresses Abortion Discourse
Jeannie Suk discusses how the threat of psychological trauma experienced by women has affected the abortion debate.
Katie Koestner
Katie Koestner speaks out on her story of college date rape at the TSAI Auditorium at CGIS as part of a week long raising awareness campaign by Take Back the Night.
WHRB's 70th Celebrates Musical Community
The anniversary represents the strength of WHRB’s intimate community and its commitment to providing quality programming for Harvard and the greater Boston area.
Census Forms Due Today!
If you're planning on submitting your 2010 U.S. Census form, here's a friendly reminder that you need to turn it into your House today. According to two separate e-mails sent out by Kirkland House building manager Scott Haywood and Pforzheimer House administrator Suzanne Watts, the College will collect the Census forms from drop-off boxes around midday today (1 p.m. in Kirkland and noon in Pfoho).
Wilco Advocates Balance and Personality
Perhaps the strangest thing about seeing John Stirratt and Nels Cline of Wilco comfortably eating burritos at the Harvard Advocate at 2 p.m. on a Monday was that it didn’t seem at all strange to them.
Patrick Park Aims to Please
“I have played colleges before,” Patrick Park says. “But I’ve never gone on before a rapper.”
Today in Photos (04/13/10)
Music Professor Alexander Rehding discusses music and politics at the Barker Center yesterday.
Chartres' Stained Glass Loses Sheen
Every year, the famous jewel-toned glass that illuminates the interior of the Gothic cathedral of Nôtre Dame de Chartres attracts millions of visitors to France.
UC study break
The Undergraduate Council hosted its first study break last night in the Adams dining hall. While serving vanilla ice cream sundaes, the friendly UC reps took time out to meet and socialize with their constituents.
Music and Politics
Music professor Alexander Rehding discusses music and politics at "The Next Movement: A Discussion on Contemporary Music, Politics, and Ethics" at the Barker Center yesterday.
The Clothesline Project
The Clothesline Project is an exhibit of t-shirts decorated by survivors of sexual assault and their supporters as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The shirts will be outside the Science Center this week.