Student Groups
Students Share Stories of Experience as Undocumented Immigrants
With signs that read “Nosotros Somos Iguales” and “Keep Families Together” as a backdrop, students gathered on the steps of Memorial Church Saturday evening to speak out about comprehensive immigration reform.
The Nap Map
No rest for the weary! While their petition for a nap space in Harvard Yard awaits approval from the administration, the Nap Space Project has launched a Nap Map with recommendations of current siesta sites for sleepy students around campus. Here are our five favorite picks from their Map.
The Campaign for 'Quad Sound'
While few may know it exists, Harvard does have a recording studio in the Quad for students' use. Unfortunately, it's filled with equipment from the '80s. Michael Jackson and Prince are great, but some students want to record more current music on more current equipment. Thus, they've launched Quad Sound Studios, which seeks to raise $20,000 in funding to create a "full-service recording studio," staffed with engineers to help musicians with recording, according to Matt P. Sheets '15, president of Quad Sound.
With Public Art, Students Think Outside the Gallery
For some of these artists, the task of creating an art piece that engages with its surroundings is an emotional journey.
Harvard Duo Wins Parliamentary Debate Nationals
Joshua P. Zoffer ’14 and Ben D. Sprung-Keyser ’15 were named the youngest team champions in the history of the American Parliamentary Debate Association’s national tournament on Sunday, marking the second consecutive year that a Harvard team has won the tournament.
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Kirin Gupta '16 speaks out against rape culture and sexual assault at the Harvard Take Back the Night March organized by the International Women's Rights Collective, Our Harvard Can Do Better, Harvard Socialists, and Student Labor Action Movement as part of the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response's annual "Take Back the Night" month. She proclaimed that "there's an anti-rape movement in this town."
Interactive Map: Arts First
An interactive listing of events for this weekend's Arts First festival.
Sex Workshop Discusses Consent and Negotiation
In a room in Sever Hall Monday night, cookies were passed around and tea was served—a low-key setting for the discussion of sex. For two hours, representatives from the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and Harvard College Munch—a kinky sex discussion group at the College—discussed the importance of consent and negotiation in relationships.
Student Organizations Stage Same-Sex Hindu Wedding
Dressed in red saris and adorned with flowers, two South Asian women met in front of the Science Center on Sunday afternoon to be joined in pretend wedlock.
"Living Compassion" Conversation Discusses Altruism in Everyday Life
Harvard affiliates discussed compassion and altruism and how the concepts apply to everyday life Thursday evening at Gutman Library during the third event in a series of panel-style conversations called “Living Compassion.”
List-servs We Wish We Were On
The Harvard Computer Society keeps archives of all College list-servs, including their names as well as the emails exchanged through them. Many of these archives are only accessible to members of the lists themselves, but plenty of them are wide open. Let that sink in for a moment. Remember that email full of Spider-Man gifs you sent across your dorm list freshman year? It’s accessible until the end of time. And that’s just the beginning of what FM found. We now know your secrets.
The High Society
“If you ask the right questions, you’ll find out that a lot of people are doing drugs here,” Greg continues.
On Day of Loss, Hillel Commemorates Israeli Memorial Day
While the Harvard community struggled to comprehend the news of deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon, several dozen students gathered at Harvard Hillel Monday to commemorate Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism.
HLS Video on Gender Disparities Prompts Criticism
Harvard Law School's new coalition to combat gender disparities, called "Shatter the Ceiling," has certainly received national attention since the organization launched last month—just maybe not the response its leaders were looking for.
Ed Markey for Senate
Congressman Ed Markey speaks to students on Friday about healthcare, the environment, and other issues for his campaign for United States Senate.