Student Life
Professor Defines Global Novel
Rutgers English professor Rebecca L. Walkowitz ’92 identified a new genre of fiction, novels that are intended to transcend language barriers, in a lecture at the Radcliffe Institute on Wednesday afternoon.
Profile: Harvard Digital Art Club
There are more than 400 officially recognized student organizations at Harvard, but not all of them get the attention they deserve. In these weekly profiles, the Arts Board takes a look at arts groups on campus. Established last fall, Harvard's Digital Art Club holds workshops on web design and software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. Interested students can freely attend their weekly meetings, held Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in Science Center 229.
Students, Professors Enjoy Rare Day Off
As Harvard closed its doors for Monday's classes in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, students and Cambridge residents say they were enjoying the thrill of the meteorological event—and the day off it allowed.
Kind Words for HUDS Staff
Theresa Gebert '13 signs a poster that Currier's House Committee organized that reads, "Thanks for your dedication. You're the best, Currier Staff." The initiative for the poster started over Currier's emailing list as a gesture to show the house's appreciation for the staff that came to work during Hurricane Sandy.
A 'Hurrication' for College Students on the East Coast
Instead of heading to classes and attending regularly scheduled activities, Columbia University student Arvin Ahmadi ’14 and his roommates will be eating chips and watching movies in their dorm room for today and much of tomorrow.
How to Almost Get By
Eventually begin school work sometime after midnight. Convince yourself that you are a night owl: “This is when I get my best work done."
Orgasm and Penis Seminar Draws Over 200
Sexologist Jill McDevitt held a light blue bottle in her hands, twirling it between her fingers for her audience to see. The over 200 students who had gathered for her workshop on “The Female Orgasm and All Things Penis” started laughing. On the bottle’s label were the words: “Female Arousal Cream.”
Gay and Female, Out and Alone
"I think the gay male population is much more visible than the lesbian community, and I don’t know why that is. It’s something I’ve always thought about, but I’m just not sure...I don’t think it’s something Harvard talks about a lot."
Killer Caffeine?
Midterm season is upon us. As students are forced to run on two hours of sleep a night, proofreading papers and reviewing lecture notes, it's not news that many of us turn to caffeine for that extra boost. And we've gotten really creative when it comes to our favorite recreational drug, pounding back coffees, slurping energy drinks, and even popping the occasional caffeine pill. But even if 5-hour ENERGY does get our hearts racing, few students venture to assume that our caffeine intake could seriously harm us. As it turns out, the FDA is reportedly investigating five deaths linked to Monster energy drinks.
10 Harvard-Themed Halloween Costumes
Mid-October means the end of warm weather and the start of midterm season for most Harvard students—but that's no reason for distress. With Halloween right around the corner, now's the time take a break from studying or despairing about the cold to come up with the perfect costume idea. With that in mind, here are ten suggestions for Harvard-themed costumes that will help you showcase your school spirit. 1. John Adams, Class of 1755 If you have an old white wig lying around, now is the time to dust it off. 2. John Harvard's Boot Exactly like what it sounds like. Golden sheen is optional. 3. Jeremy Lin '10 Acquire a trio of Lin jerseys from his days with the Harvard Crimson, the New York Knicks, and the Houston Rockets, and go with a couple friends as the past, present, and future of Harvard's biggest sports star. Be sure to make jokes about taking your talents to Harvard Square.
Harvard's 2nd Sex Week Kicks Off With Spoken Word
“I wrote this poem immediately post-sex,” said Yazmin Monet Watkins, spinning playfully in a circle at the front of the room. “I don’t feel the need to dance around the issue. We’re talking about sex here.”
Harvard's Hova Problem
According to a recent article in Business Insider, Chanequa N. Campbell was clashing with Harvard administrators long before they knew her as one of two former undergrads with possible links to the Kirkland shooting of 2009.
Yazmin Monet Watkins
Yazmin Monet Watkins performing a number of poems from her collection of stories on sexual identities for Sex Week's Love Without Limits on Sunday evening, October 21, 2012.
Vegetarian Guide to Harvard Square
Being a vegetarian doesn’t mean you have to limit your diet to tofu and tomatoes. Follow this delectable guide to vegetarian cuisine in Harvard Square. Of course, meat lovers are welcome to hop on board as well.
Housing Problems, FAS Deficit, and Harvard Prep
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Four Ways to Ask a Professor to Faculty Dinner
Scared of rejection? Don't want to spend another Faculty Dinner eaten stolen d-hall cereal alone in your dorm room? Fear not! We've got your back with a few foolproof proposals to guarantee your professor won't say "no" (or "who are you?").
PBHA Honors Cortes for Service
The Philip Brooks House Association honored Co-Director of Industrial Areas Foundation Ernesto Cortes, Jr., on Friday for his work as a community organizer through IAF, which provides leadership development for the politically disenfranchised.
What Not to Miss this Parents Weekend
You can recognize them by the crimson buttons proudly displayed on their chests—parents have been flooding into the yard since early Friday morning. Freshman Parents Weekend is finally here. Many students may rejoice at the opportunity of spending some time with their parents, from whom they parted two long months ago. But for others, Parents Weekend signals a last minute room cleaning session and a low-key Friday night. Despite the rich compilation of events designed by the Office of Student Life, it might be hard to choose what to do. Here are five things freshmen and parents should not miss.
Shopping Envy at Princeton, Less School at Yale, and a Lyrical Cunundrum at Cornell
The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and other schools too). Though Tigers in years past have chosen to poke fun at Harvard students for our less-than-universal access to hot breakfast, they're not laughing anymore. Now, in fact, they wish they were us. A recent news story in the "Daily Princetonian" berated Princeton's lack of a shopping period at the start of the semester, listing Harvard as the primary example of a place that does it right. We may not get to eat pork rolls for breakfast, but who needs those when we can use all the money we're saving on add/drop fees and spend it on hot breakfast in the Square?
Five Reasons to Partake in Crimson Madness
This Saturday marks the official start of the 2012-13 campaign for the Harvard men’s basketball team. And for the second straight year, students can be a part of the first official team practice, as Crimson Madness takes over Lavietes Pavilion.
John Harvard, Late Nights at Lamont, and Condom Delivieries
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
The Crimson Weatherboard's Weekly Weather Review
I’d stay home and babysit my sister while mother would go off and sweat on sad middle-aged men who weren’t my father. The sweat would bead like rain drops on a car window.