Student Life
Molotov Cafe
The ex-Molotov Cafe, shown here on February 19th, is slated to be reopened by Adams house residents sometime this year.
Cabot Café to Reopen with Better Space, Cheaper Prices
Nestled far off in the remoteness of the Quad, Cabot Café, which reopens next week, awaits with the chance to escape the Square's hubbub.
The Side Effects of Investment Banking
Springtime at Harvard means that hundreds of students are strapping on their fancy suits, accentuating the action verbs on their resumes, and exposing themselves to another deadly outbreak of investment banking interviews. Unbeknownst to most of these finance-types, however, are the health risks that result from continual exposure to such workplace activity.
Lady Gaga, FBI Files, and Obama Shooting Marshmallows
1. With Facebook going public soon, Lady Gaga wants in on the action. She's created her own social media site named "Little Monsters," aimed at consolidating her fanbase—which is certainly large, considering she has 19 million followers on Twitter. 2. Speaking of Facebook, Mark E. Zuckerberg raised eyebrows this week by appearing to endorse Mitt Romney. The catch? Zuckerberg actually just "liked" a post written by Slate's Farhad Manjoo, which read, "Just try looking at the Romney logo without seeing MONEY." #failbook 3. Meanwhile, the FBI just released Steve Jobs's file. Any interesting finds? Not really, aside from his past drug use and tendency to "distort reality."
FM Investigates: The Kremlin on the Charles
Harvard has its own long and complex history with communism—and its own formative experiences of anxiety and exclusion.
Table Tennis Team Practices for NYC
Nancy Chen '13 practices with the Harvard Table Tennis Club, which placed second at a division tournament two weeks ago-- qualifying for regionals in NYC.
Occupy Lamont holds Think Tank Discussions
Katherine M. Stevens of the GSAS takes the microphone during an Occupy Harvard-Lamont's "Think Tank" on power, coercion, and the University.
What To Do With Datamatch
On Tuesday, students across campus received their true (algorithmic) soulmates via Datamatch. The question is, after you've changed your profile pictures to something more flattering and successfully stalked your matches, what do you do? Don't fret—we've come up with a few suggestions to help you make the most of your romance.
Happy SLABentine's Day
Feb. 15, for the uninitiated, is SLABentine’s Day, a soon-to-be national holiday.
Datamatch 2012
Over 2,000 Harvard students completed the Harvard Computer Society’s 2012 Datamatch questionnaire and received their top compatible matches just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Virtual Valentines? Some Say Yes
On the morning of Valentine’s Day, more than 2,000 Harvard students checked their email with the hope of finding true love, at least according to a computerized survey known as Datamatch that they had filled out earlier in February.
Occupy Poetry
On Monday evening Filip Marinovich speaks in the Woodbery Poetry Room of Lamont Library. He is drawing the audience in by quoting Cornell West: "Don't be afraid of the revolution."
'Rope' Tied Up by Script
Although hampered by an overwrought script, "Rope" boasts some well executed acting performances from the whole cast.
Pink Japan
Students and guests marvel at the erotic amusement of the ordinary Japanese citizen in Emerson Hall on Monday night. During the next hour, Midori guided students on a tour of Tokyo's ordinary love hotels.
Be Happy! It’s Good for You
Schoolwork got you down? Join the club. All cheap jokes aside, it's probably better to put this week's reading or p-set aside for a while and give yourself some time to pursue a little happiness.
The GoogleFight Showdown
Need a study break from too many long hours spent at Lamont? GoogleFight pits different googleable search queries against each other, and after a brief and bloody stick figure animation, a winner is crowned. Some of the results of these fights are shocking, but others are just downright sad. Ready…set…fight!
The Chickwich Challenge
The Chickwich Challenge has been called many things: legendary, the pinnacle of competitive eating and athleticism, disgusting.
Bleeding Crimson
The Red Cross blood drive, held in Adams House on Tuesday, will continue until Friday in various locations across campus. Here, the scoreboard displays Yale beating Harvard in the 2012 Challenge.
IOP Director's Internship
Students hear from Christopher Danello ’12 and Medha Gargeya ’14 as they explain what to expect from the IOP Director’s Internships application and selection process. The program offers over 80 paid summer positions this year.