Student Life
Being Engaged at Harvard
Even though the Memorial Hall Church bells are no longer ringing, you may start to hear the sound of wedding bells around Harvard. While many students are still searching for their special someone, some have already found the one and only for them. Not only do these students have to juggle problems sets with extracurricular activities, but they have to plan an entire wedding.
Check Out FM's Scrutiny About Love and Sex at Harvard
Our Fifteen Minutes Magazine took a fresh approach to their Scrutiny this week. Check out "Stay, Don't Go"—an interactive graphic narrative about love and blackened hearts on Harvard's campus.
Dorm Decorating Workshop
In an effort to help students fill the bare walls of their rooms, the Harvard College Art Society held a dorm-decorating workshop in Adams Art Studio. Check out this video to see what they worked on.
UC Kicks Off New Discount Initiative
The discount kicks off the Undergraduate Council’s newest initiative—UC Restaurants, a program in which the UC will partner with restaurants in the Cambridge area to provide exclusive discounts to Harvard students.
Senior Committee for Class of 2012 Decided
“I’m still kind of in shock that I won,” said Rea, who will now join Cao on the Committee.
Stay, Don't Go: A Scrutiny on Sex at Harvard
How hard is it to find love or sex at Harvard? How pervasive is the hookup culture? We take a look, in graphic narrative form.
Rugby
William Peck '12 tackles a Brown player in a rugby game on Saturday. After building to a 17-10 lead in the second half, Harvard eventually fell to the Bears, 20-17.
"Everyone is Gay" Comes to Harvard
The co-founders of the website “Everyone is Gay" brought their website to life when they addressed LGBTQ teen discrimination at Harvard Tuesday night.
Dorm Decorating Workshop
In an effort to help students fill the bare walls of their rooms, the Harvard College Art Society held a dorm-decorating workshop in Adams Art Studio last Friday. Check out this video to see what they worked on.
Harvard AirBnB Offers Students a New Way to Travel
Unique vacation spot #1: Jurassic Park. Unlike the movie, there are no dinosaurs in this Dominican Republic place, however, there is a chemical-free spring water pool and natural waterfalls next to this Harvard Alum owned private bungalow.
Lowell House Art Project to Brighten Walls
Lowell House may be giving Adams a run for its reputation as Harvard's most artsy House with the newly conceived Lowell Art Project. The project, founded this fall by tutors and students in Lowell, has attracted over a hundred participants who have volunteered to contribute pieces of art, ranging from photographs to collages to crayon drawings, to decorate the tunnels of the building. Twenty pieces are already hanging, with many more to come.
Hoekstra and Charbonneau Win Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching
The prize, which consists of a $10,000 personal award and $40,000 of research support, was endowed this past summer by a donation from Harvard alumnus Gardner Hendrie ’54.
LAB RAT OF THE WEEK: Natalie Jacewicz '13
Natalie L. Jacewicz ’13 is captivated by lizards. She went all the way to the Dominican Republic to observe them in their natural habitat.
Science-Focused Clubs Empower Young Women
Harvard Science Club for Girls joins a growing contingent of campus organizations that support women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Mitton the Magician Visits Winthrop House
Canadian native Mark Mitton astonished a crowd of Winthropians Monday night as part of the Senior Common Room Series at Winthrop House. The magician, known for making Will Smith appear in the middle of Time Square, kept the crowd entertained by changing into fantastical costumes, making cars appear in the most unlikely places, and even teaching the audience members some simple tricks of their own.
It's the Season for Apple Picking
For some, picking apples from a tree as opposed to off a shelf in a dining hall might equate to unnecessary expenditures of energy. After limited sleep and seemingly endless amounts of reading, this view is, on the one hand, understandable. On the other hand, this means missing out on one of the season’s quintessential experiences.
Get Out!
Despite the heavy workload, some still find that they have free time on their hands when the weekend rolls around. If you’re one of those people, here are some events you should definitely check out.
The Happiness Olympics Opens with a Splash
The Happiness Olympics kicked off Saturday night with what began as a series of structured water balloon face-offs and ended in wet, colorful chaos.
FinalsClub.org Looks to Expand from the Bottom-Up
A Quincy House tutor is looking to revolutionize the way students experience higher education through the expansion of his non-profit website FinalsClub.org.