Student Life
Houses Select New Tutors
Following a competitive application process, the Houses have hired 69 new resident tutors to advise undergraduates next year. These tutors—who are usually Harvard or MIT graduate students—receive free room and board in exchange for monitoring undergraduates.
Administrators Consider Closure of House Gyms
As administrators from the College evaluate the equipment in the House gyms, several House Masters say that the closure of House gyms is on the table because of the expense of maintenance—though no decision has yet been reached.
Recording Studio Opens in the SOCH Tonight
With the grand opening of a recording studio and music practice room in the SOCH tonight, members of the Harvard community have a new outlet to explore those latent musical talents.
Competitive Relaxing
Think you can de-stress better than most? The HappyNest is holding a video competition to find the most effective and the most creative ways, respectively, to relieve stress. Submissions are due by midnight on April 10.
HoCos Adapt to Alcohol Policy
In the wake of the College’s recent announcement banning hard alcohol from off-campus House events, House Committees have been forced to reevaluate plans for their rapidly-approaching spring formals.
DAPA Stages Screening Day
DAPA water bottles have taken the campus by storm thanks to the National Alcohol Screening Day that took place on Friday.
Two Juniors Earn Truman Scholarship
Two Harvard undergraduates were awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
Student Organizations To Postpone Application Deadlines
In a bid to alleviate what they see as a stressful start to the collegiate experience, administrators are strongly encouraging student organizations to postpone application and "comp" deadlines until after the study card day for freshmen.
Autism Awareness Raised This Month
Because of what they say is a lack of awareness for autism within the Harvard community, a group called Harvard Undergraduates Raising Autism Awareness is launching a campaign this month to bring increased attention to the condition.
Like Lacrosse? You Could Win a Free TV
Want to win a 42-inch flat-screen TV? All you need to do is support Harvard teams at home games this spring.
Survey of Freshmen Reveals Criticism of Social Space
Freshmen criticized the lack of social space and limited alternatives to drinking on campus in responses to a survey conducted in December.
Procter & Gamble CEO Talks Leadership
Friendly smiles and businesslike handshakes were the name of the game in Sever Hall yesterday, as Procter & Gamble President and CEO Robert A. “Bob” McDonald spoke about values-based leadership.
Students Consider University Recognition for Single-Sex Groups
Students from varied social circles discussed the skewed social dynamic between male and female single-sex groups and the need for some form of University recognition for these groups during an event in Adams Lower Common Room yesterday.
From Harvard, to Harvard
When Psychology Department Chair Susan E. Carey ’64 graduated from Radcliffe College, William James Hall was still under construction. Forty-seven years later, she works on the 11th floor of that very building.
Conant Prize Recognizes Creative Science Projects
For the first time in its over 50-year history, the James Bryant Conant Prize is being awarded to a project consisting of wood, clay, twisted wire, and beams of light rather than a collection of words on a page.