The Harvard Crimson
Kennedy the Overseer
The President-elect leaves University Hall after his final meeting on the University Board of Overseers on January 9, 1961. The photograph ran on page four of the Tuesday, November 26, 1963, issue of The Crimson.
Mourner in Memorial Church
One mourner among a reported 2000 who gathered in Memorial Church on Saturday, Nov. 23, 1963, to demonstrate what the photo's caption characterizes as "the intense sorrow of a stunned nation." The photo ran on page two of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson.
Kennedy as a Student
John F. Kennedy '40 photographed as a senior at Harvard in 1940. The image ran on the front page of the November 22, 1963, extra edition of The Crimson
Mourning at Memorial Church
A student weeps as mourners gather outside Memorial Church on Saturday, November 23, 1963, to remember the fallen President. The photograph ran as the top image on the front page of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson.
Which Club Should You Comp?
After the maze of hundreds of clubs, free candy, and aggressive upperclassmen recruiters that marked the activities fair, some freshmen (and upperclassmen!) may still find themselves in a daze, unable to decide what student organizations to comp or join this fall. Flyby is pleased to present a carefully-prepared flowchart designed to help you find the student organization that is right for you.
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis, New York Times reporter and columnist, passed away on Monday in Cambridge due to renal complications and heart failure. Lewis also served as Managing Editor for the Crimson and was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.
Anthony Lewis ’48, Pulitzer Winner and Crimson Mentor, Dies at 85
Starting in 1946—when he helped relaunch The Crimson as a daily after World War II—through a long career as a Pulitzer Prize-winning legal correspondent and columnist for the New York Times, until his death Monday at the age of 85, J. Anthony Lewis ’48 helped steer modern liberal journalism through his pioneering coverage of the Supreme Court and coached some of The Crimson’s brightest stars.
Report: Gender Skew Persists in Student Organizations
More than half of student organizations on campus are skewed towards single-gender leadership, according to a recent report on gender in leadership at the College. The report defines skewed leadership boards as those which are at least two-thirds male or two-thirds female.
UC Backs Mental Health Rally
Undergraduate Council President Tara Raghuveer ‘14 urged UC representatives to attend a student-organized rally demanding that the administration take action on mental health in an email sent over the Council’s mailing list early Friday morning.
In 1934, Harvard Served Beer in the Dining Halls
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Women at Harvard Look to Lead
After spending 10 minutes at a welcome party for newly elected Undergraduate Council representatives two years ago, Jen Q. Y. Zhu ’14 quickly realized that she was the only female freshman in the room.
Samuels To Lead 140th Crimson Guard
Robert S. Samuels '14 will lead the newly elected 140th Guard of The Harvard Crimson, the paper's president announced on Friday.
One-sided Geniuses, Hitler's Strength Declines, Kennedy at Harvard
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Obama Wins Big in Harvard Student Election Poll
More than three-fourths of Harvard students picked Barack Obama for president in a Crimson poll, a landslide result paralleled in real life only by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s win in the election of 1936.
College Papers Overwhelmingly for President Obama
In response to The Crimson Editorial Board's endorsement of President Barack Obama, Flyby decided to look into trends among college paper presidential endorsements. The Crimson endorsed Obama last Monday. On Tuesday, the Yale Daily News also threw their support behind the president. (Note: Both The Crimson and the YDN start their editorials with "Four years ago..." Flyby is calling copy-cat.) Other Ivy League paper endorsements of Obama have come from The Columbia Spectator, The Brown Daily Herald, and The Daily Princetonian.
Flu Epidemic, FDR, Sputnik, and More
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Early Computers at Harvard—and 40 Years Later, at The Crimson
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Found in The Crimson's Archives
The Crimson has been doing some summer cleaning around the building and found this classic picture (on the left) from ...
Crimson To Launch 128 Year Archive
A new archiving project by The Harvard Crimson is drawing controversy for its employment of Cambodian typists. The Crimson, the
Full-Time Employees Give 14 Plympton a Sense of Continuity, History
Most Crimson employees stay with the million-dollar corporation for less than four years, but three employees have devoted a collective
Handwriting, Lead Slugs Give Way to Computerized Production
For an organization three years older than the telephone, The Crimson has seen its share of technological change. And along