Winthrop
Voting Has Opened for the UC Special Election!
You’ve probably heard of the upcoming special election to fill Massachusetts’ vacant Senate seat (previously occupied by John Kerry). But did you know about our very own UC special election? For students living in Adams, Cabot, Currier, Dunster, Eliot, Kirkland, Mather, Quincy, or Winthrop, there will be a special election this week to fill a total of 13 UC seats.
A Beloved Building Manager
David D. Simms Jr., who served as superintendent and building manager of Winthrop House for 38 years, was remembered for his dedication, warmth, and humor. Simms died on Dec. 28 at 65.
For 38 Years, Superintendent David Simms Made Winthrop House Feel Like Home
Over the past nearly four decades, there have been few constants in the Winthrop House community. David D. Simms Jr., Winthrop’s superintendent and building manager for 38 years, was one of them.
Winthrop House Superintendent David Simms Dies at 65
David Simms, superintendent of Winthrop House for 38 years, died at Mount Auburn Hospital after falling ill, the Winthrop House Masters wrote in an email to the House community on Saturday. He was 65.
Winthrop Welcomes Cast from 'The Wire'
Cast members and special guests of HBO’s ‘The Wire’ mixed and mingled with members of the Harvard community at a reception in the Winthrop House Tonkens Room Monday as part of Winthrop’s Perini-Woods Memorial Speaker Series.
On Saturday, They Shimmied: Scenes from Campus Nightlife
FM sends the weekend at Sigma Chi and in cages in Winthrop Dining Hall. The Harvard social scene has never felt so...classy.
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.
Houses Welcome Three New Resident Deans
When Emily W. Stokes-Rees first learned that she had been offered the position of resident dean at Cabot House, the museum anthropologist said that she knew her life and the lives of her family members were going to change dramatically.
Laptop Thefts Double in April
The month of April has already seen twice as many laptop thefts on campus as the previous month, an uptick driven especially by thefts from residence halls and undergraduate classroom buildings.
Winthrop Withdraws From War, Adams Loses Sole Ally
After internal rumblings of poll tampering, Winthrop withdrew today from its alliance with Adams, leaving the Plympton St. residence without allies in its war against Currier, Pfoho, Mather, and Cabot.
Housing War Alliances Entangle: Winthrop Pledges Support for Adams
At 10:35 p.m. Friday night Winthrop HoCo issued an official pledge of support for Adams House, giving Adams its first ally in the Housing War. Adams has been alone in its struggle against Currier House and its allies Cabot, Pforzheimer, and Mather Houses since Tuesday when the Housing War began.
The Great House War of 2012 Escalates
What started as one House’s lighthearted prank to meddle with the mascot selection of another House has escalated into a College-wide fray—The Great House War of 2012.
War Widens to Winthrop, Lengthens to Lowell
Winthrop House surprised campus today by declaring war on Lowell House. Their first grievance? The lack of swipe access to Lowell's back gate. Despite other House conflicts, this battle is so far limited to the two river Houses, and Winthrop has not stated its position in the on-going Adams-Currier conflict.
Yoga on Campus
Students, led by Lisa Matthews from the Center for the Environment, do yoga in the Junior Common Room at Winthrop House on Monday evening. Free and welcome to all skill levels, students meet every Monday from 7-8:30 to de-stress and relax.
Joseph P. Kennedy III Speaks at Winthrop
Congressional candidate Joseph P. Kennedy III ventured out of the Fourth Congressional District Tuesday night to make a campaign stop of sorts at Winthrop House, where he was the inaugural speaker in the Perini-Woods Memorial Speaker Series. His address, part campaign stump speech, part motivational charge, called on young people to become politically engaged and help turn the country around.
Winthrop Receives Funding for Speaker Series
Winthrop’s Senior Common Room Speaker Series will receive funding from the David B. Perini and Robert W. Woods Memorial Endowment Fund, established by Winthrop House alumni John J. Cullinane ’86 and William N. Thorndike ’86 to commemorate their deceased roommates.
On Housing Day, Delight, Disappointment, and a Kitchen Mishap
Hundreds of upperclassmen gathered in Harvard Yard to partake in the annual Housing Day ritual of welcoming freshmen to their new upperclassmen Houses.
Winthrop House
As part of our Housing Market series, we'll be posting reviews and rankings for each of Harvard's 12 residential Houses over the next few days. Click here to read more about the series. Named after not just one, but two famous men—the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and his descendant, who served as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy and, more importantly, as president of the University—John Winthrop House consists of two buildings dating from 1914. Despite Winthrop's subpar housing, the House boasts a high level of House spirit, a tightly-knit community, and several impressive, if underused, social spaces.
Intramural Sports Get Personal
On Saturday night, something was amiss in the Winthrop House dining hall. The Winthrop House IM Sports board, usually prominently displayed in the dining hall, went missing.
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.