Leslie B. Arffa

For The Moment

THE GREAT HOUSE WAR: A Timeline

Cabot declares that, unlike the rest of Harvard, Adams is “elitist.”

Scrutiny

FM Learns Its Lines

The subway, the train, the T, the underground, the metro, the tube-whatever you call it, it's how we get around. Boston's happens to be the first, and when one has the world's most ancient subway system, it's easy to dismiss it as old news. But the MBTA has a big birthday this year, and it deserves its rightful centennial celebration. For the week, we played "I Spy." This is what we saw.

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Ivory Tower, Season 9—Episode 1: Coupon Day
Student Groups

Ivory Tower Releases Episode One, Season Nine

"Ivory Tower," a student-produced web series, premiered its ninth season last weekend. The show follows a group of misfit students as they struggle to manage a café in the SOCH. Stay tuned for episode two, slated for release after spring break.

House Life

Mather 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. Perhaps no Harvard House inspires as passionate, conflicting opinions as Mather does. While some lament its distance from the Yard, others note that Mather has its own shuttle stop, and argue that it's not nearly as far as the Quad Houses. Many complain about the concrete architecture and aesthetically unpleasing wall-to-wall carpeting, but on the flip side, Mather guarantees its residents singles for life. That being said, most Matherites put distance and beauty aside; for them, it's "Mather all the way baby."

For The Moment

The Conventionally Unconventional Holiday Gift Guide

Are you sick of watching people open your gifts and immediately search for the receipt?

Columns

Roll Quad

Some people say housing day is the best day of the year. For our blocking group, it was a little ...

For The Moment

FM Imagines

In Anticipation of Next Year

In The Meantime

FM Cribs Presents: DG

The Crib

Scrutiny

Blocking at Harvard

Aticus A. Peterson ’14 is an active member of the Mormon community at Harvard, and he will be spending the ...

For The Moment

Hate it: Tiger Moms

Move over Stalin, there’s a new dictator in town, and this tiger mom is in no mood for failure (A-) ...

Fall Grads
In The Meantime

(Super) Seniors Reflect

With the end of the semester fast approaching, most students are looking forward to a relaxing winter vacation before another ...

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Fifteen Most Interesting

Scott A. Levin-Gesundheit

On a campus where people are sometimes accused of taking life too seriously, Scott A. Levin-Gesundheit ’11—the Immediate Gratification Players’ ...

For The Moment

Club Sports: Now with Guns

One of Harvard’s oldest clubs is now back and fully loaded. The Harvard Shooting Club, the only University-sanctioned group that ...

FTM

The J-Lin Watch: Week One

Jeremy Lin ’10 ended the month of October by playing against the Los Angeles Lakers. That’s right; Jeremy Lin faced ...

Film

"Gatsby" Not So Great

College Administration

Evelynn Hammonds Expected To End Tenure as Dean of the College This Summer

Science

Premeds in Search of MCAT Prep Say Harvard Classes Provide Insufficient Instruction

House Life

Anne Harrington and John Durant Named Pfoho House Masters