Michelle Denise L. Ferreol

College

Hillel Restricted to Members or Guests of Jewish Community

Move aside Adams and Quincy! It looks like Hillel now has dining restrictions as well.

College

UC Candidates Square Off in JFK Forum

Like hundreds of political dignitaries and leaders before them, the eight candidates vying for 2013 Undergraduate Council President and Vice President sat at the center of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Thursday evening to participate in the first-ever public UC election debate.

Hillel

Hillel Cancels Event Reservation

Just a week before an event on Israeli and Palestinian activists’ peace efforts was set to take place, Harvard Hillel decided Monday that it would no longer host the discussion after administrators learned a Palestinian student advocacy group was a co-sponsor.

Political Groups

Panel Talks Domestic Violence

The start of November signaled the end of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a campaign that students and faculty capped off Monday night with a panel on domestic and sexual violence.

Undergraduate Council

Sexual Assault Referendum Makes UC Ballot

When students vote for Undergraduate Council president this fall, they can also cast a vote calling on Harvard to revise its policies for handling sexual assault.

Student Life

Students Discuss Masculinity and Gender Identity

More than thirty students gathered at Ticknor Lounge Thursday evening for “Boxers, Briefs, or Neither?”—a discussion on masculinity and its expression and perception at Harvard.

Gender and Sexuality

On Their Own Terms

Edith C. Benavides ’14 stood before the Undergraduate Council’s general meeting last month, clutching a camera and a rainbow flag. Benavides was there to take a photo of the Council for an upcoming celebration of National Coming Out Day.

EqualiTEA Attendees Brave Hurricane Sandy
LGBT

Dingman Hosts BGLTQ EqualiTea

Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 hosted a group of students who braved the hurricane to attend Monday afternoon’s “First-year EqualiTea.”

City Politics

Talk About 'Your First Time'

Three days ago, the Obama campaign released a video titled "Your First Time"—your first time voting, of course. You've probably already seen it. The video elicited many different reactions, some of which are cropping up at Harvard as well.

Student Life

Orgasm and Penis Seminar Draws Over 200

Sexologist Jill McDevitt held a light blue bottle in her hands, twirling it between her fingers for her audience to see. The over 200 students who had gathered for her workshop on “The Female Orgasm and All Things Penis” started laughing. On the bottle’s label were the words: “Female Arousal Cream.”

Harvard Kennedy School

Kennedy School Students Protest Faculty Diversity

Harvard Kennedy School students Elizabeth M. Paci and Alexander White stood at the center of the Harvard Kennedy School courtyard ...

Student Groups

Harvard's 2nd Sex Week Kicks Off With Spoken Word

“I wrote this poem immediately post-sex,” said Yazmin Monet Watkins, spinning playfully in a circle at the front of the room. “I don’t feel the need to dance around the issue. We’re talking about sex here.”

Protests

Protesters Gather To Support Pilar

About 65 Harvard employees, students, and community members protested in front of the Holyoke Center early Thursday evening in support of Johany Pilar, a science center mailroom worker who says she was sexually harassed.

Student Groups

True Love, New Name

True Love Revolution no longer exists. Now, students say, the Anscombe Society exists not as a support group but as a community promoting abstinence, heterosexual marriage, and traditional gender roles.

Health

Mailroom Worker Alleges Harassment

The room fell silent seconds before Science Center mail clerk Johany Pilar spoke at the panel discussion on gender inequality on “rape culture” on Wednesday.

Film

"Gatsby" Not So Great

University Finances

Faust's Earnings in 2011 Much Lower Than Those of Other University Presidents and Top Harvard Employees

Features

Female HLS Graduates Enter a Job Market Dominated by Men

Harvard Law School

In HLS Classes, Women Fall Behind