Grace E. Huckins

On Campus

Art Collective Bombs to Heal Cities

Chilean group Casagrande bombs cities—with poetry, not explosives.

Seniors

Phi Beta Kappa Selects Seniors

Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter notified 48 seniors Thursday afternoon that they had been selected to join the prestigious honors society.

Music

Crystal Castles Fails to Reach its Own High Standard

Though these tracks are still danceable, for a duo as nuanced as Crystal Castles they are failures.

Books

Inventive Writing Enlivens ‘Maidenhair’

While “Maidenhair,” translated from Russian by Marian Schwartz, is a moving, complex novel, it is most effective as evidence of the factors that make a good story.

On Campus

Five Jokes from HCSUCS

This Halloween weekend, what dwelled in the bowels of the Science Center was not some ghoul or poltergeist but something far more fearsome: the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society. Here are five of the best jokes from their show.

On Campus

Roundtable: Student Scribes On Playwriting

In a roundtable interview with the Crimson, four campus playwrights discuss the recent influx of student-written productions, directing world premieres, and writing plays out of the closet.

Books

By Its Cover

Too lazy to read a book? Judge its cover instead. In this fortnightly feature, a revolving slew of writers will analyze new releases based on their dust jackets alone. This week, contributing writer Grace E. Huckins turns her discerning gaze on an a neon skyline, an enigmatic horse, and a potential Game of Thrones reference.

Music

Goulding Shows Maturation on Sophomore Release

Though “Halcyon” at times suffers from overly thick production, it maintains the catchiness of “Lights” while also evidencing Goulding’s artistic maturation.

Books

‘Galle Road’ an Empty Portrait of Sri Lanka

While Luloff paints an enticing, vibrant image of Sri Lanka within the various interweaving stories that constitute her work, this depiction, informed by her work there as a Peace Corps volunteer, does not redeem the book’s deep flaws.

On Campus

Carpenter Frames Saunders’ Paint And Film

Matthew R. Saunders '97, once a Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator, was enthralled by films he watched in the Carpenter Center. Now, in Saunders' new Carpenter Center exhibit, he melds media and pays tribute to the building.

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