Crimson staff writer

Zuneera Shah

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Grateful for the Bubble

Harvard is at once my sanctuary and enabler. It is where I am most myself, intellectually, and physically. It is here that I feel free.


The Myth of Harvard’s Global Community

For once, I understand why it’s called “breaking” news, because it does break me.


To Assume or Not to Assume: Transnational Identity and Experience

We’re allowing ourselves to belong elsewhere, beyond our home countries, and not feel guilty about it.


An Abundance of Applications

While some of these application processes have become less intense, there is still much to be done to encourage a healthier extracurricular atmosphere on campus.


Long Way Home

On some subconscious level, I think I wanted to apply the ceteris paribus law to my life at home when I first came to school; I wanted all things to remain the same there so that they would be familiar whenever I returned.


Trouble in Financial Aid Town

Harvard’s generosity when it comes to financial aid is indeed a blessing for many of us. However, this does not imply that the process, too, of receiving financial aid is free of difficulties.