Harvard Today: October 21, 2015

Make sure you wish Kim Kardashian West a happy 35th birthday today. It's really important to us.

In the D-Hall

Lunch:

Meatball Sub

Stuffed Peppers with Beans and Rice

Curly Fries

Dinner:

Dan Dan Noodles

Hoison Glazed Salmon

Savory Baked Tofu

Jasmine Rice

In the Atmosphere:

The weather will be slightly nippier than Tuesday—cloudy with a low of 48 and high of 60 degrees.

IN THE NEWS:

Allston Building Projects Progressing as Planned, Harvard Says

Despite facing criticism from some local residents over apparent increase in the population of rats in the area due to construction, Harvard’s new building projects across the river in Allston have been developing as planned.

Student Activists Call Title IX Document ‘Totally Inaccessible’

In light of Harvard administrators’ recent release of a “Frequently Asked Questions” document to better explain the University’s approach to sexual assault, leaders from Our Harvard Can Do Better, an on-campus group that advocates against sexual assault, has criticized the document as being “opaque and inaccessible to students.”

EVENTS:

The Harvard Taiwanese Cultural Society is hosting an International Tea Tasting from 8:00 to 9:30 PM in Ticknor Lounge.

The Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Student Association is hosting a make-your-own dim sum study break from 8:00 to 10:00 PM in the Holworthy Common Room.

Professors Paul Farmer and Arthur Kleinman will be discussing “Why Anthropology Matters” from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in the Tozzer Atrium.

Wendy Sherman is hosting a study group at the IOP called, “Negotiating Change: How We Took on Some of the World's Toughest Problems and Sometimes Succeeded,” featuring Former Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk at 4:00 PM in the Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Dining Room.