Around Campus
Love It/Hate It: Declaration Day
Did someone say Declaration Day? That’s right, sophomores, October 9th is looming over our heads (#tomorrow), so you better find time to submit those concentration forms on the new and totally improved my.harvard. While many of us are eagerly awaiting our chance to meet a new cohort of like-minded peers, others are certainly less than thrilled. Whatever your mood, we’re certain that you’ll either come to love or hate October 9th.
3-Day Weekend Shenanigans
You know what time it is. The most awkwardly timed break (can you technically call it that?) of the fall semester is this weekend. While I am ecstatic that I won’t have to roll out of bed for my Monday classes, I know that this break would be a good time to get a jump on midterms. But instead, I’ll be side questing in and around Cambridge, so join me as I brainstorm some of my best slacking-off shenanigans!
An Open Letter to DoorDashing Food
Dear Harvard College A.B. recipients, There is an epidemic among us. No, not mono from “deep kissing” (s/o GenEd 1079), the flu, or seasonal depression due to the numerous sick, gray days here in Cambridge. </3 It is people who DoorDash. Every. Damn. Thing. First up on my list of suspects are you lucky athletes with scooters. Why, oh why, are we DoorDashing food from Felipe’s and Jefe’s when your multi-hundred-dollar vehicles of death can get you to the Square faster than Todd in a Honda Civic can? I get that you may be sore from that brutal 7 a.m. practice of yours, but c’mon, why are we paying a $10 delivery fee for a $12 burrito?
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[LEAKED] Dream Harvard Business School Invitee List
What could be more enticing than swipe access to your favorite niche celebrity? That’s right, I am talking about the open list from our beloved Harvard Business School. Harvard is renowned for the opportunities it provides students—and I am not talking about “pre-professional” opportunities (who cares lol). Networking with Pete Buttigieg is great and all, but what I really care about, Harvard, is seeing didactic social media influencers at 8 p.m. on a Tuesday night.
Professor Email Parlance 101
So, it’s time to learn from the professionals. Say what you will about campaign fundraisers, but their emails get opened. And the tactics transfer beautifully to asking for an extension, or even just a reply. Here’s a three-step strategy, inspired by our favorite political figures, for writing emails your professor will surely at least open, even if they never respond.
An Open Letter to Phone Pouches
After nearly four centuries of educating presidents, Nobel laureates, and people who drop out freshman fall to be yet another Y Combinator kid with an AI startup, the College has turned its formidable intellectual focus toward perhaps its greatest challenge yet: getting undergraduates to stop looking at Instagram during dinner.
A Beginner’s Guide to Disney Channel Original Movies
The chill in the air can only mean one thing: it’s time to rewatch every single Disney Channel Original Movie. So, basically, just all of Kenny J. Ortega’s masterpieces. High School Musical, Hocus Pocus, Descendants—the list goes on and on and on. But—and this came as a total shocker to me freshman year—I’ve come to realize that not everyone grew up watching the likes of Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus after school. Not everyone was raised by the Sprouse twins, Jonas brothers, or the one and only Selena Gomez.
Ways to Get to Class in a Storm
Autumn is rolling in with a bang. If you thought the week-long Nor’easter was bad, just wait until you get hit with a slew of midterms and essays as classes start to ramp up. Just as a New England fall brings continuous rain, your classes will bring endless pain. Admittedly, getting to class can be quite difficult, especially when you have to brave both miserable weather and campus security threats at once. So here are a few suggestions for getting to class when walking through the rain seems anything but desirable.
A Plea for Muffin-Free Mornings
On Monday, from my perch in Kirkland, I trekked down four flights of stairs to the dining hall to track down a banana nut muffin. Room temperature with slightly softened nuts, it was a typical HUDS breakfast fare. On Tuesday, I once again trekked down four flights of stairs to the dhall and snagged a blueberry muffin with spots I’m pretty sure were blueberries. On Wednesday, I almost fell down four flights of stairs (#alarmnotset) on my way to the dhall. Once again, I grabbed a muffin, though this time of a spice variety. Who knows what tomorrow will hold? Well, probably a muffin.
HUDS Soup Tier List
As both a soup connoisseur and an individual whose brain is basically soup at this point (I know it’s only four weeks into the semester, but I said what I said), I consider myself uniquely qualified to rank our dining halls’ brothy offerings.
Flyby v. Harvard Shuttle: A Petition for One Loop
PassioGo this, Citymapper that. A new year, a new app to download just to get to the SEC. But the app is merely the strawman on which the woes of a Quadling are pinned. We must tear off the mask to reveal our true common enemy: the Harvard Shuttle system. Read flyby’s majority opinion advocating for the synaptic pruning of the web of shuttle routes, and join us on our quest to make it home safely and economically after a night out in Mather JCR.
This is Not MY my.harvard
my.harvard sure looks different this year! The cleaner and more modern landing page is finally rid of its excessive hyperlinks and Excel-sheet aesthetic. But that’s not to say that it’s without its own shortcomings. From course registration kinks (like being dropped from sections randomly…) and pretty dubious coding, the new and improved website is not as much of an upgrade as it initially appeared. Funnily enough, while doing research for this piece, my.harvard crashed on me. What a weird twist of fate.
Things that Could Start and End While You’re Still in that BerryLINE
Is there anything longer than the wait at Berryline? Science still hasn't given us an answer, but we have found a few things that may be less time consuming, if its any consolation.
“Everything Must Go!”: Including the Senior Sale Itself?
It's Christmas in Cambridge again. As senior sales ramp up and the quality thereof steadily declines, I thought I might get in on the action. Check out Charlotte's Sophomore Sale Extravaganza here!
A Day in the Flyfe of a WHRBie
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the Pennypacker basement? Why are the lights always on? Why is there always an instrument or bike propped by the back door? What’s with the radio and its penguin Herbie? I had these same questions a year ago, when I embarked on my journey to join the society of herbie-whrbie AKA 95.3 FM WHRB Cambridge. Each Thursday of my life is now dedicated to the Penguin, and I think it’s high time I took you along. Waddle along and peer into the belly of Pennypacker if you dare…
An Open Letter to Claude and its Audacity
There is something deeply nefarious about the internet these days, and I’m not just talking about the capri pants propaganda. I am talking about the ever growing number of websites that are falling off the bone, held together by a four-sentence-long Claude prompt and a prayer. Somewhere along the way, empowering people to be innovative went a little too far, and now anyone with a laptop and a dream feels emboldened to unleash some half-baked nonsense they cooked up in the Chat cauldron onto the rest of us.
An Open Letter to My Stolen Bicycle
Electric blue, shining brighter than the ocean at low tide, glistening like the sky on a hot summer day. Summer days like the ones when I was twelve, riding up and down my neighborhood street, delivering pies to my grandmother. Summer days like the one spent traversing the Providence Bike Path, stopping for Dell’s frozen lemonade. Summer days like the one when you were taken too soon from me.
Flyby's Guide to Crimson Jam 2026
Flyby's guide to Crimson Jam 2026, featuring Alesso!!
Overheards on Fall 2026 FDOC
Our eyes and ears were open for the FDOC! Check out some of the things we overheard at the start of this semester :)
Guide to the Harvard Libraries: The Botany Libraries
New semester, new you. Whether you are a senior about to graduate and want to make this year special, or a freshman who has just set foot on campus, everyone wants to make the most of their experience at Harvard. Oh, what’s that? You’ve only been to Widener, Cabot, and Lamont Library? That’s alright; it’s never too late to explore Harvard’s list of more than 20 libraries. Start your journey now and grab your Harvard Library Passport. It’s time to visit the Botany Libraries before you come up with more excuses as to why you have no time in your GCal to explore this beautiful campus.
Renovations Conclude at Wadsworth House, Harvard’s Second-Oldest Building
Major renovations to Wadsworth House — the second-oldest surviving building at Harvard, which still houses University offices — were completed this fall, marking a new chapter for the nearly 300-year-old structure.
Conference Center, Hotel on Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus To Officially Open to Public in January
The Atlas Hotel and Treehouse Conference Center at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus will formally open in January, confirming Harvard’s vision for entrepreneurship and STEM research amid its continuous expansion into Allston.
Harvard Is Looking for a New Police Chief, Again. Here’s What to Know.
The Harvard University Police Department has launched a search for a new chief of police, in the fractured department’s latest effort to move beyond yearslong internal turmoil and frequent turnover at the top.
Flyby Investigates: Henrys at Harvard
Henry is the 23rd most popular name on campus. Why? We’re not quite sure.
HUPD Police Log: Reading Period Edition
The countdown to the end of the semester has been flying by — lol, get it? — but for HUPD, it’s definitely felt like an eternity given all of our shenanigans. Campus is still bustling with activity, and we’re here to share it all with you.
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