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Tibet Freedom Vigil
6:35 p.m. An old man sits and hums to himself in the Pit by the Harvard T-stop. Resting on his ...
Women on the Battlefield: ROTC Responds
Three times a week Charley M. Falletta ’16 beats the sunrise awake. Physical training at 6:30 a.m., an early-morning military science class, a weekly leadership lab: These commitments frame the rhythm of Falletta’s weeks here at Harvard.
Imaginative "Invisible Man" Interprets Ellison's Classic
It’s difficult for a stage adaptation of a celebrated novel to become considered a great work in its own right, ...
The Crimson Weatherboard’s Weekly Weather Review
It’s not easy to admit it when you’re wrong. It’s not easy to do one armed pull ups.
Adam B. Kern
Adam B. Kern stands in front of a classroom of inmates at the Suffolk County House of Correction, presenting five aspects of David Hume’s argument on the existence of free will.
Post-Occupy (Pre)Occupations
Over a year later, members of Occupy Harvard continue to engage in activism inspired by the movement, and reflect on its legacy on campus.
On Saturday, They Shimmied: Scenes from Campus Nightlife
FM sends the weekend at Sigma Chi and in cages in Winthrop Dining Hall. The Harvard social scene has never felt so...classy.
Imagined Commentary: Famous Alums Review The Game
Mark Zuckerberg: The Game? Wait, you’re not talking about FarmVille? Oh, right. That game, Harvard-Yale.
The Crimson Weatherboard’s Weekly Weather Review
I no longer know what to believe in. One day, glorious winter is upon us, sheathing us in a cold white burrito wrap and masking the falseness that lies beneath in the austere perfection of thinglessness. Rarely has my heart been as thrilled as when I saw the world reduced to this.
Outside the Square: A CaffeiNation
With the academic energy on campus at its second-round-of-midterms high, a stroll around the Square can be comforting—if you can avoid bumping into tour guides donning eighteenth century garb and don’t mind waiting 20 minutes to drop $6 on Starbucks drip coffee.
Overheard: Cambridge
Daughter: Can we leave? I feel like I’m inside a J. Crew catalogue. Why is that guy wearing a bow tie?
The Crimson Weatherboard’s Weekly Weather Review
Dear “Dear Readers” Readers, I have a confession to make.
It Takes Two: Laurent Rivard '14 and Christian Webster '13
My first year, he was the guy I was competing with. I was competing with him, but I was also learning a lot from him.
Scoped!: William S. Murphy '13
In 15 years you are: trying to reclaim the soul I lost to the corporate world. Kidding. Not kidding.
Pornitas: This Semester's Smutty Soirées
Looks like Sex Week isn’t the only Harvard event that’s coming soon.
10 Remarks by Salman Rushdie
Rushdie, dapper in his dark grey suit, spoke about his recently published work: “Joseph Anton: A Memoir,” and the experience of living under a fatwa.
The Crimson Weatherboard's Weekly Weather Review
I’d stay home and babysit my sister while mother would go off and sweat on sad middle-aged men who weren’t my father. The sweat would bead like rain drops on a car window.
The Crimson WeatherBoard’s Weekly Weather Review
This week in last week’s weather, we talk about the weather from last week: A real meteorologist predicted that this week’s weather would be “mostly pleasant.”
The Crimson Weatherboard’s Weekly Weather Review
Every good news source needs a good weather team.
How to Find a Date for Formal
Need a date to formal? Let FM help you choose your path to a date fit to remember.