College Life
Administrators, Academics Weigh Facebook's Impact on College Life
While Facebook has undoubtedly made students at Harvard feel more connected, academics and Harvard administrators are not sure whether it has truly brought the College closer together.
With New Fiscal Year, HSA Raises Its Minimum Pay to $12
The new policy, which will increase starting pay to $12 from $1o for all hourly workers, impacts more than 100 current HSA employees.
State of the Union
Members of the Harvard community watch from the IOP as President Obama gives the State of the Union address on Jan. 28.
Honor Code
Terah E. Lyons ’14, Jonathan G. Jeffrey '16, and Olivia Z. Zhu '15 lead the first community discussion on the draft of a proposed honor code. Attendees to the meeting in Adams House received a draft of the code and were encouraged to contribute ideas and feedback.
Wintersession's Future
We applaud the work that the College has done in fostering a relaxed and welcoming environment for returning students to ease into the spring semester, but moving forward, we hope to see Wintersession become a more structured and formalized part of J-term.
University Opening Will Be Delayed Wednesday Because of Winter Storm
For the second time this year, administrators have curtailed operations in the face of a major snow storm, this time cancelling Wintersession events and Extension School classes.
The Insider’s Perspective to A Capella at Harvard
The founding of the Krokodiloes out of the Hasty Pudding Social Club in 1946 marked the beginning of a capella at Harvard. In the last half century, a capella at the College has expanded to include many groups that comprise a growing but tight-knit musical community on campus.
Search Underway for New OSAPR Director
After the departure of Sarah A. Rankin in September, The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response has begun its search for a new director.
Outed Online: The Dangers of Social Media
Despite the privacy settings sites offer, the difficulty of keeping information private remains. Queer students, especially, have found that ‘the closet’ on the Internet does not provide a very good lock.
The Mind Behind the Chairs
“I was always thinking, ‘Is there something inexpensive and not too crazy that we can do to make the Yard friendlier for a public school kid from Ohio?’” says Michael R. Van Valkenburgh, Graduate School of Design professor. The consensus answer was to purchase a number of bright Luxembourg chairs and place them throughout the Yard.
Professor Discusses Intersection of Social Media, Social Justice
Analyzing imagery and rhetoric from Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” to President Barack Obama’s quotations of Jay Z, Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal emphasized the relationship between social media and social justice at an event hosted by Harvard’s Hiphop Archive & Research Institute yesterday.
Dos and Don'ts
The Harvard-Yale Game, which dates back to 1875, is one of the oldest and most notable rivalries in the history of college sports. It is also one of the most highly anticipated events of the college year for students from both schools. Regardless of whether or not you’re a sports fan, the weekend of The Game is a weekend for memories. These memories will not be created in a cubicle of Lamont or in the silence of Widener—you will likely be alone and crying in these places if you choose to stay behind. Throw on your Crimson gear, get yourself down to New Haven, and keep these do’s and don’t’s in mind as you prepare and proceed for a legendary weekend.
Three Tickets Face Off in UC Presidential Debate
With the voting period for the Undergraduate Council elections underway, the three pairs of candidates vying to become the Council’s next president and vice president faced off in a debate at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum on Monday night.
31 Student Organizations Approved by CSL
The approved organizations include a group for first-generation college students, the group that puts on the spring fashion show “Eleganza,” and two groups supporting students in the bisexual, gay, lesbian, trangender, and queer community.
