Columns
Wasting Hours
(A Harvard Professor and Harvard College Student walk into a therapist's office.)
The Smell of Reading: Kindling the Word
The sentimental value of books, while important in its own right, is not a valid argument against e-readers.
The Robot Theater: Live and Impersonal
“Stifters Dinge” confounds the very notion of a performance, insofar as it requires no performers.
Extreme House Makeover
While House Renewal will undoubtedly improve the physical quality of housing at Harvard, without careful attention, renovations in Quincy (and, eventually, the rest of the Houses) may limit students’ access to House life. Planning for House Renewal must pay close attention to the effects of massive construction and relocation on the students like my brother who will endure the process.
Bloom's Day: The Cafe Nomad
Readings for section are so much more interesting when done in the proximity of a cafe.
Morning Practice Hinders Housing Day Fun
Three years ago today, a group of nine girls sat in a common room in Wigglesworth waiting for the most important letter we would receive since the one telling us we had gotten into Harvard.
Down With the King
While you’re trekking through the Yard this morning to celebrate Housing Day, the House Committee on Homeland Security will be ...
The Café Nomad
I was in Israel the first time I drank an entire cup of coffee. It was the summer after my ...
400 Men Of Harvard Witnessed Victory
Until Saturday night, I assumed that the Harvard-Yale football game at the Yale Bowl in 2009 would be the best athletic event I would get to see as a student here. I was wrong, and I’m lucky that I was.
Refocus the Austerity Measures
Republicans would do well to compromise on this year’s budget, and save their political capital for the much more important fight over entitlement reform.
A Gamer's Fondest Fantasy
A few weeks ago, when I picked up “Final Fantasy VII” (FFVII) again, I was expecting to relive one of the best gaming experiences I’d ever had.
Loud and GOProud
According to CNN’s publication of the 2010 Midterm Election exit polls, 31 percent of gay, lesbian, and bisexual voters chose ...
Old Gods' Tales, New Reading
The excerpt tells how the heroic god Quetzalcóatl braves the underworld and the dual gods who reign there.
