Levity
What Are Sports? An Intrepid FM Reporter Inquires
"Players circle the stick without a second thought. But I see you, stick. Your wood is scuffed with the markings of love and life, beauty and pain, paint worn along the edges. Some days, I am you. And others, sadly, I am the player. As I face the rink, a single tear rolls down my rosy cheek."
Alec sports 2
Women's Ice Hockey snatched a victory 4-3 against Colgate on Saturday afternoon at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Although the game has started, there are no players in Alec's visual field.
Alec sports 1
Staff writer Alec P. Kahn stares into the transparent glass that encases the rink and looks into his reflection.
Abstracts from the Harvard Laboratory that Proved “Stress Makes Hair Turn Gray”
Harvard researchers shook the scientific world to its core on Jan. 22 when they proved that stress makes hair turn gray. On the heels of their groundbreaking discovery, the researchers have published a series of equally revolutionary papers.
Veritas Meets Diets
I don’t think this diet is for me — the 1980s, it seems, were a time more conducive to spontaneous aerobic dance.
My Dorm Room is Messy and I Blame Entropy
I remember learning about entropy in my high school chemistry class: Iit’s something about the scientific tendency of a system to move toward chaos. I guess I’ll blame the messiness on that.
Paul G. Sullivan reads The Harvard Crimson
Paul G. Sullivan reads an edition of the Harvard Crimson's newspaper, the daily that Pete Buttigieg wrote a regular column for during his years as a student.
Living Next to the Fly Turned Me Into a Party Girl and My Life Has Never Been Better
Over the weeks, I witnessed many other strange occurrences. I would hear the speaker blasting music, look outside, and see not a party, but two men at the outdoor tables, adding irresponsible investments to their stock portfolios. Once, I saw a singular man doing squats with a keg on his back while using the speaker.
An Interview With [Redacted] Gate Bearing [Redacted] Final Club Logo
A number of gates on Harvard’s campus that mark the entrance to University-owned space mysteriously bear the insignias of various Harvard final clubs. But since 1984, when nine all-male clubs officially severed ties with the university, all such social organizations have remained formally disaffiliated from the school.
Porcellian Club Gate
One of the various gates on Harvard's campus bearing a final club logo. Definitely not the gate we interviewed for this article. This gate is a different gate.
Fly Club Gate
Another gate bearing another final club's logo. Also not the gate we interviewed for this article.
“Totally Random” GenEd Lottery Questionnaire
Have you ever looked into the sky on a Tuesday afternoon and fallen out of existence, because the universe is SO BIG and you are just so, so small?
FM Imagines: Harvard’s Entry into the Homesick Candle College Town Collection
There's so much material to work with too: The golden scent of John Harvard's glistening shoe, or the flighty smell of a flock of Canada-Goose-jacket-wearing-tourists making their way through the Yard. So, as any diligent student would do, I've taken it upon myself to create my own Harvard-scented candle.
Scented Candles
Homesick Candles: College Towns is a candle line that attempts to capture the residential scents of college towns around the country.
Remembrance of Things Past: Lamenting the Latest Victims of Late-Stage Capitalism
Let's take a moment to remember the fallen, for to be forgotten is to die another death.
I Went to the Grand Opening of &pizza/Milk Bar and All I Got Was the Cold Reminder That Harvard Square is Doomed to the Gentrification That Has Overtaken All Major Cities Across the United States
When Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, did he know he would be setting in motion an unstoppable cultural engine that could end only in hypertrends like a self-serious storefront that — let’s be clear — exists to sell pizza and ice cream?