Editor's Note

Dear Reader, As we march (ha!) towards warmer weather, our intrepid FM writers continue to probe the unknown, the complex, and the deceptively small. We are particularly excited to welcome our compers — for the unacquainted, those in the process of joining Fifteen Minutes — in their first contributions to the magazine. They blew us away this week, and we’re so excited to have them aboard. As ever, our writers composed stunning introspective self portraits. Quite literally, TMB published a photographed self-portrait as a part of our new ‘Vision’ category. SNT wrote about self-image in ballet in the second installment of her column on imposter syndrome, and VX imparted new meaning on League of Legends as a tool for connection. This week, our reported pieces stayed very, very local. OEGP and HNL explored the 1976 murder of a Harvard football player that changed Boston’s landscape forever, diving into why Harvard students rarely hear this fraught story. KNF attended an event on the future of museums — and Harvard’s Peabody in particular — as they attempt to reckon with their colonial pasts. EMB and KIX talk to Eric Feigl-Ding a year after his controversial pandemic prediction seems prophetic. Finally, VX and SM take a look at Toppings, a start-up by Harvard students that could change the future of food delivery in Cambridge and beyond. Most centrally located, however, is our cover story on the residents of Allston. MSA and IBC offer a portrait of a neighborhood in flux, where residents have been fighting to maintain their home and community since 1960. In a neighborhood defined by a flourishing artistic community and affordable housing prices, the development of Harvard’s Allston engineering campus often seems at odds with the neighborhood’s interests. To Harvard students, the expanse of the Charles cuts off communication between Cambridge and Allston — this piece attempts to close that gap, and have Allstonians speak for themselves. With love, OGO & MNW