Katie R. Zavadski

Harvard Refused Heymann's Monitoring Proposal

Days after internet activist Aaron Swartz's Jan. 11 suicide, The Huffington Post reports that during the 1990s, Swartz's prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Heymann—who was, even then, a pioneer in policing the internet—tried to get Harvard's cooperation in monitoring the University's network usage without a court order. Heymann proposed that the University put an "electronic banner on its intranet telling users they were being monitored" and implying their consent. Harvard refused, HuffPo reports, citing "the privacy of its users."

After Dinner: Timothy P. McCarthy

Timothy P. McCarthy ’93 has, maybe, four people he’s obsessed with at the moment. One of them is Nate Silver.

Graduating with Debt

“It’s like a paycheck-to-paycheck sort of process,” says Sasanka N. Jinadasa ’15 as she sits in Lowell dining hall.

7 PM: Harvard Works

"I’m not gonna say anything bad. This is Leverett, the best house."

Dharun Ravi: What If?

After cursing Harvard’s rooming assignments, I now count among my friends people with similar political and religious views to the girls I lived with. And so, reading about the case, I can’t help but think, “what if?”

A Liberal Critique

To be sure, I agree with many of their demands—a living wage for employees, socially responsible and transparent investments, and increased diversity among the faculty to name a few—and I know and like many of the undergraduate Occupiers personally.

The morning after “Occupy,” Harvard Yard on Lockdown

Inside tent city, the mood was triumphant and studious, but outside the Yard, others were still having trouble getting where they needed to go.

Egyptian Arab Spring Organizers Address Occupy Harvard

Speaking through the bars of the locked Johnston Gate, Egyptian activists Ahmed Maher and Esraa Abdel Fattah sought to link the Occupy movement to the Arab Spring.

Oscar Handlin Wins Posthumous Honorary Post

The Henry Adams Club, a history graduate student organization, awarded GSAS alumnus Oscar Handlin a posthumous honorary Vice President’s post ...

Some Muslim Students Dissatisfied with Halal Dining Options

Although Harvard University Dining Services has taken some steps to accommodate Muslims in dining halls, some students say the University could do more.

Which Would You Choose?

On Friday, November 30, the Office of Student Life approved 15 new student organizations, one of them Harvard College Munch. We wanted to know, if you had to join either the Harvard College Anscombe Society and Harvard College Munch, which would you choose?

Upper Crust Closes

EqualiTEA Attendees Brave Hurricane Sandy

Students attend Dean of Freshmen Thomas Dingman's EqualiTEA on Monday afternoon, despite winds and rain Hurricane Sandy.

Today in Photos (10/30/2012)

Photos from the October 30, 2012 edition of the Harvard Crimson.

Harvard Welcomes Veterans

Harvard affiliates lead a discussion during the University’s welcoming event for veterans, which was held on Monday afternoon at the Faculty Club.

Moscow Pride participant Zlata Ponirovskaya is questioned by journalists shortly before being taken into police custody.

A police officer removes a rainbow flag from the street following young activists' attempt to partake in the parade.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, an activist with the Russian arts group Voina, is carried away by police during the parade.