Katie M. Vinton
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Visualize Your House!
As of Wednesday evening Flyby officially released the rankings of all 12 Houses. Now that freshmen have been informed of their respective Houses, it's important to remember that rankings don't tell the whole story. This gallery shows that there is a lot to love about every House. Each image contains a word cloud of a respective House's answers to the question "What is the best thing about your House?" With the word "community" appearing prominently on every image, it seems clear that House life is what you make of it. Get excited, class of 2015!
10 Easy Classes
If you're looking for an easy class to round out your course load, search no further.
Wikipedia Blackout
At midnight, English-language Wikipedia will be inaccessible for 24 hours in protest of two acts—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)—that are currently being considered by Congress. Make sure to check out these links while you still can!
Halloween Edition
In this series, we showcase creative and delicious recipes that can be made using only food found in dining halls. This interactive installment is Halloween themed. Make any of these dishes and you’ll be repping our favorite black-and-orange holiday!
A New Take on Brain Break
In this installment of Dining Delights, we bring you three recipes using only ingredients found at Brain Break. When the usual cereals, cookies, and drinks lose their luster, turn to this article for fresh ideas based on classic late-night snacks.
Eating, Dressing, and Living on Ivyfed
Harvard seems to have a blog for everything: first and foremost Flyby for news on the go, Harvard FML for complaining about life, books&liquor for proof that fashion really can be found on campus, isawyouharvard for general creepiness, and more. This summer, however, three juniors created a new blog called ivyfed, which addresses "eating, dressing, and living well," according to their website.
Student Aims To Streamline Book Purchasing
Eric J. Slingerland '14 wants to help ease this painful process. Collaborating with a friend at Yale, Slingerland spent the summer creating a website called books@harvard.
Harvard-Yale Merger in 2020?
Imagine Harvard-Yale weekend in the year 2020. According to Jane S. Shaw, president of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, things could look a little different. Instead of insulting t-shirts, a tense football game, and angry chants of "Yale Sucks," we might instead see purple t-shirts with uplifting messages and a calm intramural game.
Snap Up Some Free Tea
If you're looking for a free drink this afternoon, hurry to the Pit by the Harvard T stop.
Geddes Analyzes Dictatorships
Barbara Geddes, a UCLA professor of public policy, delivered a speech yesterday in which she spoke about the nature of dictatorships.
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