Crimson staff writer
Marella A. Gayla
Marella A. Gayla is the Magazine Chair for the 145th guard. She can be reached at marella.gayla@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @marellagayla.
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God, Everything is so Asian These Days
As I scrutinized every white man over the age of 30 I told myself I just wanted to understand Edward Blum, but that was a lie. There are things I actually don’t understand, like cryptocurrency, airplanes, and lightning.
Paulo J. Pinto
It turns out that Pinto’s two hometowns—Oliveira do Hospital and Newark—sit on the same latitude. “It’s really weird,” he says. “My parents just went directly across the ocean.”
Our Own Little War
Harvard doesn’t have a Robert E. Lee, or a John C. Calhoun. Even so, questions of Civil War remembrance and Southern heritage crop up in Cambridge every so often.
Epidermis
I usually make my pilgrimage when the start of school is in sight. While the ides of August have many people clinging to the hard-earned summer in their hides, I am eager to shed and start anew—and I mean this very literally.
‘Education Not Deportation’: Professors Under Arrest
“There weren’t a lot of question marks,” a professor says. “People knew what to expect.”
Marjorie Garber
" Teaching a course is a matter of trying to find out where students’ interests are and presenting the material so that it catches fire for them," says Marjorie Garber. "That’s the thrill of it and the risk of it."
Year in Review: FM Quotes That Also Make Great Tinder Bios
Our cover stories do more than shed light on pressing issues at Harvard. They can also help you scheme cuties.
Teen Mag Quiz: Do I Like You or Am I Only Sleeping Over Because I Live in the Quad?
When I get to your dorm, do I have to feign interest in your artwork?
Eyes On The Crown
In offstage and onstage interviews, Vuong brandishes her knowledge of current events and promotes her platform: empowering homeless youth. For the talent portion of the pageant, she plays classical music—often Chopin—on the piano. For the “swim” and “evening” categories, she models the requisite attire while walking in a figure-eight shape onstage.
‘Feminist Hysteria’: A History Of Sexual Violence At Harvard
The year was 1960, it was orientation week for Lynn J. Ochberg ’64's freshman year at Radcliffe, and, she said, she had just been sexually assaulted by a senior on Harvard’s football team.
