Aiyana G. White
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Learning from Leverett
As students at Harvard, we spend great lengths of time studying in libraries; what would happen if we were to study the library, itself? A photo essay.
In Photos: Harvard’s Graduate Student Union Goes on Strike, A Second Time
The Crimson’s Multimedia Editors documented the Harvard graduate student union’s three days on strike, capturing their picketing through Harvard Yard and Longwood campus.
Press D for Dream
As someone who rarely remembers my own dreams, I created this piece based on fragments of memory about how I dream as opposed to what I actually dream about.
In Photos: Harvard Athletic Events Return to Campus in Full Force
For the first time in roughly a year and a half, Harvard Athletics is back. Four teams took to the pool, field, and court across campus as fans cheered them on in an action-packed weekend after the first days of classes.
The Lens: Lemons, Sleepless Nights, and Other Bitter Things
There are two definitions for the word “pith.” The first is the spongy white tissue that sits under the rind of a citrus fruit, coming from the archaic descriptor for spinal marrow. The second is simply the essence of something, its true meaning or feeling. I’ve found that it is easy to connect the two definitions, for the best way to describe the pith of my time in quarantine is a deep set, bitter sadness.
Treasure Hunting in the Harvard Libraries
OLRK takes you on a tour of the most prized possessions of the Harvard libararies.
When Harvard Students Were Strikebreakers
While Boston police officers struck for fair wages, decreased working hours, and habitable station houses in 1919, over 150 Harvard undergraduates enrolled as replacement police officers.
The Harvard-Hancock Feud
But once his patriotic duties came calling, barely a year after his appointment, Hancock abandoned the post without officially resigning.
At the Intersection of Sesame St. and Mass. Ave.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street. In between performances from the show’s beloved cast, Harvard affiliates recount what are, to many, little-known stories about the longstanding ties between Harvard and Sesame Street.
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Fast and Furey-ous
Sophomore outside hitter Corinne Furey goes for a serve against Merrimack on Sept. 4, 2021. In the recent match against Princeton, Furey had the second-most kills for the team.
In Unison
Juniors Olivia Cooper and Ashley Wang elevate together for a block.
Huddling Up
The Crimson celebrates after a point last year against Merrimack, who they beat in four sets. Harvard will not face the Warriors this year, with only Ivy League opponents ahead for the rest of the season.
Sheriff of Middlesex County
The Sheriff of Middlesex County called the meeting to order at the beginning of Harvard's Commencement Exercises on Thursday.