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Garrett W. O’Brien
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A Surplus with Few Buyers
After students vacated campus, the farmers and vendors that supported HUDS are left with "surpluses" of food that may prove detrimental to their businesses: "'It would be devastating for us.'"
Quincy House Dining Staff Will Not Report to Work After Two Co-Workers Test Positive for COVID-19
Harvard University Dining Services employees working in Quincy House’s dining hall stopped reporting to work Saturday after two of their co-workers tested positive for COVID-19.
On Borrowed Time: Inside the Decision HUDS Workers Say They Must Make Between Safety and Salary
Harvard's decision to depopulate campus sent HUDS workers scrambling. Though employees who worked at dining halls that have since closed are currently on paid leave, those who are still required to work face a difficult choice. At-risk individuals may request to stay home — but it often comes at a cost.
My Mom is My Proctor and It’s Not That Chill
Many would think that, as freshmen, moving back in with our parents would not be that big of a deal, given that we have only been in college for six months. They are wrong.
The Hidden History of the Harvard Law School Library’s Treasure Room
Upon the completion of the Caspersen Room's construction in 1948, the director of the library said that the room was “not to be a stationary object, but a vital, active force working for the benefit of mankind.” While initially meant to serve as a memorial to the Law School students who fought and died in the World Wars, a walk around the room today reveals Harvard’s connections to long histories of racism and injustice.
Uncatalogued
Amid an ongoing lawsuit contesting the Peabody Museum’s possession of a series of daguerreotypes that depict two enslaved people, scholars and activists have focused their attention on the museum’s collection and acquisition practices. But the daguerreotypes central to the lawsuit were only discovered in the Peabody’s collection in 1976 — a discovery that raises questions about what other objects may languish uncatalogued and anonymous in the boxes, racks, and milk crates the museum secrets away.
Next Up On Harvard Divinity School’s Playlist: Jesus is King
From being "broken down" by the Devil in "The College Dropout" to proclaiming himself a god on "Yeezus," Kanye West now "bows down to the King upon the throne" in his latest release "Jesus Is King," a self-proclaimed gospel album. While some gospel artists have embraced the album, music critics have largely dismissed it as inauthentic.
Power Outage, Five Years Later
“In summary, we totally f*#ked up this Kickstarter campaign,” admits Uncharted Play.
Veritas Meets Diets
I don’t think this diet is for me — the 1980s, it seems, were a time more conducive to spontaneous aerobic dance.
The Art of Loitering
The cultural work produced in the class ranges from oil paintings to playing the same note on the Sitar for an hour.