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Do experts know best? [WEB ONLY]

Time to tune out the NBA pundits and their faulty playoff predictions.

By ALEX THOMPSON

Yes, after our long 82 game season in which sports pundits spent untold amounts of time advocating this or that theory and predicting a team’s success or failure based on a few games, we can finally put all the silly questions to rest because each game actually matters. Don’t misunderstand, I love every game of the NBA (read more)

Sex Issue Online!

Full and in color

By THE HARVARD INDEPENDENT

Due to the difficulty in presenting spreads online, we are providing a link to the full-color version of the 2010 Sex Issue, so that our readers can see the results of the annual sex survey online. You may find it here. For all of the full-color issues, go to http://issuu.com/harvardindependent here. For all of the full-color issues, go (read more)

Conversations We Never Had

South Asian women and sex.

By ARHANA CHATTOPADHYAY

My mom and I have had most of the seminal moments that characterize those awkward years of growing pains and ugly orthodontia. The period conversation. Shopping for my first bra. Consolations over my first unrequited love — and the second, and the third, and the fourth. The talk about drinking and drugs — even though in high (read more)

A Unique Mating Ritual

The habits of a bizarre primate.

By RIVA RILEY

It is here that I would like to detail a bizarre phenomenon that I myself have many times witnessed and been assured of its prevalence and importance for young individuals of certain populations of the human species. The human species is known for a great many idiosyncrasies, not least of which is the use of strange symbols (read more)

The Magic Is Gone

Date Night is good — but not great.

By WEIKE WANG

The marriage of Tina Fey and Steve Carell was bound to happen. They are Liz Lemon and Michael Scott. They are grounded, modest-looking people who just happen to tickle audiences silly. Starring the two of them as Phil and Claire Foster, Date Night is a successful movie. It delivers as many laughs as it advertises, and it (read more)

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Sex Issue Online!

Full and in color

By THE HARVARD INDEPENDENT

Serfs Up! [WEB ONLY]

Unpaid Interns and the Culture of Dependence

By SAM BARR

The Magic Is Gone

Date Night is good — but not great.

By WEIKE WANG

A Sub-Par Record

Why Tiger Woods is a disappointment twice over.

By HAO MENG
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