By SAMBUDDHA CHATTOPADHYAY When I was twelve, I saw a little Asian girl in a pink dress play Meditation from Massenet’s Thais. It was the most beautiful thing. As the melody rose and fell like the crests and troughs of an ocean wave, I felt mesmerized. After the music stopped, a hush fell over […]
It’s time to publicly shame our peers. By AIDAN FITZSIMONS This article is going to ruffle some feathers. The Ivy League Meme page is full of memes poking gentle fun at wearers of the Canada Goose jackets which are so ubiquitous at places like Harvard when it gets cold. These memes indicate a […]
Following the announcement of Dean Dingman’s retirement, a reflection on his career and work at Harvard. By HUNTER RICHARDS At the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, Tom Dingman will step down as Dean of Freshmen. According to a November 16th email from Dean of Harvard College, Rakesh Khurana, Dean Dingman’s retirement after the […]
Harvard Squash at National Championship. Before attending Harvard, I knew very little about the sport of squash. I’d heard the name, knew that some people, somewhere played it, but had never really spent much thought on it; that was before I met Saad. We connected over a common dorm, Holworthy, and right in the […]
Harvard urged to take responsibility as a political actor. By HUNTER RICHARDS With the 2016 election and changing of power, Harvard students called on their university to provide support in resisting potential policies that would hold negative consequences on a larger scale. While student groups of all kinds have been taking cause to heart on […]
Harvard Varsity teams continue play over break and into spring. By TUSHAR DWIVEDI While many of us visited family and home, traveled, worked, or learned, it is easy to forget the number of students who represented Harvard in winter athletics over break. These athletes, such as Holworthy resident Zeth Dean, stayed in what effectively became […]
Count on the Indy to venture where no other campus publication will. Earlier this semester, as the Executive Board brainstormed potential new issues, our roving minds collectively drifted towards the issue of drugs and body modification. No other publication, at Harvard or elsewhere, had attempted to quantify the reach and depth of these often-discussed topics […]
The unfortunate saga of Harvard and its Dining Services. It may appear that the strike by Harvard’s dining services employees has subdued in the last week. Appearances can indeed be misleading. As the university has tried to ensure that meals in the dining halls grow in quality as the strike wears on—understandably so, given the […]
HUDS and students rally as strike vote approaches. On Wednesday September 7th, dozens of members of the Harvard and greater Boston community gathered in a side room of University Lutheran Church to hear from HUDS workers and their allies about the impending worker’s strike. It was a warm afternoon. Members of the standing-room-only crowd fanned […]
The Harvard Library presents newest research tool. The first thing I notice upon entering the room is a set of large posters on the wall. The next is a sheaf of pamphlets. Then, I notice the stack of business cards on the desk in front of me. I’m here to notice things, and to have […]