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Issue: 11.02.17: The Counter Culture Issue

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The 2017 Counter Culture Issue

November 2, 2017November 11, 2017 Vice President

After last year’s debut of the Harvard Independent’s Counter Culture Issue, you can count on the Indy to ask the questions no other campus publication will. No other publication, at Harvard or elsewhere, had attempted to quantify the reach and …

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Counter Culture Features

November 2, 2017November 11, 2017 Vice President

The Harvard Independent is proud to share the submissions received from Harvard students showcasing their own forms of body modification.              

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It’s Only Skin Deep, Fam 

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Hunter Orchards

“I would get a tattoo but I don’t know what I would get a tattoo of.”  By HUNTER RICHARDS    Do you feel personally attacked by this already? Have you or someone close to you found themselves in need of …

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Peace by THC 

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Abigail Koerner

By ABIGAIL KOERNER    Concrete steps down into a woodland escape were my favorite place to walk. I’d hop skip and jump down to where they ended and the dirt and grass began. Trees billowed out overhead to guard my body …

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Wildest Experience on Drugs?  

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Anonymous

Doing acid and staying up for 36 hours straight to write a final paper.    Being on LSD while on a farm tour with my mom.     Took an edible on a plane, saw the world split in half.     …

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A Night With the Record Hospital 

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Segan Helle

An inside look at WHRB’s weekday punk rock radio program.  By SEGAN HELLE   It is 2 A.M. on a Thursday night. Ana Georgescu ’20 begins setting up her laptop on a desk fixed with a microphone, a couple computer screens, turntables, and a …

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Belly Button Piercing Woes 

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Alaya Ayala

But not the kind you think they are.  By ALAYA AYALA  The cold February day I got my belly button pierced, I hadn’t been planning on doing it. My mom had two coupons for free piercings, and she asked if I wanted …

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Clumsy Drug Use or Acid Tripping? 

November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 Anonymous

By ANONYMOUS   I love a good spontaneous vacation and my acid trip was no exception. I hadn’t even had a chance to renew my passport before the most impulsive drug trip of my life. You ever wondered what the mind …

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Tat-Too Tired For This 

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Hunter Orchards

Breaking my mother’s heart only cost $120 but was still much cheaper than therapy.  By HUNTER RICHARDS   The old saying goes, “Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words inked into your skin breaks-your-mother’s-heart-honestly-how-could-you-do-this-to-your-family.” You can try to keep that …

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Staying True to Counterculture 

November 1, 2017November 11, 2017 Segan Helle

Remembering the political origins of counterculture.   By SEGAN HELLE    The story of American counterculture is well-known. Rooted in sixties era fears and frustrations, counterculture arose as a challenge to American politics and culture. Youths began to reject imperialist Cold …

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