John Harvard's Journal

Updated 12.22.2016

Crimson Intermediary

At a press conference, new Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is flanked by translator Masafumi Hoshino ’02 (left) and agent Scott Boras (right). [See PDF for photograph.] The Red Sox retained Hoshino, an environmental-sciences concentrator in college, to serve as personal Japanese-English translator for Matsuzaka, whom the Red Sox signed in a deal worth a reported $103 million.

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Intellectual Entrepreneurs

Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.

Joseph Glenmullen, M.D., author of <i>Prozac Backlash</i>

The Downsides of Prozac

Harvard researchers discuss the side effects of Prozac and other SSRIs

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The Professor Who Quantified Democracy

Erica Chenoweth’s data shows how—and when—authoritarians fall.

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How Harvard Students Handle Political Disagreements

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The Woman Who Rode Horses Into the Water

Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea

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Salsa Squared

Latin dancing fills the streets in Harvard Square