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Tennis Rampant

The Harvard men's and women's tennis teams were both undefeated in the Ivy League this spring. The women (19-4, 7-0 Ivy) had the best winning...

Auden and the Little Things

We must love one another or die. This line appears near the end of W.H. Auden's poem "September First, 1939." Perhaps you've heard it...

Miserable She’s Not

She made a high-energy but graceful entrance, nothing too theatrical, sat in a director's chair at a butcherblock coffee table in this...

by Christopher Reed

Who Built the Pyramids?

Not slaves. Archaeologist Mark Lehner, digging deeper, discovers a city of privileged workers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Over 91-Acre Allston Purchase, a Fresh Political Maelstrom

When Harvard purchased land from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) in 2000, it was an historic moment: for the first time, the...

Harvard Calendar

THEATER. The American Repertory Theatre presents the return engagement of George Gershwin Alone, by Hershey Felder, from July 5 to 26, followed...

Lady Godiva: The Naked Truth

Staggering beneath the yoke of oppressive taxes, the medieval residents of Coventry, England, pleaded in vain for relief. Ironically...

Undergraduate Overseer

The newly merged offices of dean of Harvard College and dean of undergraduate education have been entrusted to Benedict H. Gross '71, Ph.D. '78...

Alumnae Transition at Radcliffe

June 4 marked what its president, Raine Figueroa '84, M.B.A. '91, said was the last formal annual meeting of the Radcliffe Association (RA)...

Picture Gallery

Mather House seniors, from left, Samantha Goodwin, of Freeburg, Illinois; Jordan Goss, of Arlington, Texas; Paul Kwak, of Beavercreek...

Brevia

Dental Doings Dave Destroche Three decades and more after its 11,000-square-foot “interim” building was created, the Harvard...

A Dictator's Crippling Debts

Under Saddam Hussein's rule, Iraq amassed about $100 billion in debt. This estimate is rough, and it will be months before the details about...