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… adjust to Harvard social life by forming friendships in the dormitories. The Bulletin notes: “At most American colleges the ‘rushing’ of freshmen by rival fraternities is an evil clearly … precisely this affliction.” 1925 The faculty, “whether out of consideration for the eyesight of the students or for the …
Issue: January-February 2015
Desire and Design
… Wendy Lesser ’73, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review and a critic of unusual scope (witness recent books on reading and on …
Issue: March-April 2017
College Cash
… to go to Harvard. She knows she needs top grades, plenty of extracurricular activities, and, of course, the test scores. Her parents, Scott and Rachel, know that …
Issue: November-December 2001
The Urban Jobs Crisis
… Editor’s note: Background information on the charts accompanying this article (Figures 1 , 2 , and 3 ) appears in the text below. In his State of the Union Address on February 13, President Barack Obama … have seriously diminished the earnings and job stability of many working Americans whose skills have not kept pace …
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Issue: May-June 2013
At the Harvard Art Museums, Indigenous Australian Art and Thought on Display
… Though snow may fall outside , inside their special exhibition galleries the Harvard Art Museums host some heat from desert Australia. Composed of 70 artworks—many of which had never left their native land before now—the …
At Home with Harvard: Back to School
… This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a … watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about climate … 6 a.m. , and you…will…row. Some mornings, you watch the sunrise from Lamont Library after hitting your study groove …
Street Doctor
… Joe Meuse spent years drunk on the streets of Boston, sleeping under bridges, over grates, … room visits in 18 months, but he doesn’t remember any of them. “He’s been as far down the drinking path as one can …
Issue: January-February 2016
Harvard College Admits Class of 2028
… Harvard College today offered regular admission to 1,245 applicants to the class of 2028; combined with the 692 early-action applicants …
Harvard Square Blooms Again
… from Monday, May 23, until Friday, June 3. Happily, there are plenty of new shops, restaurants, and diversions in the Square, … plans to shutter earlier this year, much to the dismay of loyal customers. Fortunately, it also has strong roots: …
Issue: May-June 2022
Bare-Knuckle Politics
… In the wake of a contentious U.S. election, faculty members of two Harvard professional schools have published on the nation’s democratic origins and traditions (see also “ A …
Issue: January-February 2017
Harvard-Yale Boat Race Turns 150
… The sesquicentennial of college athletics in America takes place June 8 on the Thames (rhymes with "James") River in New London, … boat Oneida won the first race, about four lengths ahead of the Shawmut, the faster of two Yale entries. Last year's …
Issue: May-June 2002
The Petitioners—Updated
… Alongside candidates placed on the ballot for the Board of Overseers by the Harvard Alumni … issues, but divestment of endowment holdings in enterprises associated with fossil fuel production was the leading …
Three for the Mode
… as a thoughtful and articulate soloist. But despite the range of company he’s kept throughout a five-decade career in … he became a bandleader in the 1960s. “The interpretation of the song is in my hands,” he explains. “At the same time, …
Issue: September-October 2012
Cinema with Gravitas
… It was not much of a house at all: just a simple shack, with a dirt floor … walls. But its owner, a Haitian sugarcane worker in the Dominican Republic, graciously let in the strangers … he does find inspiration in tales of ordinary folks who rise to the occasion when needed. Tim Disney ’83, of the …
Issue: September-October 2014
Back on the Field
… just three months after surgery, Michael Fucito ’09 took off running at the base of the stands, barely breaking his stride as he kicked a …
Issue: September-October 2008