John Harvard's Journal

At Harvard’s Beck-Warren House, Ghosts Speak Many Languages

The quirky 1833 home now hosts Celtic scholars.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Highwheel Harvard

The primitive "boneshaker" bicycle, with pedals attached directly to the front hub and wheels of similar diameter, made its Harvard debut in the...

Widener Reborn

On the afternoon of October 1, three students with gleaming brass horns, from each of which a banner emblazoned with an "H" hung down, mounted...

Yesterday's News

1914 Harvard spoils the dedication of the Yale Bowl by defeating the Elis, 36-0. The popular jest is that Yale supplied the bowl and Harvard...

Brevia

Professorship UndoneA $2.5-million gift to Harvard Divinity School by United Arab Emirates president Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, made in...

High-Flying Deception

Size matters, but elevation matters more. Tall, long-legged Kaego Ogbechie '05 can do almost anything on a volleyball court, in ways that...

by Craig Lambert

Harvard football 2003 midseason wrap

De profundis: Whatever else the football team may accomplish this fall, its second-half comeback in the season's Ivy League opener at Brown...

by Bethell, John T

THE Game

The Harvard-Yale football rivalry constitutes a seemingly inexhaustible mine for historians. In The Only Game That Matters (Crown, $24.95)...

Fall Sports in Brief

Men's SoccerThe men's side (4-5-0) posted mixed results against non-Ivy opponents in early going, but lost their first league match, 1-0, to...

Newfangled Networking

Photomontages by Flint Born Some people live at the technological vanguard. They operate their tie racks by remote control and read the...

by Nathan Heller

New Look

The two buildings of the Center for Government and International Studies, flanking Cambridge Street, give a new look to Harvard's eastern edge...