The College Pump

A bride and groom in formal attire cut a tiered cake at a candlelit wedding reception table.

The College Pump | May-June 2025

We Were Students Once...

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Photograph of Samuel Eliot Morison

The College Pump | March-April 2020

Giants

Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall fire

by Primus VI

Photograph of Peter Ashton and field team in Borneo

The College Pump | January-February 2020

From Borneo to Rodeo

Trekking, shuttling, and semi-friending

by Primus VI

Painting of Amos A. Lawrence, 1887, by Eastman Johnson.

The College Pump | November-December 2019

Life Lessons

Expansive CVs, and extracurricular insights

by Primus VI

Photograph of hen turkey and poults in Harvard Yard

The College Pump | September-October 2019

Summer in the City

Turkeys, tourists, traditions, tranquility

by Primus VI

The College Pump | July-August 2019

The “Great Asymmetry”

Country dance, saving homework from a burning car, and Stephen Jay Gould on 9/11

by Primus VI

The College Pump | May-June 2019

Paper Persists

Resesarchers’ lengthy labors, “Diploma Riots,” supporting young scholars

by Primus VI

The College Pump | March-April 2019

Princeton Preps

Harvard’s Tiger deans, the prophetic Richard Pipes, and a high-tech egg

by Primus VI

The College Pump | January-February 2019

Sculpting Hallowed Ground

Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming

by Primus VI

The College Pump | November-December 2018

Hand-Crafted

Messenger from the past

by Primus VI

The College Pump | September-October 2018

Sweet Farewell

Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell

by Primus VI