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Panem et Artem
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Who needs the Arts anyway? …Or do we? Four months down, I still shudder every time an American pulls out the all-too-beaten card: How different is America from India? Harvard-tired as...
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Down With The Norms
Goldman Rightly Punished for WECode Support Goldman Sachs’ Logo (courtesy of deadlinedetroit.com) My Facebook feed was recently swamped by a sea of posts assailing a New York Times’ article that...
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Leaning Away From ‘Lean-In’
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL A feminist’s musings. Soviet Feminism Recently, a Facebook event regarding a debate on the future of feminism between pro and anti Lean-In feminists trapped my particular attention....
View ArticlePussy Riot Fails to Riot
Some problems with the Russian activist band Pussy Riot talk at Harvard helps highlight loopholes in the much feted guerrilla movement that has taken the world by storm. I recently had the chance to...
View ArticleLet’s Check Our Privilege
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Acknowledge the immense indulgence that Harvard affords us already. Having multiple friends run for UC presidency comes with its perks (read: costs). Meals have lately been swamped...
View ArticleLet’s Learn to Serve
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The case for making public service a mandated requirement at Harvard. Cornell recently launched a $150 million initiative “Engaged Cornell” that will make it a mandatory graduation...
View ArticleA Rhodes to Remember
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Chatting with Rhodes winner and visionary computer scientist Ruth Fong ’15. The Rhodes Trust announced the 2014 Rhodes scholarship winners on Saturday, November 22. Three Harvard...
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Who hosts Anti-Football Parties?
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The Harvard Independent Profiles the Harvard Humanist Hub. A general wave of enthusiasm and anticipation greeted the Super Bowl this past Sunday; viewing parties across dorms and...
View ArticleA Level Playing Ground
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL The Indy scopes out a new pre-orientation program for freshmen The Harvard Undergraduate Council announced a new ‘Harvard Project’ grant initiative that would award $3000 to a...
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Divestment 101
BY ADITYA AGRAWAL Everything you need to know to sound informed about the Divestment movement at Harvard. What is the aim of Divest Harvard? 1) Harvard should immediately freeze any new investments...
View ArticleDivestment 101
Everything you need to know to sound informed about the Divestment movement at Harvard. By ADITYA AGRAWAL What is the aim of Divest Harvard? 1) Harvard should immediately freeze any new investments in...
View ArticleBurnout at Harvard
A damning investigation of why some students decided to take time off Harvard. “There was no one holding me there,” says Sam‘17*. “My sense of joy in life bled out of me over the course of sophomore...
View ArticleHarvard vs. Yale: A Comparison of Sexual Climates
It is safe to assume that Harvard may not be the safest place for female and gender non-conforming undergraduates. 31.2% of female Harvard College seniors who took the sexual conduct survey this past...
View ArticleEx-Phoenix Alumnus on a Mission
Dr. Tim McCarthy spills beans on club workings as he crusades against assault on campus. The door to Tim McCarthy 93’s cloistered Quincy office proclaims itself, in rainbow colors, a “safe zone.” Yet,...
View ArticleThe Invisible Iranians
In Iran the Baha’is wait for justice As the world debates the Iran deal, Baha’is wait with bated breath. After decades of persecution by the Iranian state, the deal could be the harbinger of...
View ArticleThe Game Plan
Why you should probably thank the OSL if you have a fun time at The Game this year. It’s that one time of the year when Harvard students get to be normal college students –not without some help from...
View ArticleRobin eats the Pudding
How the Ivy League dropout and famous actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt stripped, face burst balloons and won Harvard over. It is not everyday that an actor of renown sucks a cow’s teats on stage. Even less...
View ArticleThe Harvard Brand Matters
Reflections on my interview process. If there’s anything I learned this internship interview season, it is that the Harvard brand matters. An increasingly vocal quarter of critics have called on high...
View ArticleWhy Currier House Deleted its Housing Day Video
The Full Story Donald Trump may have won the Massachusetts Republican primary, but the real estate mogul and Apprentice star inspires little love at Harvard, as Currier House administrators learned...
View ArticleHarvard Struggles with Islamic and Middle Eastern Scholarship
Institutional centers and academic departments at the world’s richest university remain quiet. With all its capital, intellectual and physical, Harvard is not just a university. It is an idea, potent...
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