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With the Ivy League Championship title already secured, the time has come for the Harvard football team to face its truest endeavor: beating Yale. This task is not one to be taken lightly, and though our chances for a win at The Game this year look pretty good, it’s all hands on deck. So, without further ado, here is Flyby’s foolproof strategy for how you can help Harvard win Harvard-Yale.

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Step 1: Get a Spell from an Etsy Witch 🧿

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This step is crucial: take the time to scroll through Etsy to find the best custom spell. Check the reviews (and vibes) so you can bring down a good curse over Yale. Bonus points if we can get as many Etsy witches casting spells as possible.

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Step 2: Do a Seance on Weeks Bridge Before Leaving for New Haven

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For this step, it’s important to gather as many people as possible. Tell your Quad friends to get on the next shuttle out, because it's seance time! Just like the Etsy witch, there is no one seance to get the job done. Feel free to get creative here; yell out over the Charles if you must.

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Step 3: Bulldog Pinata

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Mather Happy Hour had the right idea here. Hitting a bulldog piñata serves many different purposes. For one, it brings out the energy of storming the field of the Yale Bowl when we win. On top of that, it’s a good study break to let out your stress. Why go to a rage room when you can contribute to our collective victory?

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Step 4: Offer A+ to Football Players

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This step may not entirely be up to us students, but perhaps Dean Claybaugh had a point when she presented the suggestion…

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Step 5: Sacrifice a Yalie (bonus if done at a frat)

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This step is to be done as soon as you arrive in New Haven. Find your closest Yalie and offer them up to the tailgate higher forces for good luck on Saturday. (For legal reasons, this is a joke.) Please be kind to our lovely hosts… and tell them to read Flyby!

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\r\nPreparing for Harvard-Yale is no joke. This includes figuring out how to even get to New Haven. We all have to do our part, so get your school spirit on and BEAT YALE!

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Here you are: HY ticket secured, Yale library floor housing approved, and gameday outfit all planned out. You begin to feel yourself engage in the rare school spirit that has spread across campus, awaiting this year’s HY football game. However, as you observe everyone’s enthusiastic school spirit, you may notice one ever-changing figure – Harvard’s mascot, aka Crimson, aka John Harvard, aka The Turkey, aka Remy??

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Hate It:

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Harvard’s mascot is one of the strangest aspects of the College that has struck me since my acceptance. Coming from a football-loving family, it was hard to explain to my family that my school’s mascot was not a figure or an animal but a color. However, Harvard fails to stick to one shade of “Crimson”. Walking into the Harvard Shop or Coop, it’s noticeable how many different shades of deep red are considered Harvard Crimson. Maroon, Blood Red, Burgundy, Wine, Ruby. Which shade is actually the real Crimson red? Beyond how we present ourselves on campus, this leaves the Harvard student section looking like a color-by-number picture! The Yale side of the stadium puts us to shame with its more cohesive navy-blue crowd (how dare they look more put together than us!).

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Beyond color choice, Harvard’s choice for a more object-like mascot is also poor. Technically, Harvard’s official mascot is John Harvard. However, John Harvard, as a mascot, fails to generate any school spirit among students. Beyond shoving through crowds of tourists in front of his statue each day to class, Harvard students don’t have much of a connection to John Harvard. Additionally, screaming “Go John Harvard!” at the top of your lungs sounds a little strange (and dare I say not as cool as “Go Bulldogs!”).

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Love It:

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While the shade of Crimson may vary from student to student, there is no doubt that it looks great on everyone! Compared to the bleak navy blue of the Yale student section, Harvard’s students shine in their vibrant Crimson apparel and knock (the matching, boring, clone-like) Yalies out of the park. With their school spirit intensified by their radiant shades of Crimson, there is no doubt that Harvard’s school spirit is greater than Yale’s by 10,000 more men.

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Moreover, the lack of an official mascot or symbol for Harvard speaks to the age and history of our school. Since its beginning, Harvard hasn’t needed to rely on a mascot (especially an ugly dog) to unify its students. We have other icons on campus that we choose to resonate with: Remy, the Yard Turkeys, Sasha, our House mascots, and more (#iykyk). Yeah, maybe we don’t have a true mascot, per se, but can Yale tell me Handsome Dan rallies as much spirit as the DMing with Deming series (and formerly, the Khuranagram) on our campus does? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

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Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that our fiery Crimson school spirit is far superior to the obnoxious navy sea of Yalies. Your friends at Flyby trust that Harvard has this game in the bag, and we’ve been playing our part to secure a Crimson victory (which may or may not include an Etsy witch). And remember, whatever Harvard mascot you choose to cheer for, come this Saturday’s game, just make sure it's 10,000 times louder than the Yale side.

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Leading into the big game, let’s see how Harvard and Yale stack up across the board. Objective metrics are everything when gauging which school truly is superior.

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1. Number of U.S. Presidents (Harvard 5 vs. Yale 3)

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Unsurprisingly, Harvard claims the most U.S. presidents as alumni. Technically, Harvard has existed longer than the presidential office (and this country). Five presidents went to Harvard: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. Three others attended Harvard Law and the Business schools: Barack Obama, George Bush, and Rutherford Hayes.

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Yale has had only three presidents: William Howard Taft, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. Here's the plot twist, though: George W. was literally born and raised in New Haven (Yale's backyard), got his undergrad degree at Yale, and then... transferred to Harvard Business School. We don't make the rules, but actions speak louder than words, don't they? Two other presidents went to Yale Law School: Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton.

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2. Books (Harvard 20 million vs. Yale 15 million)

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With 20 million books and the oldest library system in the United States, Harvard easily sweeps this round. If Harvard students went to Yale, they would run out of things to read! It’s a good thing we go to a university that’s committed to the intellectual transformation of its students.

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3. Nobel Laureates (Harvard 121 vs. Yale 48)

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Harvard has produced 121 Nobel Prize Winners — the most in the entire world. The University of Cambridge, for comparison, comes in second with 104. We’re forced to keep scrolling down the list to find Yale. With only 48 Nobel Laureates, Yale is hanging out at number 11 on the global list.

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4. Summit Altitudes (Mt. Harvard 14,421 feet vs. Mt. Yale 14,202 feet)

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In Colorado’s Collegiate Peaks Wilderness area, Mount Harvard and Mount Yale sit right next to each other in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, and guess what? As the higher and harder summit, it will forever look down on Mount Yale (both figuratively and geographically). Mother Nature has spoken.

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5. Number of laundry poopetrators (Harvard 0 vs. Yale 1)

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Okay, this is genuinely the only statistic where Yale wins, and honestly? They can have this one.

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The numbers have spoken. Harvard really is superior across the board. We’ll see you at the game, Yalies — we can’t wait to storm the Bowl.

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As Harvard students, it might be obvious to think of dogs when referring to Yalies. Their beloved mascot Handsome Dan is unfortunately quite cute, even if they are on the 19th iteration of him. But did you know that Dan is not the only dog strutting across Yale’s campus?

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Here in Cambridge, we all know and love Sasha, Harvard’s community engagement dog. Sasha is practically a member of the class of 2026, first joining the College in August of 2022 and was a missed opportunity for class marshal has been an integral part of all of our college experiences. She joined the Harvard family after graduating from the Puppies Behind Bars program (no, she was never actually behind bars), which trains incarcerated individuals to raise and train dogs for service. Unlike most students who get away with putting service on their resume, Sasha has actually served, logging over 10,000 hours to be exact. The Mignone Center for Career Success would probably be honored to review her resume.

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What Harvard probably did not realize when they brought Sasha on campus is that they were bringing in the friend of our greatest enemy: Yalies. Yale also boasts a campus engagement dog, and her name is Heidi, perhaps after model Klum or the young Swiss girl in your childhood reading. Heidi was trained at the same nonprofit that Sasha was, also racking up thousands of service hours and training to bring smiles to students far and wide across campus. She’s actually the one in the infamous famous Dean Khurana kneeling on floor Instagram photo (which we recreated here!).

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It seems as though the only leg up that Yale currently has over us is their surplus of furry friends across campus. More tail wags? More cute commands to watch? I hate to give it to them, but having a 100 percent increase in my chances of seeing a dog when I trudge from River East to Northwest Labs twice a week (n=1 to n=2 dogs, #stats #smart) would for sure make me a more pleasurable person to be around. This edge is about to expire, though, as Heidi recently announced her retirement from the University, leaving after five years of service. Five years can feel like a lifetime — just ask any super seniors that you know!

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Before Heidi is on her way out, I think that it is important to look at things from a broader perspective. While the feud between Harvard students and Yalies runs strong, Sasha and Heidi can teach us greater lessons that we should carry into the game this weekend.

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First, no matter if a student is decked out in Crimson or navy blue (less drippy), their shared mission is to bring smiles to all students that they meet – we should be trying to do the same (even though those smiles are all the more satisfying if they are from your team). Be nice to your Yale comrades this weekend, you never know might come of it: an invitation to a sweaty frat house, housing for the night (please), or even just a heads up with directions on how to get to the Yale Bowl from main campus (why is it SO FAR). And, hey, considering that there is a high possibility that they were waitlisted or rejected from Harvard, it would be nice to show our safety school some kindness! <3

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And, second, apart from living on rival campuses, Heidi and Sasha are truly one in the same — they have the same training, same adorable smiles, and even the same Instagram aesthetic (Heidi currently has more followers than Sasha as of now, though. That’s messed up. Harvard can do better). This doesn’t exactly translate onto our campuses, broadly speaking. Our training is far superior (the acceptance rates speak for themselves), our smiles are probably better (Yale never had a FaceMash, did they?), and Harvard’s classy red brick is simply superior to the blend of all of Yale’s beige buildings (they started the minimalist beige baby aesthetic before it was even a thing… impressive I suppose?). This does, however, translate to us as students. We were all anxious overachievers in the same classrooms just a mere few years ago (just some of us better, anxious overachievers than others)! Keep this in mind when you’re heckling the sea of navy across the field.

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So, at the end of the day, we should look up to Sasha and Heidi’s companionship. Be kind and gracious — while we may only be in New Haven for the weekend, some people actually have to live here for four years (as someone who has lived adjacent to here for twenty years, I get the pass to say this). Here’s to finding friends within our foes!

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Now, don’t get me wrong. I definitely think that Harvard is better than Yale. Obviously, there are an infinite number of reasons why: we have more Rhode scholars, more presidents, and our football team currently has an undefeated record. However, for the sake of fairness, I have to acknowledge some things that Yale is just simply better in. Like…

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1. How Isolated their Campus Is!

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You know how people say that the Quad is nice cause it forces you to take a break from the hubbub of the river? Yale is like that on steroids. With no international airport, few surrounding universities, and a population that’s a fourth of Boston’s, students at Yale don’t have to worry about being distracted by literally anything. Great for studying!

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2. Their Architecture

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Yale often gets compliments about their architecture, and I totally agree. In the winter, when the snow is falling and the landscape turns white, it's really nice to have pale, gloomy-looking buildings that blend into their surroundings. Nothing is more comforting than visions of complete grey.

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3. Their Slogan is Longer

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Yale is a school for the everyday man, and they embody that in every way, including their slogan: “Lux et Veritas.” Eerily similar to Harvard’s “Veritas,” it gives the same vibe as when people poorly paraphrase text by adding unnecessary words. Nonetheless, I appreciate their attempt at solidarity with anyone who has written an essay with a tight deadline and high word count.

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4. Boola Boola Boo

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No, it's not the shouts of a confused ghost, it's the fight song of the best university in… New Haven! Apparently, it’s the creation of Allan M. Hirsh, 1901 Yale Alum, who ripped it off of a 1898 song called “La Hoola Boola” (I’m noticing a pattern of plagiarism here…). Its appeal is really only understood by Yale students, but that’s actually something I really appreciate. It’s probably the only time in their lives that a Yalie gets to experience exclusivity.

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5. Handsome Dan

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As compared to Harvard’s mascot(s) (is it “Crimson” or is it John Harvard? Remy? A turkey?), Yale’s is concrete– and real! Yale is currently on their 19th iteration of Dan, and I can confirm that he is pretty handsome. While picking a breed of dog known for underbites, squat legs, and an inability to reproduce naturally might be an unusual choice, it does surpass Harvard in being the perfect embodiment of its student body!

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After this, I hope you can acknowledge a few ways Yale is better than Harvard. While I can definitively say that I wouldn’t choose Yale if I were to do college all over again… actually, yeah, that’s the end of the sentence. Best of luck to everyone at the game this weekend, and GO CRIMSON!

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As we crunch to make last-minute plans with our friends for Harvard Yale, students need to be more aware of just how bad The Game being in New Haven can be. Instead of a highlight reel of your stay at Yale, we need to look at a very realistic lowlight situation, so we know what not to do. Plus, if anything goes poorly, we can return to this article and remind ourselves that it can always get worse.
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\r\nFinding Transportation From Campus

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You wake up on Friday morning, have back-to-back STEM lectures, and, while already on the verge of tears, are leaving math 21a when your shuttle ticket flies out of your bag. You scramble to recover the ticket, to no avail. Instead of feeling defeated, you send an email to your house mailing list and make a post on Sidechat. Next thing you know, they are both buried by 50 people in the same boat. You think to yourself, “will not being able to go really be that bad?” No, after today, you’ll wish you'd missed it. But alas, you find a ticket.
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\r\nThe Shuttle Ride

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You get on the latest shuttle Harvard has, and all of your friends are already at Yale. Upon unzipping your bag, you realize you did not pack anything for an overnight stay, not even a toothbrush. It should be fine, you tell yourself, nobody should be sober enough to tell my breath smells by the time I get there.
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\r\nArriving At Yale

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You tell yourself that you’re going to prioritize fun, but your patience is tested after spending over an hour trying to find your room for the night in New Haven (of all places). Once you finally find it, the festivities can begin. You rally for the first event of the night and meet up with friends again, but when you get to the venue for the first function, you’re met with a slap in the face: tickets were $30 three weeks ago online, but your friends didn’t tell you, so your only option is to pay the $50 at the door (Toad’s, we’re looking at you).
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\r\nThe function turns out not to be what it was advertised as, and your group wants to hop parties. You soon realize that everywhere is ticketing, and instead of having your pockets emptied by random Yale frat brothers, you make the call to go back and rest before the premier event: The Game.

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The Tailgate

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It’s Saturday morning now, and all bets are off — it is time to have a great time and cheer on The Crimson. You roll out of bed and begin to dress warmly, but you quickly realize you forgot to pack the staple of the game: your red knit “H” sweater. How could you show off school spirit now? The outfit mishap throws you into a panic, and you throw something together before you find yourself at the tailgate. The experience is hellish; it is cold, you have to walk through packs of people for literally anything, and all of your friends disappear the instant you get there.

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The Game

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You try to hold out on tailgate fun, but after searching for your friends for more than an hour, you give up and head into the Bowl by kickoff. As you watch the game, your head pounds, you have a nearly full-blown panic attack because of the lack of service, and your friends never show up. In a final blow, you watch as the team you dedicated your weekend to support loses tragically to their biggest rival — The Bulldogs blow the Crimson out of the water. Instead of storming the field, you storm the shuttle home.

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The End?

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All in all, hundreds of dollars and permanent liver damage later, you wonder if any of it was worth it, then realize, even during a major loss, you would rather back the Crimson than shy away from your school spirit. By the end of it all, you internalize one message: Yuck Fale.

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If you’re in search of a late-night slice after spending the night out, here are some recommended spots around Yale’s campus and New Haven to check out!
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1. Brick Oven Pizza

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Open till 3 a.m., this is a popular spot amongst Yalies to grab a slice of pizza near campus. Selections range from a classic cheese pizza to their special “Bad” Chad Dawson Pizza with sausage, meatballs, pepperoni, turkey ham, salami, and bacon. Other options include the Sweetie Pizza with peas, tomatoes, mozzarella, ricotta, and basil, and the Rafi Bildner Pizza with feta, tomatoes, olives, and olive oil. This place really has range.

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2. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

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Established in 1925, Frank Pepe’s (not to be confused with Pepe the Frog) has been making New Haven-style pizza for 100 years. Perusing through their menu, once again, New Haven is serving up interesting combos like Patata Rustica (seasoned potatoes, bacon, mozzarella, asiago cheese, grated pecorino romano, and olive oil). We always ask whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. But more importantly, do potatoes belong on pizza?? Kind of confused with what’s going on in New Haven with their pizza, but I’m willing to give it a chance.

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3. Bar New Haven

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Combining pizza, a bar, and a dance club, Bar New Haven is a nightclub with pizza. However, you must be 21+ to enter. For those under 21, you must be with your own parent to be inside the bar… womp womp

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4. Modern Apizza

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Modern Apizza’s story begins with an Italian American man named Antonio “Tony” Tolli in 1911, which only adds to its authenticity. Classic and straightforward, the menu shows that Modern knows how to do pizza well. Since it’s open only till 10 p.m., maybe hit Modern Apizza before you start your night out.

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5. Silver Sands Pizza

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Located in Milford, the town over from New Haven, Silver Sands was on TikToker munchermatt’s pizza review channel. If you’re serious about getting an authentic New Haven slice, this could be it. One reviewer described it on Yelp as “kind of off putting,” which is maybe how we all feel about visiting Yale.

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Have you ever wondered what Yale’s campus actually looks like? Spoiler alert: it's no Gilmore Girls glamor out in New Haven, and quite honestly, a lot of what surrounds you will be irrelevant to your actual game day experience. Take a look at our simplified map to know what is actually worth paying attention to during your trip down to Connecticut.

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If you only check your email to see Flyby’s Harvard Today (don’t worry, we do too), chances are you probably missed the announcement to buy shuttle bus tickets to get to Yale. And now…you’re scrambling to figure out how to get there. It’s not time to panic just yet! Because we’ve compiled our helpful list with our favorite way to make it in time to the Game before kickoff!

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Forge One

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If you can get Crimson Print to work long enough to print your own ticket, honestly, I think you deserve to get on the bus.

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Pawn It Off Sidechat

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It’s time to start flooding the feed with hopeful ticket inquiry posts. Hopefully, you’ll be able to snag one through DM’s if you have roughly 5x the amount of money OP paid for it. Dire times call for dire measures. It’s the price for not checking your email.

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Zip Car

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GTA 6 is taking far too long to release, so you might as well try to emulate it with you and several of your friends that you (legally) packed into the back of a Smart car on your way to Gotham City. Just wear your seatbelts, okay?

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Uber

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Finally, a real purpose for using an Uber! I know your Uber app is tired of chavering you around from the Quad to class, or the occasional shopping trip to Newbury (Seriously? Learn how to take the T?!) This will be a great new experience for you, your app, and the unlucky driver that you'll be in the car with for two hours! You two can bond and maybe become good friends. Just don’t forget to tip.

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Private Jet

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You can’t even act like this isn’t a viable option. I’m sure there is at least one person reading this article who owns one of these bad boys (I see your Spring Break Instagram posts…). Do everyone a favor and treat this thing like a party bus, flying all the way to the big Game. But with the state of air travel right now… maybe hold off on this one.

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Amtrak

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Put your headphones on and prepare to think about everything you’ve never been normal about in your life. You will need it to try to forget that you dropped just about a band to sit on this train anyway. At least the view is nice.

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Walk

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If you really want to get to the Game but are short on methods (and money), it’ll take you approximately 50 hours without breaks to get from Harvard to Yale. Of course, this is only an estimate, but we are confident you could get there sooner. Maybe treat it like a game? We have confidence in you.

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Scooter

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While the football team itself will not be using its scooters, since they don’t need to fight like (bull) dogs for transportation, maybe you could borrow one of theirs? The O-Line scooters are so high-tech that they practically have boat motors attached, and they cost an arm and a leg. Surely, you will get there before kickoff.

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Triathlon (H-Y remix)

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Have FOMO from marathon season? Completing your own Iron Man on your way to Yale may be your redemption, then. Start with a leisurely bike ride down to Boston Harbor, and get swimming. Freestyling down the eastern seaboard will reward you with beautiful scenery and incredible fitness. With the final leg being a sprint from the Connecticut coast, you’ll feel like a real winner by the time you make it to The Game.

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Join the Football Team

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There’s no better view of the field than from the sidelines. If you’ve always had untapped athletic talent, now is the time to harness it. This method also has the added benefit of getting you a free ticket to the game, too.

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Hitchhike with Yale Alumnus

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Boston is a post-grad hub for more than just Harvard students. Keep your eyes open for any bulldog stickers or license plates on the highways, because they may be your free trip down. Note that it may be wise to wear nondescript clothes, because you’re officially in enemy territory.

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Kidnap Handsome Dan

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This will guarantee that you’ll make it to New Haven in record time.. And in handcuffs. It also requires a lot of premeditated effort, but the payoff will be so worth it when you’re speeding down the highway with a police escort.

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We hope that some of these methods work for you. The Game is truly the best day to be a Harvard student, and we want everyone to have the chance to experience that. If any of these transportation methods go astray, just remember that we aren’t liable… but we hope you get to the Game safely nonetheless! And if it’s chaotic, and if you get lost, and if you end up stranded on the side of the road somewhere in New Haven… just remember, it’s not always about the destination, but the journey. And if anyone is selling their shuttle bus ticket…hit us up.

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It’s that time of year!

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Flyby’s annual Harvard-Yale feature is here! We’re so HYpe to kick off with everything you need to know about New Haven as we make the trek down there. Whether you need a map of where things are at Yale, advice on where to grab a late-night slice when the midnight cravings kick in, or even directions on how to get to Y*le in the first place, we've got your back! As you make the arduous journey down to New Haven, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, be grateful that you only have to visit for a weekend. Some people actually have to live there, by choice.

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Read our Flyby: Harvard-Yale 2025 pieces here!

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It’s TIIIMEEEEEE!!

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Yeah, it’s that time of year. All of us have lost it. We are officially exhausted. But… Mariah Carey has defrosted.

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That’s right – the holiday season has commenced. Now I know there’s “controversy” over when it becomes appropriate to start getting into the festive spirit but the answer to me is plain and clear: when mother Mariah says it’s time, it’s time. What better way to get out of the trenches and into the holiday cheer than with sampling some seasonal drinks? Given the fact that there is one remaining Starbucks in a close enough proximity to campus, we decided to make our way over to Broadway Street and give it a try.

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I had the chance to sample all the drinks with two of my lovely suitemates: Lauren “gets jittery from caffeine but drinks it anyway” T. Wong ’27, and none other than flyby icon herself Ava “if it’s not Yerba then I don’t want it” H. Rem ’27. Our approach was simple. We attempted to pour sip-size volumes in our respective d-hall glasses, cheers, give it a performative swirl, then ingest.

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Caramel Brulee Latte

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Starting off with a bang? It was not an unpleasant first taste but it was way too sweet. Ava, Lauren, and I discussed what exactly we were tasting, and a debate over notes of hazelnut, maple, and caramel ensued.

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“I don’t think it tastes like caramel brulee — that’s a hard syrup to nail down.” - AHR

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Overall, it was just okay at the moment but at the end of tasting, we found ourselves all ranking the latte relatively high. I would say it’s more of a sweet treat than a festive drink, but I would love to try it again with maybe half the amount of syrup.

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Peppermint Mocha

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“TOOTHPASTE.” Lauren and Ava shouted in unison immediately after the first sip. Not a great first impression. For whatever reason, peppermint chocolate is already tumultuous in the world of flavor dynamic duos. But for someone who enjoys that combo, Lauren even said that the artificial peppermint dominated the drink but did remind her of an Andes mint.

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On the other hand, I am a peppermint chocolate fanatic and was super excited to try it out. My first sip was an inaccurate taste as the remnants of caramel syrup lingered and were only followed by a hint of peppermint. Upon a second sip, I agree that peppermint is the main flavor in the drink. The mocha is there but you have to look for it. I thought this was a solid drink overall and definitely tis’ed the season accurately.

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Gingerbread Chai

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We were collectively intrigued about this drink. Was the cold foam flavored? Would it add to the drink that much? Is cold foam the same thing as whipped cream?? Lauren and I shared similar reactions. We were met with an overbearing wave of sugar which quickly subsided into pleasant notes of ginger, cinnamon, and ambiguous winter spice. Ava, on the other hand, was not a fan.

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“It tastes too cinnamony.” - AHR

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I don’t know if Ava is the best point of reference for this drink given her inherent bias against spice, but aside from the constant theme of Starbucks’ drinks being too sweet, the chai continued to grow on us and the star of the show was definitely the cold foam (which we shamelessly licked off the lid).

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Sugar Cookie Latte

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Once Ava knew that I would be sampling these drinks, she immediately asked to join just for the Sugar Cookie Latte. An important change to note, thanks to Wyatt C. Croog ’27, was that this was the first time that the drink was released as just a latte, as opposed to the “Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte.” Apparently, according to both Ava and Wyatt, the almond milk makes all the difference. Unfortunately, I am among the biologically inferior few and natural selection required me to order this drink with oat milk (I am allergic to almonds… don’t mention it). So, with the oat milk substitute and Ava’s request of ordering the latte hot instead of iced, I was curious to see how she would perceive the changes.

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Ava opened the latte and was first disappointed to not see any festive red and green sprinkles on the top. Wasn’t this half of the point of the drink?

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“It smells bad.” - LTW

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Through Ava’s multiple verbal affirmations of “mmmmmm,” Lauren and I were making faces at each other and finding it hard to love the flavor. Ava and I agreed that the flavor profile was most authentic to its name, with a nostalgic frosted sugar cookie coming to mind. But what she felt was nostalgic, I felt was chemical.

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Our Final Rankings

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From least enjoyed to most…

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1. Ava: Sugar Cookie Latte, Caramel Brulee Latte, Gingerbread Chai, Peppermint Mocha
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3. Me: Gingerbread Chai, Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulee Latte, Sugar Cookie Latte
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1. What is your attendance rate?

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A: 95%. I had to miss one class because I had to go home for a wedding! I hope it counts as excused — I only emailed my TF 100 times about it!

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B: A little more than 50 percent? Maybe? I would say a solid 53 percent.

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C: I don’t even know… It has got to be in the negatives at this point.

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2. Is this a concentration-related class?

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A: This is a foundational course (what does this say about my life choices?). I hope the rest of my concentration classes aren’t this hard…right?

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B: Nope… a complete 180 from my concentration. I honestly don’t know what I am doing here anyways…I hope it fulfills some distributional requirement.

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C: This is a Gen Ed (it’s okay, we don’t judge…).

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3. How much did the Midterm cook you?

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A: My grade was much better than expected. I expected a 95, and I got a 96! Woohoo!

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B: I did alright. About as much as I expected to get given I started studying the night before.

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C: Toasted. I am the first in my bloodline to ever see a grade so low on an exam, and I hope I am the last.

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4. How hard does the professor make it to switch to P/F?

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A: I must attend office hours, and then stage an hour intervention with the professor in which I will be asked all of my extenuating circumstances (that don’t exist), and will be then subjected to extreme pressure from the prof listing all the reasons why I actually should not switch to P/F, and then at the end of it all be told…“but it’s your choice”, and then I’ll go home and cry a bit.

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B: I have to submit a Google Form with my excuses reasons; then I am pretty much good to go.

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C: Just request on MyHarvard. I don’t even have to talk to anyone.

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5. What is your grade…

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A: An A… maybe an A-? Man, I am really letting myself go.

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B: Good old solid B. Hey, beggars can’t be choosers. Am I right?

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C: I am honestly too scared to check. What I don’t know can’t hurt me.

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6. When was the last time you went to a section?

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A: I have never missed. I actually host weekly game nights with all of my section friends.

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B: A couple appearances were made. I sort of know the kids in there… enough to smile at them in the Yard.

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C: I could not identify my TF in a police lineup.

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7. Do you sleep in class?

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A: No?! I pay attention to the classes I’m paying to attend.

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B: An occasional drift off. My trusty classmate normally shakes me back to my senses, and the cycle continues until it’s time to leave.

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C: I just sleep in my bed instead. Why sleep in a stiff, cold, wooden chair when I can sleep in my comfy bed?

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8. Are other people you know taking it P/F?

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A: I haven’t really asked. This idea came to me during a lecture yesterday and I haven’t let it go since.

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B: A couple… they are all from different concentrations, though. I don’t know who to consult on this issue…

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C: Everybody is…why??? Should I be concerned? Do I need to?

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9. What year are you?

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A: I’m just a freshman! I’ve never gotten an A- before! I’m freaking out!

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B: A tired first-semester junior. I don’t have the mental fortitude to worry about my grades anymore. I want to hang out with my friends and frolic somewhere.

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C: Just let me out of here. I am a senior and I yearn to leave already. My GPA is just a figment of my imagination.

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10. What are your plans after college?

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A: My dad secured me an entry-level position making $100,000 at his investment banking firm. Why do you ask?

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B: Maybe graduate school… of some sort. Or maybe not… I don’t know. I am starting to think I may just have to get into consulting.

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C: Pre-med. Please pray for me. Do you think going to Harvard will make up for my semester GPA that starts with a 2.

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Results:

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Mostly A’s: Just hang in there

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You don’t need to change anything. Chances are, the hassle of actually changing the course to pass/fail will be more effort than just locking in for the last couple of weeks. Sure, it would probably alleviate some stress on your end, but you aren’t in the worst shape. Just hang in there, soldier, the end is in sight.

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Mostly B’s: Maybe you can hold off…

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You might want to consider switching. You aren’t fully cooked, but you are getting there. If you were doing good at the start of the year, then had too much fun on Halloweekend and started going off the rails a little, reel it back in and reevaluate your life choices. Somewhere, deep down in your soul, is the academic weapon that got you in here, so start acting like one. If not… maybe start looking into petitioning .

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Mostly C’s: Start petitioning now before it’s too late.

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The deadline is now (Nov. 17…fyi) to change to pass/fail. This is a very viable option for you. Start making those emails, putting office hours in your calendar, and put on your biggest, most puppy-dog pleading eyes because you are going to need them. Go save that GPA!

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On a gloomy and very, very cold November morning, shivering as we trudged to class, all Harvard undergraduates received an email that would change their lives forever. No, it wasn’t that we’re getting a shopping week. Or that Remy had become the official mascot of the College. No, no, no… it was better.

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FREE LAUNDRY? Oh wait…

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This email began with the fact that starting Spring 2026, laundry would be free. Our hearts rose with elation, the angels began to sing hallelujah, and the sun beamed brighter. But there was more. For those that had the attention span to keep reading (probably five percent of readers, if we’re being real), it soon took a turn. “We intend to\u202fmake the Student Activities Fee mandatory and increase the fee to $450, effective next academic year,” we read. Somewhere in the distance, someone screamed with agony, the babies under DeWolfe started to cry, and thunder, rain, and lightning poured. Doesn’t Harvard know the concept of a compliment sandwich? Free Laundry! (Mandatory $450 fee). But super clean clothing!

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Hmmm. Something doesn’t add up. As retaliation, here is my personal laundry policy that I will be putting into action in spring 2026 (Mather laundry machines, watch out.) I recommend you all take my advice as well.

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Washing all your clothes, separated by color and item, is now possible. Now, your white shirt won’t turn into the beige of something that’s quietly died in the corner (because you put it in the wash with your dollar store, last-minute costume after a sloppy Halloween). You can now also separate your socks from the rest of your clothing. If you have foot fungus, or unusually nice socks (?), this will be especially important for you.

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And if you want to maximize the efficacy of a wash further, you should now wash your clothing pieces one by one. Only one singular sock at a time will do. Washing both socks in a pair together would be simply catastrophic — you can’t risk the possibility of losing a sock in the midst of your other clothes, you would be ridiculed. You’d become one of the fools in bedtime stories used to scare children. Let’s not get too greedy, though. This laundry policy can also lead to acts of generosity. If someone’s left their laundry in the washing machine after the cycle is done, but hasn’t yet come to transfer it to the dryer, do them a favor and just start the wash again! They’ll thank you tremendously for how clean their clothes turn out to be.

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Now, laundry can also apply to things other than clothing. Does your dining hall’s Caesar salad have too much dressing on it? Slap that lettuce into the washing machine! Those leaves will come out with a fresh, authentic flavor. Do you have a friend who is heartbroken from a brutal breakup after a four-year relationship? Nothing that a fresh start can’t fix! Throw them in the laundry machine, along with some extra detergent.

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And the dryer! Oh, the dryer! The same rules apply. If you spill water on your computer, run it through the dryer. If you’re feeling sweaty after climbing four flights of stairs in Mather low-rise without an elevator, go curl up in the dryer and press start. Tired of water being wet? Put it in the dryer and you’ll never have to see it again.

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Repeat after me: “I will wash all my clothes one-by-one. I will do laundry twice a day. I will put my dry-clean-only clothing in the washing machine. I will wash myself to cleanse myself of my sins. I will take showers in the laundry machine, and my life will become laundry. Laundry. Laundry. LAUNDRY.”

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The possibilities are simply endless. Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise, as this will unite us all through laundry and lead to world peace. Only time will tell.

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And on that note, I’d better go check on my laundry.

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After 43 days (Oct. 1 to Nov. 12), the House finally passed a bill to end the nation’s longest shutdown. While Congress and the government may have been in a standstill, our lives most certainly were not. Here are a few things that you may have missed that happened during the government shutdown.

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1. The BerryLine Line is still berry long (from Day 1 until… who knows, really)

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After blowing up on social media over the summer, the line for BerryLine has extended into the street. Reportedly, on some nights, students and passersby have waited more than an hour for their froyo.

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2. Housing Day Moved to be After Spring Break (Day 6)

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The verdict is still out on if this is a good thing or not. This was, potentially, Harvard’s way of soft-launching “recentering academics.”

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3. PopUp Bagels Opened (Day 10)

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It’s already such a staple in our lives, we can’t even imagine the world before PopUp.

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4. Your ex-section crush got a girlfriend (Day 14)

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We unfortunately had to hear about it in excruciating detail.

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5. Collectively, we’ve probably taken thousands of midterms (and there are still more to come) (literally the entire shutdown was midterm season)

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As the name suggests, midterm exams should be mid-term. As in, singular. Not six to seven weeks of midterms back-to-back.

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6. The Louvre Robbery (Day 19)

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Heist, heist, baby. The world was left shocked after the Louvre was robbed in broad daylight.

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7. Canvas Shut Down (Day 20)

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The world ceased to function and my assignments piled up as Canvas shut down, thanks to the AWS outage. It was all super chill.

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8. Family Weekend (Day 22)

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There’s nothing better than having your family accompany you to Lamont so that they can watch you while you do your psets (sorry mom and dad <3).

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9. Recentering Academics (Day 26)

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They always talk about recentering academics, but what about recentering joy, whimsy, and love?? :(

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10. Two Halloweekends Have Flown By (Day 28)

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Candy wrappers lie discarded in my trash can, and my Halloween costumes are buried in my closet.

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11.Everyone Ran the Cambridge Half (Day 33)

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Suddenly, everyone and their mother showed up to run the Cambridge Half. Maybe this is a sign that Harvard students can run better than our government.

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12. Spring Course Registration Started (Day 36)

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We were faced with demands to register for courses while still in the midst of our current courses. And our midterms. Can’t forget about those.

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13. Student Activities Fee Increased, but… Free Laundry We Suppose? (Day 36)

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Still not convinced this is actually saving anyone money. But, thanks… I guess.

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14. Kyoyo Haus Opened Up in the Square (Day 41)

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Because there aren’t enough ice cream options already available. Maybe this will fix the BerryLine line.

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15. IOP elects student leadership in an uncontested election (Day 41)

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We do think this is a bit ironic.

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16. First Flurries of the Year; the Northern Lights Showed Up (Day 42)

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The Northern Lights put on a stunning show over Cambridge. Could you not already tell from the hundreds of Instagram story posts?

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17. THE PENNY DIED after 232 years :( (Day 43)

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Penny for your thoughts?? Oh wait… never mind. Guess I’ll have to pay you a dime.

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BoardPlus is the well-loved semesterly allowance that Harvard gives us to spend at various cafes and cafeterias across campus. That said, is $65 a semester truly enough? I think not (there’s been considerable inflation since 2007). As long as BoardPlus allocations remain stagnant, I will keep pleading with Harvard to recenter academics AND student well-being by beefing up our supply of snacks and caffeine.

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1. Free Sidewalks

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This is really just logistical. When students run out of BoardPlus, they have no choice but to outsource to the already congested streets of Harvard Square for their fix. Red Line commuters and overworked baristas alike would appreciate it if the line to Blank Street didn’t almost intersect with the line to Joe’s.

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2. More Student Jobs

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Speaking of baristas, we should have more of them! It’s not just intellectual vitality that Harvard is supposed to cultivate — every college student should have the opportunity to become a stylish barista with good music taste. And if a bigger BoardPlus budget means students are spending more at campus cafes, then surely we can pay more baristas and House grille workers. (That’s the kind of circular economic logic I can get behind.)

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3. Free us from Fogbuster! (or whatever the new thing is)

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When BoardPlus inevitably runs out, what are we left with besides our local shall coffee? I’m not even a major proponent of the Fogbuster hate campaign, but it is nothing compared to the espresso beans of Cafe Gato Rojo.

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4. Campus Exploration

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Nothing leads students on a quest quite like the promise of free food. Board Plus ensures that people at least know where Lamont is, or even the Law School Cafe, and will take walks around Harvard’s campus to spend all their cash.

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5. Penance for Barker Cafe

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This last one is personal. The death of Barker Cafe is one that shook most of campus, and I feel that people need a little more spending money to get them through this hard time, even if they have fewer places to spend it. RIP Barker Cafe, RIP Countway Connections, and long live BoardPlus.

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You’ve probably heard a thing or two about how Harvard students allegedly don't attend class. Well… let’s look at the facts: Students wouldn’t be here if they weren’t hard workers. So the real question is: What if professors graded based on what they’re actually mastering? Forget exams — here are 6 things that Harvard students are actually doing (a.k.a. the classes they cannot escape).

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Pursuing a Secondary in Waiting for the Shuttle

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The shuttle app has been — and will always be — the true syllabus of any class. In trying to catch the shuttle, students are developing advanced theories of time, motion, and despair while watching “Arriving in three minutes” sits on the screen for 15, which is just the amount of time the walk would have taken anyways. One senior is reportedly writing their thesis on “The Ontology of PassioGO!” See? Just because students are not in class doesn’t mean they aren’t learning. They’re simply expanding the classroom to include the shuttle but not by choice.

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Competing in Free Food Foraging

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A true interdisciplinary sport: Anthropology meets economics meets survival instinct. Students track every House email list, every Google Calendar alert, and every poster pasted on the wall, sprinting across campus to claim bagels, pizza, and sushi from talks they didn’t want to attend. And in the end, maybe they end up missing a class or two because the real event started and you can’t dine and dash…

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Running for just one more Board Position! (Hint: it’s their fifth)

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Students are running from their academics by applying to positions with acronyms no one understands: “I’m actually the VP of HCEBHRFM — it’s chill.” (“It’s chill” means it takes 40 hours a week on top of the four jobs they already have.) Harvard students don’t rest. They’re up until 4 a.m. doing their homework, then going on to change the world, write manifestos, and send follow-up emails. The grind never stops, it just refreshes its Gmail tab.

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…Speaking of Gmail

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Students are valiantly fighting to stay on top of the 15,000 emails that arrived in their inbox at 9 a.m. From professors sending messages about something (I forgot) to an email from their parents (yes, we have parents) to yet another notification from the New York Times (they can kiss my Harvard diploma) — it is a monster that just keeps growing.

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Re-centering their lives around the Fly-By Grab-and-Go line

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Who needs office hours when you can study the sociology of waiting in the lunch line that snakes through the Annenberg basement? Sixty students, one HUDS worker, zero chance of making it to lecture on time. Harvard’s truest community is forged in that 20-minute wait. The real section discussion happens there.

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Practicing mindfulness (of sorts)

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Harvard students are nothing if not self-aware. Between bursts of productivity, they make time for grounding exercises: five minutes of deep breathing in the Yard, nervously pacing walking the entire Quad lawn, or crying in the Lamont bathroom (yes, I’ve done this before). It’s all about balance. One minute, you’re reading Kant; the next, you’re practicing acceptance as your Canvas fails to load and you miss that 11:59pm deadline.

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So if professors really want to measure our academic commitment, they should stop counting attendance and start counting in terms of Flyby’s (obviously better) metric. A in shuttle philosophy. A- in inbox management. B+ in mindfulness (with extra credit for crying in Lamont).

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