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The League of Nations Redux?
The lessons of the 1920s and 1930s seem lost on certain members of the United Nations—in particular, France and Germany,
The Odd Couple
This month the United Nations declared all African food shortages in decline—except in Zimbabwe, where a growing majority of the
The Thesis Club
I have just founded yet another Harvard group: Ari’s Thesis Club (ATC). My thesis-deprived friends thought we were kidding. “Wait,
God in the Genes?
For most scientists, God is irrelevant. And that is a very good thing. When science and religion intersect, an unseemly
Epigrams, Advice Fill Mailer’s New Book
Thoughts on Writing by Norman K. Mailer ’43—a hodgepodge of literary interviews, prefaces, essays, anecdotes and aphorisms—would seem little more
Film Buff Haven Celebrates Half-Century of Celluloid
Of Harvard Square’s many byways, few document the passing of time the way Brattle Street does, from the arrival of
Get With the (Witness Protection) Program
The night did not start smoothly. The Greede Family, one of the opening bands, caused havoc when Paradise management had
Tufts' Recipe For Success
To see that Harvard is loath to take advice from other educational establishments one needs only recall its stubborn refusal
A Thousand Words
Emma S. Mackinnon ’05 grabbed a no-name disposable camera as she left Harvard for New York City last Saturday. Matthew
Sometimes-Cerebral Rapper Mixes Palindromes, Politics
Paul Barman is a skinny, frumpily dressed Jewish guy with glasses, several days’ worth of stubble and an undergraduate degree
Vadim Crafts Beats To Last a Lifetime
Aside from musical mixmaster and producer DJ Vadim, there isn’t anything particularly Russian about the Russian Percussion. With members British
Dismembering, Remembering the Plan
Music history is wrought with tales of bands’ demise, evidenced by the VH1 shows that explore their downfall due to
Villainous Victims
What do you call someone who engages in dozens of surreptitious transactions to steal tens of millions of dollars? Sometimes
Annotate This
When my roommate fanned the pages of the copy of 501 Portuguese Verbs she had bought from someone in New
Cable in the Ivory Tower
Despite the pleas of students, cable television at Harvard has always been a pipe dream. Last year, when a working
