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Things to Re-Center Instead of Academics
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve definitely heard about Harvard’s new report about grade inflation or, at least, seen posts on Sidechat about Amanda Claybaugh’s fated email. Flyby hears your concerns, and we also believe that there is more to the life of a college student than simply their GPA. So without further ado, here are some of the things that should actually be re-centered at Harvard.
The True Winners of the Cambridge Half
Did you or the most annoying person you know run the Cambridge Half and choose to make it their entire personality on Sunday? Well, I did. And I can tell you the true winners are not the runners biting their participation medals but the hordes of people who woke up at 7 a.m. on Halloweekend to support their mentally ill friends. I spent my whole 13.1 miles reading your signs, and they saved me from taking a jump right off Week’s bridge.
Flyby Goes: Leaf Peeping Around Campus
The trees around campus are putting on a genuinely stunning fall display, with vibrant hues of red, orange, and yellow peeping out. Take a moment to look up from your phone between sections and appreciate the foliage — check out some of the spots our writers found to have some of the best trees!
Trick-or-Treat: Harvard Edition
Trick-or-Treat! A midterm on October 31st? An excellent decision for student morale! But maybe it's about the friends we’ve made along the way (severe trauma bonding). Settle in, because this is Harvard’s version of trick-or-treating: the tricks are real, the treats are mediocre at best, and somehow we’re all still here for it.
Flyby Fall 2025 Playlist
Fall at Harvard is unlike any other. On one hand, beautiful fall foliage transforms this place into the aesthetically pleasing New England college campus you see in movies. On the other hand, we experience an endless midterm season (that will only get harder from here…), an endless Sidechat debate about finals clubs, and an endless series of 4:30 p.m. sunsets. Whether you decide to romanticize the season or revel in autumnal melancholy, Flyby presents to you a perfectly curated playlist for this rollercoaster of a Harvard fall.
Hot or Not: 2025 Halloween Costumes
With Halloweekend on the horizon, almost every conversation in the dhall will bring up the question “what are you going to be?” Whether you have five costumes or haven’t bothered to come up with anything yet, we here at Flyby have compiled a list of the popular costumes we expect to see the most of — and, more importantly, what our takes on each are. Feel free to use these as inspiration, a warning, or a bingo card in spying the most trendy Halloween costumes prowling Tasty Basty.
Harvard Is Heist-Proof
Raise your hand if you read about the Louvre Heist and thought that you could do the same. Everyone’s up? Now imagine if it were held on Harvard’s campus. Everyone’s hands should be down.
