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SWUGLIFE: A Tutorial
In this special edition of "Listen Up!"—Flyby's weekly advice column, written by two jobless, washed-up seniors from their futon in Winthrop—we bring you one expert's perspective on SWUGs, straight from the trenches. Recently, Raisa Bruner, a girl I really should be friends with, wrote an article in the Yale Daily News's Weekend Magazine about SWUGs, or Senior Washed Up Girls. The piece was picked up by New York Magazine (jealous). And then Gawker picked up the story by New York Magazine (super jealous). The Atlantic Wire, Jezebel, and others have also gotten in on the SWUG action.
Dean Hammonds or Tyga?
We asked people in the Science Center who they would rather share a meal with.
Grade Deflation at Yale?
With reading period just a few weeks away, Harvard students are busy preparing (or busy thinking about how they should be preparing) for the upcoming end of the semester. Yale students, meanwhile, work toward the end of the spring term with the knowledge that their grading system could undergo radical changes in the near future. Last week, after student protests, Yale faculty voted to table a proposal that would dramatically change Yale's grading distribution and scale.
Third Space Art Studio to Open in Cabot
It's not your home. It's not your work. It's the "Third Space." On Friday, in the basement of Cabot House, a new art space will open. Third Space, the brainchlid of co-founders Sarah A. Moon '15 and Sammy G. Young '15, started out as a simple plan to get a pottery studio in the faraway Quad. But the space opening up tomorrow will be far more than just a pottery studio. "We're really hoping to have a collaborative environment," Young said. "We're hoping that the people who are more experienced will be able to assist and help out those who might be new."
Duck Penises, Perfect Chins, and Cornell's Inferiority Complex
The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and other schools too). While Harvard traverses the murky and scandalous waters of cheating and lying, Yale's biggest scandal of late concerns duck penises. Apparently people aren't too happy that the National Science Foundation has dropped a cool $384,949 so that Yale scientists can investigate "Sexual Conflict, Social Behaviour and the Evolution of Waterfowl Genitalia". What exactly are they going to do with all that money, you may be asking? Hopefully answer that pressing question of just how much duck penises shorten or lengthen depending on the time of year, the age of the duck, and its "social environment" (we'll leave it up to you to figure out what that means). Fascinating.
5 Best Picnic Spots at Harvard
It's getting to be spring, and that means picnics—the perfect excuse for Vitamin-D starved Harvard students to bask in the sun, until we start shivering and have to put our winter coats back on.
The Prefrosh You Meet at Visitas
Remember Visitas? That magical weekend when you acquainted yourself with your potential new home and met your fellow brilliant overachievers was not so long ago. As future members of the Class of 2017 prepare to come to campus sooner than you can say "advising fortnight," take a few minutes to walk down memory lane with us. By the way, for all you prefrosh out there: Hey there, future members of the Class of 2017! Welcome to Flyby. We've put together a little classification of the types of the characters you are likely to meet. See if you can spot these various species throughout the weekend.
Stuff Going On This Weekend
Not sure what to do this weekend? Tired of drunkenly stumbling around Cambridge for the umpteenth time? Then check out Flyby's guide to the choicest happenings in town:
A Crush, a Confession, or a Compliment? Your Guide to Harvard Facebook Pages
So this one time Harvard FML and I Saw You Harvard got jiggy, and now it's time to meet their mewling, puking offspring: the anonymous Facebook pages Harvard Crushes, Harvard Confessions, and of course Crimson Compliments.
What Your Freshman Dorm Posters Say About You
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Nothing brings sophistication to a dorm room like an eight-dollar poster of Audrey Hepburn. As she coolly surveys your scattered party dresses and unmade bed, Audrey is confident in you. Your secret that your “pearl” earrings are from Forever21 will be safe with her. If Holly Golightly can go from country bumpkin to a Manhattan socialite, surely you can nail down that coffee-fetching publishing internship in New York this summer. Or at least learn to do your laundry a classier number of times per month.
Tyra for Yardfest (and Other Modest Proposals)
It's pretty clear that if the College Events Board cancels Tyga as this year's Yardfest performer, the chances of finding a suitable and affordable replacement for the rapper between now and April 15 are slim to none. But fear not! Flyby's come up with a list of some celebs who maybe, if we asked nicely enough, just might agree to come yell slurs at Harvard students on a Saturday afternoon in the near future.
