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Visitas, Not Veritas: A Time For Reinvention
For those of you who might find the Visitas fresh start daunting or in case you’re feeling a little uninspired, here are some ideas for the new identity you can take on, whether for the weekend or for the next four years.
How to Emulate a Harvard Local
As Visitas finally rolls around, we are so excited to have you (prefrosh) all on campus! That being said, you shouldn’t make it obvious that you’re new here. Here are some notes to keep things cool and casual on campus — spark up your alter ego and convince everyone that you’ve been around the Yard once or twice!
Do They Even Go Here?
Here are some foolproof ways to verify that your new Visitas BFF isn’t a 30-year-old social experiment in disguise or a ~pathological liar~ with a deep love for free tote bags and a vendetta against the admissions process.
What I Wish I Knew at Visitas
I’m here 2 tell you 9 things to know for Visitas. (See what I did there?)
“We Know a Spot”
Unfortunately for you, your amateur campus tour guide's suggestions are bound to be lacking. If you’d like to avoid walking ten thousand miles this weekend for no real reason, you’ll listen to us.
Your Visitas Home Base, Revealed
If you’re wondering whether the Visitas gods have cursed you or blessed you with a halfway decent floor to crash on, don’t worry — we’ve got you. Here’s our very official, extremely accurate, and absolutely unbiased round-up of the upperclassman dorms you might stay in during Visitas weekend!
How to Win at Visitas
While we can’t give you a step-by-step guide for making the most of Visitas (or can we?), we can lay out some of the tried and true strategies for winning at it.
Dressing to Impress: Your Guide to the Visitas Runway
Your guide to being voted “Best Dressed at Visitas."
29 Words for the Class of 2029
Make sure to pull out some of these terms to make you blend in as a true… Harvardian? Cantabrigian? Crimson?
Visitas 2025
April is nearly over, but if you’re anticipating a smooth cruise into May, you’re sorely mistaken. Unfortunately, the fact that you can now count the remaining days of classes on two hands — finally — only entices your professors to stress test the limit on the number of deadlines they can set within a five-day period. (Lucky you.) There’s also the not-so-small matter of welcoming another class of students to campus. Yes, that’s right, it’s already time for Visitas 2025! Here’s our welcome to the Class of 2029.
How To Enjoy the Semi-Nice Weather
If April showers bring May flowers, what should Harvard students do in the meantime?
Better Ways to Pick Who Gets to See Joe Biden
Around 50 students had the opportunity to see former President Joe Biden talk last week, while hundreds of others took to Sidechat to voice their complaints. The decision process was confusing at best, so we decided to take the liberty of proposing better — and more fun — ways to decide on the shortlist for meeting the former President next time.
Where is “Catch of the Day” REALLY caught?
“Catch of the Day” is “locally sourced” fish served in Harvard College dining halls. But with such a potent odor, where is this fish really caught? We’d like to take you through a couple of our ideas.
How To Not Ride a Scooter (A Crash Course)
Hypothetically, if one of our writers were a scooter-er-er, this is how they would rank things they have or have almost annihilated (from oopsies to Remy).
