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Report: Gender Skew Persists in Student Organizations
More than half of student organizations on campus are skewed towards single-gender leadership, according to a recent report on gender in leadership at the College. The report defines skewed leadership boards as those which are at least two-thirds male or two-thirds female.
From Seneca to Selma to SCOTUS
The crusade for gay rights is another stage of our nation’s journey toward fair treatment under the law.
Sexual Assault at Harvard
Harvard is currently conducting an ongoing review of its sexual assault policies across its various schools and has recently hired its first ever University-wide Title IX coordinator, who begins work this month. Still, some students feel that these efforts are not enough. They say that changes in the way administrators handle cases of sexual assault at the College level are progressing too slowly, and are not sufficiently responsive to student concerns.
What Happened to Harvard Square's Music Scene?
Decades after the folk revival that helped make the Square a musical hub, new musical venues are opening and old ones continue to succeed. But what has changed over the years, and what’s to come?
Mock Eviction Flyers Incite Debate
A campus debate has flared up over mock eviction notices posted on students’ doors as part of a postering campaign organized by the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee.
Oprah Winfrey To Deliver Address at 362nd Commencement
Media mogul and billionaire philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will speak at Harvard’s 362nd Commencement in May, the University announced Monday.
A Dark Weekend for the 'Party Shuttle'
This weekend, when students climbed aboard Melvin Washington, Jr.’s evening shuttle bus that travels back and forth between the Yard and the Quad, they were not greeted by the customary strobe lights and thudding music, but rather an entirely party-less shuttle.
Robert X. Fogarty's 'Dear World' Photography Project Exhibits Harvard Members' Individuality
With messages written in bold characters on their arms and faces and a host of diverse stories to recount, students and faculty members gathered at Harvard Kennedy School on Wednesday to partake in the photographic project “Dear World” of artist Robert X. Fogarty.
Student and Faculty Researchers Reflect on Trip to Hindu Festival
Last month, more than 50 Harvard researchers traveled to Allahabad, India, to study the Kumbh Mela, a two-month-long religious affair that attracts tens of millions of visitors to a rotating location in India every three years.
The Fall of Academics at Harvard
Government 1310 scandal has been treated by some administrators as the unfortunate exception, an isolated incident whose case has now been closed. But as academic integrity dances uncertainly through a campus whose gates and walls are engraved with a motto of truth, Veritas is at stake.
Keep the Brightest at Home
To start, the bill is plain good economics for the country. It is an indisputable fact that technology and human capital drive long-term economic growth. However, despite the United States’ dominance in high tech industries, the country’s education system falls behind other nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in STEM graduates.
Behind the Pages
The centuries-old art of bookbinding has kept the volumes of Widener library in good health for years. But what else can the restorative craft do in the age of the e-book?
Men's Basketball Holds Off Yale, 72-66, To Complete Weekend Sweep
The Harvard and Yale men’s basketball teams' Saturday matchup—a 72-66 Crimson victory—was a chippy affair from start to finish.
Scherzinger Receives Award, Roses at Cultural Rhythms
Sporting a Harvard sweatshirt over a black and white dress, singer Nicole Scherzinger accepted the 2013 Artist of the Year Award before a lively audience at the matinee show of the 28th annual Cultural Rhythms festival Saturday afternoon.
