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Introspection

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Introspection

Scientists and the Face of God

I believed in science, but I also believed in agency. To think of myself as a machine driven by chemical reactions beyond my control felt outrageous. I knew myself to be more than just a body. I wanted to believe that I was also a mind.

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Second Chance

She was taking commissions, she told me, off WeChat to fund her studies. I listened to stories about her strange clients, whom she called da laoban — in English, “big boss” — and her favorite artist exhibitions when she suddenly asked the terrible question: Have you drawn lately?

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Jona Endpaper Drawings

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Losing (It): The Small Spectacle of Student Government

We relegate our classmates to mere voters, pawns in our political games. We debate in front of a nearly nonexistent audience for an election where most students don’t even vote. The emperor doesn’t know he wears no clothes.

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Dear Senior Year

I love the life Harvard has given me, not because it’s been perfect, but because it hasn’t been. Freshman year exhilarated me, sophomore year disarmed me, junior year repaired me, and you, senior year, have made me proud.

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A Pale Shade of Green

I often feel as if I’m lost in a garden of blossoms, surrounded by bright stories of success and high standards. I am a barren branch reaching out in a field of fully bloomed magnolias.

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Replacing: Self

Apple’s Migration Assistant, in all its sterile productivity, offered two options: transfer everything, or choose what matters. Though I wanted to bring it all with me, my storage had been 95% full for months, and it showed. Soon enough, I found myself sorting through the digital debris of a former life.

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A Pale Shade of Green - Image 2

The author with her family.

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A Pale Shade of Green - Image 1

The author as a child.

In Pursuit of Knowledge - Plaza del Mayo
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In Pursuit of Knowledge

I have found my place at Harvard by leaving it, using Harvard resources to open my eyes to the broader world.

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In Pursuit of Knowledge - Plaza del Mayo

An afternoon at Plaza del Mayo, Buenos Aires

In Pursuit of Knowledge - Vilnius
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In Pursuit of Knowledge - Vilnius

Searching for lost memories in Vilnius

In Pursuit of Knowledge - Villa I Tatti
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In Pursuit of Knowledge - Villa I Tatti

The author at Harvard’s Villa I Tatti in Italy.

In Pursuit of Knowledge - Granada
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In Pursuit of Knowledge - Granada

The author (left) on a research trip to Granada, Spain.

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