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Lena Chen
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Renouncing the River Gods
Only 3 percent of Harvard students do it, but that’s only because the other 97 percent don’t even think of ...
The Abstinence Mystique
From what I’ve deduced from TLR’s platform, there seems to be little room for gender non-conformity and even less room for choice.
24 Hours in Belgrade
BELGRADE, Serbia — 2:30pm: Outside Nikola Tesla Airport, cab drivers approach us in quick succession after I arrive with my
Eating In
OSNABRÜCK, Germany — I started cooking last year after I moved off-campus to live with my boyfriend, who has an
The View from the Passenger Seat
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – I grew up in Los Angeles, and I can't drive. I never thought that not having
The Boy Who Lived (With Me)
My roommate's father thinks I'm a lesbian. It is the only way he'd allow me to live with his son
Notes On Primal Harvard
EX-CRUCIATING As if seeing an ex-fling isn’t awkward enough, seeing him naked takes the cake—so I realized at Primal Scream
Suiting Up for Sex
I dated an investment banker this summer in Los Angeles, and it was the best and worst decision of my
'Knock'ing on Success's Door
Jess R. Burkle ’06 was working for a production in France last summer when he stumbled upon the inspiration for
Hey, Rivers Cuomo! What did you do for Valentine’s Day?
While HUDS served ribs, Rivers Cuomo ’99-’06 dished out love advice. The recently-engaged Weezer frontman sat down with FM over
In Their Unnatural Habitat?
A. Benet Magnuson ’06 towers over his roommates by a head—and then some. One roommate lounges on the sofa in
Model Success
When the Wyclef Jean concert was cancelled this November, the campus was in an uproar. It was the second time
Woodbridge Hosts Alumni Panel
In an effort to foster closer relations with its alumni network, the Woodbridge Society of International Students held an alumni
Standing Tall (and Naked)
Baring it all used to be a routine part of orientation. Between the 1880s and the 1940s, the University required
Lawyer, Latino Leader Honored
Illinois’ first female attorney general and a leader of a Latino community service organization in New Haven, Conn. both received
