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Cleo M. Harrington
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Take Back the Night
Peggy S. Mason ’82 says she saw Harvard’s need for the march, which could serve as a space for women and targets of sexual assault to find empowerment and support.
On Helen Keller: Seeing the Inner Light
Keller’s accolades range from being the first female recipient of Radcliffe’s Alumnae Achievement Award, to traveling extensively through Europe and Asia, to advocating for and educating people about the reality of living with disabilities.
If Only We Could See It: Philip Johnson’s Mystery House
Johnson's nascent genius, however, remains preserved—if only we could see it. So what’s in that house? Hard to say.
Drinky Drink: Oscar Night
With the Oscars rapidly approaching, FM brings you drinks to last from the first red carpet stiletto to the end-of-show Best Picture reveal. Much like this year’s nominated films, these drinks might just make you question where you came from and whether you will ever find love.
Meet the Printers
Before long, Byrne picks one up to check the color photos on the front page. “I used to be able to tell without this thing!” he yells, pulling out a tiny magnifying glass to check for unequal color balances.
Modern Love: Smoky Love
It was all okay, because with that car I could leave everything behind, and pick up anything that mattered along the way.
From Syria with Love
Baraa Kouja is trying to get Westerners to understand the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis. This week, his art exhibition “From Syria with Love” stopped by Harvard’s campus to help bridge the gap.
A Night at the Circus
“Welcome to the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus EXTREME!” the host booms before breaking into something that sounds oddly like the Pokémon theme song. “We’ll take you to exotic lands, adventures far and wiiiiiiiide.”
Cheese, Grommit
We realize, as we blink at this cheese shrine filled with its cheese people going about their cheese business, that we are out of our cheese league.
Written in the Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was promoted as the first woman to receive a full-time, non-female-only professorship from Harvard College.
Let It Rave
Electronic, House and Trance are the typical genres heard at raves, and while there aren’t any raves in Cambridge proper, venues around town frequently put on events featuring these types of artists
Learning to Speak Fish
This weekly cooking class, coordinated by Allyson R. Perez ’17, is one of many initiatives organized by the Food Literacy Project, a fellowship program that allows students to explore the food system through academics and experience.