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Abigail L. Simon
Abigail L. Simon '20 is the Magazine Chair of the 146th Guard. She can be reached at abigail.simon@thecrimson.com.
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Editor's Note
There are 15 reasons that you should read this issue: one for each of the seniors that we’ve decided to profile. “15 Most Interesting” is perhaps a misnomer — we could have selected several groups of 15 seniors to profile out of the many nominations we received.
Why The Hell Don't Harvard Students Vote?
At freshman convocation this September, University President Lawrence S. Bacow gave students their “first homework assignment”: to register to vote and cast a ballot. This was not a one-off line: It reflects a carefully orchestrated campus-wide effort to get out the vote.
The Chicken Cat
A cat named Chicken greets visitors in the entrance to graduate student Jack M. Nicoludis's home.
Cambridge's Housing Crisis, Explained*
*Is “explainer journalism” obnoxious? Basically, we got a bunch of people who know way more about this topic than we do to explain it to us, so we can tell you about it.
House Hunters: Grad Student Edition
“That’s one of the bad things about being a grad student,” Jamison reflects. “It’s one of the few jobs where as a young professional with an advanced degree, you’re not in a position to accumulate wealth or invest in a 401k or in the equity of your home.”
Free To All
“These weren’t superheroes, these were people who wrote letters to each other and changed the course of history."
Madison Johnson
Before moving to Cambridge, Johnson says, they lived somewhere very different, very far away.
Spring Forward… Forever? Massachusetts Considers Atlantic Standard Time
Recently, a commission established by the Mass. state legislature voted 9:1 to approve a report that weighs the benefits and drawbacks of DST. Their report recommends that Mass. switches to the Atlantic Standard Time zone, meaning that the state would effectively keep DST all-year round.
Half the Battle: First-Generation Students at Harvard
First-generation students are navigating uncharted territory. As the first in their immediate families to pursue education at a four-year college or university, they have to surmount all the usual challenges of Harvard. But they face an additional hurdle: their parents can’t give them advice on surviving college.
'Party of One': Diversity and Isolation in Harvard's Faculty
These stories provide a window into what it’s like to be an underrepresented minority professor at Harvard, an old and powerful institution that has openly struggled with faculty diversity in the past and present.
Forward Thinking: Connecting Food and Friendship
What seemed like a surefire scam was actually Grant W. Burgess’s startup, Forward, founded in June 2016.
Shopping Week Chaos
Though many undergraduates love the week for the flexibility it provides, for Harvard administrators, shopping week means not knowing the size of each course until the Course Registration Deadline.
