By Tyler Brandon and Lucy Caplan
This past September, the class of 2012 stepped through the Harvard gates for the first time, feeling the university’s history weigh upon their every step. In their excitement, they could easily name over a dozen famous alumni to impress their friends, their relatives, and themselves- from historic figures including JFK, [...]
By Christian Garland
As a gay man, it isn’t difficult for me to conjure experiences in which my marginalization has been made more apparent than usual. It can be something as simple as a feeling of discomfort or something so profoundly incapacitating as a feeling of Otherness. To be honest, in a society in which the [...]
By Martabel Wasserman
I think about sex all the time. More than the estimated every six seconds. When I am not thinking about sex in my own life, I am thinking about it intellectually and politically. In many ways, sex governs my life. I am a Women, Gender and Sexuality concentrator, so amazing professors and [...]
There are sororities at Harvard? I know, you may be surprised. Despite their low profile, however, the presence of sororities at Harvard is actually increasing. Currently, there are three sororities at Harvard: Kappa Alpha Theta, founded in 1992; Delta Gamma, founded in 1994; and Kappa Kappa Gamma, founded in 2003. Each is [...]
By Madeleine Schwartz
The modern woman is powerful, well-dressed and cares for her children. According to advertisers, she also loves yogurt, cleaning her house and will buy anything that promises pseudo-sexual satisfaction.
Sarah Haskins thinks that these stereotypes are ludicrous and she’s ready to prove it. On “Target Women,” a segment on Current TV’s Infomania, Haskins mocks [...]
By Ian Kumekawa
Just days after the Australian Parliament passed a (AUD) 42 billion-dollar stimulus package early last month, Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd published a sweeping condemnation of neo-liberalism. Dubbing it “that particular brand of free-market fundamentalism, extreme capitalism and excessive greed which became the economic orthodoxy of our time,” Rudd calls for [...]
1 shot on ice because global warming does not exist.
1 shot when Ronald Reagan’s role in defeating The Communists is lauded.
1 shot when getting decked out in red white and blue is the only way to benefit America.
1 shot when the future of our unborn children is at stake.
1 shot when the historical significance of [...]