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The list of student grievances about dining halls is growing: first it was overcrowding in Adams, now it's late-night vacuuming in Cabot. This latest complaint lit up Cabot's House open list last week when one resident fired off a missive over the deplorable fact that workers vacuum its dining hall at or around midnight, a time when many students are trying to study.If, after two weeks back on campus, you’re starting to get sick of dining hall food once again, tonight might be a great night to treat yourself to a meal in the Square—and help fund a Harvard-based charitable endeavor, too.Men's Health has released a report ranking America's top 100 drunkest cities. Beating out competitors such as New York City, Los Angeles, D.C., and Chicago, Boston came in at number 100—the least drunk of the lisTo some athletes, the annual Beanpot signifies feats of skating and shooting. To others, like these four burrito-loving Harvard students, it means chewing and devouring—fast.Even though he almost never left the reclusive sanctuary of his home in Cornish, N.H., J.D. Salinger was an American icon. As the man who gave voice to a generation fed up with “phoniness” and the creator of the inimitable Holden Caulfield, it goes without saying that his work will outlast his life, which ended last week. In order to commemorate such an important figure in 20th century literary history—and one of our favorite writers from our own angsty adolescence—we solicited the help of several ...We're about an hour away from kickoff, but if you still haven't figured out your Super Bowl plans, here's what's happening in the Houses and around the Square.You may have been sleeping over break, but according to the Instant Gratification Players "Czar" Scott A. Levin-Gesundheit '11, IGP—Harvard’s oldest improv comedy group—spent its month at NASA, learning about astronomical pursuits in order to prep for its Avatar-themed improv festival this weekend. (Note: he was joking.)Debates over how best to enforce interhouse dining restrictions have resurfaced at Adams House (the favorite dining hall of all those weary of trekking to Quincy), where students have gotten involved in the crackdown against non-resident diners.Debates over how best to enforce interhouse dining restrictions have resurfaced at Adams House (the favorite dining hall of all those weary of trekking to Quincy), where students have gotten involved in the crackdown against non-resident diners.FRIDAY FOTO: The Center for Fundamental Laws of Nature gets arty.How could playing with clay...all night...be considered fun? I was so wrong.Who wouldn't want to be the president of Harvard? After traversing through China in 2008 and much of Africa during Thanksgiving last year, University President Drew G. Faust’s next destination is Tokyo, Japan. This, of course, is all for business purposes only, namely in a continued effort to promote Harvard and encourage international scholastic cooperation.The adage "write what you know" is one of the most well-worn pieces of advice in the old literary playbook. For Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell, the creators of the musical "[title of show]”—which runs through February 13 at the Boston Center for the Arts— this saying became the playbook.We're basically over the hump, meaning we're one step closer to the big day, Super Bowl Sunday. And thanks to the Upper Crust Pizzeria, it's going to be a little bit sweeter.Read FlyBy? Love it, hate it? Want to change it? Well, The Harvard Crimson* Blog Board is proud to present its first ever Spring Comp!"Harvard students are challenged by pushing the boundaries of physicality and structure to its limit, and these students have always been eager to take that leap of faith with me and my work throughout the years."What kind of trouble is Albert Herring in? Find out at the Dunster House opera "Albert Herring" by Benjamin Britten Feb. 5-13.Such insider information would be most valuable if not for the minor disadvantage of it being entirely fabricated. The book is in fact a work of fiction, as is the character of Martin Eisenstadt himself.Who knew? In 90 minutes and for the cost of a couple beers ($6.95, so yes, FlyBy means cheap college-kid beers), you can study the economics of beer using a board game sold by the Harvard Business Review.Consider this along with—though my Irish name does its best to obfuscate it—my Sicilian heritage, and I’m perhaps as entitled as anyone to be offended by MTV’s “Jersey Shore.” But I’m not. I’m addicted.In case you don’t speak “tweet,” that means that a handful of Harvard professors—including Jeffrey Miron, Gary King, and Niall Ferguson—have Twitter accounts, which just might make them cooler than you. Well, Niall Ferguson was already cooler, but, then again, you’ve known that for awhile.Although the Task Force Report has had minimal concrete impact thus far, the administration’s open support for the arts has caused a wave of optimism among the student body.Last night, the Lowell House Committee announced that the reinstatement of their dining hall restrictions would be effective immediately: "Lunch will be open to Lowellians and one guest during all of lunch and until 6:45 at dinner on weekdays and Sundays (this includes brunch)," the e-mail read.Race needs to be talked about openly and immediately. That’s the straightforward message of Code Switch 7, a brand-new theater ...Morris tackles the challenge of choreographing to MozartA little more than a month ago, some critics thought “Avatar” was going to bomb—quite a lot of them, in ...It was just last week that snow fell on Anne J. Hathaway’s procession down Mass Ave., but now, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals honoree will be announcing this year’s Oscar nominees in sunny Beverly Hills.Boasting a number of famed director Peter Bogdanovich’s most beloved movies, including “Paper Moon,” “The Last Picture Show,” and “What’s Up Doc?,” the Harvard Film Archive’s (HFA) newest series, entitled “Peter Bogdanovich, Between Old and New Hollywood,” explores the director’s penchant for classic Hollywood style.The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club. But that’s not stopping Professor Richard Wrangham. The biological anthropology professor and co-author of “Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence,” will be appearing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on February 8th to discuss the 1999 David Fincher film as part of the theater’s ongoing series, “Science on Screen.”Despite the intrusion of post-9/11 themes into the subdued suburban settings of previous Nicholas Sparks film adaptations such as “The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “A Walk to Remember,” actors Channing M. Tatum and Amanda M. Seyfried said in a conference call that their upcoming film “Dear John” is still in line with the emotionally moving material at which Sparks excels.Consider the following two films: in the first, a character known for his logical prowess stands before the audience and explains, “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth,” and proceeds to deduce the unlikely origins of the film’s villain.Middle-aged women are supposed to love Alice Munro almost as much as they love yogurt.In her newest novel, “A Gate at the Stairs,” Moore enters completely into the mind, heart and skin of a dynamic and perceptive college student, and in doing so, has created an incisive portrait of life in America immediately after September 11th.Borrowing established stories and adapting them for the stage is hardly unusual in today’s theater culture, where original writing is hard to find.As jazz was a generation ago, American folk music is beginning—too late, as many enthusiasts insist—to be embraced and studied by the academic world.Nabokov’s writing process as glimpsed here seems to have involved piling together neat phrases in the hope that there would be time later to arrange them into a plot.For a week in mid-February, the Harvard community will have one more way to witness the exchange of virtue for ..."Stairs to the Roof" opens this weekend.Beach House’s “Teen Dream” is the musical version of a narcotic, carrying away the listener into a heavenly realm of lush pop melodies and intimate organ beats.It comes as a shock that on his newest album, “Rebirth,” Wayne leaves rap music behind altogether in favor of an as-yet uncharted genre: rockLos Campesinos! have never lived up to the carefree cheerfulness their exclamation-pointed name would seem to imply.The online sectioning tool has been shutting down intermittently over the last day. We have a fix.“Contra,” which recently topped the Billboard charts, is exactly what one could expect from Vampire Weekend—solid, enjoyable music, gently pushing at its own boundaries, yet just a little unremarkable.With their 2007 album “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Britt Daniel and Spoon came dangerously close to being thrust from the not-quite-popular middle ground they had inhabited for at least a decade.The popular finance blog 24/7 Wall St. threw a couple stones at Fair Harvard last night, calling our endowment "by a wide margin the worst managed endowment." Ouch."Nothing matches the thrill of having a world-class choreographer create a piece directly on me. It is like having the best designer from Ferrari custom-make a car for you."There was a moment late in second piece of Morris on Mozart where the music and dance were so good that I suddenly realized...What if Pharrell remade The Hangover, but instead of casting four actors, he got Chester French, Clinton Sparks, Jadakiss, and P Diddy to party together? And what if it wasn't a music video but actually a commercial for Diddy's vodka brand?Colleen M. Berryessa '11 wants to start a crime club. The name probably sounded odd when you first saw Berryessa's e-mail this week. A club...for crime? But it seemed perfectly logical to Berryessa, a government concentrator. She is really interested in crime (studying it, not committing it!), and she thought maybe others would be too.Grade deflation that stays true to its word, the return of the Westboro Baptists, and a few more scintillating tidbits from around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).So we've wrapped up our little shopping week shindig.Their House may be about 50 years old—just about as old as color television—but that's not stopping Quincy House Masters Lee and Deborah J. Gehrke from giving out some good old-fashioned House love, new media style.How do you know when a work of art is finished? Could be you're asking the wrong question. Part V of the "John Collins Interview."What is the most Beckettian question of all? "What the hell happens next?" The final installment of Calla Videt's theater series.A wise man we made up once said that the best class is the class you don't have to go to. Who knew Harvard would take his advice and let professors videotape courses and post them online? Not that we're complaining.In a season when men’s basketball tickets are hot commodities and game results are followed nationally, it may be no surprise that school spirit at Harvard has picked up substantially. But who’s the Crimson’s biggest fan?Hit the beach, or hit the books? Reality TV, or res ipsa loquitur? Vinny Guidagnino, a cast member on MTV’s "Jersey Shore," says he faced this decision, and for him, the choice was clear.Dear Reader: What happens when a book's reality and your reality mesh? You might end up turning a dingy office into East Egg, Long Island. Part IV of the "John Collins Interview."Though most of us are probably more likely to check out HarvardFML than Harvard’s homepage, the University’s website is a pretty hot link, according to one recently released set of rankings. In fact, the website 4 International Colleges and Universities lists Harvard’s as the third most-visited college or university Web site in the world.Sometimes shopping six courses a day can lead to missed meals and hunger pangs during your umpteenth syllabus perusal of the day. In fact, some of you are probably hungry right now. Well, we’ve got just the solution for you! Get your daily serving via one of these food-related courses.How does a theater troupe learn Samuel Beckett's language? Word games. Part III of Calla Videt's Complicite series.The Harvard Advocate, the undergraduate literary magazine, just published their Winter 2010 issue, Bestiary. But before you dive into the slick pages (filled with animal parts, dead chickens, and weeds), check out our review. We’ve done some quick and dirty research for your reading pleasure.Ever find yourself wondering what Professor Michael J. Sandel is up to when he isn't teaching philosophy on TV? Well this past weekend, he was at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, performing a variation from "The Sleeping Beauty" in anticipation of its New York City Ballet opening."Gatz" is seven hours long -- about the same as a double header at Fenway. Get over it. Part III of the "John Collins Interview."Having trouble picking a class to fill up that final slot? This third installment of our shopping week feature showcases interesting classes that aren't that hard and don't require a lot of work.Part 2: Starting with "Endgame," Calla Videt '09 is finding her post-college place in the world of ideas and theater. Act II: OPENING GAMES is today's post.You still have two more days to get rid of old keys while saving the planet and helping the homeless at the same time.If you're one of those people who finds shopping week way more stressful than it should be, here are two tools to make your life a little easier.Ever wonder what our House Masters do when they are not parenting hundreds of (sometimes whiny) college students? Adams House Master Judy S. Palfrey '67 carried the Olympic torch through Canada this past Tuesday on Jan. 19.How did the actors in "Gatz" develop as an ensemble? Like college kids, they hung out a lot together. Onstage. Part II of the "John Collins Interview."Justin R. Timberlake will be Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 2010 Man of the Year.Starting with "Endgame," Calla Videt '09 is finding her post-college place in the world of ideas and theater. Act I: OPENING GAMES is today's post.Dates delayed one week due to a special event. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Refreshments will be servedIf you're a student who prefers train travel over buses and planes, Amtrak has good news for you. Acela Express trains will have free wireless Internet starting this March. But be sure to book that trip soon, as the Internet will be free for passengers only in its initial stages.We're back with our second installment of our shopping week feature, this time with classes good enough to watch—and not just through lecture videos.If you're one of those Harvard students who's been missing the local cuisine throughout J-term, you may be in luck. The opportunity has come to indulge in as much greasy fast food as you can, with the added benefit of a prize incentive—and eternal glory for yourself and Harvard. This month, Qdoba is launching its Sixth Annual Rice and Bean Pot, a burrito eating contest and benefit for Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids.Director John Collins thinks of theater as a haunted house where illusion and reality intersect. Somewhere in the center is the mystery of "Gatz." Part I of the "John Collins Interview."Starting with "Endgame," Calla Videt '09 is finding her post-college place in the world of ideas and theater. Her five-part story starts today.As we drove back into Cambridge this past weekend, the river sparkled, glossed over with a sheet of ice. There ...While you might not be too excited by the prospect of leaving behind home-cooking, Harvard University Dining Services is planning to make a few changes that might make this spring's dining hall fare just that much more palatable.It's time to take advantage of all that Harvard has to offer, which, suffice it to say, includes a lot of classes you just won't find anywhere else. So we're kicking off our shopping week feature with a choice selection—but by no means a conclusive list—of some of the most interesting, obscure, and unique classes offered this semester at Harvard.Music critic Richard Dyer '64 says Mark Morris' choreography is like "watching beads of music made visible." He has much more to say, too.About six months ago, when Sgt. James Crowley arrested Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates for disorderly conduct, it's unlikely that ...If you walked by Quincy Yard this past week, you might have noticed an arm chair, a footstool, and a television set sitting under a tree. No, this was not another attempt by President Faust to promote community in a yard space. And no, this wasn't your standard upholstery, the kind that makes you itchy all over. These particular pieces of furniture—along with the lazy cat and the sleeping dog lying around them—were made of snow.It's almost that time of the semester when we all start hopping from class to class, room to room, Sever Hall to the Science Center. This spring, we at FlyBy decided to make ourselves useful in your shopping experience (though we can't promise anything!) while having a little fun at the same time.Just got back to campus and need to grab a meal? Check to see if your House dining hall is open yet.With the freshman formal only a week away, some Yard residents may be suffering from a last-minute dateless panic. Well, ladies, fear not because it looks like Freeze Magazine overlooked someone in their list of candidates for Mr. Harvard Freshman 2013—and he is now accepting applications to be his date.Running through February 7th, “All My Sons” has not felt so timely since its 1947 debut, owing in part to the current national culture of profit-hungry egocentricity.With spring semester fast approaching, the time has come to revisit a number of unfortunate but inevitable facts about life at Harvard, ranging from the dreary New England weather to the fact that some of your TFs this semester might not speak understandable English. And new classes mean that, once again, we will all have to spend a sum of cash that could probably feed a small Third World community for a year on textbooks that we'll never look at again once the semester has ended.The Cambridge police are looking for a man with a machete.You can do the art, but can you do the marketing? Here's a two-part report on ceramics marketing in the digital age.It’s official! Flat Patties will be pulling out of The Garage and moving to its own place at 33 Brattle Street (by Crema Café).Dudes masturbate more than girls? Who would have thought? Apparently, this universally acknowledged truth (at least, we assumed, among most humans over the age of 12) is news at Princeton.New York City, the perennial muse of the American dream, has inspired yet another paean, the musical “In the Heights,” ...J-Term: A chance to try out those theater classes Ive always wanted to take.University President Drew G. Faust has held plenty of titles over the decades: professor, dean, bestselling author, "Chainsaw Drew." But The Drew Gilpin Faust Fan Club reminds us that she has one other, often overlooked role—celebrity. For the past two years, an anonymous critic has been making DGF sightings her mission, posting to this mock fan blog under the charged pseudonym Grimke, taken from the 19th-century intellectual Angelina Weld Grimke.A holiday that honors those who have been and continue to be "patient in tribulation, fervent in spirit." MLK 2010.While many lucky students are enjoying climates far from frozen Cambridge, the wintry weather is causing some trouble for the ...A few days ago, we reported that Harvard's latest attempt to entice prefrosh involves changing the name of the "April Visiting Program" to something more fun. This weekend, we found out what our friends in New Haven have been working on: a lusciously filmed, perfectly choreographed admissions video that makes getting an education at Yale seem like just another a day at Disneyland.In the second installment of a season based around ideas of change and transformation, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project undertakes one of the Bard’s great comedies to tragically underwhelming effect.Most of us are able to claim that we were, at one time, wide-eyed prefrosh wandering around the Yard, but now, those carefree days, formally called the April Visiting Program, are about to get a bit of a revamping.If you follow us through a feed reader, you may have noticed an abundance of new posts of over the past couple days. No, we haven't all of the sudden gone on a comedy binge! We're just doing some maintenance on the blog (hint: IT WILL BE EVEN MORE AWESOME) which is causing some old posts to be republished. Our apologies, and happy almost spring semester! ps. We're on Team Conan! Here's his speech on Class Day 2000:Film crews get a charge out of their art. And it's not only the Red Bull and coffee. During her Artist Development Fellowship, one filmmaker took on the police, a train, a wrap party and one perfect tear.Let’s be realistic: even the weakest member of the Harvard Taekwondo Club could beat you up. After all, the club has been training students to spar, kick, and break boards for ten years now. It has even given some members an opportunity to fight (sort of) in a zero-gravity environment.Want to know what has your roommate glued to the DVD player on his laptop? If your roomie follows the taste of most 02138 residents, he's probably watching one of the following.Nearly 50,000 people may have been killed by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday, according to Haiti Red Cross’ most recent estimates. We at FlyBy are saddened by this tragedy, and we hope for only the best as the relief effort continues.When the order came to take Hill 19 the Sergeant ground his cigar stub into the fine white sand of Tojaida Island and bared his corn-yellow teeth. “Not that it’s ours to take,” he said, rubbing his thick, calloused hand over the stubble of his square jaw. “You mugs understand we have no [...]Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has struck again with another op-ed panning the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body—this time in the Huffington Post.It's official! Anne J. Hathaway—the actress known for her performances in The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, and most recently in Rachel Getting Married—will be the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Woman of the Year.Riding pantless may not be classy enough for the subways of London or France, but it clearly wasn't beneath the patrons of the MBTA.Cambridge residents can be a sketchy crew, and James W. Lewis may be the sketchiest among them. In 1982, seven people died in the Chicago area because some Tylenol pills they took were laced with cyanide. (CYANIDE!) The case was never solved—and the $100,000 reward offered by Johnson & Johnson for finding the culprit was never claimed. At the time, Lewis became associated with the case because he wrote a letter demanding $1 million from Johnson & Johnson to stop the killings. He spent over a decade ...The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and some other schools too).During a late-afternoon perusal of New York Magazine’s Daily Intel blog, we were amused to find an interesting little “quote” from one of our very own—HBS professor William W. George (better known as simply Bill George). “If you don’t pay them for their performance, you’ll lose them. It's much like professional athletes and movie stars," George had said, supposedly referring (as the blog had initially suggested) to bankers. A little…intrigued by this statement, we called George’s office ...Readers of the Cambridge Chronicle—the other Cambridge newspaper—may have noticed a rather strange placement of a sticker advertisement on this week's front page.Let’s Go, the organization that publishes budget-friendly travel guide books, is turning the big 5-0 this year.Feeling a little Harvard-sick? This J-Term, look out for lime green socks and snazzy dance moves when four a capella groups bring a little bit of Harvard to a city near you.Cashless burrito and taco lovers of Cambridge, rejoice! As of Jan. 1, 2010, Felipe's Taqueria in Harvard Square has finally joined its 21st century cohorts in taking credit cards.And it's about time.We “whiny, entitled Harvarders” are accustomed to hearing our athletic department mocked—it seems impossible to mention our school’s name without hearing some quip. Recently, Seth Kolloen of The SunBreak, a Seattle-based blog, decided to join in on the fun—but little did he know that the Crimson would have the last laugh.According to Don Lattin’s The Harvard Psychedelic Club (HarperCollins, $24.99), which goes on sale today, there was apparently a time at Harvard when it was perfectly hunky-dory for professors to give LSD to their students—for purely scientific purposes, of course.How do you learn to write a musical? Look to the pros who care about detail, detail, detail!Just when you thought it was safe to look ahead: A flashback of theater posters from the Harvard arts archives.J-Term will officially begin on Jan. 4, but we at FlyBy know better than anyone that it will be difficult to make the coming three weeks into anything other than a colossal waste of time. So, in the spirit of genuine or—who are we kidding?—feigned intellecutalism, we've compiled a list of reading recommendations from several campus mailing lists. (We've also provided, of course, the requisite value judgment on each title.)This past Wednesday on Dec. 30, 2009 (whoa, that seems so last year), Harvard Alumni Association teamed up with regional Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Groups worldwide for Global Networking Night.The Priceline.com Negotiator might not be lookin' so fresh n' fierce after this one-two punch. A website created by Robert W. Corty '10 and Zachary V. Smith '09 packs a double whammy in merging traditional means of organization with new, powerful social networking tools in an attempt to revolutionize the way we travel.If you were too busy partying it up with your family last night to glance up at the sky, FlyBy can assure you that the Blue Moon as promised was nothing too special. It wasn't even blue.As we enter the new decade, Flyby would like to take some time to reflect on the past and ponder ...If you managed to score one of the highly competitive stay-on-campus spots for J-Term this year, you might as well enjoy the company of your similarly situated peers. And what’s a group of Harvard students without an e-mail list or an online forum?Cheers to you and to the New Year!Whoever thought a seemingly innocent Harvard-Yale shirt wouldn't be found offensive by so many people was wrong. Yes, it's the end of December, we've already claimed victory, and yet we're still talking about those shirts. Well, one shirt in particular.We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.Doing good is going to get a whole lot easier for the Phillips Brooks House Association. The omnipresent Harvard non-profit got a mid-finals period pick-me-up when it won $25,000 in the Chase Community Giving competition for being voted into the top 100 charities in the United States.Are still stuck on campus (hooray for snow and cancelled flights) and sad that the dining halls closed today after ...As the cold began to bite down hard earlier this month, the students of Anthropology 1130: "Archaeology of Harvard Yard" ...How did a biomedical engineering concentrator transition to professional dancer? She had a Springboard experience -- leotard, epsom salts and ibuprofen included.Some classes have already posted final grades. If your exams were earlier in the week, there's a high chance that ...Director Felix Barrett pushes actors toward "an instinctual response." Trust your instincts, he says. Is there any other way to experience "Sleep No More"?Wherever your travels take you over Harvard's first Jterm, we hope you have a safe, happy journey.It turns out a blizzard-like storm might keep you stuck in Cambridge. Find out if your travel plans were affected.Happy Holidays, everyone! Jack Megan, OFA director, has a special holiday message!We all know that missed connections suck. You see that special someone in Lamont cafe, getting a latte. The stars ...A recent article in the Columbia Daily Spectator reveals the real empire state of mind: cash-starved.Ben S. Bernanke '75, a Winthrop House economics concentrator, was honored by TIME Magazine as 2009's Person of the Year.Have you ever seen a House Master in a polar bear costume pretend to maul some fake Kirkland students? Well, in this post-House Life Survey world, you better be ready for anything.Believe it or not, Princeton kids actually fight with their fists, at least according to this Daily Princetonian article where some "pushing, shoving, and punching" led to what Princeton U. Deputy Chief of Public Safety Charles W. Davall called a case of "jeopardy of significant harm." It got so bad that the cops ended up spraying pepper spray to disperse the crowd.Looks like Yale University’s most talked-about secret society, the Order of Skull and Bones, isn’t so secret anymore. Or is it?Yup, you know what we're talking about: Primal Scream. Were you there? Were you naked? Most importantly, did we catch ...Who would have ever thought Eliot House Dining Hall would be the stage of a dramatic Hollywood-style shootout? Well, last night Eliot Assassins wrapped up in a fashion that would've made Jason Bourne proud.If you are like Flyby and have been desperately waiting for an update on Rivers Cuomo’s health following his tour-bus ...The Harvard Art Show is taking applications until Jan. 31. Got art?Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers said on ABC News's This Week with George Stephanopoulos that "Today, everybody agrees that the recession is over" (1:15). Wait, what? "The recession is over"?Yesterday, the Ceramics Studio concluded its Annual Holiday Show and Sale. Images from the work.Harvard alums often go on to do great things. Take Natalie Portman '03, for example. After proving herself over the years as both a talented and diverse dramatic actress, Portman has just signed on to produce and star in the film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's wildly popular cult favorite Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.While most of her peers were racing to finish Expos papers or studying for exams, Jasmine Y. Miller '13 (deemed "baby Regina Spektor" at the Freshman Talent Show that she won) was promoting her singing career at a CD release party in the SOCH Penthouse.Who knew an innocent game of Eliot Assassins could turn so ugly? Find out why Eliot residents should make sure they're sleeping behind locked doors every night.Some people graduate from Harvard and escape to Hollywood. Former Eliot House resident Rashida L. Jones '97 has been forced ...According to The New York Observer, former Crimson editor Jennifer 8. Lee ’98-’99, a star Metro reporter for The New ...Ceramics Show and Sale: $8 to $800. Theres something for everyone through Sunday.Cold weather has been kind to Harvard quarterbacks. First, the Crimson had Ryan Fitzpatrick ‘05, who has emerged as the ...It’s not uncommon for freshmen to exit Annenberg feeling like they’ve left a time warp (where did the last two ...Students' photographs from fall courses with Chris Killip, Sharon Harper, and Carlin Wing on display.Looking for a place to relax during reading week? Check out one of the most overlooked, under-appreciated art spaces on campus.Larry O'Keefe and Bat Boy: The Musical. Part II: "Theres more interesting and weird stuff around than there was 10 years ago."Those of us who still live in a cave use the FAS Webmail application to check our e-mail may have ...Students were evacuated from Gore Hall in Winthrop House Thursday night after smoke in the House’s kitchen prompted a dining hall worker to pull the fire alarm.Being in love means never having to say you’re sorry, sure. But being President of a prominent university—or country— means ...If you happened to be studying in Lamont Cafe on Wednesday night, you may have gotten a surprise visit from ...Being in love means never having to say you’re sorry, sure. But being President of a prominent university—or country— means ...Abra Quadbra! Pfoho residents got a break from the pressures of reading period Wednesday night when Samuel A. Wright, a ...Don't deny your beast inside: Larry O'Keefe '91 talks about Bat Boy The Musical at New College Theatre (PART I of a 2-day series)Put a whole lot of undergraduates who've spent 20 hours a week on problem sets in one room and you're ...Put a whole lot of undergraduates who've spent 20 hours a week on problem sets in one room and you're ...Whoever said studying had to be ugly? Here are three suggestions for beautiful study spots during reading week.According to an article in the Valley News in New Hampshire, fans of the Dartmouth squash team heckled Harvard players ...Cambridge police just released this photo of the man who quietly robbed the Harvard University Employees Credit Union last week ...Strength coach Craig Fitzgerald left Harvard almost a year ago, but it seems his fear-inspiring legacy just won’t die.It wasn’t a “Flat Tire” nor a broken “Hash Pipe,” but rather an unfortunate patch of ice. An untimely crash ...Ivygateblog.com—founded in 2006 and known for satirizing the good, the bad, and the ugly in the Ivy League—just made its first post in 19 days, an unusually long gap for a site that used to update frequently throughout each day.Dude. Seriously? The Mather House Masters just announced about 40 minutes ago that they'll be stepping down at the end ...Snow. Christmas. Finals. Caffeine abuse. It's that wonderful time of the year, where festive feelings and familiar traditions abound (maybe). ...We love Mather's vibrant House community, but some might argue that the House (with its concrete aesthetic) looks kind of crappy on the outside. Well, now it appears to be crappy on the inside too.Christmas spirit seeped into every nook and cranny of Kirkland House this past week as students went out of their ..."A Civil War Christmas" dramatically captures the imagination of an era President Faust explores in "Republic of Suffering."Part moral inquiry, part love story, and primarily ridiculous, “Bat Boy: The Musical” does not fail to entertain with its tragically comic and campy story of acceptance.Though it offers a wonderful musical experience, “Best of Both Worlds” ultimately demonstrates the potential pitfalls of an emphasis on active spectatorship.A story of 1950s teenagers falling in, out, and back into love may sound sentimental, but the latest production of “Grease” delves into the darker side of this romantic narrative.In case it ever crossed your mind, this flyer, posted on the men's bathroom doors in Matthews North last Thursday, ...Emma Watson, British actress best known for her role as HermioneIf there's anyone who would be able to expound on the intricate economy of Lady Gaga's music career (and the ramifications of her outrageous fashion choices on her business), it seems like we'll all have to turn to legendary Ec10 Caesar N. Gregory Mankiw.Reading period is upon us. But FlyBy, and apparently some of our fellow students, would rather play in the snow. ...'Shulamis' is a Yiddish operetta. Like its heroine, it has been rescued from the desert.It didn't look a lot like Christmas yesterday or the day before, but starting tonight, Old Man Winter's making his way to Cambridge.Yalies were treated to an uneasy awakening yesterday morning as students were alerted via email of dangerous escaped lab monkeys ...Kuumba Singers: Regardless of your own personal faith or beliefs, their songs uplift the spirit in ways that Jingle Bells just cant.Arts execs take a break from ranking Radiohead vs. Spoon to rank... whatever they feel like.Performances and discussion will highlight common issues in Ivy League dance“The Savage Detectives,” Chilean author Roberto Bolaño’s greatest novel, is a kaleidoscopic fictional autobiography—a treatise on youth, love, literature and ...This J-term, Harvard students will be scattered across the globe—traveling, working, catching up on seasons of TV shows, or otherwise ...In keeping with the theme of the Vanity Issue, this list was compiled, bickered over, and beaten to death by the outgoing Arts Executives of the 136th Guard. Submitted for your approval, or not, our picks for the best of the last nine years.Wes Anderson has spent a decade as one of America’s most important filmmakers, and the better part of that same ...In case you haven’t heard, Harvard’s Drug & Alcohol Peer Advisors have cooked up another sweet deal at b.good for ...It is not surprising that Stephen Sondheim, arguably the most influential living Broadway composer and lyricist, knows how to work ...Supporters of the campaign of the Undergraduate Council President and President-Elect will be reveling in the glory of their contested ...Steven Burt’s Science Fiction class draws in a big crowdThe Harvard Crimson polled the student body about their thoughts on the year. Nearly three hundred responses later, here’s what we got.Ever wondered just how bad life could get at Harvard (theoretically, of course)? Well, Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUTV) showed the ...Student performances of Grease, Bat Boy, and ShulamisWondering what has been happening with True Love Revolution since October's blowup?Ivy Dance Exchange: Unforgettably beautiful, emotionally chargedMark O'Connor held a masterclass yesterday with Harvard StudentsRachel Lee '10, concertmaster of the HRO for tonight's Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, discusses HRO and her solosLook! Look! It's Blair Underwood, the actor! (And we'd like to add: the artist!)Harvard has a Quidditch Team?! really? I thought it was more like this:So what does being a State Dinner crasher get you? Subpoenaed, apparently. In light of today's congressional hearing looking into the antics of the now infamous Salahis, Flyby talked to Harvard's very own History Professor Emma Rothschild and her husband Professor of Economics and Philosophy Amartya Sen who were one of the lucky few to get an invite to the first State Dinner of the Obama administration.If there is such a thing as a classy way to rob a bank, we may be able to learn a little something from the man who ran out of the Harvard University Credit Union with an envelope full of cash Tuesday morning. Minutes earlier, the man, allegedly marched into the bank only minutes before, seemingly unarmed, and presented the teller with a letter demanding cash. Yep, that's right. A letter. Was his getaway just as classy? Find out after the jump.It's got groove; it's got meaning. "Grease" is the word. And a show in the Ex.The Chiara String Quartet may have performed in some of America’s most prestigious venues, but their attitude towards classical music is anything but elitist. As well as Carnegie Hall, the group has appeared in less traditional spaces such as pubs, clubs, and sandwich bars. The group, who are the current Blodgett Artist-in-Residence at Harvard, will continue this trend by performing in both Paine Hall and the Queen’s Head Pub this week.Papers got you feeling down on your luck? The Harvard Square Qdoba's got a new promotion that could help you ...You know how Yale was supposed to be way more lenient about tailgating at The Game? Someone forgot to tell ...Pitter-patter, pitter-patter: thus spoke the undersides of her ample bosom, as they romantically slapped her ribcage. Sloop plop plop; patter patter patter. I was finally sexing my neighbor – who was 41 but also a virgin because her husband had died twenty years ago today on their honeymoon from [...]It's no surprise to most people that Harvard produces cutting edge thinkers. And so when Foreign Policy Magazine published its ...Teatro's first production by a Latin American playwright is about the "dreams and desires that lie beneath...under the sand."Still confused by the Harvard Quidditch team actually does without, you know, magic? Check out this video of them practicing...Flyby hears that writers of Princeton Tiger, Princeton's humor magazine, totally, genuinely, and completely drove up to Harvard the Friday ...FlyBy recently got hold of the Lampoon’s latest issue in an exclusive leak (aka two poonsters came by and dropped ...If you thought that Widener Library was a place where your soul could go to die, and your body could ...When Mark O'Connor picks up his violin, sit back and glory in a sound that reaches deep into the roots of American music.The long-anticipated time has come. Harvard’s very own porn rag, Diamond Magazine, has released its second—well first “official”—issue, a sample ...Or is it for Batboy the Musical?Despite being an entirely Spanish-language production, TEATRO hopes that “Jardín” will create an aesthetic that transcends the limits of language.Hoping to get vaccinated against swine flu? UHS just announced that they've recently received a new shipment of H1N1 vaccines.The annual Holiday Show and Sale is on December 10th - 13th.The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra warmly invites you to attend our concert on Friday, December 4, 2009, at 8pm in Sanders Theatre to experience Maestro Federico Cortese conducting us in Shostakovich No. 5, one of the dramatic landmarks of classical music, as well as to hear our guest artist and treasure of American music, Mark O'Connor, the amazing violinist and composer performing his own "Call of the Mockingbird." Mozart's Symphony No. 35, "Haffner" rounds out the exciting program.Jacob Lawrence said Harlem had "so much pattern, so much movement, so much color." True, too, of his art.When civil disobedience first came to Harvard in the 1960s, hordes of students took over University Hall, but last night’s ...As the decade draws to a close, it's important to take a few minutes to reflect on your personal growth ...Initiates to the Isis Club, the last of the female final clubs to do ridiculous shit around campus, danced outside the Science Center today around noon. The ladies braved the rain—navy blazers and all—to perform for a crowd that consisted of a handful of tourists, bemused students, and a smattering of other final club members.With reading period happening before winter break this year, someone has to provide the holiday goodies Mom used to stuff us with at home to ease the stress of finals. Luckily, the UC has put away all the election drama to offer their version of comfort food with a Reading Period Giveaway.FlyBy went to try to knock a paper out of the way in the 3rd Floor Widener Reading Room when ...HAA offers plenty of email lists to stay connected and make you feel important and well-loved after you graduate.Dir. John Hillcoat (Dimension Films) -- 4 StarsTo say “Ninja Assassin” is “so bad it’s funny” is to misunderstand the extent to which this violent and confused baboon of a movie is “bad.”As a visual artist, Nancy Selvage sees the world more intensely. she also helps the rest of us see it more beautifully.After a holiday weekend away from Cambridge, the toughest adjustment that we students face may not be from West Coast waves to East Coast ice or from snoozing to studying. Rather, the harshest reality check might have come as a punch to the stomach.Does no one want to be a House Master anymore? Three days ago, Eliot House Masters Lino Pertile and Anna Bernsted announced that they will be stepping down after a ten-year tenure. Today, in an e-mail to their House open list, Cabot House Masters Jay M. Harris and Cheryl L. Harris said their good-byes.You know who they are...you find out every other week they're leading something new, all the while getting fellowships you've ...In a move sure to excite many enthusiastic undergrads, the Boston Globe endorsed Alan Khazei ’83 in the special election for the Massachusetts senate seat left vacant by the death of Ted Kennedy.As if Harvard students needed more ways to procrastinate, Teymour Shahabi '06 recently launched Dantoon, a site that he calls "the world's first search engine of thoughts."Out with Thanksgiving and in with Christmas, the holiday season is here! As Harvard students flock back to campus with full stomachs and stressful schedules, one house takes the Christmukkah spirit to a new level.Eliot House Masters Lino Pertile and Anna Bensted announced their intention to step down as heads of the Eliot household ...Afraid that you’ll miss seeing your inbox fill each day with emails from dozens of disparate student organizations and house ...As some of us found out before (and during) The Game last Saturday, tailgates at Harvard look like tamed pets compared to the wild beasts of tailgates that are thrown at Yale. Back in Cambridge, as hungover students recounted their weekend debauchery, the buzz around campus was that a certain Yale party made Harvard ragers look quite tame as well. This party was a naked party. Yep, naked. As in no clothes.Video: College Experiment: Nerd Bowl And check out our own interviews with drunk tailgaters at the Game, from our latest episode.Harvard students weren't the only visitors on Yale’s campus last weekend. Fox Sports Network sent an intrepid reporter to the annual Harvard-Yale game and produced what strives to be a racy video segment documenting the academic (but somehow sexy?) prowess of Harvard and Yale students.Here's a true pearl of wisdom (no pun intended--we promise) for the foodie and the luxury-lover alike. Rialto, Chef Jody |