This is part 2 of a multi-part post on celebrating the middle of winter. [part 1] [part 3] (4) Last weekend, I and a few friends traveled to New York to attend a winter solstice celebration. Ray Arnold, who ran the event, did a brief writeup, but I figure I&
This is part 1 of a multi-part sequence on celebrating the middle of winter. [part 2] [part 3] The sequence jumps around a lot before I get into the real arc of things. I promise it's all going somewhere coherent eventually. (1) The other day, a few carolers
On my flight Boston-Keflavik, I picked up Freakonomics, by Levitt and Dubner. It was a fun read that I highly recommend. But a few things struck me about it, so I figured I'd write them down rapid-fire. There's also a much longer about-Christmas post in the
Monday, Harvard saw an unfounded bomb threat from a student who tried to postpone an exam in American Government. Four buildings in Harvard Yard were evacuated and that day's morning exams were, indeed, postponed. Students were given options to take them later that afternoon, in February, or not
In the wake of the announcement of Harvard's first wave of '18 admits, the Harvard Crimson is reports on the high-school demographics of Harvard's student body. The investigative article sheds some sunlight on just how much inequity exists between privileged "Harvard feeder schools"