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...headquarters of the Harvard Advocate is more picturesque than pretentious, and save for a crest on the building’s facade, the quaint white siding and green window frames belie the literary clout that lies within.Though the humble exterior may do well to conceal the presence of the country??s oldest continuously published college literary magazine, the interior tells a different story. The Advocate’s past literally envelops the space: the walls of the Sanctum are lined with rows of wooden plaques dating back to 1872. Names written in gold commemorate board members of each...
...Harvard-Yenching Institute, from the Fong Auditorium yesterday evening. The event featured Szeto Wah, a prominent Chinese dissident and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement of China, who said that the international community would be mistaken to think that the country??s communist government was moving towards a more democratic society. “On the surface, the Chinese Communist government has allowed some concessions toward democracy,” Szeto said, speaking in Chinese. “In reality, that’s not the case.” During...
...April 15 was tax day, people across the country??from Washington, D.C., to Boston—took this opportunity to get their tea bagging on. Whether wearing tea bags as strange hats or harassing CNN reporters (tip: Wonkette), conservatives have been out protesting the Obama administration's tax and spend liberalness. While last time according to Wikipedia "the protest was not a dispute of high taxes," this time it very much...
...Though the humble exterior may do well to conceal the presence of the country??s oldest continuously published college literary magazine, the interior tells a different story. The Advocate’s past literally envelops the space: the walls of the Sanctum are lined with rows of wooden plaques dating back to 1872. Names written in gold commemorate board members of each guard, the letters fading away with each older plate. To peruse these plaques along the perimeter of the room is to travel back in time through a chronicle of Harvard luminaries—L. Grossman...
...state of unrest that remains perilous to citizens and journalists, according to media reports. Friday’s demonstration in Cambridge, organized by members of Harvard Romanian Association and the Romanian Student Association at MIT, occurred simultaneously with protests in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chisinau, the country??s capital city. “Above all, it’s a collaboration between the students and the people in the Boston community,” said HRA President Rares N. Pamfil ’10. “The organization usually hosts events on campus, and this...