Harvard Today: October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween! Hopefully you have exciting plans for the weekend! Here are some questions you might ask yourself before going out:

1) How many pregames am I going to tonight?: Do I want to show up to the party classily sober, decently tipsy, or so shamelessly crunk that I don’t really remember what my costume is even supposed to be anymore?

2) Is my costume waterprooft?: Am I going to start melting at a sweaty and crowded party or have pit stains in all of my pictures? What about when five million drinks are inevitably spilled on me (mostly by myself, but still)?

3) What kind of pictures do I want to take tonight?: Am I going to nag that friend with a DSR to take professional-looking pictures of me for a classic Halloween Facebook prof pic/cover photo change or am I going to take a bunch of grainy muploads?

4) Is Halloween actually going to be fun this year or underwhelming as always?: This question is so real. We guess only time will tell.

By Daniel N. Yue

IN THE ATMOSPHERE
It’s going to be a high of 53 degrees today and 46 degrees at night for your Halloween festivities! There’s going to be a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain though, so you may or may not want to make your umbrella a “prop” for your costume!

IN THE D-HALLS
Lunch:
Fried Calamari RI Style
Ham & Swiss Panini
Vegetable Lo Mein with Tofu

Dinner:
Chicken Mole Poblano
Pulled Pork with Chipotle
Tortilla Veggie Pie

ON FLYBY
What Should John Harvard Be For Halloween?: Forget your own costume, this is the one that’s going to be in the photos of ten million tourists by the end of the day tomorrow.

IN THE NEWS
1) Menino, Longtime Boston Mayor, Left His Mark on Harvard: Former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who worked closely with Harvard presidents on projects in Allston and the Longwood Medical Area, died on Thursday morning. He was 71.

2) Lepore Unmasks Wonder Woman’s Feminist Origins: Wonder Woman crashed through Johnston Gate, escaped the chains of patriarchy, and soared as a feminist icon in the early twentieth century, argued American History professor Jill M. Lepore in a lecture on the superheroine’s history and connection to Harvard on Thursday afternoon.

3) Profs Argue for Integration of Sciences, Humanities: Psychology professor Steven A. Pinker and Philosophy professor Susanna Siegel argued that an integration of the humanities and sciences would enrich and bring new insights to both disciplines in a discussion Thursday afternoon.

4) Sexual Assault Task Force To Host Student Focus Group Sessions: The President’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Assault will begin hosting student focus group sessions early next month, according to an email sent Thursday from Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassonde. Four discussion sessions, open to the undergraduate community, will run nightly from Nov. 10-13.

EVENTS: HALLOWEEKEND EDITION
There’s some awesome theater happening this weekend!

Check out Mother Courage and her Children in Farkas Hall at 8 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets available at the door.

The Gondoliers has performances in the Agassiz Theatre tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. as well as tomorrow and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets on sale at the door!

Dogfight is playing in the Loeb Experimental Theater at 8 p.m. tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday. Tickets are free and can be reserved by emailing dogfightintheex@gmail.com!

If you’re looking for something more spontaneous, On Thin Ice has an improv show tonight at 10 p.m. in Science Center A!

The Black Students’ Association’s annual Apollo Night, an interactive talent show (of sorts) is tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in Lowell Lecture Hall. Tickets are available at the door!

Expressions Dance Company’s fall show, EXperience, is this Saturday at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. in Lowell Lecture Hall. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office or any EDC member. They typically sell out, so buy yours in advance!

The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and the Radcliffe Choral Society have a performance Saturday in Sanders Theatre called Requiescat. Tickets are $10 with HUID.

The South Asian Association and Harvard Sex Week are hosting a workshop Sunday with spoken word poets and activists DarkMatter Sunday at 2 p.m. in Ticknor Lounge. Come talk about South Asia, identity, sexuality, gender and more in this interactive and exciting event!

The Asian-American Association is hosting an open mic night Sunday at 3 p.m in Holden Chapel featuring special guest Rachel Rostad, a spoken word poet and senior at Macalester College famous for her poem “To J.K. Rowling, From Cho Chang”.

PHOTO OF THE DAY
Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, delivers a lecture titled "How Wonder Woman Got into Harvard" at the Knafel Center on Thursday night. Lepore's lecture accompanied the recent release of her newest book, titled "The Secret History of Wonder Woman".