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Harvard vs. Yale: By the Numbers
Leading into the big game, let’s see how Harvard and Yale stack up across the board. Objective metrics are everything when gauging which school truly is superior.
How Harvard Can Win The Game
With the Ivy League Championship title already secured, the time has come for the Harvard football team to face its truest endeavor: beating Yale. This task is not one to be taken lightly, and though our chances for a win at The Game this year look pretty good, it’s all hands on deck. So, without further ado, here is Flyby’s foolproof strategy for how you can help Harvard win Harvard-Yale.
Love it/Hate it: Harvard Mascot
Here you are: HY ticket secured, Yale library floor housing approved, and gameday outfit all planned out. You begin to feel yourself engage in the rare school spirit that has spread across campus, awaiting this year’s HY football game. However, as you observe everyone’s enthusiastic school spirit, you may notice one ever-changing figure – Harvard’s mascot, aka Crimson, aka John Harvard, aka The Turkey, aka Remy??
Friends within Our Foes?: Sasha and Heidi
As Harvard students, it might be obvious to think of dogs when referring to Yalies. Their beloved mascot Handsome Dan is unfortunately quite cute, even if they are on the 19th iteration of him. But, did you know that Dan is not the only dog strutting across Yale’s campus?
Why Yale is Better Than Harvard... (sorry)
With The Game coming up this weekend, we can likely expect some big wins for Harvard. To make up for what is about to be a totally crushing defeat, here are some totally real and valid ways Yale does win over Harvard.
Ways To Get To Yale If You Didn’t Get A Shuttle Bus Ticket
If you only check your email to see Flyby’s Harvard Today (don’t worry, we do too), chances are you probably missed the announcement to buy shuttle bus tickets to get to Yale. And now…you’re scrambling to figure out how to get there. It’s not time to panic just yet! Because we’ve compiled our helpful list with our favorite way to make it in time to the Game before kickoff!
A Realistic Map of New Haven
Take a look at our simplified map to know what is actually worth paying attention to during your trip down to Connecticut.
Flyby Investigates: Late Night Slice in New Haven
If you’re in search of a late-night slice after spending the night out, here are some recommended spots around Yale’s campus and New Haven to check out!
Flyby Tries: Starbucks Holiday Drinks
It’s TIIIMEEEEE to revive our dopamine receptors and get into the holiday spirit! Flyby tried all of the new holiday drink offerings and the consensus is…
Should You Pass/Fail That Course?
We all have that course in mind. You know—the one you’re constantly late to, walking in five (then 10, then 15, then 30) minutes late as the semester drags on, to eventually just not at all. And when you do finally make it to class, you can barely stay awake, as weeks of missed material make it difficult to decipher what sounds like a foreign language at this point. Your grades are slipping, and naturally, you are thinking… do I just pass/fail? Well, don’t fret, Flyby is here to help you decide.
My New Laundry Routine
On a gloomy and very, very cold November morning, shivering as we trudged to class, all Harvard undergraduates received an email that would change their lives forever. No, it wasn’t that we’re getting a shopping week. Or that Remy had become the official mascot of the College. No, no, no… it was better.
Recapping the Government Shutdown
After 43 days (Oct. 1 to Nov. 12), the House finally passed a bill to end the nation’s longest shutdown. While Congress and the government may have been in standstill, our lives most certainly were not. Here are a few things that you may have missed that happened during the government shutdown.
I Am Once Again Asking Harvard To Increase BoardPlus
BoardPlus is the well-loved semesterly allowance that Harvard gives us to spend at various cafes and cafeterias across campus. That said, is $65 a semester truly enough? I think not (there’s been considerable inflation since 2007). As long as BoardPlus allocations remain stagnant, I will keep pleading with Harvard to recenter academics AND student well-being by beefing up our supply of snacks and caffeine.
6 Ways Harvard Students Are Studying
You’ve probably heard a thing or two about how Harvard students allegedly don't attend class. Well… let’s look at the facts: Students wouldn’t be here if they weren’t hard workers. So the real question is: What if professors graded based on what they’re actually mastering? Forget exams — here are 6 things that Harvard students are actually doing (a.k.a. the classes they cannot escape).
How Big Is the FAS’s Structural Budget Deficit?
The FAS’s budget ran a structural deficit of 365 MILLION dollars this year. Without further ado, here’s what FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra could’ve bought with this money instead:
Harvard Professor Memorabilia
Forget Q Reports. An entire new butterfly species was named after Harvard’s beloved professor Andrew Berry — which says far more about how iconic he is than any other metric could. In the spirit of Euptychia andrewberryi, Flyby has chosen an assortment of more groundbreaking memorabilia that should be named after Harvard professors.
Things to Re-Center Instead of Academics
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve definitely heard about Harvard’s new report about grade inflation or, at least, seen posts on Sidechat about Amanda Claybaugh’s fated email. Flyby hears your concerns, and we also believe that there is more to the life of a college student than simply their GPA. So without further ado, here are some of the things that should actually be re-centered at Harvard.
The True Winners of the Cambridge Half
Did you or the most annoying person you know run the Cambridge Half and choose to make it their entire personality on Sunday? Well, I did. And I can tell you the true winners are not the runners biting their participation medals but the hordes of people who woke up at 7 a.m. on Halloweekend to support their mentally ill friends. I spent my whole 13.1 miles reading your signs, and they saved me from taking a jump right off Week’s bridge.
Flyby Goes: Leaf Peeping Around Campus
The trees around campus are putting on a genuinely stunning fall display, with vibrant hues of red, orange, and yellow peeping out. Take a moment to look up from your phone between sections and appreciate the foliage — check out some of the spots our writers found to have some of the best trees!
Trick-or-Treat: Harvard Edition
Trick-or-Treat! A midterm on October 31st? An excellent decision for student morale! But maybe it's about the friends we’ve made along the way (severe trauma bonding). Settle in, because this is Harvard’s version of trick-or-treating: the tricks are real, the treats are mediocre at best, and somehow we’re all still here for it.
Flyby Fall 2025 Playlist
Fall at Harvard is unlike any other. On one hand, beautiful fall foliage transforms this place into the aesthetically pleasing New England college campus you see in movies. On the other hand, we experience an endless midterm season (that will only get harder from here…), an endless Sidechat debate about finals clubs, and an endless series of 4:30 p.m. sunsets. Whether you decide to romanticize the season or revel in autumnal melancholy, Flyby presents to you a perfectly curated playlist for this rollercoaster of a Harvard fall.
Hot or Not: 2025 Halloween Costumes
With Halloweekend on the horizon, almost every conversation in the dhall will bring up the question “what are you going to be?” Whether you have five costumes or haven’t bothered to come up with anything yet, we here at Flyby have compiled a list of the popular costumes we expect to see the most of — and, more importantly, what our takes on each are. Feel free to use these as inspiration, a warning, or a bingo card in spying the most trendy Halloween costumes prowling Tasty Basty.
Harvard Is Heist-Proof
Raise your hand if you read about the Louvre Heist and thought that you could do the same. Everyone’s up? Now imagine if it were held on Harvard’s campus. Everyone’s hands should be down.