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Serena Jampel
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Are Whales Trying to Tell Us Something?
Project CETI, an interdisciplinary initiative consisting of over 50 scientists, is working to uncover — and eventually decode — patterns in whale “speech.”
‘Leopoldstadt’ Review: An Emotionally Taut and Visceral Portrait of a Family
The play’s unapologetic Jewishness is vital and sharp.
An Earnest Performance of ‘Shrek the Musical’
“Shrek the Musical” was an enjoyable show with some memorable high points, but the audience left wishing they had laughed more.
Why Isn’t ‘Bridgerton’ More Feminist?
“Bridgerton” has become increasingly restrictive on just how far its women can venture outside the status quo.
For Linguistics Influencer Adam V. Aleksic ’23, Language is Political
One of the Internet’s first and only “linguistics influencers,” Aleksic, who works under the handle @etymologynerd, spends his time post-graduation traveling the world and creating videos about etymology for an audience of over 1.3 million across TikTok and Instagram.
How Often Do You Think About the Riordan Empire?
In weaving the classical hero’s journey through the streets of New York, Riordan leaves us with the pipe dream that maybe we, too, will be called upon by the gods.
The Best Books We’ve Read for a Harvard Course
Here we share some of our favorite books that we’ve read for a Harvard course, and we hope you’ll consider checking these works out as well!
Lit Mag Initiations
Through a melting window in one of the house’s most filthy, most literary rooms was a lonesome telephone pole where hardly anyone had ever pondered mortality. Inside, members lay in a heap, surviving on smoke and metaphysical poetry.
‘The White Man’s College’: How Antisemitism Shaped Harvard’s Legacy Admissions
A Harvard education has the ability to change someone’s life, and, when leveraged properly, to influence the course of the nation. But as legacy admissions favor the children of alumni — who are disproportionately white and wealthy to begin with — many are left questioning the degree to which the University can truly act as an engine of change.
Shit-faced Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ Review: A Night of Drunken Drama
While only one cast member was inebriated, the rest of the cast was undeniably under the influence of her antics. Shit-faced Shakespeare's "Macbeth" allows laughter and chaos to take center stage, leaving behind the somber complexity of the traditional tragedy.