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Serena Jampel

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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.


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.