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Rebecca D. O’brien

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Wrecking a Conversation

In November 1966, the Harvard-Radcliffe branch of the Students for a Democratic Society staged a protest against visiting Secretary of


The Money Tree

Nice to meet you: I am a sociable, competent Harvard student, certainly adept at multitasking, and I get pretty decent


Last Senior Rowing

Yesterday morning, I was summoned from the depths of post-Senior Bar slumber by the earsplitting ring of the red phone


Science B(itter)

Two weeks ago, I failed my Science B midterm. At times like this, it is hard to remember that science


Save it or Scrap it

“The real test of a program of general education is not what it requires of the students, but what it


In the Shadows

Four years ago this month, in the days following the announcement of the departure of former Dean of the Faculty