Harvard

Lying is such an ugly word

adamg — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:32:24 -0400

The New York Times documents what might be a conflict-of-interest scandal among certain Harvard Medical School psychiatrists, notably one who helped create a huge new market for anti-psychotic drugs in children who somehow managed not to report most of the $1.6 million he got paid by drug companies to university officials.

Are there a lot of pregnant Harvard grads this year?

adamg — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:38:18 -0400

Fuffer takes a photo that seems to indicate so.

Third Harvard student attacked this month

adamg — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:59:57 -0400

Tackled from behind on Grant Street around 9 a.m. by a Hispanic guy in his 20s with a prominent scar on his forehead.

If you have $34 Billion in the bank, are you still a non-profit?

rickburnes — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:45:30 -0400

Quite a discussion over at Blue Mass Group about the possibility of taxing the endowments of Harvard ($34b, according to the Globe) and other private universities in the Commonwealth.

Note to Harvard folks: Locked-down campus wifi unavailable to visitors doesn't make you any friends in this discussion.

Somebody's lion

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:56:21 -0400

Harry Mattison reports:

... Construction workers on Western Ave... have found several granite lion statues buried at the [Harvard] Science Complex site ...

How do you separate a Harvard student from a sheep?

adamg — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:04:39 -0400

Harvard University Police want to find out.

This changes everything

adamg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:54:15 -0400

Geoff Edgers notes that the Harvard University Art Museums are now officially the Harvard Art Museum.

Harvard as scofflaw

adamg — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:44:23 -0400

If Cambridge is going to fine a residents' group $300 for putting up fliers on city light poles, imagine how much it could make by fining Harvard for all the Harvard-related fliers around Harvard Square.

You can always tell a Harvard man, and if he's a freshman, you can tell him what to do

adamg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:21:06 -0400

J.L. Bell posts a copy of the official rules for Harvard freshmen in 1741, such as:

No Freshman shall be saucy to his Senior, or speak to him with his hat on.

Thank God: Recent court ruling on public nudity won't stop Harvard students from running naked through the Yard

adamg — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:58:30 -0400

Make a note in your calendar for May 14, because that's when Harvard has its semi-annual Primal Scream naked-butt run. The Crimson reports the run will go on despite a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling that people can be charged with open and gross conduct for disrobing in public.

No, it's not the Men and Women of Harvard showing their disdain for the laws of the Commonwealth, but because, the paper reports, the ruling only applies to public displays of nudity in which bystanders are not alerted (the Lady Godiva doctrine), and everybody knows the last night of "reading period" at Harvard is when people get nekkid.

Phew.

Rain doesn't stop them.

Modest women are offended.

Seeing your ex naked in public is just so awkward, especially when you're in the arms of your current flame (keep reading for proof that, yes, Lena Chen has run naked through the Yard).

Bathroom facilities are sparse, so plan ahead.

Little known fact: Running naked is kosher.

Naked Harvard butts.

Presumably the Cambridge Chronicle will attempt to upstage the Somerville Journal with even better coverage of naked college students.