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6:04 Today’s forum features discussions with former Ambassador, governor, and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Washington Post journalist Keith Richburg, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – Colin Diersing 6:05 Huntsman has a past as a failed rock musician. Keith Richburg’s words, not mine. – Priyanka Menon 6:08 Huntsman on the future of US-China relations: “The … Read more

Facebook arguments almost never end well, and last night’s debate about a Harvard student’s petition to disinvite rapper Tyga from the upcoming undergraduate concert, Yardfest, proved no exception. The petition took off quickly, garnering attention and posts from across Harvard’s many newsfeeds. Perhaps surprisingly though, a comparison of Tyga to Hitler or an off-color reappropriation of … Read more

From the glut of t-shirts, face paint, and other strange totemic adornments on view during Housing Day in and around Harvard Yard, it’s safe to assume that most freshmen are at least sort of happy about the river gods’ decisions. However, I speak from experience in saying that much of their enthusiasm, though healthy and … Read more

Given the importance and expense of Harvard classes, significant time and effort should be put into optimizing the process. The Q Guide and courses.cs50.net–the main tools used by undergraduates to help select courses–should be as efficient as possible. Here are five changes that will take Harvard course selection to the next level: 1. Filtering responses … Read more

Prior to receiving our housing assignment three years ago, my blockmates and I made a pact—we would treat whichever House we had been placed into as the one we had been wanting all along. It ended up great. We were placed into Pforzheimer, and we have grown to love the resources and community of the … Read more

The lack of action to address climate change is perhaps the biggest political failure of the last two decades. Researchers have grown more and more certain that carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming, and extreme weather, such as Hurricane Sandy, has become the norm. But prominent political figures have downplayed or denied climate change and … Read more

      I am a feminist. Whew, there, I said it. I hope other people aren’t judging me right now. Wait, they are. I can tell by their raised brows and inquisitive looks. Maybe I should have held my tongue…Now they are going to think that I am a crazy, radical liberal who never … Read more