Tag: student life

Inside the Senate

What is the Student Services Committee?The Student Services Committee works to improve the quality of campus life with respect to health care, food service, campus security, recycling efforts, on-campus dry cleaning, and Shad. It is one of 10 committees within the SA, and meets once or twice a month. The Committee consists of 5-8 section… Continue reading Inside the Senate

Have You Ever Dreamed Of Being President?

On Oct. 10, the Class of 2003 will elect section officers. Read on to learn about the elections process, what positions are open, and how to run for them. And remember, these are not the last elections in your HBS career —Student Association leaders and club officers will be elected in the spring. HOW TO… Continue reading Have You Ever Dreamed Of Being President?

Now Hear This! SA Adds VPs of Communications

The SA is working hard to make sure that your student issues are heard, voiced, dealt with, and communicated. But you might be asking-what issues are these, exactly? The Student Association is undertaking so many initiatives that it can be hard to keep track of them all, especially in light of classes, clubs, recruiting, and… Continue reading Now Hear This! SA Adds VPs of Communications

The Strokes, Sans ‘Strummy Sh-t,’ Return with Comedown Machine

“WHAT is this strummy SH-T!?” The year was 2005. Gay cowboys made us cry, Razr phones were the BEST, and in New York the Mets were finally winning again. It was good to be alive. That fall, a young and fiery Bart Clareman had moved home to New York City where he thought everyone at… Continue reading The Strokes, Sans ‘Strummy Sh-t,’ Return with Comedown Machine

Spring Music Preview: Indie Rock Favorites Return

Spring is a time of rebirth (side note: can we please start calling the second semester of the school year here the “Spring” semester rather than “Winter”? Spring: Rebirth :: Winter: Death). The days grow longer. The temperature warms up. Seasonal affected depression rates go down. There’s a lot happening. Among these many goings-on in… Continue reading Spring Music Preview: Indie Rock Favorites Return

Superbowl?! Surely You Can’t Get More Than a Strike!!

Well, wasn’t that all low key? If there’s one thing you guys do well it’s restraint and modesty at sporting events. I particularly like how you don’t have giant jets of flame shooting 50 feet into the sky as the teams come onto the field through smoke and paper and god knows what. Oh and… Continue reading Superbowl?! Surely You Can’t Get More Than a Strike!!

Cold Call with Bryan Mezue (OI)

KL: First things first.  Where are you from? BM: I was born in a middle-sized South-East Nigerian city of Enugu, and spent my first 11 years of life there. After that I’ve moved around a lot with family and then later with my job. I’ve lived for significant portions of my life in Doha, London, Beijing, and now Boston.… Continue reading Cold Call with Bryan Mezue (OI)

What’s Black & White & Re(a)d All Over?

The countdown has begun for The Harbus‘ inaugural Black & White & Re(a)d All Over event at CURE Nightclub on February 13th. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the event will be an opportunity to support campus media, dance the night away, and, probably, find true love. The event will also host the 2013 Most… Continue reading What’s Black & White & Re(a)d All Over?

Incitement to Indifference: Transgender at HBS

As the first openly transgender student at Harvard Business School, and perhaps at any top business school in the United States, Del (NC) has faced and overcome a unique set of challenges. Del’s section mate, Daniel Selikowitz (NC), reports. “To whom is this news?” It is October 10, 2012 – two months into first semester,… Continue reading Incitement to Indifference: Transgender at HBS

The Wrong Kind of Flakes: Tardiness at HBS

There’s a creeping problem at HBS. It’s ugly. It’s annoying. It’s viral. It’s flakiness. We’ve all seen it. The friend who rolls up to a meeting 10 minutes late, coffee in hand. The sectionmate who shoots out a text just before an event saying “Can’t make it anymore”. Or the club member who doesn’t show… Continue reading The Wrong Kind of Flakes: Tardiness at HBS

Ask The Harbuster

Life at HBS, like Lindsay Lohan in 2004 or 2012, can be difficult, volatile and totally uninsurable. But, unlike Lindsay Lohan then and now, life at HBS is something we at The Harbus can help you with. Are you anxious about academics, confused about campus, skeptical about socializing, or adamant about alliteration? Our resident Harbuster,… Continue reading Ask The Harbuster

Giving Voice to Values

What’s all this talk about vulnerability and openness? Aren’t we supposed to be tough HBS students who know exactly what we’re doing with our lives? As ECs and RCs alike know, the school is making a concerted effort, through LEAD, FIELD, and other means, to remind its charges that self-reflection and interdependence are good things.… Continue reading Giving Voice to Values

Don’t Call it Ping-Pong: Table Tennis Comes to HBS for Annual IM Tournament

Ping pong is a game – a game for out-of-shape frat boys and racquet-sport dilettantes – played in college rec rooms and family basements. Table tennis, however, is a sport. It is a sport for serious athletes, requiring both the agility of a male student in heels at his first Priscilla Ball, and the speed… Continue reading Don’t Call it Ping-Pong: Table Tennis Comes to HBS for Annual IM Tournament

Cold Call with Morgan Kruger (OH) & Chris Schipper (OA)

For this week’s Cold Call, Diane Chang sat down with Entertainment & Media Club Presidents Morgan Kruger (OH) and Chris Schipper (OA) to discuss dream jobs in entertainment, meta zombie movies, and KStew/RPatz dramz. D: Let’s get started with the basics. Give me the background on where you’re from, what you’re interested in… Morgan: My… Continue reading Cold Call with Morgan Kruger (OH) & Chris Schipper (OA)

The Latest on the Oscar Race: Some Early Favorites, but a Long Way to Go

We’re still a long way from the Academy Awards (Feb. 24), but the race for best picture is starting to take shape.  As a reminder, these days the Academy nominates ‘between 5 and 10 films’, allowing it to capture some of the more non-traditional fan-favorites (films like The Dark Knight) without risking watering down the… Continue reading The Latest on the Oscar Race: Some Early Favorites, but a Long Way to Go

Skyfall Movie Review: Shock! James Bond Fails Late Fitness Test! Thankfully Film Awesome!

Tuxedo – check. Walther PPK – check. Laydeez – check. In fact, this Bond film was so full of ticked boxes it’s rather hard to think of anything they missed out on. The gun-barrel opening was included at the end which was a bit odd, but otherwise all was present and correct. Apart from Felix… Continue reading Skyfall Movie Review: Shock! James Bond Fails Late Fitness Test! Thankfully Film Awesome!

Retail & Luxury Goods Club Prepares the Runway for Annual Charity Fashion Show

Excitement is brewing as models from each EC and RC section gear up to strut their stuff on the runway of the Retail and Luxury Goods Club Annual Charity Fashion Show this Wednesday. The show will take place at Bijou Nightclub and will be followed by the Euro Club’s second annual Models & Bottles Party.… Continue reading Retail & Luxury Goods Club Prepares the Runway for Annual Charity Fashion Show

Hapless Harvardite: Of Haves and Have-Nots in Recruiting Week

At the inception of this column, I pitched it to our fearless EICs as a series in which I would humorously document ventures about which I was entirely ignorant, and at which I was sure to fail. Freedom Trail, I thought, ruing the many hours I spent in History 112 receiving a whispered tutorial on… Continue reading Hapless Harvardite: Of Haves and Have-Nots in Recruiting Week

Outside the Bubble: Trampoline Dodgeball in Boston

Trampoline dodgeball may just be the single best contribution to our favorite recess sport since Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn brought us the American Dodgeball Association of America. Imagine combining the gravity defying backflips of trampoline (apparently now an Olympic sport) with the childlike excitement of a good old-fashioned dodgeball game. As the new D’s… Continue reading Outside the Bubble: Trampoline Dodgeball in Boston

Harbus Offers Costume Tips for Halloween Procrastinators

The big SA Halloween party is fast approaching, and between classes, Shad sessions and weekend travel, it’s been difficult to get your October 31 act together. We get it. Here are four quick and easy costumes you can pull off, with a little help from our good friend Amazon Prime. 1. Unemployed Big Bird Debate fodder this year has… Continue reading Harbus Offers Costume Tips for Halloween Procrastinators

Cold Call with Claire Friedman (NE)

Cold calls. Your professors love them. You fear them. Your ed rep crushes them. We think it’s about time that this HBS staple gets the rebranding it deserves. Each week, The Harbus chats with a randomly selected member of the student body. This week, Diane Chang caught up with Claire Freidman (NE) about her life as stand-up… Continue reading Cold Call with Claire Friedman (NE)

Muslims Celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, the ‘Festival of Sacrifice’

Today, Muslims at HBS and around the world will celebrate the festival of ‘Eid-ul-Adha’. The Arabic word ‘Eid’ means festival or feast, while the word ‘Adha’ translates to sacrifice. Consequently, ‘Eid-ul-Adha’ is also known as the ‘festival of sacrifice’. Eid-ul-Adha is one of the two major holy days in Islam. It is observed after ‘Hajj’,… Continue reading Muslims Celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, the ‘Festival of Sacrifice’

Oh Priscilla, Priscilla: A Reconsideration of Priscilla Ball

In front of 90 people, I described a time at work when I disagreed strongly about something, yet did not speak up. In true case-method fashion, my LEAD professor pressed, “why didn’t you speak up?” I feared marginalization. I still fear marginalization. But I have a greater fear. A thought experiment: it’s the annual meeting… Continue reading Oh Priscilla, Priscilla: A Reconsideration of Priscilla Ball

Confessions of a Newly Minted Boston Sports Fan

Coming from London, one of the first things in the “Miss This About Home” box was the season ticket at Arsenal. Shouting and screaming, accusing the referee of all manner of unspeakable things, and hurling abuse at opponents were a staple part of any week from August to May. How would the devil be released?… Continue reading Confessions of a Newly Minted Boston Sports Fan