Crimson staff writer
Tamar Sarig
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Do Blondes Have More Fun?
Bleaching my hair brought me closer than I’d ever been to feeling beautiful — and when you get so close, it’s impossible not to want more.
The Battle for Mass Ave
Small businesses’ need for parking spaces has come into conflict with competing city interests: promoting road safety and encouraging more sustainable forms of travel.
How Real is BeReal?
The first time one of my friends tried to sell me on BeReal, I balked. A mandatory photo of my face at an unpredictable time each day?
How Not to Cook
If I kept hauling home a bag of miscellaneous produce every week, if I kept laboring over Moroccan baked fish and spiced chickpea stew, then maybe I was growing. Maybe I was clawing back control.
Compelled to Coexist: A History on the Desegregation of Harvard’s Freshman Housing
“The drama of it is one young Black man, just turned 21, confronting one of the most powerful people in the country, and therefore the world, and facing him down on something that this man cherished."
A Physician in the Patient's Chair
Susan D. Block, who has taught and researched doctor-patient communication and severe illness for decades, found herself on the other side of that relationship in the fall of 2018, which would transform her work, teaching, and practice.
Maintaining Morale in the Remote Classroom
Alongside technical difficulties and time zone differences, virtual education has brought a new set of challenges for professors and students: How do you foster a social-academic community when you can’t see anyone face-to-face?
Mental Health Data Shows Significant Signs of Depression and Anxiety at Harvard
Harvard students experience significantly higher rates of depression and anxiety than the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s reported national average, according to mental health survey results conducted by Harvard University Health Services in 2017 and 2018.
Counseling and Mental Health Services Launches Same-Day Non-Urgent Appointments
Harvard's Counseling and Mental Health Services has started offering same-day appointments for non-urgent cases, according to a social media post made by Student Mental Health Liaisons last week.
Summer Postcard: Back in Time
I felt a little twinge of sadness I couldn’t explain at first. It was the twinge of realizing, while I was in it, that this moment would become a memory — something I could never recreate in exactly the same way again.
Summer Postcard: Pay Attention
How do you say an adequate goodbye to the place that raised you for 20 years? I’ve never been very good at dealing with nostalgia.
HUHS to Close In-Person Overnight Urgent Care on June 17
Harvard University Health Services Urgent Care will no longer see patients in-person between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. beginning June 17, HUHS announced Tuesday.
