Harvard Today: April 28, 2015

Harvard Today 4/28

Enjoy your penultimate day of classes! Now that classes don’t matter, why not spend most of your time agonizing over formals? Learn some tips for success, and maybe even try your hand at getting a date for formal! Here are some more fun ways to prepare yourself for formal season:

1. Acquire appropriate clothing, footwear, and accessories.
2. Learn how to tame your mane.
3. Prepare yourself for the inevitable zit that’s going to pop up the night before.
4. Resign yourself to the fact that you will never get a date.
5. Go out and have a blast, date or no date!

IN THE DHALL

Lunch

Pepperoni Pizza

Turkey Rachel Sandwich

Greek Pizza on Multigrain Crust

Dinner

Egg Noodles

Chicken Stroganoff

Chorizo and Cornbread Crusted Cod

IN THE ATMOSPHERE

It’s going to be a great day, with highs of 62 degrees and lows of 46 degrees. The likelihood of rain is low, but prepare yourself nonetheless!

ON FLYBY

1) Tips for a Successful Freshman Formal: Listen up, freshmen! Here are some of essential tips for success.

IN THE NEWS

1) Sony Entertainment CEO Responds to WikiLeaks Database: “Speaking out about the recent decision by Wikileaks to publish a searchable database of thousands of hacked emails from Sony Pictures Entertainment, CEO Michael M. Lynton ’82 called the dissemination “frustrating” and expressed disappointment in the website archiving his emails.”

2) Economist Fryer Awarded Clark Medal: “Harvard professor Roland G. Fryer Jr. was awarded the 2015 John Bates Clark Medal this Friday in recognition of his contributions to research on the economics of race and inequality. Fryer is the first African-American to receive the award.”

3) Address by Japanese Prime Minister Met With Student Protest: “A visit from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who spoke about his reform agenda and the importance of stable U.S.-Japan relations at the Institute of Politics, was met with student protest on Monday morning.”

4) Overseer Connects Harvard Fundraising Apparatus to West Coast, Sony Emails Suggest: “When the website WikiLeaks published a database of emails that were hacked last fall from Sony Pictures Entertainment, communications involving Michael M. Lynton ’82, the company’s chief executive officer and a Harvard Overseer, were made public, offering a rare glimpse into his relationship with top administrators at Harvard.”

ON SPORTS

1) Women’s Golf Captures Fourth Straight Ivy Title By a Stroke: “For the fourth consecutive season, the Harvard women’s golf team took the Ivy League Championship, edging Yale by just one stroke over the three-day tournament to come out on top Sunday at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa.”

EVENTS

The Harvard Korean Association and Harvard HRiNK is hosting Meet the Former North Korean Army officer Jung Ah Kim, a discussion event featuring a former North Korean female military officer. This event will be in Ticknor Lounge from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Today there will be a student protest against ableism, discrimination, and outsourcing of workers by Harvard University. The protest will meet at the Smith Campus Center, next to Au Bon Pain on Mass Ave, at 5 p.m.

The Harvard Queer Students and Allies presents Carl Sciortino, the Executive Director of the MA AIDS Action Committee and a former state representative in the MA Legislature. He will discuss all the work that remains for queer Americans, particularly issues that have been overlooked by the mainstream LGBT rights movement. This event is in CGIS S030 at 6:30 p.m.

The Harvard Political Union presents a Student Discussion with Divest Harvard, Faculty for Divestment, the Community Action Committee, and the Student Labor Action Movement. This event will be a moderated student discussion of the evolution and function of public protest on college campuses. Dinner and dessert will be provided! This event is in Boylston 103 at 7 p.m.

The Japan Society presents Sushi Study Break in Adams Upper Common Room from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

There will be a free screening of Trainwreck: A comedy film about female sexuality in Brattle Theatre from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.