Editor's Note

Dear FM, It has been brought to my attention that I will face severe consequences for graduating this spring. No longer will I be able to rely on the Mojo Marinated or Miso Roasted or Red Spiced chicken that HUDS so generously provides me. Subsequently, I’m told, the quality of my nourishment will depend chiefly upon my ability to secure employment and my aptitude for cooking. As a hyper-coddled man-child, I find this pretty troubling. Luckily, for the moment I have sustenance far better than HUDS: a steady stream of thoughtful longform stories called FM. Here’s another issue — so delayed, but finally complete — bon appetit. In this week’s cover story, news-FM dream team CNS and MTB delve into the renowned yet oddly decentralized world of Harvard’s postgraduate fellowship advising. For the sixth year in a row, Harvard had more Rhodes Scholarship winners than any other American University. Yet Harvard’s winners are not evenly distributed across the 12 Houses — and not without some cause, some sources suggest. As the dust settles on the current crop of Rhodes Scholars, this scrut provides an essential look into the institutional machinery (and inequalities) that help some of Harvard’s brightest earn fellowships abroad. (You’ll even get to hear from 14p’s own TB3 before he won the big prize!) But there’s so much more to college life than scholarships. Just ask YAK and MH, who attend Sex Week events to learn about the organizers’ vision for sex education at Harvard. Or talk to AWA, who inquires into what belonging looks like in freshman friend groups. Or even take a look at MEL’s Venn Diagram, which compares two places I’d shudder to enter: the Chamber of Secrets, and the showers in Canaday Hall. Next up, ASM and CJ profile Nina Howe-Goldstein, a senior with a hilarious Substack, a budding Mather newsletter empire, and a novel in the works. DLJK asks what life looks like through the prism of “Deal or No Deal.” In a refreshing antidote to election coverage, SG imagines what cold emails to laboratory principal investigators would look like if they borrowed the language of campaign fundraising. Finally, in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton hitting her hometown of Tampa, AJM questions how to reconcile the storm’s catastrophic force — and sensational portrayals of it online — with her community’s relative sense of normalcy. Thanks to JND, OWZ, and XCZ, for late-night graphics on demand and to LLL, BHP, JJG, AYL, for capturing just what we needed. MJH, EJS, and CY are incredibly helpful, and this issue was no exception. IYG deserves a shout out for her scrut proofing (and accompanying me and AHL in our Gen Ed journey), and FM Execs always have my heart. Finally, to KT: you’ve done the most, and you deserve the most. FMLove, HD + KT