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Cleo M. Harrington

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Take Back the Night

Peggy S. Mason ’82 says she saw Harvard’s need for the march, which could serve as a space for women and targets of sexual assault to find empowerment and support.


On Helen Keller: Seeing the Inner Light

Keller’s accolades range from being the first female recipient of Radcliffe’s Alumnae Achievement Award, to traveling extensively through Europe and Asia, to advocating for and educating people about the reality of living with disabilities.


If Only We Could See It: Philip Johnson’s Mystery House

Johnson's nascent genius, however, remains preserved—if only we could see it. So what’s in that house? Hard to say.


Drinky Drink: Oscar Night

With the Oscars rapidly approaching, FM brings you drinks to last from the first red carpet stiletto to the end-of-show Best Picture reveal. Much like this year’s nominated films, these drinks might just make you question where you came from and whether you will ever find love. ​


Modern Love: Smoky Love

It was all okay, because with that car I could leave everything behind, and pick up anything that mattered along the way.


Meet the Printers

Before long, Byrne picks one up to check the color photos on the front page. “I used to be able to tell without this thing!” he yells, pulling out a tiny magnifying glass to check for unequal color balances.


From Syria with Love

Baraa Kouja is trying to get Westerners to understand the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis. This week, his art exhibition “From Syria with Love” stopped by Harvard’s campus to help bridge the gap.


A Night at the Circus

“Welcome to the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus EXTREME!” the host booms before breaking into something that sounds oddly like the Pokémon theme song. “We’ll take you to exotic lands, adventures far and wiiiiiiiide.”


Cheese, Grommit

We realize, as we blink at this cheese shrine filled with its cheese people going about their cheese business, that we are out of our cheese league.


The Word: Veteran

And in real life, my grandpa is a hero.