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	The "Essence" of Time By Amanda Rodrigues February 20, 2013 - 1:00am Herbal Essences is the best shampoo company ever. I decided so when I was twelve because the names on their bottles were so great. “Tousle me softly?” Come on. It’s a given. My favorite though, was always “Long-Term Relationship.” My thought process behind this was that all my relationships would be long-term. I was a good friend. I valued my relationships. Thus, if I made the decision to allow you to be a part of my life, we would be friends forever. READ MORE
	Calling all my Single Ladies! By Amanda Rodrigues February 12, 2013 - 12:12am Calling all my single ladies! It is a truth universally acknowledged that men are praised for having multiple partners while women are patronized for being either too available or too stand-offish. My girl Beyoncé and I demand a recount. This year, we implore you to take back Valentine’s Day, take back the female image, and do something for sexy Y-O-U. READ MORE
	BE YOURS During the Season of Love By Amanda Rodrigues February 5, 2013 - 8:00am When trying to write a blog post about self-love, I came to the conclusion that I cannot tell you how to love yourself or why it’s important. I can tell you why you should, but even that might not mean much coming from me. I can tell you why I did, how I learned to, but that’s my story. It’s complicated and it’s personal and won’t have the same effect on you that it had on me. Unfortunately, self-love is one of those things that we often need to learn the hard way. READ MORE
	The Shopping Week Chronicles: On Change at Harvard By Michelle Dimino January 31, 2013 - 7:00pm Last year, I was “Michelle Dimino, a sophomore in Mather concentrating in Romance Languages.” Now, I’m “Michelle Dimino, a junior in Kirkland concentrating in Literature.” Basically, I’ve taken “shopping week” to the next level, making my time at Harvard something of a two-and-a-half-year shopping period. And I think I’ve finally started to get the system down pat. READ MORE
	The Texting Game By Amanda Rodrigues, Michelle Dimino December 3, 2012 - 12:00pm READ MORE
	The Ten Best Moments of Harvard/Yale By Amanda Rodrigues November 19, 2012 - 12:00pm 10) When you first wake up in the morning and find every piece of crimson clothing you own (that you most likely have not worn since Harvard/Yale last year). 9) When you walk into Starbucks at 8am and ask for a hot chocolate and the cashier raises one eyebrow at you. You smile back innocently. 8) The very first moment you step foot onto the field where the tailgates are and you see people you have not seen since freshman year. 7) When all of your friends are yelling and screaming and have school spirit and for two seconds, you pretend that you go to a college that does this every single weekend. 6) When you hit every tailgate just to get free stuff. READ MORE
	The Art of Alteration By Amanda Rodrigues November 13, 2012 - 12:00pm This week I decided to cut my hair. All of it. Off. And then I changed my mind. So then I decided to paint my nails black. So I did but I wasn’t a fan. Yesterday I tried tea for the sake of giving up coffee. Ew. READ MORE
	Going Abroad and Beyond By Michelle Dimino November 6, 2012 - 12:00pm So, you’ve filled out all the paperwork to get Harvard credit from courses abroad and applied specifically to some programs you’re interested in. As you wait to hear back from those programs in the next few weeks, you can’t help but feel a little uncertain about whether leaving Harvard for a whole semester is something you really want to do, after all. Sound familiar? READ MORE
	Maria Reynolds - Founder of Recycled Reads By Kema Christian-Taylor July 2, 2012 - 10:16am When we think of recycling, our minds are limited to images of large blue bins filled with cardboard scraps and plastic bottles. But once eighteen-year-old Maria Reynolds from Houston, Texas saw that the students at Gregg Elementary were seriously lacking in books, she decided everyone needed to expand their vocabulary. And so, in the fall of 2010, her junior year at St. John’s School, Maria founded “Recycled Reads,” an organization devoted to collecting and donating books to kids in underprivileged neighborhoods. She managed to donate about 2,000 books to Gregg Elementary. READ MORE
	Lessons from a Senior By Inesha Premaratne April 11, 2012 - 1:32pm Winta Haile Class of 2012 Romance Languages and Literature Concentrator READ MORE