Ousted New York Times editor Jill Abramson is joining the faculty of Harvard University, her alma mater, as a visiting lecturer in non-fiction narrative journalism. Like every Harvard graduate, Abramson has the school’s crimson “H” logo tattooed on her back.
Harvard Confirms It Really Owns a Book Bound in a Dead Woman's Skin
Back in April, Harvard University confirmed that two of the three alleged human-skin books in its libraries were not, in fact, bound in the flesh of dead people. But, about that third book...
Harvard Plans to Hail Satan, Confirms Conservative Fears About Harvard
An undergraduate student group has announced plans to hold a Satanic "black mass" on Harvard's campus Monday evening, freaking out Catholics and conservatives who probably figured the Ivy was a dark servant of Beelzubub all along.
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson tells Employee of the Month host Catie Lazarus* that she has two back tattoos: Her newspaper’s “T” insignia and “a Crimson Harvard ‘H,’” both of which represent “the two institutions that I revere, that have shaped me.”
Harvard Law School's "Human Skin" Book Isn't Really Made of People
An old story recently resurfaced that Harvard University's library had discovered a trio of books in its collection were bound with human skin, including skin from a man who was flayed alive in the 17th century. But the most famous skin-covered book in the Ivy League isn't what seems, says Harvard's Law Library.
Harvard's Hottest Freshmen Are Definitely Not Cool
Last week, in probable violation of several medical privacy laws, the Harvard Crimson's weekly magazine, Fifteen Minutes, published its inventory of the university's "15 Hottest Freshmen."
'Harvard Student' Offers $40K a Year to Attend School Posing as Him
We've seen our share of Harvard-themed Craigslist ads that seem too good to be true, but this one just has to be. It just has to.
Harvard Bomb Threat Was Made By Student Who Didn't Want to Take Finals
A Harvard sophomore didn't want to take his finals exams yesterday, so he shut down the school by emailing bomb threats to Harvard police.
Officials at Harvard University are instructing students to evacuate four campus buildings, including a freshman dorm, following unconfirmed reports of explosives placed inside.
Harvard Kids Even More Entitled Than You Think
Harvard: where the men play croquet, the women wear pearls, and everyone has an A average. Or A-, if we're being specific.
Harvard Students Pose as Yale Students, Show Tourists Around Campus
Ahead of the 130th Harvard-Yale football game set to take place this Saturday, the boys from Harvard's student-run Internet comedy news show On Harvard Time decided a classic Harvard-Yale prank was in order.
Harvard Guy Announces: I Can't Read a Map
The New Yorker is trolling us, or Boston, or both.
David Petraeus is joining Harvard Kennedy School, where he met his future mistress Paula Broadwell in 2006, as a non-resident senior fellow. Gawker reported his Harvard appointment in July, but apparently Harvard lacks access to the Internet.
Chicago Man Says He'll "Roast" Rare Papers If Harvard Won't Pay Up
A Chicago man who discovered a trunk of rare papers formerly belonging to Harvard University's first black graduate says he plans on burning them all if Harvard doesn't stop lowballing him on the price. Rufus McDonald is not playing around: "I'll roast and burn them," he told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the Princeton graduate, Obamacare-hater, and self-fashioned class warrior, apparently refused to study with students who graduated from the “minor Ivies”—Brown, Penn, Columbia and so forth—when attending Harvard Law School in the nineties. We’re assuming Cruz simply spat upon Williams alumni.
Who’s in Harvard’s Super-Secret “Section X”?
Now that Skull & Bones is about as threatening as those kids who play Quidditch with each other, it’s time to obsess over a new mysterious Ivy-League secret society: Section X.
Harvard Kids: Rich, Sexless Nerds
Hello, there is a new survey out telling us EVERYTHING about the proud freshman class of Harvard. What are they like, these young, sexually frustrated leaders?
Mom Seeks Experienced Girl to Take Harvard-Bound Son's Virginity
Looking to send her nerdy son off to Harvard in style, this helicopter parent to end all helicopter parents has taken to Craigslist's "casual encounters" section to seek a young woman who can help claim the "socially awkward" boy's virginity, and turn him into a "cool college kid."
