Freshman Dean’s Office Volume 2018 Issue XVII Yard Bulletin January 23, 2015 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu). Upcoming Events  Saturday, January 24, 4PM -  Thursday, January 29, 2:45PM - Hasty White the Bright: Women's Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year Hockey vs. Cornell. Help break Parade. This year’s historic parade will the women’s hockey attendance feature the Hasty Pudding’s 2015 record as the Crimson take on Woman of the Year, Golden Globe the Cornell Big Red for the third annual White the Bright! Award-winning actress, comedian, All fans wearing white to the game get a free spin of the producer, writer, and best-selling author, Harvard Athletics prize wheel to win prizes such as t-shirts, Amy Poehler! Following the parade, the Hasty Pudding Harvard gear, tickets to games, and more! Also, join the Theatricals will host a celebratory roast for the actress, and postgame autograph session with the Harvard team! Free present her Pudding Pot at Farkas Hall. Afterward, cast team photographs will be provided. Bright-Landry Hockey members will perform several musical numbers from the Center. group’s 167th production, ¡Oops!... Madrid It Again! Parade begins at the corner of Harvard and Prescott Streets.  Wednesday, January 28, 5PM - A Conversation and Jazz Clinic with Branford  Thursday, January 29, 6-7:30PM - The Anatomy of an Marsalis, featuring the Harvard Jazz Bands. Exhibition—Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. Senior curator Learning from Performers, Celebrity Series of Jodi Hauptman and senior conservator Karl Buchberg, both , and present of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, will discuss the saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, innovative model of curatorial practice they developed Branford Marsalis. Marsalis—recipient of three while working on their internationally acclaimed exhibition, Grammy Awards and, with his father, Ellis, and Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, currently on display at MoMA. siblings, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason, honored as a Special attention will be paid to Matisse’s The Swimming National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master—will conduct Pool (1952), the conservation of a conversation on his career and creative process, and lead a which provided initial impetus clinic with students in the Harvard Jazz Bands. Admission is for this wide-ranging exhibition. free; tickets/RSVPs not required. Seating is first-come, first- Menschel Hall, Lower Level, served, subject to venue capacity. Leverett House Library , Theater, Mill Street (between Plympton & DeWolfe). 32 Quincy St. Message from the Dean Reminders Dear freshmen: Friday, January 30 is the AEO housing application deadline. Welcome back. Wherever you were during vacation and Wintersession, All students who anticipate I hope that you had a refreshing break and now are excited about beginning needing rising sophomore the spring term. Please use the advising opportunities fully so that you are housing accommodations on the lining up courses about which you are enthusiastic and basis of a documented disability or medical that might help ultimately with concentration selection condition must submit a completed housing and/or meeting your General Education requirements. application with current clinical documentation for You have five class days to explore. Use them well, and AEO’s review. Detailed information on the don’t hesitate to raise any questions you may have. application process can be found at: With all good wishes. fas.harvard.edu/~aeo/housing.html. All materials Sincerely, must be received in AEO by noon on Friday, Tom Dingman January 30 in order to be considered. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide suitable housing to those who qualify, as space permits. Please contact [email protected] with questions. Friday, January 30 is Study Card Day. All freshmen are required to submit their signed study cards between 9AM and 5PM in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall. Late study Freshmen unwound in Annenberg on Sunday, December 8 at the FYSC’s Merry Mixer, enjoying gingerbread decorating, writing holiday greeting cards for military personnel, and winter-themed crafts over mocktails and snacks. cards will not be accepted. Freshman Dean’s Office Spring Course Offerings Gangsters and Troublesome Populations. This course will compare conceptualizations of Morton Prince House street gangs to criminals, looters, militants, hustlers, terrorists, "welfare queens," and sex 6 Prescott St. Cambridge, MA 02138 workers, and ask how law enforcers incubate the very problems they seek to eradicate. Mondays, 12-2PM, Tozzer 203. Phone: 617-495-1574 Fax: 617-496-1624 CB 61 - Gender and Science: From Marie Curie to Gamergate. Why E-mail: [email protected] are women well represented in some fields of scientific study but not Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM others? How do gender beliefs influence the content of scientific knowledge? How is gender encoded in the practices of science? This course explores the intersection of gender and science from Bacon’s Submissions 17th century call to “raise a masculine science” to the present. Topics include: girls, boys, and science education; gender and technology; women in the science professions; bias and Please send submissions by objectivity in science; and gender and science in literature, film, and popular culture. Note: Tuesday at 9:00AM to: counts for Culture and Belief Gen Ed credit, as well as WGS or History and Science [email protected] concentration credit. Professor Sarah Richardson; Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10-11AM. Published Fridays. Resources for Freshmen Safety Notice Advising Corner, 12-2PM, in Annenberg: Monday, January 26 – Anthropology with To contact an FDO representative in Ramyar and Richard Meadow; Tuesday, January 27 – Sociology with Laura Thomas and the event of a serious, non-academic Wednesday, January 28 - English emergency, please call your proctor, or Rachel Meyer; and with Henry Vega Ortiz. the Police at (617) Bureau of Study Counsel Workshops @ 5 Linden St.: 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212.  Reading Strategies. Learn to read strategically, effectively, and Safety and other emergency messages efficiently. A mini-version of the Harvard Course in Reading and Study are displayed as soon as possible on the Strategies. No registration required. Thursday, February 5, 3-4:30PM. News and Notices section of the College home page at  Zen and the Art of Student Life. Develop awareness and balance through meditative www.college.harvard.edu. exercises and discussions. Register at: bsc.harvard.edu. Monday, February 9, 9-10AM. Opportunities for Freshmen

Audition for the First-Year Musical! Don’t miss your chance to put on a hilarious, original show by Mike Skerrett ’18 with your fellow freshmen. You have three opportunities to audition: (1) Monday, January 26, 9PM -12AM, Room P02 in the SOCH; (2) Tuesday, January 27, 6-9PM, Room P02 in the SOCH; and (3) Thursday, January 29, 6PM-12AM, Event Hall in the SOCH. Please prepare a song to sing! Contact producer Emily Zauzmer ([email protected]) with any questions. Apply to the Harvard Health Policy Review. The Harvard Health Policy Review is a biannual journal that publishes articles by academics, professionals, and students on current issues involving health policy. Past issues have included articles by Dame Sally Davies, Dr. Atul Gawande, and Dr. Paul Farmer. You will have the opportunity to solicit articles from experts in the field, work on the web design and on the business side of the journal, as well as writing for our online blog. Applications can be found at: hhpronline.org. Applications due Thursday, January 29; interviews on January 30 & 31. Send questions to hhpr.harvard@gmail. Attend the Entertainment & Media Club Conference. This conference is a great way to network! The incredible lineup includes panelists from Warner Brothers, Beats Music, YouTube, Warner Music Group, Artist Nation, HBO, Time Warner Cable, Fox Sports Digital, Conde Nast, NY Times, and more. Keynotes this year include: Jeff Bewkes, Chairman & CEO of Time Warner; Tom Corson, President & COO of RCA Records; Chris Keyser, President of the Writers Guild West and creator of Party of Five; and Jeremy Zimmer, CEO of United Talent Agency. The price has been knocked down to only $10 for college students! Visit www.emc2015.com to learn more about the timing of conference or to get your ticket. Friday, January 30, Harvard . Make a Difference by Joining CAARE. Consent, Assault Awareness, and Relationship Educators (CAARE) is a group of peer educators who serve as liaisons between the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and the student body, working to end sexual violence on our campus through educating our peers and increasing awareness. Participants receive more than 40 hours of training in understanding the intersections and roots of violence with identity, sexuality, and other forms of oppression, and come from diverse backgrounds and networks on campus. Applications are due Friday, January 30. Please contact [email protected] for a link to the application. Comp Data Ventures. Data Ventures is an undergraduate analytics group. Have more experience? Join us directly as a project director or analyst. Subscribe to our mailing list to stay posted on our spring events. Let’s innovate, together. The spring comp covers econometrics, machine learning, and optimization. Projects are competitive, in both the industry and the community. Visit dataventures.org to learn more.