First-Year Experience Office Volume 2022 Issue VIII Yard Bulletin October 12, 2018 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FYE website (bit.ly/yardbulletin). Upcoming Events • Friday, October 12, 8PM— • Monday, October 15, 7-9PM—First Bach Society Orchestra 2018- -Year Paint Night. Come check out 2019 Season Premiere. Join the newly opened First-Year Arts BachSoc for their season Room! All first-years are invited. premiere, featuring Mozart's Meet Sarah Mochkin, Director of Serenade No. 9 in D Major "Posthorn," and Price's Symphony First-Year Art Initiatives, and create something beautiful for No. 1 in E Minor, led by Reuben Stern '20. Come enjoy your dorm room, to give as a gift, or just to keep for Harvard's premier undergraduate chamber orchestra. For yourself. First-Year Arts Room, Holworthy Basement. more info and tickets, visit: hcs.harvard.edu/~bachsoc/ events. Paine Concert Hall. • Wednesday, October 17, 5PM— Mahindra Award for Global Distinction • Saturday, October 13, 7PM— in the Humanities: Honoring J.M. Hungama 2018. Join Harvard Dharma Coetzee. The Mahindra Award for Global Distinction in the and hundreds of community members Humanities celebrates the work and vision of an at Hungama, the first, big, free, internationally renowned public figure whose career has student-run event in the Smith Center! contributed significantly to the flourishing of the arts and Celebrate Navaratri through a night filled with dancing humanities. The award recognizes a filmmaker, journalist, and fun. Join Garba and Raas group dances (no experience architect, artist, performer, politician, foundation head, needed), followed by a Bollywood dance party. There will museum director, novelist, or scholar by acknowledging the also be a mehndi/henna station and a glow-in-the-dark arc of a lifetime's dedication or the cumulative achievement dance session. Smith Campus Center Commons. of a body of work. Born in South Africa in 1940, J.M. Coetzee was educated at the University of Cape Town, where he • October 13-14 & October 18-20, 8PM— studied literature and mathematics, and the University of Hamlet. Seven characters must Texas, where he took his PhD in 1968. He has published 16 navigate their way through the works of fiction, as well as memoirs, literary criticism, and corridors of castle Elsinore. After dark translations. He has won the Booker Prize (twice) and the pasts and a brutal murder are revealed, Nobel Prize for Literature. He lives in Adelaide, South two generations are forced to face each other and unearth Australia. This event is free; required tickets are available at the betrayal, lust, and mental illness festering beneath the Harvard Box Office. Sanders Theatre. surface of a royal family. The Loeb Ex begins its season by bringing Shakespeare into the 21st century with a daring • Thursday, October 18, 5:30-7PM— approach intended to shock and challenge its audience. Delaroche’s Egyptian Excursion: Following Reserve tickets at tiny.cc/HamletEx. Loeb Ex, 64 Brattle St. the Course of Moses Exposed on the Nile. Paul Delaroche’s Moses Exposed on the Nile, • Sunday, October 14, 1-4PM—Earth painted for Baron James de Rothschild in 1853, Stories: Museum Mini-Festival. Celebrate has vanished without a trace. While its memory is preserved Earth Science Week at the Harvard Museum in a fine contemporary engraving, an abundant series of of Natural History. Explore how minerals drawings leading up to the final composition is of equal can be clues to Earth processes. Discover what earthquakes interest. In this lecture, Stephen Bann, professor emeritus of can teach us about the interior of the earth. Meet Harvard the History of Art at the University of Bristol, U.K., will scientists, and find out how their research is helping us discuss these drawings in relation to the disappeared work. understand Earth’s past and its place in our solar system. Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St. Uncommon Fare

Wednesday, October 3, a small group of first-year students enjoyed a private dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club with Dr. Philip Deloria, Professor of History at Harvard. First-Year Experience Office Opportunities for First-Years Submit Your Work for the 2018-19 Visiting Committee Prize for Morton Prince House Undergraduate Book Collecting. 6 Prescott St. Do you collect books of a certain Cambridge, MA 02138 type, on a particular topic or theme, or for a special reason? If so, enter this year's Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize competition. Phone: 617-495-1574 The first prize is $3,000, the second $1,500, and the third $750. More Fax: 617-496-1624 detailed information about the Visiting Committee Prize, including the entry rules, can be Email: [email protected] found at: bit.ly/BookCollecting. If you're interested in entering the competition, notify Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM Marty Schreiner—the Librarian of Lamont Library, and Director of Maps, Media, Data and Government Information—of your intention to apply by sending an e-mail by Friday, Submissions December 14 to: [email protected]. The deadline for submitting an essay and annotated bibliography describing your collection is Friday, February 15, 2019. Please send submissions by Speak with Alumni about Life after Harvard. Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1978 volunteers Tuesday at 9:00AM to: have set time aside during their Class Reunion to talk with current undergrads about life [email protected] trajectories, aspirations both professional and personal, and how each alum has integrated Published Fridays. Harvard into his or her life after college. Engage in frank and open conversations about life in general and careers in particular. This is not a job fair—do not bring your résumés! Safety Notice Refreshments provided. Learn more and RSVP through the Harvard Office of Career Services: ocs.fas.harvard.edu/events. Saturday, October 13, 3-5PM, Queen’s Head Pub. To contact an FYE representative in the event of a serious, non-academic Harvardwood Is Calling! Interested in applying for the emergency, please call your proctor, or Harvardwood 101 career exploration program in January the Harvard University Police at (617) 2019? The program takes two dozen current 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. undergrads to L.A. during the January term and provides Safety and other emergency messages a series of career-related activities to demystify Hollywood are displayed as soon as possible on the and careers in the entertainment industry. The program began in 2003 and is co-sponsored News and Notices section of the by Harvard University's Office for the Arts and the Office of Career Services. Deadline for College home page at application: Friday, October 19. For more information, visit: harvardwood.org/news. www.college.harvard.edu.

Resources for First-Years Sexual Literacy Blog. Sexual Literacy is brought to you by Harvard University's Center for Wellness & Health Promotion and the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response (OSAPR). Our experts are ready to answer all your questions about sex, health, relationships, and consent. Questions are answered jointly by both a professional and a peer, so you get expert knowledge and an “IRL” perspective. Sex can be a tough topic to ask about, but we know that we all have questions. When it comes to sex, it’s impossible to be too smart! Visit: sexual-literacy.com. Music, TDM, and VES Mini Concentration Fair. It’s a concentration triple-header: Music; Theater, Dance & Media; and Visual & Environmental Studies! Lunch provided. For more info, please contact Mary Mackinnon: 617-384-9507, or [email protected]. Monday, October 15, 11:30AM-1PM, Holden Chapel. Harvard College Writing Program Workshops. Register for the following workshops by sending your name, email address, and title of workshop that you wish to attend to [email protected]. Use “Writing Workshop” in your subject line: • Writing the American Academic Essay. Especially for new international students. Come learn about approaches to writing essays for an American academic audience. Monday, October 15, 4:30-5:30PM, Room B30, Lamont Library. • Writing Papers at Harvard: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay. Especially for spring term Expos students. Transitioning from writing papers in high school to writing Harvard papers can be confusing. Come hear helpful tips, with particular attention to thesis and argument, evidence, and using and citing sources. Thursday, October 18, 4-5PM, Room B30, Lamont Library. Undergraduate Science Research Workshop. Learn about the science research landscape at Harvard. Hear about what kind of research (basic science vs. clinical) is available at Harvard, where you can conduct research, the types of undergraduate research appointments, how to find a lab that fits, interviewing, and more. No registration is required for this free event. Enjoy pizza while supplies last. Wednesday, October 17, 12-1PM, Cabot Library Discover Bar. The Journal Project. The goal of the Journal Project is to encourage ongoing reflective practice with first-year students. Any member of the Class of 2022 who chooses to participate will be given a journal and will receive regular prompts to reflect about their experience at Harvard. The prompts and other reflective opportunities are designed to invite moments of reflection in students' busy lives. Please visit bit.ly/2022journal for additional details. Prompt #4—Sunday, October 14: What are some ways you are testing your interests or trying new activities?