First-Year Experience Office Volume 2023 Issue IX Yard Bulletin October 18, 2019 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FYE website (bit.ly/yardnews). Upcoming Events Head of the Charles • Friday, October 18, 7PM—Men’s Basketball Crimson Saturday, October 19 & Madness. Crimson Madness is a free event that officially Sunday, October 20: Head kicks off the 2019-’20 Harvard Men's Basketball season. of the Charles Regatta. Please join us for an action-packed night featuring: Watch crew teams from all special welcome from Coach Tommy Amaker; pre-game dunk contest; three- over the world row in one of ’s point shootout; intra-squad scrimmage; free giveaways; student promotions and most classic fall events, the Head of the games; post-game autograph session; and more! Lavietes Pavilion. Charles Regatta (HOCR): hocr.org! Recommended viewing area is along the • October 18 & 19, 7:30PM; Sunday, October 20, 2PM—she is. Charles River between the Anderson and Harvard Ballet Company presents an original work: "she is." This Weeks bridges. Please note the following production centers on the experiences and voices of womxn. security measures that will be in effect: Inspired by the personal stories and experiences of our members, this show will offer a triple bill of entirely original works, all choreographed by • First-year common rooms, dorm womxn and set to the music of womxn composers. $8 tickets are available at the kitchens, and music practice rooms Harvard Box Office. Farkas Hall, 10-12 Holyoke St. will be locked Friday and Saturday nights from 11PM-6AM. No overnight • Saturday, October 19, 6:30-11PM—Hungama 2019. Join stays. Harvard Dharma and hundreds of community members at Hungama for a Navaratri celebration! Doors open at 6:30PM, • Yard gates will be locked Friday and Garba begins at 7PM, Raas begins at 8:30PM, and our Bollywood portion begins Saturday nights beginning at 9PM. at 9:30PM. No experience needed—we will provide instruction! There will also be Entering will require your Harvard a photobooth, Indian food truck, mehendi/henna station, and a cozy board game ID. Access to the Yard will be through space. The event is free. Commons. the Johnston, Lamont, Widener, and Meyer (Thayer) gates only. Please be • Saturday, October 19, 8PM—106th Annual Harvard-Princeton sure to carry your Harvard ID at all Concert. Witness a centuries-old tradition as the Harvard and Princeton times. University Glee Clubs clash in an epic showdown of first-rate choral music. Prepare for the poignant poetry of Robert Frost, the rich harmonies of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and the American premiere of a new Yard Open Houses work by South African composer Bongani Magatyana. Bring your school spirit for the grand finale: a performance of the infamous Harvard football songs! Don’t miss our only home concert of the semester. Tickets are free for all students from the Harvard Box Office. Sanders Theatre. • Monday, October 21, 6PM—Voices of the Rainforest. Watch an experiential documentary about the ecological and aesthetic coevolution of Papua New Guinea’s Bosavi rainforest region and its inhabitants. Following the screening, director/producer Steven Feld will discuss the film with Amahl Bishara, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University. Free admission, but tickets are required. Visit harvardartmuseums.org for event details. , Menschel Hall. • Monday, October 21, 8PM—Octoberfest in the Arts Room. Love Fall? Come to the First-Year Arts Room, and pick up a miniature pumpkin or gourd to decorate! First-Year Arts Room, Holworthy Basement. • Tuesday, October 22, 7-8:30PM—Plants as Food & Medicine: From Urban Forage to Indigenous Knowledge. Learn about plants as food and medicine from Dr. John de la Parra, an ethnobotanist and plant chemist with expertise in This fall students medicinal plants and food crops. At Harvard, he has created and leads the enjoyed delicious food Harvard Herbariome Project which catalogs the small molecule and good company at their individual variations in herbaria specimens with indigenous medicinal Yard’s Open House uses. Hosted by the Food Literacy Project. Sign up at: bit.ly/ at Dean O’Dair’s FLPEvents. CGIS Knafel, K354. residence. First-Year Experience Office Resources for First-Years Advising Corner. Stop by the Advising Corner table near the exit in Annenberg, Morton Prince House 11:30-2PM (over lunch), to ask questions and get advice on everything from course 6 Prescott St. selection, research options, and post-college planning. Next week: Music— Cambridge, MA 02138 Monday, October 21; and Ethnicity, Migration, Rights—Wednesday, October 23. Phone: 617-495-1574 The Future of Energy: Pathways into Renewables and Energy Storage. Learn about the Fax: 617-496-1624 energy industry and the growth of the renewables and energy storage sectors. Meet Mateo Email: [email protected] Jaramillo ’99, co-Founder of Form Energy, and hear about his efforts to develop a very low- Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM cost, long-duration battery big enough and cheap enough to replace a coal plant. Formerly VP of Products & Programs at Tesla Energy, Jaramillo brings a wealth of knowledge and Submissions insight about the future of energy. Please register to attend: ocs.fas.harvard.edu/event. Please send submissions by Wednesday, October 23, 4:30-5:30PM, Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster St. Tuesday at 9:00AM to: Journal Project Prompt #6: If you could talk to your childhood self, what [email protected] or is one thing you would say? bit.ly/YBsubmit. Published Fridays. The First Year Experience Office is excited to invite students to share a meal at the home of Dean Katie O'Dair, 53 Dunster St., on Thursday, October 24, at 6PM. Safety Notice Students will come together in the spirit of reflection as part of the Journal Project. Space is limited, so please register here: bit.ly/dinner-dean. To contact an FYE representative in HUDS Survey. HUDS asks you to take a few minutes and complete the the event of a serious, non-academic emergency, please call your proctor, or satisfaction survey to share feedback on your dining experience so far this the Police at (617) year. Past feedback has inspired new dishes and cuisines, better practices for 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. how we perform services such as bag meal completion, and even training Safety and other emergency messages for staff (not to mention letting them know how much you appreciate are displayed as soon as possible on the them!) The survey is available until Sunday, October 27, 11:45PM: surveymonkey.com/r/ News and Notices section of the HUDSFall2019. For every completed survey, we’ll donate $1 to Food for Free, our local College home page at food donation partner. You can also send comments through the HUDS website: www.college.harvard.edu. dining.harvard.edu/campus-dining/undergraduate-dining/how-did-we-do.

Wintersession Opportunities January 17-26, 2020, is Wintersession, a voluntary Apply to Join SHARC Educators! week of College-led and student-initiated (Sexual Health Awareness & programming providing opportunities to explore a Relationship Communication creative passion, learn new ideas, develop a new skill, or delve into an Educators.) Are you interested in sexual health? extracurricular or career interest. Wintersession is a time when students Want to help make Harvard a safer campus? Apply may participate in programs that encourage personal reflection, intellectual to SHARC, Harvard's sexual health peer education curiosity, and social interaction. Most programs are free of charge and are group! We teach workshops, provide safer sex not offered for credit. Dorms are open, and meals are served in a limited supplies, and advocate for a safer, healthier Harvard. number of dining halls. Learn more at: wintersession.college.harvard.edu. Sign up for an interview here: bit.ly/SHARC2019. Dorms will reopen for everyone on Friday, January 17, at 9AM. If your Email [email protected] with any questions! participation in a varsity sport, campus job, or other special circumstance Explore the Wondrous World of warrants you staying on campus between December 20 and January 17, Fungi! Come to the Fabulous you must apply for campus housing by Sunday, November 17. Late Fungus Fair for a closer look at the applications will be accepted for a fee through Monday, November 25. For mushrooms, yeasts, and molds found details, or for a housing application, visit: osl.fas.harvard.edu/deadlines. in gardens, forests, and labs—even in our own refrigerators. This is an opportunity to investigate Save the Date fungal diversity and participate in hands-on activities led by fellow students. Saturday, October Save the Date: First-Year Faculty Dinner. You are 26, 2-4PM, Harvard Museum of Natural History. cordially invited to the fall term First-Year Faculty Propose a Public Art Project. Temporary Dinner on Thursday, November 7, 4:30-7:30PM. public art projects will be chosen, funded, Please mark your calendar for this exciting first- and supported by the Office for the Arts year tradition! The dinner offers you the chance to during the 2020 ARTS FIRST Festival (April invite a professor, teaching fellow, preceptor, 30-May 3, 2020). Outdoor proposals for the Yard and proctor, coach, adviser, dean, or other guest to join you for a fancy meal in indoor proposals for the Smith Campus Center will Annenberg. The dinner is a great way to get to know faculty and staff be considered. Deadline: Wednesday, December 11. better and to engage them in conversations about their academic work, Apply at: ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts/arts-first-public- research, career path, or general interests. Check your email from art-guidelines. Thursday, October 10, for more details.