Freshman Dean’s Office Volume 2019 Issue XIII Yard Bulletin November 13, 2015 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu). Upcoming Events Message from the Dean  Saturday, November 14, 10:30AM - Sparks For those of you traveling to New Haven for House Tailgate: Harvard vs. Penn. Professor The Game on Saturday, November 21, I hope Jonathan Walton, Pusey Minister and that you have a great time and use good Professor of Christian Morals, cordially invites judgment, especially as it concerns health and all freshmen to a tailgate at his home before safety. Remember, if you are partying, to: football’s home game against Penn. There will be plenty of Keep in mind that Connecticut’s drinking age food, fun, and fellowship for everyone. RSVP to Alanna: is the same as that in Massachusetts (i.e. 21). There is no [email protected] or 617-496-1426. See you immunity provided by a college campus. Even with legal there. Go Crimson! 21 Kirkland St. consumption, ensure that people know what they are drinking, pace themselves, and consume food. Don’t leave a drunk  Saturday, November 14, 8PM - Harvard person alone. Be ready to call in help. Jazz Bands in Concert with Guest Artist George Cables. Equally skilled as a leader and The Yale Bowl is an extraordinary venue. I look forward to your as a sideman, George Cables helped define reports from the inside next Saturday, where, of course, the modern mainstream jazz piano in the 1980s and team can best feel your support and you can demonstrate your '90s. He gained recognition during his stints Crimson loyalty. with Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Freddie $20 game tickets are for sale at the Murr Center (65 North Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, and Art Blakey's Jazz Harvard St.), 9AM-5PM, Monday-Friday, and at dinner in Messengers. As a leader, Cables has composed, performed Annenberg on Wednesday, November 18. Shuttles will run to extensively, and recorded. $8 tickets are available at the and from New Haven on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Shuttle Harvard Box Office. Lowell Lecture Hall. tickets ($40-$50) are available now through the Harvard Box  Monday, November 16, 7PM - Divinity Office and are eligible for SEF: 617-496-2222. Box Office hours: School: A Reading and Musical Tuesday-Sunday, 12-6PM. Please visit thegame.fas.harvard.edu Performance Featuring Alicia Jo Rabins. for additional information on The Game. Go Crimson! Author of Divinity School and recipient of the 2015 American Poetry Review/ Freshman Fun Honickman Prize for Poetry, Alicia Jo Rabins will read from her award-winning collection and perform songs from her Chinese Comfort Food Study Break new recording “Open the Ground” with her band Girls in Wednesday, November 18, 7-9PM Trouble. Introduction by Elisa New, Professor of American Holworthy Common Room Literature. Admission is free; seating is first-come, first- Warm food, warm company! Come to the served, subject to venue capacity. Harvard Hillel, Rosovsky Chinese Comfort Food Study Break, and Hall, 52 Mt. Auburn St. enjoy some cozy, warm food and good  Tuesday, November 17, 5:15PM - company to escape the cold! Spirit Rising: An Afternoon with Angélique Kidjo. Musical powerhouse Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award- Intramurals Update winning singer-songwriter and world activist from Benin, 25 contestants faced off against one noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music another in the annual Freshman videos. Her memoir, Spirit Rising, was published last year Intramural Spelling Bee during Parents’ with a preface by Desmond Tutu. Kidjo will sing a capella, Weekend. After battling it out, the top read from her book, and answer questions. The lecture is three finishers were: Mateo Lincoln free and open to the public, but tickets are required from (Matthews); Anwar Omneish (Hurlbut); the Harvard Box Office. John Knowles Paine Concert Hall. and Anahita Iyer (Matthews).  Friday, November 20, 8PM - Harvard Speak Out Loud Fall The next weekend, four competitors faced Slam. Harvard Speak Out Loud is hosting its annual fall off in the Intramural Squash final four in poetry slam! We will be picking our front of a crowd of proctors, PAFs, and CUPSI team for this year, classmates in the Murr Center. Victorious showcasing our work from the was Rana Bansal (Holworthy), who beat summer and the semester, and Ryan Voon (Canaday) for the throwing down with good old and championship! And Channy Hong (Wigglesworth) beat Jesper new poetry. Holden Chapel. Ke (Lionel/Mower) to claim third place! Freshman Dean’s Office Resources for Freshmen Bureau of Study Counsel Workshops @ 5 Linden St.: Morton Prince House 6 Prescott St.  Working While Worrying: Coping with Illness of a Loved Cambridge, MA 02138 One. Get support and explore strategies to help you focus on Phone: 617-495-1574 your academic work while worried about the health of a family Fax: 617-496-1624 member or close friend. To register, email Aurora Sanfeliz: E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]. Monday, November 16, 3-4:30PM. Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM  Learning in a Context of Loss. Consider with other Harvard students who have experienced the death of someone who mattered to Submissions them how your experience of learning is influenced by your experience of loss (and how your experience of loss might in turn be influenced by Please send submissions by your experience of learning). Register online at bsc.harvard.edu. Tuesday at 9:00AM to: Wednesday, November 18, 2-3:30PM. [email protected]  Published Fridays. Getting Started Writing Papers. Find ways to get your papers started and done (on time); from an idea to a final draft. To register, email Aurora Sanfeliz: [email protected]. Safety Notice Friday, November 20, 2-3:30PM. To contact an FDO representative in Advising Corner takes place over lunch in Annenberg, 12-2PM, on the event of a serious, non-academic scheduled days. Next week: Sociology with Laura Thomas, Monday, emergency, please call your proctor, or November 16; English with Henry Vega Ortiz, Tuesday, November 17; the Harvard University Police at (617) Classics with Kathleen Coleman & Sarah Lannom, Wednesday, November 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. 18; and Computer Science with Harry Lewis, Friday, November 20. Safety and other emergency messages are displayed as soon as possible on the Freshman Arts Room. The Freshman Arts Room in Holworthy is open every News and Notices section of the Wednesday night, 8PM– 12AM. Free art supplies are available, or you can College home page at bring your own. Take a break, and get creative with acrylic paint, watercolor www.college.harvard.edu. paint, charcoal, coloring pencils, a sewing kit, and more! Opportunities for Freshmen

Apply to Lead FOP! Didn't go on FOP? No outdoors experience? No problem! You don't need to have gone on FOP to lead. Come to our info sessions to find out more: Sunday, November 15, 8-9PM, Harvard Hall 201; Tuesday, December 1, 8:30-9:30PM, Emerson 101. (Cookies + milk + FOP leaders who can't wait to meet you!) Get Creative at Harvard JAMS! The Office for the Arts invites you to participate in their January Arts and Media Seminars (JAMS): January 19-22, 2016. Pursue your creative passion, explore arts and entertainment career options, and learn from leading artists and arts professionals during Wintersession 2016, including discussions and workshops with Harvard alumni/ae, ceramics and letterpress workshops, and more! All free. For more information and to register, visit: ofa.fas.harvard.edu/wintersession. Learn about Food Rescue and Sustainability. Ever wonder what happens to the food that goes unserved by HUDS, or the food that you leave on your plate? Want to know what you can do to make a positive impact? Learn from a panel of experts working on these topics at Harvard and in the greater community at "What Happens After HUDS?," Monday, November 16, 8-9PM, in Lowell JCR. Brought to you by the Food Literacy Project. Panelists: Kelsey Grab, Residential Program Coordinator at Harvard's Office of Sustainability; Richard He, Food/In-Kind Director at Harvard Square Homeless Shelter; Crista Martin, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Communications at HUDS; and Ross Richmond, Community Partnership Manager from Food for Free. Yummy snacks and coffee will be provided. RSVP on the Facebook event page. First-Year Faculty Dinner

Freshmen, faculty, teaching fellows, preceptors, coaches, and others enjoyed getting to know each other over a reception and dinner at the Fall First-Year Faculty Dinner on Tuesday, November 10.