Freshman Dean’s Office Volume 2021 Issue XXVII Yard Bulletin April 6, 2018 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu). Upcoming Events  Saturday, April 7, 11AM—Terry  Monday, April 9, 4-6PM—Star Family Fox Run for Cancer Research. The Challenge for Promising Scientific Research. Harvard Canadian Club is hosting The Star Family Challenge provides new seed its annual run commemorating funding for exciting research projects proposed by Harvard Terry Fox, a Canadian hero who died in 1981 attempting to faculty. Hear from the 2018 award recipients as they present run across Canada with a prosthetic leg to raise money and their winning projects. Faculty Room, University Hall. awareness for cancer research. The route is less than two  Thursday, April 12, 12:15-12:45PM—Midday miles, and participants are encouraged to run, walk, or just Organ Recital: Tate Addis. Tate Addis, an organist at come support the cause! Registration starts at 10:30AM; run First Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, will begins at 11AM. Newell Boathouse. perform on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop  Saturday, April 7, 2-4PM—Harvard College organ. Free admission. Adolphus Busch Hall, 32 Quincy St. Film Festival. The Harvard Art Museums will  Friday, April 13, 5-9PM—Yardfest 2k18. Get screen the winning films in this year’s student-run hyped for Yardfest 2k18! This year's Yardfest Harvard College Film Festival, which provides will open with Harvard student groups Disco undergraduates across the world an opportunity to Band and 21 Colorful Crimson, and will create and submit films to be screened, judged, and feature Wale and Lil Yachty. Students may present their awarded for creative excellence and powerful perspective. HUID at the Harvard Box Office to purchase up to two $30 Free admission. Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall. Yardfest guest tickets. Farkas Hall is open Tuesday to  Sunday, April 8, 7PM—IDENTITIES 2018: Sunday, 12-6PM, and ticket sales will close at 2PM on Fashion Innovation. IDENTITIES is Harvard's Friday, April 13. Tercentenary Theatre. premier, student-run, fashion runway show,  Friday, April 13, 8PM—Ashè Mama Afrika: Angélique aiming to promote student creativity and Kidjo. Presenting Harvard University Jazz Master in cultural diversity while redefining fashion as Residence Angélique Kidjo in concert with Harvard Jazz an intellectual and artistic pursuit. For more Bands. Kidjo is a three-time Grammy Award winner information, check out identitiesfashionshow.com, or find and singer/songwriter/activist who combines us on Facebook. Come see your fellow classmates strut “village traditions,” “cosmopolitan transformations” pieces from New York Fashion Week down the runway! $15 and “female solidarity” (The New York Times). $8 tickets are available at tinyurl.com/IDENTITIES2018 or at tickets at the Harvard Box Office. Sanders Theatre. the Harvard Box Office. Northwest Labs.  Saturday, April 14, 7:30PM—Scal Pals  Monday, April 9, 2PM—Poetry in Motion. & Pals Open Mic. Are you team Kong, Wim Wenders will deliver this final lecture in team Cilantro, or team Dumpling the Wide Angle: The Norton Lectures on House? Swing by, share art, and find out Cinema series. The event is free, but tickets are the truth of who makes the best scallion pancakes in town. required. Tickets will be available starting at noon on the Everyone is welcome! Come by and share whatever's on day of the lecture in person at Sanders Theatre, or online at your mind, or just hang out and eat. Scallion pancake- the Harvard Box Office (handling fees apply). Limit of two themed art is strongly encouraged but not required! tickets per person. Tickets valid until 1:45PM. Sanders Signet Society, 46 Dunster St. Theatre. Annenberg Closures Freshman Fun Sunday, April 8: Closed for brunch—Senior Champagne Brunch. First-year students should Spring into Summer only eat in their assigned House dining hall. Annenberg will reopen for dinner. with Cookies! Tuesday, April 10, 7-9PM Friday, April 13: Closed for dinner—Yardfest. Dinner will be served at the event in Tercentenary Theatre from 5-7:15PM. You must have a valid HUID Straus Common Room to enter. Freshmen not wishing to attend may eat dinner in Dunster, Currier, Take a break from that p-set, or Hillel dining halls. In the event of rain, Annenberg will be open for dinner. and come hang out with your Saturday, April 14: Closed for breakfast and lunch—Private Event. First-year classmates over delicious students should only eat in their assigned House dining hall. Annenberg will Insomnia reopen for dinner. cookies! Freshman Dean’s Office Opportunities for Freshmen

Morton Prince House Spend Your Summer in D.C. with the IOP Summer in Washington 6 Prescott St. Program. The Summer in Washington (SIW) program organizes political Cambridge, MA 02138 and public-service focused events in D.C. over the summer months and is often referred to as the IOP’s “third semester.” It is as an opportunity for Phone: 617-495-1574 students to gain exposure to the broad range of careers and experiences in Fax: 617-496-1624 politics and public service—from meeting with elected officials to visiting polling firms and E-mail: [email protected] think tanks—and to create a community for Harvard undergraduates around politics and Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM public service. Open to all Harvard undergraduates living and/or working in Washington D.C., the program also provides opportunities to interact with Harvard alumni, explore Submissions Washington, D.C., and connect with peers. There is no application necessary to participate. For a sign-up link, visit: iop.harvard.edu/get-involved/internships-careers. Please send submissions by Staff World Model United Nations 2019. Travel the world, and bring your Tuesday at 9:00AM to: passion for international relations and diplomacy to the Olympics of Model [email protected] UN! WorldMUN is an annual conference, organized and staffed by Harvard Published Fridays. students, that takes place in a different city around the world each year. The conference draws university students from 100 countries for a week. Safety Notice Previous conferences have occurred in Panama City, Montreal, Rome, and Seoul. No Model To contact an FDO representative in UN experience is needed. Applications are due Monday, April 9, at 5PM. For more infor- the event of a serious, non-academic mation on how to apply, email: [email protected]. emergency, please call your proctor, or Volunteer at ARTS FIRST: April 26-29. Get ready for Harvard’s annual the Harvard University Police at (617) explosion of arts, featuring the talents of students and faculty in more than 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. 100 free events that are open to the public. Want to get more involved? Safety and other emergency messages Sign up to be a volunteer! It’s a great way to join a strong artist community, are displayed as soon as possible on the work behind the scenes, and have fun with friends. Free t-shirt included. News and Notices section of the Plus snacks. Learn more at: ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts/arts-first-faq; College home page at or email: [email protected]. www.college.harvard.edu.

Resources for Freshmen Bureau of Study Counsel Workshops @ 5 Linden St.:  Post-Concussion Strategies and Coping Workshop. For students who experience academic, social, or other aftereffects of a concussion. No registration required. Friday, April 13, 12-1PM.  Difficult Conversations. Trying to figure out the most appropriate language, time, and place to have a delicate, challenging, important, and potentially anxiety-laden conversation? This workshop can help. Register at: bsc.harvard.edu. Friday, April 13, 1-2PM.  Study @ 5 Linden. Have you discovered the comfortable, distraction-free study space at the Bureau of Study Counsel? Study @ 5 Linden now has expanded hours (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 10AM-4:30PM) and additional space for breaks and brief consultations. Settle into our quiet, cozy study space, and grab a coffee and a snack. When you need a break or a brief conversation, check out the BSC’s new studio/break space in Room 26! Drop-in consultations with BSC academic counselors are available now through exam period (Mondays, 1-2PM; Tuesdays, 2-3PM; and Thursdays, 12-1PM) in the studio space. For a longer, individual conversation with an academic counselor, stop by, or call 617-495-2581. Professors and Pastries. Join the last session of this semester, featuring: Professor Danielle Allen; Professor Michael Bronski; and Professor Jean Comaroff. Hear from esteemed Harvard faculty in an informal setting about their journeys that brought them to Harvard, what they do, what makes them tick, how they work with students, and advice they have for you. Plus: pastries! Sign up at: apo.college.harvard.edu/event/april-20-professors-and-pastries. Friday, April 20, 4PM, Straus Common Room.

Sexual Literacy. Sexual Literacy is a collaboration between OSAPR and the Center for Wellness and Meet the Manager Health Promotion. Our blog addresses the intersections between sexual health and sexual Annenberg’s Timothy-John violence, answering student-submitted questions Graceffa (T.J.) was recently promoted to Sous Chef, and about all topics related to sexual health, he hosted a Meet the relationships, and consent. We post a new answer every Thursday, Manager station on providing both a "content" (health professional) and a Thursday, March 29 to "context" (student) perspective. Read the blog, or submit questions introduce himself to the here: sexual-literacy.com. Annenberg community.