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Blog Update, Website Update, and New Episode!

2010-02-16T13:51:00.003-05:00

Major news from the OHT front! We've got a brand new website and brand new blog (this blog is being retired, so just mosey on over there from now on).

Oh, and don't forget our Spring Premiere!

OHT Blog Under Maintenance

2010-01-15T17:42:00.002-05:00

If you follow us through a feed reader, you may have noticed an abundance of new posts of over the past couple days. No, we haven't all of the sudden gone on a comedy binge! We're just doing some maintenance on the blog (hint: IT WILL BE EVEN MORE AWESOME) which is causing some old posts to be republished. Our apologies, and happy almost spring semester!

ps. We're on Team Conan! Here's his speech on Class Day 2000:

QUIDDITCH MANIA

2009-12-04T09:43:00.002-05:00

Harvard has a Quidditch Team?!

really? I thought it was more like this:

INTIATION!

2009-12-01T20:25:00.000-05:00

Or is it for Batboy the Musical?

FOX Sports Busts Our Balls

2009-11-27T18:15:00.003-05:00

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=foxsports&from=metadatawidget_en-us_foxpsorts_videocentral&vid=947dabb6-af09-487a-b2fc-abdd000ad01f" target="_new" title="College Experiment: Nerd Bowl">Video: College Experiment: Nerd Bowl</a>

And check out our own interviews with drunk tailgaters at the Game, from our latest episode.

Episode 5: "Thank Drew"

2009-11-24T13:39:00.001-05:00

What are popular organizations' hazing rituals?
Why is Drew Faust's head so easy to photoshop into anything?
And we interview drunk Yalies at the Game!

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A late-night, paper-induced message to the UC

2009-11-23T04:38:00.004-05:00

h/t Courtney Blair '10, who's writing the same paper.

A Harvard-Yale Message from 30 Rock

2009-11-20T11:27:00.002-05:00

ps. Have you seen OHT's Fuck Yale 2009 yet? WHY NOT?!

Yale: The Retarded (Fuck Yale 2009)

2009-11-17T22:14:00.008-05:00

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Nancy Drew Gilpin Faust

2009-11-16T00:01:00.004-05:00

Is Solving Mysteries Left and Right, by Meryl Natow and Beau Feeny

The 3rd Annual OHT UC Interviews: "UC-Section '09: Birthing Democracy?"

2009-11-14T11:47:00.006-05:00

For the third straight year, let On Harvard Time be your one and only guide to the UC presidential tickets!

In alphabetical order:

Special Comper Edition of OHT!

2009-11-09T11:23:00.003-05:00

Our wonderful compers produced the following special edition of OHT. The future is bright for Harvard comedy news!

What can we do during J-Term?
What the heck is Gen Ed?
And our own Lamonster!

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OHT Asks Allston Residents About Harvard...on Halloween

2009-11-06T17:48:00.003-05:00

Hilarity ensues:

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OHT Interviews Zombie Versions of Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter

2009-11-04T11:20:00.005-05:00

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Episode 4: "The Late Halloween Episode"

2009-11-02T14:40:00.004-05:00

What's been happening at the SOCH?
Have we destroyed Allston?
And we hunt some zombies!

..All in this week's episode of On Harvard Time!

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Episode 3: "Jockblock"

2009-10-19T10:22:00.006-04:00

Want to learn how to stop sexiling?
Who is our new favorite dean?
And what's the biggest sport at Harvard this year?

...All in this week's episode of On Harvard
Time!

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What OHT clip has gone viral in University Hall?

2009-10-13T23:32:00.003-04:00

Don't get the "gone viral" joke in the title? You will in a second! Here's a segment from the latest episode that we've been told has been forwarded around gleefully by Harvard administrators:

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Season 4 Episode 2: "Health Nuts"

2009-10-05T03:56:00.004-04:00

Handy tips on how to avoid swine flu.
N. Gregory Mankiw makes his OHT debut!
And an expose on the "That Kid" subculture.
Also, penis jokes!

...All in this week's episode of On Harvard
Time!

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Rejected Urban Dictionary Definition: wei gu

2009-10-01T00:52:00.004-04:00

Here's an actual entry that was submitted and rejected by urbandictionary.com. It was written by OHTer Lucia Carver '13.

wei gu

1. a person who overreacts and falsely accuses a person or institution of sexual harassment and/or sexism.

2. a person who sends a novel-length email to the entire undergraduate class of a university about said false accusation.

Etymology: The term comes from a mass email sent out to Harvard undergrads by former economics graduate student Wei Gu. Gu sent a nearly 2,500 word e-mail that alleged that she had been the victim of “significant discrimination and misconducts” at the hands of professors and administrators at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the University.

Example 1

Student #1: "I asked Wendy how her research paper was coming along and she started screaming 'Don't touch me there!'"

Student #2: "Dude what a fucking Wei Gu."

Example 2

Professor: "You haven't turned in any of your papers and you didn't show up for the exam. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to fail you."

Student: "It's because I'm a woman, isn't it!?"

Professor: "Who do you think you are, Wei Gu?"

Example 3

Undergrad #1: "Yo I just got some email from a grad student about being touched inappropriately by the John Harvard statue."

Undergrad #2: "Me too. Must be Wei Gu."

"Parks and Recreation" spoofs Skip Gates

2009-09-25T14:50:00.006-04:00

Here's Tom Haverford, a known minority, getting arrested for breaking into his own van on the NBC show last night:

Note also the reference to "your momma", and watch the rest of the episode for more similarities.

Season 4 premiere: "Rookie Mistake"

2009-09-21T16:57:00.002-04:00

In our season premiere:
Meet our new male anchor!
The Crimson screws up and we don't let it slip through the cracks.
Noticed the chairs on the Yard? We did too.

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Season 4 premieres tomorrow! For now watch some Harvard-made Mac/PC parody ads, and laugh.

2009-09-20T14:34:00.009-04:00

Will OHT be discussing the Crimson in our Season 4 premiere tomorrow? I think it's possible we will! But if you can't wait for your weekly dose of mocking our prestigious daily, here you go, the Crimson will do it all by their lonesome, by being supremely douchey:

Their new slogan: "The Harvard Crimson: Complete disdain for minority (sorry, "smaller." We totally meant "smaller," we promise.) publications since 1873."

For another grand experience with a Mac/PC parody, check out "HOLLIS vs. HOLLIS Classic: You Complete Me" by the library staff. Sorry, no embed function here, but it's definitely worth the click -- it will make your entire life.

Saving The World From Hitler: All In A Day's Work Here At OHT

2009-09-09T10:38:00.007-04:00

So yesterday we were reading the Crimson cover to cover, as every good citizen should do, and we came across an ad from a Holocaust denier, and were all like "This cannot stand!"

So we went to our Dell 964 All-In-One Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax technological wonder, and BAM! -- two minutes later a post was up.

The campus exploded with literally dozens of angry emails, prompting the Crimson to "do the right thing" (which made us a bit sad because this ruckus had gotten the OHT Blog literally multiple links from Twitter). And today, FlyByBlog, the Crimson's less-structured (??) and thus more-fun wing, recognized OHT for being the first heroes to perform such heroic acts of heroism yesterday.

But come on, Crimson! No clever headline pun for your article about the incident? There's still time to change the online title from "Holocaust Ad Printed in The Crimson Elicits Outrage" to "Holocaust Ad Printed in The Crimson Elicits Furor"!

Hello, Crimson business board? People do sometimes read your newspaper.

2009-09-08T15:03:00.011-04:00

And if they were to read it today, they would find this lovely ad at the bottom-left of page A7 (click to enlarge):

Did you ever notice how for the last 136 years all 10 pages of The Harvard Crimson managed not to sell ad space to Holocaust deniers? Do you believe it immoral to ask this question? Tell me why. I can be reached at adcopy@thecrimson.com.

Notice that it's right next to the ad for the JFK Forum on "What's the right thing to do?" -- the first topic of which is whether you should give voice to Holocaust deniers for a couple hundred bucks.

Welcome back Crimson. We missed you,
On Harvard Time

OHT Summer Recap: "Harvard's Worst Summer Ever"

2009-09-05T15:42:00.003-04:00

Thanks for making LMAO such a huge success last night! We completely filled Sanders Theater (sorry to those of you who couldn't get in) and had a raucous good time. Thanks again to Myq Kaplan for headlining!

For those of you who weren't there (or who want to re-watch the funny!), here's OHT's summer recap video. Get pumped for season 4!