The Harvard Independent colloquially known as “The Indy” is a weekly newspaper produced by undergraduate students atHarvard University.

TheIndependent was founded in 1969 by students and alumni who felt the campus needed an alternative toThe Harvard Crimson. TheCrimson at the time reflected the left-wing turn of student organizations throughout the nation in the 1960s, and the founders of theIndependent felt politically alienated fromCrimson editors.

As the decades passed, the weekly newspaper, released every Thursday and distributed both on the Internet and toHarvard College student dormitories, the format morphed to that of analternative weekly rather than a standard newspaper, with illustrated covers and four main sections: News, Sports, Arts, and the Forum (Op-Ed) section. In addition, theIndependent also has several themed issues each year, including the annual The Game issue for the Harvard-Yale game, the literary issue, and the Sex Issue, featuring the results of a campus-wide anonymous survey on sexual practices and opinions at Harvard.

TheIndependent no longer has any political affiliation.

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