Hurricane Earl is expected to arrive in the Boston area around 2pm today, bringing a welcome drop in temperature and a less welcome deluge of rain, plus some potentially nasty wind. But have no fear! Even if you're already sequestered in your House basement, we're here to bring you up-to-the minute information on the storm.

3:00 p.m. Though the sky is darkening and the humidity is steadily climbing (now up to 73%, according to Weather Underground), Earl is running late for his 2 p.m. appointment with Cambridge. Some students are using the extra time to prepare hurricane inspired parties (Hurricanes, for those over 21). They're also making playlists inspired by the incoming inclement weather.

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The Harvard Carnival has been postponed because of the threat of “severe weather,” according to the Office of Student Life.

The College Events Board is tasked with rescheduling the event.

“The CEB is working on the details related to rescheduling the event and will make a formal announcement by early next week at the latest,” Assistant Dean David R. Friedrich wrote in an e-mail.

The annual event, now in its fifth year, features festive food, huge crowds of milling people, and, in the past, tire swings.

Photo by the Harvard Crimson

For the novice freshman or the unsure upperclassman looking for an ego (but perhaps not the GPA) boost, Flyby has put together the ultimate shopping list, arguably the toughest schedule possible this semester at Harvard. So readers, fill up that study card and stop bitching about your 1-page response paper when you have friends in one of these epically difficult classes.

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Although your work may soon pile up as the school year gets hectic, life outside the Harvard bubble goes on. These events will appease your senses or physique and give you a break from the daily grind.

1. HANDS & LEGS: Work

Volunteer at the Harvard Community Garden

When: Saturday, September 4, 4-6 p.m.

2. EARS: Hear Good Music

Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

Where: Berklee College of Music

When: September 15-25

Thursday Night Club Passim Summer Concert Series

Where: Cambridge Center Plaza, Kendall Square

When: Wednesdays 12-1 p.m.

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It looks like the endless miserable heat may be coming to an end, even if it's just for the weekend. However, it appears that Mother Nature might be overcompensating by replacing the heat with a hurricane that could potentially dump eight inches of rain in the Boston area.

(According to Weather.com, tomorrow's forecast predicts "PM Showers." Yeah, that might be an understatement.)

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Sometimes, it can seem so hard for students at Harvard to find relationships. We certainly love to complain about it.  But now, a new website is here to help…some of us.

DateHarvardSQ calls itself "a unique online dating platform matching discerning women with Harvard University educated men determined to make a difference in the world as foremost doctors, lawyers, businessmen, academics and professionals.” Translation: DateHarvardSQ is a site for (probably non-Harvard) girls who dig Harvard guys.

Interested? Disgusted? Read on to have your most pressing questions answered.

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In 2002, The Crimson broke a story that uncovered one of the darkest chapters in Harvard’s history—the “secret court” that actively persecuted homosexual undergraduates in the 1920s.

Almost 90 years later, this story has been transformed into a play that debuted Aug. 20 at the New York International Fringe Festival, taking its overall excellence award for best ensemble. “Veritas,” written by Stan Richardson, dramatizes the 1920s episode at Harvard with a slew of stunning cast.

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