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Harvard Struggles To Find Class Day Speaker Less Than 2 Weeks Before Ceremony
More than 10 people have declined offers to serve as the keynote speaker for Harvard College’s annual Class Day, leaving the Harvard Alumni Association scrambling to find a speaker with less than two weeks until the ceremony for undergraduate seniors.
73 Harvard Undergrads Win 2024 Hoopes Prize for Senior Theses
Logan C. Kelly ’24 was in the Winthrop Dining Hall eating lunch with his “oldest friend at Harvard” when he glanced at his phone and saw he had won the Hoopes Prize.
HUA Problem Solving Team Sets July Deadline for Issuing Recommendations in First Meeting
The Harvard Undergraduate Association’s constitutional dispute blocking a College-wide referendum on divestment from Israel will not be resolved until at least July, further complicating the effort to hold an undergraduate vote on divestment.
HUA Problem Solving Team Has Yet to Convene After 2 Weeks
Two weeks after the Harvard Undergraduate Association began the process of forming a problem solving team and indefinitely postponed all student referenda — including the College-wide referendum on divestment from Israel — the team still has not set a time for its first meeting.
Cooke and Hirabayashi Failed To Meet Campaign Promises. To Students, It Reflects Broader Issues.
Former Harvard Undergraduate Association Co-Presidents John S. Cooke ’25 and Shikoh M. Hirabayashi ’24 ended their 14-month term last week. But many undergraduate students and some former HUA members said Cooke and Hirabayashi accomplished quite little.
At Final Meeting, HUA Co-President Shikoh Hirabayashi Stays Silent About Cooke’s Recall
During the last meeting of his term on Monday, outgoing Harvard Undergraduate Association Co-President Shikoh M. Hirabayashi ’24 thanked everyone who had worked closely with him over the past year to lead the College’s student government.
Palestine Solidarity Committee Protests HUA Postponement of Divestment Referendum
Harvard affiliates protested the Harvard Undergraduate Association’s indefinite postponement of a student-wide referendum vote on whether the University should divest from “Israel’s occupation of Palestine” during a rally Friday afternoon.
Harvard Undergraduate Association Indefinitely Postpones Student Referendum on Israel Divestment
A referendum on whether Harvard should divest from institutions supporting “Israel’s occupation of Palestine” was postponed indefinitely after two Harvard Undergraduate Association officers invoked an obscure procedural motion to delay the vote.
John Cooke ’25 Ousted in Harvard Undergraduate Association Recall Vote
College students voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to oust Harvard Undergraduate Association Co-President John S. Cooke ’25 as unspecified misconduct allegations swirled around him.
On Eve of Recall Vote, Embattled HUA Co-President Breaks Silence
Hours before students will vote in an referendum to recall embattled Harvard Undergraduate Association Co-President John S. Cooke ’25, Cooke rejected the misconduct allegations against him in his first public statement in two weeks.