Year in Quotes

"I want to really applaud and give my encouragement to the Spee to continue to be a model of leadership"

"I wouldn't do this if I did not seriously intend to become president"

"We're not doing enough to build a strong enough environment to make sure the women in this case feel they have the best long term support for their careers"

"Harvard Has Forced Our Hand"

"Racism exists in America and in the United States and in Harvard and in Harvard Law School"

"I don't think that's the place of any Harvard employee to tell students the right way to think about the Syrian refugee crisis. That's ridiculous to me"

"As someone who is responsible for and co-leads one of the Houses…. I have not felt comfortable personally with the title [of House master]."

"Overall, students sense that house life depends on the particular housemasters and established house traditions, which invariably leads to inconsistency across the College"

"My teammates were finding me and honestly, I don't fear anyone, I want to play the game and I think they should fear me"

"We share the concern that introducing labor unions into this educational relationship would disrupt academic programs, administration of financial assistance, and infringe upon academic freedom"

"We're all going to be facing these questions, and the case that I would make is...about the importance of sustaining our history, not erasing it"

"There are better ways to engage the past and its legacy in the present than by retaining a symbol that so many members of the community reject"

"We also heard reports of deeply misogynistic attitudes, reflected by the long-standing refusal of many [Final] Clubs to admit women as members"

"I was looking forward to having some berries, but there was nothing for me"

"A lot of these people I financially support are those on the ideological fringe, and many of them say all sorts of outrageous things I don't necessarily agree with."

"It's a show of weakness, I would say. It was a premature, preemptive surrender to a student demand, which didn't really come"

"All of these unrecognized single-gender social organizations are at odds with Harvard College's educational philosophy and its commitment to a diverse living and learning experience"

"I have told all of my friends in the Porcellian Club that I would prefer to just give Harvard the finger. It's easy; it's fun; it doesn't cost anything"