Although we won’t be students enrolled in college forever, health, wellness, love, and intimacy should be lifelong pursuits.

Some may argue that ROTC scholarships should be treated the same as other non-Harvard scholarships. But ROTC scholarships are different. They come with a quid pro quo of four years of military service that makes them a singular recruiting device for a unique form of service the University has deemed particularly honorable.

After all, $30 or $40 billion a year for an institution that transports human beings beyond the confines of our rock is anything but expensive.

After cursing Harvard’s rooming assignments, I now count among my friends people with similar political and religious views to the girls I lived with. And so, reading about the case, I can’t help but think, “what if?”

We can take pride in our exceptionality and believe others should learn our tongue. Alternatively, we can recognize the great opportunity to increase our national skillset and be able to communicate with people in the world’s second largest economy.

Everyone is creating, sharing, and distributing new content online and while this is mostly convenient and expedient, it can also create false notions about the comprehensiveness of our news consumption.

What is the role of others in our own intellectual development?

The idea that the ‘one percent’ are going to be the driving force behind the fringe of technology and science is problematic, for numerous reasons.

Despite the possible benefits the language may offer, the recent boom in Mandarin teaching seems to be shortsighted and excessive. Simply put, Mandarin is not the language of the future.

You should indulge in intellectual pursuits. But don’t forget about your humanity, and be an active participant in this human society.