Columns
Careerism, Curiosity, and Concentrations
Given all that Harvard has to offer, we should also be wary of the mindset that the future comes before the present.
‘From the River to the Sea’ for Me — But Not for Thee
Hamas isn’t the only group that uses “river to the sea” rhetoric.
Harvard Shouldn’t Do Activism
Are we a school or a brand or a research lab? Are we political or apolitical? Are we a venue for debate or instruction? Do we exist for students or society?
What the Economics Department Lets You Forget
A Harvard economics degree ought to entail a genuine reckoning with the moral stakes of the field.
The Constitution Need Not Decide How Harvard Regulates Speech
The Harvard community ought not be doctrinaire in its reliance on the First Amendment.
Harvard Should Step in Before Its Next Student Financial Scandal
Harvard’s insistence on club autonomy has become a shield to avoid implementing expensive, but necessary, accountability measures.
Social Studies
Freshmen, a new semester is upon us, and the housing process is just around the corner. Which is to say: If you don’t have friends yet, get scared.
Harvard Admissions Should Be More Meritocratic
In the end, our admissions policies reflect what we think Harvard should be.
Do You Want Your Children To Go to Harvard?
If it is best for Harvard to be supported by its loyal alumni, shouldn’t that loyalty be reciprocal?
From Vietnam to Palestine: How Harvard Suppresses Student Protest
The use of the Statement on Rights and Responsibilities to go after generations of student activists leaves little doubt as to their purpose.
I’m Trans, and I’m Not up for Debate
As a transgender person, it has been exhausting to watch my community’s basic rights put into jeopardy and framed as subjects for debate.
Jenny Martínez for Harvard President: A Free Speech Leader for a Polarized Era
Harvard should appoint Stanford Provost Jenny S. Martínez as our new president.
Give Me a Vengeful Harvard
Our president must know that Harvard is at war with the right and losing.
Announcing The Crimson Editorial Board’s Spring 2024 Columnists
The Editorial Board is pleased to announce its columnists for the upcoming spring semester. Opinion columnists will publish on a bi-weekly basis, each focusing on a theme of their choice.
Biting the Hand That Feeds Us
Being “the one who made it” doesn’t mean I should turn a blind eye to every decision Harvard makes and act as if there’s no room for improvement.
Courses on Identity Shouldn’t Be So Rare
I wish that courses that allow us to study our identity could simply be a class, rather than a rare commodity that we feel that we can waste.
The Association of Black Harvard Women ‘as a Catalyst’ for Institutional Change at Harvard
Harvard needs more of this political action to not only sustain the civic work that student organizations do, but to preserve the indispensable value that diverse students bring to campus — especially in a post-affirmative action world.
For Harvard, the Name Is the Game
Yes, Harvard already receives hundreds of millions of dollars annually in current use gifts. But we should get more. My strategy: First, sell even more naming rights, and second, let the market set their prices.
Divestment Was Step One. Now, Harvard Must Reinvest.
Investing in its surrounding community is a step toward real justice — environmental and otherwise. As PILOT renegotiation approaches, I urge Harvard to take it.
Cannabis Cambridge, Humbug Harvard
Tutors, proctors, deans, tattletale peers, even HUPD officers: If you see something or smell something, choose not to say something.
ChatGPT’s Bias Bites in Bytes
Generative AI won’t just match the value Wikipedia has for students — it will likely surpass it. But we must quickly understand the technology’s faults.
In Our Thousands, In Our Millions
They tried to scare us by threatening our future employment or calling for us to get suspended, yet it only reinforced our commitment to the political and human rights of the Palestinian people.
Remembering Harvard’s Homosexual Purge
Building a queer-inclusive institution begins by reckoning with our obvious failures. After all, if our College can’t even appropriately respond to the Secret Court, then how can we trust it to confront the less visible harms of ongoing queerphobia?
Title IX Is Broken. How Do We Fix It?
So long as issues of sexual harassment persist on campuses nationwide, universities must be the ones to fund both investigations and the protection of survivors — even going so far as to provide legal aid.
Splash of Koilor
While the campus greens may have turned to grays, inside the MBA Class of 1959 Chapel, the koi keep swimming — and perhaps, with a splash of their defiant color and calm, we can too.