Editorials
Another Cage-Free Victory
While critics may contend that movements for cage-free eggs and gestation crate-free pork are needlessly costly, research has been inconclusive on the economics of gestation crates.
No Need To Beware the Greeks
Greek organizations are an ultimately positive force for the Harvard community.
Classes Grow, Interests Change
Harvard provides the opportunity for students in the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences to apply tools from other fields to their own areas of interest. The enrollment numbers show that students are taking advantage of that opportunity.
A Scandal for All
After five months, we can say with a bit of confidence that the administration bears a considerable amount of blame for the harmful way in which proceedings were carried out.
Pre-Term Pandemonium
In order to make shopping period a better experience for everyone, PTP will have to see some serious reforms.
Rethinking OSL
Often described as a puzzling and ineffective bureaucratic machine, Harvard’s Office of Student Life has the potential to greatly benefit from the recent appointment of Stephen Lassonde as its dean.
Future of the Social Choice Fund
The University has stipulated that 20 percent of the fund’s initial value will be allocated to fund student financial aid. Although this is a certainly an admirable gesture, the removal of such a large percentage of the fund annually might stymie its growth.
Something to Chew On
"Though John Galt would beg to differ, employee ownership has undeniable benefits."
Ban Large Containers
It is vitally important that we tackle an obesity epidemic that costs our nation billions of dollars each year. Policy reform at the local level is an important first step in doing so.
A Step Forward
For the first time in the history of the U.S. military, women will be allowed to serve in combat alongside their male counterparts without any gender-based discrimination
Public Initiative
We must applaud any sensible business strategy that helps universities and students alike.
Fix Advanced Placement
The A.P. system would be more useful if there were a more sensitive scale than just one through five.
Hope and Skepticism
We are disappointed with the president’s wholesale commitment to entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Don’t Ax Research
Research and development is an especially potent example of Congressional myopia. While costly in the short run, research is an essential driver of long-term economic growth.
The Drum Major
While he may have died over 40 years ago, time has shown that the tempo kept by this visionary drum major has singularly transformed the fabric of American society, an accomplishment indicative of the dynamic power of rallying an idea around an individual.
Laws for Tomorrow's Libraries
A project that ultimately seeks to benefit both the avid consumer and the producer deserves to succeed.
Lift The Stigma
Last week, The Crimson published a three-part series on mental health at Harvard. The story included interviews with several students ...
Free the Internet
Despite the calls for tighter restrictions from autocratically inclined regimes like China and Russia, there is no cause for global regulation of the internet.
A Quandary of Accessibility
Justice is well known for its inclusion of students’ opinions and for pioneering the filming and freely accessible digitization of each of Sandel’s lectures. Accessibility, both to education and to different sources of knowledge, implicitly sits at the core of Justice’s mission.
Progress in Early Action
It’s clear enough that we’d all be better off if America’s top universities dropped the system altogether.
Blame the Clubs
While we too find the flyers tasteless and their use of inflammatory language inappropriate and unconstructive, a response to the prank cannot be properly made without a meaningful appraisal of the role of final clubs at Harvard.
Protect Pell
While it is sad to watch excellent universities struggle to meet their financial aid goals, we must remember that many more students are served by public universities and community colleges, which very often cannot meet students’ full financial need.
Why We Need Munch
The names are secret, but the club certainly isn’t. As The Crimson has reported, and as news outlets across the country and beyond have echoed, the Office of Student Life has officially recognized Munch, a discussion-based group for students interested in kinky sex.
HUDS Examines Seafood
If students knew that a significant proportion of the fish served by HUDS was unsustainable, they would demand that HUDS follow more sustainable practices.
While Norquist Crumbles
Regardless of whether Norquist’s anti-tax oath is behind the anti-tax orthodoxy plaguing the Republican Party or merely a symptom of it, we are pleased to see it abate.