Opinion
Editorials
Dershowitz’s Defense is Justified
Unlike Sullivan, Dershowitz is charged neither with maintaining the well-being of students directly in his care, nor with fostering a sense of community on campus.
Op-Eds
Rethinking Tuition and Textbooks
Harvard has a chance to affirm the dignity of all its students and make them feel as though all classes are accessible for students of all economic backgrounds by restructuring the relationship between tuition and textbooks.
Editorials
A Right to Creative Writing
The English Department should continue making positive adjustments to the creative writing program to ensure that its benefits are available to all.
It’s A Match!
For all the matches, mismatches, and most importantly, for the free Zinneken’s waffles, we are happy to see Datamatch continue as a tradition — not only for Harvard students, but for those at other schools where the program has recently expanded.
A Farewell to the Divinity School Oak Tree
While this red oak may leave our campus, we are hopeful that its significance will not be lost, and that the conversation sparked by this issue continue far into the future – far beyond the lifespan of any single oak.
Op-Eds
Philosophy: The One Subject Harvard Should Require
Not only is philosophy worth studying, it is the only subject that Harvard should require all students to take.
Make Peer Counseling Available Over Text
The apparent lack of an anonymous text-based support service is a gap that Harvard’s student and staff-operated mental health resources would do well to focus on.
Why Love a Tree
There is a greater symbolic value to the tree, and it shocks me that one of the world’s preeminent institutions of semiotic thought seems so unable to grasp it.
After a Hellish Month in Virginia, Democrats Have Some Explaining to Do
I never expected what I saw these past weeks. In many ways it reflects a deeper problem of partisanship in American life at the moment.
Representation Matters, But at What Expense?
Knowing there is a lack of representation, at times, colors the consciousness of the few privileged underrepresented minorities that end up on a path toward a bright future.
Criticisms of Course Syllabi Are Not Created Equal
If we study the genius of Ibn Rushd and Gandhi in the same departments that we do Douglass and Dickens, we might realize that all of these works have more to say to our lives than we think.
When’d You Start Caring About Immigrants?
I worry about the day when progressives protected by their citizenship, will close their eyes and look back at Trump as one small blip in an otherwise perfect world.
I Am An Asian-American Who Benefits From Affirmative Action
It was the diversity that exists in Harvard’s student body that, ironically enough, allowed me to feel at home for the first time in my life.
Seeing into the Future of SEAS
As the SEAS Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging creates this five-year plan, we have high hopes that it will present a real step forward for a SEAS community.
Eyes Upon the University
We — Harvard, the American university, modern education — quite simply lack the courage it would take for us to build liberatory and transformative institutions.
Ethnic Studies, Yesterday
Harvard’s lack of a department or center for this field places it woefully behind its peers and severely limits its capacity to be the leader in intellectual progress it claims to be.
Bacow, Stand with TPS
Bacow has the chance to reaffirm his commitment to justice for all members of the Harvard community, no matter their origins. We urge him to take it.
Dean Sullivan Deserves Applause, Not Admonishment
Sullivan’s decision extends Harvard students a critical opportunity to learn of the importance of engaging with other viewpoints.