Opinion
Editorials
What Harvard Teaches Powerful Men
Harvard is irrevocably tied to the #MeToo movement; the movement’s message is one for which our administration must advocate.
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Fixing Harvard's Low-Cost Fallacy
The number one thing Harvard could do for low-income students is eliminate the College’s regressive work expectation.
Editorials
Expanding the Diversity Conversation
Not every series of initiatives can be harmonious. This is in no small part because identities will clash, as this year’s controversies have shown.
The Faust Era
While we have not always agreed with University President Drew G. Faust, Harvard has, by and large, benefited from her judgement, constancy, and restraint.
Against 'Sex and Circumcision: An American Love Story'
Campuses should be places of free speech and open dialogue. Clopper’s tirade put this principle to reprehensible ends.
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Students for Fair Admissions and Harvard Both Got It Wrong
Let us oppose discrimination and lift each other up at the same time.
A Room Full of Mirrors: Harvard Without Affirmative Action
Without diversity, Harvard is, and many colleges would be, a room full of mirrors.
Recovering American Exceptionalism
Especially in the Trump era, it seems well worth our time to reexamine the mythos of fireworks and declarations, if only to ensure our own good intentions.
Who Can Be ‘Racist’?
Consider the recent controversy involving Sarah Jeong, whose colorful tweets against white people were dug up after the New York Times’ editorial board hired her.
Summer Postcard: The Simplicity of Waves
What I loved about San Simeon then and now was its simplicity.
Harvard Parties Aren’t That Bad
Bringing the final club scene to the masses, or opening up the door just a tiny bit wider, won’t cure our dissatisfaction with our social scene.
The Ethics of ‘Selling Out’
By reducing the dizzying variety of post-graduation pursuits to “selling out” versus “not selling out," we obscure the real ethical distinctions.
Pyrrhic Victories Colored Purple
In many ways, the last 12 months have changed me profoundly. But in some ways, I’m the same. I’m still an optimist. I still believe in sisterhood. My favorite color is still purple.
Summer Postcard: Footgolf, The American Sport
First it was the Industrial Revolution. Then it was Beatlemania. The next revolution to hit the U.S. from the U.K. is coming. In fact, it’s already here.
Learning to Remove Insult from Injury
Just like that, my ACL ruptured, and the very tenets of my identity came undone.
Summer Postcard: Waiting for September
I was planning to write this postcard about something else, since this topic could make me sound spoiled.
Not Diverse Just Yet
I bought into “brochure” Harvard, and to a large degree, I still do. But to become what the University presents itself as in its advertisements, it must begin to commit to diversity with a multicultural center.
What a Time to Be American
It is just as well that the United States didn’t send a team to the World Cup, because it’s been incredibly hard this summer to cheer on America in the international sphere.