Columns
It’s Alright to Demand the Disinvitation of Speakers
Speaker disinvitations may often be objectionable. But students have every right to pursue them.
Take It From a Former Activist: Universities Need to be Neutral
Embracing the Kalven report can effectively sever the administration’s subtle yet influential grip on campus discourse and perspectives.
Institutional Neutrality or Institutional Deception?
There are other things we can do to harden the University to the present sense of siege.
Which Side Are You On?
The legacies we pursue and ultimately leave behind serve as a testament to our values, aspirations, and the very essence of our character.
Stop Telling Me There Are Only Two Sexes
We must not accept the binary as an indisputable and restrictive truth.
Fixing Fraud in College Admissions
As college applications grow steadily more competitive, students have been pushed to ever-greater lengths to gain admission — including mounting pressures to embellish or outright falsify application data.
Harvard Doesn’t Need a President, Yet
Harvard has no permanent president. Let’s keep it that way — for now.
Let Fascist Republicans Speak at Harvard
We should invite MAGA Republicans to speak at Harvard — even though they’re fascists.
How Harvard Killed Its Best Title IX Resource
The change from OSAPR to OGE may seem inconsequential, but the gutting of OSAPR was not just another administrative consolidation — it meant the loss of perhaps the best-known, most-trusted resource for survivors on Harvard’s campus.
The Corporate Balancing Act No One Can Win
If we desire to create an economy where everyone can balance commitments to both family and career, we must think critically about which industries set our standards for success, prestige, and worthiness.
Free Speech Aids Racial Justice. Activists Must Defend It.
This alienation between supporters of civil rights and civil liberties is harmful and avoidable. Reconciliation is essential and urgently needed.
New York Times, Get out of My School
Politics this, plagiarism that. Harvard is in the limelight, which means that the student journalists of the Harvard Crimson have picked up some competition.
Young Scholars Are Not the Enemies of Free Speech on Campus
Younger scholars are not the enemies of free speech on campus.
Higher Education Has a Viewpoint Diversity Problem. Here’s How to Respond.
Harvard scholars and leadership would do well to recall Richard Feynman’s wise words: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”
When Harvard Became Black
As we reflect on our rich tradition, we have a choice: Lose our connection to it or allow it to inform our quest for Justice in the here and now.
Investing in Trans Inclusion Isn’t a Choice. It’s Harvard’s Imperative.
People can be trans at Harvard, but Harvard isn’t meaningfully invested in supporting trans people.
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.