Op Eds


Can Harvard Remain Nonpartisan in Trump’s America? Yes and No

In the face of a Republican party that, regardless of what it has gotten right, has subscribed to a cult of personality and returned to power on a story anathema to democracy itself, can Harvard remain nonpartisan? Yes and no.


Harvard Cannot Treat Palestine as an Afterthought

Harvard has the potential to lead the discourse on Palestine, Israel, and human rights. We must begin by stopping the silence, suppression, and double standards — Palestine must be spoken about openly, not as an afterthought.


I’m President of the Harvard Republican Club. Being Republican at Harvard Has Never Been Better.

Notwithstanding these petty efforts to undermine and intimidate campus Republicans into suppressing their viewpoints, as president of the Harvard Republican Club, I can state unequivocally that it has never been a better time to be a Republican on campus.


Why Was My High School More Fun Than Harvard?

Harvard-Yale shouldn’t be the only time students have school spirit. Imagine a student section where themes and traditions make every Saturday unforgettable, where every game has the enthusiasm of Harvard-Yale.


This Veterans Day, Harvard Failed Its Vets

Harvard should have Veterans Day off. But the deeper issue is Harvard’s larger disconnect from its veteran community.


We’re Harvard Library Workers. We Stand in Solidarity with the Study-Ins.

We library workers call on Harvard libraries to lift the library bans on students, faculty, and staff, and implore Harvard libraries to refrain from disciplining those who study together, united not in disruption but by a shared conviction.


Harvard Goes to the Polls: Students Weigh in on the 2024 Election

You’ve heard it before, but we’ll say it again: This is a historic election for this country and for higher education. As voters go to the polls to decide between Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump, we present perspectives from six students — and the Editorial Board — on how they’re feeling, what they think, and where they hope today will take us. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25, Crimson Editorial Chairs


When A Marine General Warns About Trump’s Fascism, We Should Listen

When a four-star Marine general sounds the alarm — despite every instinct and institutional pressure to remain silent — that Trump is a threat to the future of American democracy, we must listen.


We Get It, You Think You’re Cool

We are no longer all just freshmen. There are now ingroups and outgroups, freshmen on their way to the top of the social ladder and those who have yet to set foot on its first rung.


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