Op Eds
The Price of Love: Capitalism’s Grip on Valentine’s Day
When it comes to Valentine’s gifts, it should be the thought that counts — not the sticker price.
The FAS’s Proposed Changes Matter. Here’s Why.
Undergraduates should be alarmed by the FAS’s latest plans to take away even more flexibility from students.
Enough Hide-And-Seek, Harvard: It’s Time To Face the World
Will we cower with our hands tightly pressed over our eyes? Or will we open them, stand up, and build something better?
With New Fund, Ackman Cashes In
The Ackman Show channeled America’s hate and hope, pitting the nation against itself. Now it’s time to pay up.
Facing Black Fear
The enslavement and systemic oppression of Black people in America are inextricably intertwined with everything else I know about my people’s history. Neglecting this history for years made it all the more glaring when I finally confronted it.
Why I Choose To Be Alone
Consider the possibility that moments spent alone can — without guilt or shame — be your moments of greatest joy.
Winthrop House: Keep the Name, Change the Meaning
Harvard should rename Winthrop House to Winthrop Perkins Boynton House.
Natural Hair Care at Harvard Is Complicated. It Should Not Be.
Considering how hair plays a role in public perception, hair care affordability becomes a question of who can afford to navigate Harvard’s spaces with ease.
We’re College Students. Why Don’t We Have Fun?
If we collectively decide to lessen the pressure that we put on ourselves and act our age, would we not be happier? I know I would.
October 7th, or the Day I Wished I Were a Tree
Rather than denying other’s experiences of bigotry, we need to fight all forms of hatred together.
The Harvard Alumni Association Keeps Harvard Governance Homogenous
Harvard’s current selection process for the Board of Overseers, which is dominated by the Harvard Alumni Association, is not fit to address the University's current issues.
A Letter to the Outside World
Since Oct. 7, another story has developed in parallel to the antisemitism on Harvard’s campus — the story of the public’s reaction to it. This piece is about that story.
I’m Derek Penslar’s Student: He Is the Right Choice for the Task Force
There are many facts I could tell you to support Derek J. Penslar’s appointment as co-chair of Harvard’s antisemitism task force. Instead, I will show you what it’s been like to be one of Penslar’s students.
Is Shared Governance Possible at Harvard?
The present crisis at Harvard and the University’s damaged reputation calls for reform. Faculty and students should have a say in university governance.
Our Plagiarism Policy Must Be Improved. Harvard, Here’s How.
In order to bolster our commitment to academic integrity and fortify our academic freedom, Harvard must make serious changes to our plagiarism policies now.
Some Want Harvard’s Federal Funding Gone. Harvard Should Agree.
It’s time for Harvard to free itself from ballooning congressional intervention by ditching federal funds.
Harvard’s Legacy of Antisemitism
In our view, the public discourse on antisemitism at Harvard risks becoming dangerously divorced from life on our campus.
Interpreting the Harvard Faculty’s Lack of Ideological Diversity
It is an odd feature of our current time that we allude to an ideal of weighing “all viewpoints” against one another. Indeed, we must ask whether the proposition to include “all viewpoints” is reasonable or even possible.
One for Me, One for You: Garber’s Parallel Task Forces Are a Good Start
Garber's two new task forces could signal the beginning of a new age of leadership at Harvard.
Enough Outside Bullying: Penslar Is the Right Choice To Lead the Antisemitism Task Force
It’s time to say enough. The attacks on professor Derek J. Penslar — and by extension on President Garber for appointing him to this role — exemplify two profoundly worrying trends that threaten Harvard’s very mission.
Reaping What We Have Taught
Why antisemitism seems to be a problem at Harvard and other universities is one of the still-unanswered questions that precipitated the University’s downward spiral.
Bill Ackman and the Crusade Against Free Speech
For Ackman and the right, Gay’s departure represents a triumphant victory in a far greater war: the nationwide crusade against free speech, especially when it attempts to shine light on America’s history of oppression.
To Fulfill Its Social Mission, Harvard Must Resist Social Pressures
When outside actors turn up the pressure on Harvard, the proper response won’t be to ignore them, it will be to resist the temptation to respond with anything but a clear-eyed evaluation of the facts.
Go Tell It on the Mountain, Claudine Gay
Today, I do not rejoice at Claudine Gay’s resignation. Instead, I fall to my knees at our collective resignation in the Black woman’s fight to climb to a mountaintop from which we might truly be able to see a promised land.
To Move Forward, Harvard Must Refocus on Its Mission
Can we find a way to move forward and balance freedom of speech with safety and inclusion? I believe that the answer is yes.