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More Than 150 Students Rally for Mental Health Reform
Chanting the words “Reform mental health” and “Our Harvard can do better,” a group of more than 150 students gathered in front of Massachusetts Hall Friday afternoon to urge administrators to take action on mental health.
UC Backs Mental Health Rally
Undergraduate Council President Tara Raghuveer ‘14 urged UC representatives to attend a student-organized rally demanding that the administration take action on mental health in an email sent over the Council’s mailing list early Friday morning.
UHS Ramps Up Vaccination Efforts
In a flu season that has seen the declaration of a public health emergency in Boston in response to an usually large number of cases in the city, members of the Harvard community have clamored to get vaccinated against the virus.
Stillman Infirmary Has Been Stillman Since 1902
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Putting Harvard to the Stress Test
Trevor N. Coyle ’14 said that he had heard of long delays in care at University Health Services’ overtaxed mental health clinic. He said that those in need of help might never seek that medical attention because as Harvard students, “they feel like they’re too strong” to admit a mental health problem. And he alluded to the three student deaths this year alone, and a suicide rate at Harvard College that is two or more times higher than the national college average.
Students' Complaints About Mental Health Services May Mean Fewer Calls for Help
These concerns paint a discouraging picture of Harvard’s services for some of its most fragile students.
Donning a Mask: Suicide at Harvard
“I felt that it was better to take my life than to accept failure,” Christine says plainly. Christine, now a senior, is direct and open as she reflects on her first of two suicide attempts during her sophomore year.
Sexual Assault Panel
On Wednesday evening, representatives from OSAPR (Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response), HUHS (Harvard University Health Services) , HUPD (Harvard University Police Department), SMHS (Student Mental Health Services), Response, and the Administration Board discuss what is done when someone is concerned about sexual assault at Harvard. One major concern from all representatives is the discrepancy between the large number of concerns that OSAPR receives, compared to the very small number of cases brought to HUPD or the Administration Board.
In Wake of Amherst, Panel Examines Sexual Assault
Representatives from the Administrative Board, University Health Services, and other campus groups sought to clarify the University’s current policies in dealing with cases of rape or sexual assault at a panel on Wednesday.
Sexual Assault Panel
On Wednesday evening, representatives from OSAPR (Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response), HUHS (Harvard University Health Services) , HUPD (Harvard University Police Department), SMHS (Student Mental Health Services), Response, and the Administration Board discuss what is done when someone is concerned about sexual assault at Harvard. One major concern from all representatives is the discrepancy between the large number of concerns that OSAPR receives, compared to the very small number of cases brought to HUPD or the Administration Board.
Whooping Cough Hits Campus
Dean Hammond's emails haven't exactly gotten brighter since the last one updating us all on Harvard's alcohol policy. Her most recent email, sent to the entire student body, announced that there have been several confirmed cases of Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, among Harvard undergraduate students.
Harvard: Complicit in Promoting Communism?
Harvard University—center of truth, knowledge, and communism? It seems Bloomberg News has finally caught on to the trend. A Nov. 9 article entitled "Harvard-Trained Communists Vie for Power as Party Gathers" describes a series of executive training programs at Harvard's Kennedy School in which many of the world's leading communists have participated. While Bloomberg focused on Kennedy School graduates such as Li Yuanchao, Chen Deming,and Bo Guagua (all of whom are associated with the communist party elite) we at Flyby are surprised they didn't pick up on some other more obvious communist tendencies right at the university's center. Herewith, a closer look at what might have given Harvard away as a breeding ground for communism. While Bloomberg focused on Kennedy School graduates such as Li Yuanchao,Chen Deming, Bo Guagua (all of whom are associated with thecommunist party elite) we at Flyby are surprised they didn't pick up on someother more obvious communist tendencies right at the university's center.Herewith, a closer look at what might have given Harvard away as a breedingground for communism.
Fate of Marijuana Law Unclear on Campus
The jury is still out about whether the new legislation means that the University will allow the use of the substance on campus once the law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
Report Cites Higher Rape Statistics
Between 2008 and 2010, about four rapes were reported to the Harvard University Police Department each year. The number of rapes on campus, however, is much higher—an average 15 per year—according to the University report.
Barreira Named New HUHS Director
Dr. Paul J. Barreira has been named the new director of Harvard University Health Services and Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene, according to an announcement from Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 on Thursday.
