Eliza M. Nguyen

Toward a Social Choice

We still have far to go to achieve our end goal of creating a social choice fund within Harvard’s endowment.

Vote for a Social Choice

Establishing a social choice fund will by no means solve the current issues of how the endowment is managed, but it is a modest and important first step toward getting the entire endowment to be run by ESG criteria.

The Cooperative Council

The evolution from the confrontational forum to the cozy committee is emblematic of a new approach: Bicknell and Yalamanchi profess a belief that often, the best way to acheive students’ goals is not to fight administrators but to befriend them.

Tocsin Brings Harvard to Forefront of Student Movement

Founded a decade before activism on campus peaked with the 1969 takeover of University Hall, Tocsin signaled of the start of Harvard’s student movement.

Harvard Recognizes Thirteen New Clubs

Thirteen new student organizations, whose missions range from fostering a vibrant social scene to facilitating emergency medical services, were approved for recognition by the Committee on Student Life last Thursday.

Currier Climbs Over the Hill

Currierites old and young cut cake and sipped sparkling apple cider at their House’s 40th birthday party on Sunday.

UC Debuts Campus Space Competition

This fall, the Undergraduate Council­—in partnership with the Happiness Project at Harvard and the Office of Student Life—will launch a competition that will grant the winning proposal $10,000 for the repurposing of an underutilized campus space.

Yardfest 2012 Draws Lackluster Crowd

When the three-man group Das Racist took the stage, overlooking the Harvard students gathered at YardFest in Tercentenary Theater, they offered a greeting that perhaps has not been yelled from the steps of Memorial Church before.

3LAU, Nostalgics Join YardFest Bill

In addition to the previously revealed YardFest performers The Cataracs and Das Racist, mash-up artist 3LAU and the student motown and soul band The Nostalgics will perform at this year’s event, the College Events Board announced on Friday.

On Being Detained

We call on fellow students to listen to these untold stories. The oppressive and stagnant status quo must be reformed; this can only be done when the international community holds Israel accountable for its transgressions.

Palestine Trek organizer Diana Buttu and activist Shireen Al-Araj speak with Israeli police before a group of Harvard students were detained while on the student-organized trip.