Jack P. Flanigan
Latest Articles
We Lead the Intellectual Vitality Initiative. Harvard Needs To Set Its Standards Higher.
So yes, we’re fans of the report — not for its prescriptions, but for its provocation. It has forced Harvard, for the first time in a long while, to think out loud about what it’s doing. And that, finally, is something worth grading highly.
So You Got Quadded?
To my newest neighbors: Though Riverites will tell you that Quad pride is delusion, Stockholm syndrome, or rationalization, it isn’t. Even though you’ll be pitied and pooh-poohed by those placed into houses admittedly flashier and more recently renovated, stay the course.
Intellectual Vitality Is More than Op-Eds in The Crimson
As members of the undergraduate body advising the College’s new Intellectual Vitality Initiative, we’ve spent months involved with efforts to change Harvard's untenably siloed approach to campus’ most difficult and divisive questions.
I’m Begging Harvard Not to Ruin Lamont for Me
Though the library system’s goals of increasing interdisciplinary scholarship and interaction with its holdings are admirable, the renovation plan misunderstands student needs and risks ruining the character of the individual Yard libraries.
Dissent: Intellectual Vitality for Me, but Not for Thee
If Harvard is actually serious about intellectual vitality, it must solve the root of the problem first: the school’s political makeup.
Latest Media
The Grade Debate: 11 Affiliates Weigh In
Amid funding freezes and threats from the federal government, a groundbreaking report raised questions about the bedrock of our teaching mission: grades. From faculty who have been ringing the alarm bells for decades to students worried that the cure to grade deflation may be worse than the disease, this package of perspectives from across campus showcases a range of opinions on how Harvard should evaluate students. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow ’26, Editorial Chairs