Crimson opinion writer
Sylvia A. Langer
Sylvia A. Langer ’28, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Currier House.
Latest Content
When Harvard Cuts from the Bottom to Protect the Top
The image of a working class fighting for basic support from the richest university in the world bears an eerie resemblance to a century-old scandal: Harvard is more than willing to sacrifice the most vulnerable members of its community, trading the livelihoods of its workforce for its own bottom line.
Recentering Academics Demands a Revolution
As students seek an avenue to respond to the turmoil before them, Harvard’s curriculum must adapt – or risk becoming obsolete altogether.
Institutional Neutrality Is Impossible. Harvard Must Accept That Fact.
For Harvard, institutional neutrality is a convenient cop-out. In the face of intense public, political, and financial scrutiny, urging the University to pick a side, it can remove itself from the equation entirely. Meanwhile, Harvard’s partisanship lurks in the decisions it inevitably has to make.
Harvard Has Lost Its Moral Compass
Harvard could have remained steadfast in the fight for a brighter future, but instead chose to prove its own intellectual fragility. It caved to the current political moment, rapidly reorienting its beliefs to best serve its own financial interests.
What the Empty Basement in Canaday Says About Harvard
While the quiet dismantling of the Women's Center and other spaces might sound like mere bureaucratic restructuring it reveals an unspoken yet potent truth: Harvard couldn’t care less about its own students.
Where Did All the Radicals Go?
As a university renowned for intellectual discourse and cutting-edge research, we should not exist as an isolated echo chamber or apolitical island, but rather an institution that actively engages with our local community and our world.