Michael Isayan
Michael Isayan ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Apley Court.
Latest Articles
Dissent: We’re Glad The Game’s at Fenway
We aren’t yet convinced The Game should be held at Fenway every four years. But we are glad that we’ll be able to say that we saw it there once.
Don’t Kill the Take-Home Paper
Constructing an “AI-proof” paper assignment may not be as Herculean a task as the defeatists would claim.
Against Skimming
Reading quizzes or not, the onus is on students to do the intellectually virtuous thing. And, despite our busyness, it would not kill us to slow down the skimming and pause to introspect about the words on the page once in a while.
Harvard Square’s Makeover Misses the Mark
Beyond the delayed timeline, I am concerned that the finished plaza will not live up to its potential as the center of life for University students, tourists, and residents of western Cambridge.
No, Jay Powell Won’t Get You an Internship at the Fed
As Harvard students, we have the extraordinary privilege of direct access to some of the world’s most influential decision makers. It is our obligation to the rest of the country to prompt them to say something new.
Stop Panicking About Big Law
Consultants and financiers are able to leverage their professions into upward economic mobility — why shouldn’t law school graduates do the same, especially if they are motivated by a shorter-term financial pressure?
Harvard Promises a Liberal Arts Education. Let’s Make Sure It Delivers.
Even if done right, ENCE is only one concentration out of a potential fifty-one. Harvard students love to complain — often with good reason — about administrative inaction, but interdisciplinary learning is an area where the power to make a change is genuinely in our hands.
Harvard Should Do More for Pre-Law Students
By offering expanded pre-law support systems throughout the undergraduate experience, Harvard could ensure law school applicants have a practical sense for the field they’re applying for — and, by extension, a more concrete and genuine reason for being there.
Don’t Fail Brown
Let us devote our time, energy, and action to solving this crisis, however we can. We cannot keep deferring a united movement against gun violence — reasonable people may disagree on solutions, but disagreement cannot excuse inaction.