Ava M. Ribaudo
Ava M. Ribaudo ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Government concentrator in Leverett House.
Latest Articles
HLS Must Draw the Line on AI
AI can summarize cases, identify arguments, synthesize doctrine, and produce or refine legal writing almost instantaneously. When students feel welcome to outsource those practices, they bypass the intellectual exercise meant to make them into thoughtful lawyers.
Let Harvard Shop Again
Abolishing the shopping period doesn’t eliminate the need to shop. Despite browsing the course catalog and selecting courses in advance, many students still arrive on campus unsure whether their months-old decisions will hold.
In Defense of the Shared Course Initiative
The program is a great idea. It would expand access while redistributing instructional costs across universities, thus addressing the challenge of sustaining the small, resource-intensive character of language courses.
The Case for Military History at Harvard
War is one of the leading drivers of both political and economic change, and yet Harvard lacks the space to systematically study it.
Cutting Ties and Cutting Talent
Politicizing government partnerships is a disproportionate and illegitimate response to a University that has actively sought to build kinship with military service. Harvard’s military affiliates should not become scapegoats in a culture-war dispute.
Fixing Civil Discourse Starts With an Ethics Requirement
Free speech has no silver-bullet solution, yet the introduction of a College-wide ethics requirement will move Harvard in the right direction.