Columns
A-Minus the Effort
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I’m a Progressive. Here’s Why I’m Glad Harvard’s New Provost Isn’t.
John F. Manning ’82, Harvard’s newly minted interim provost, is a conservative. He’s also an exceptional pick.
The Title IX Process is Like a Trial. Many Survivors Navigate it Alone.
The Title IX process is often one of the most difficult ordeals a survivor will ever endure. Harvard can show it is serious about protecting students by providing survivors with essential legal support.
Remembering Aaron Bushnell: Palestine and the Legacy of Self-Immolation
The least we can do for Aaron Bushnell is to speak up. To remember him, it is imperative we join the mass movement for Palestine that is working each day on the right side of history.
Trans People Can’t Afford Institutional Neutrality, Harvard.
Harvard can afford to be neutral. But neutrality is a luxury that trans people do not have.
Antisemitism Continues to Thrive in Garber’s Harvard
Harvard needs a president who will protect Jewish students from this explosion of hate. If Garber isn’t up for the job, it’s time for him to step up — or else, step down.
Harvard Can Kill the Diversity-Excellence Dichotomy
We must remind the world of our selectivity and rigor by tightening standards in undergraduate admissions and faculty hiring.
Harvard’s Bubble Economy Is Not the American Economy
We applaud Harvard’s attempt to free its students from the anxieties of navigating rent, groceries, and utilities. But it is important to recognize that this approach produces a cohort of young people insulated from the economy everyone else is waking up to.
It’s Alright to Demand the Disinvitation of Speakers
Speaker disinvitations may often be objectionable. But students have every right to pursue them.
Take It From a Former Activist: Universities Need to be Neutral
Embracing the Kalven report can effectively sever the administration’s subtle yet influential grip on campus discourse and perspectives.
Institutional Neutrality or Institutional Deception?
There are other things we can do to harden the University to the present sense of siege.
Which Side Are You On?
The legacies we pursue and ultimately leave behind serve as a testament to our values, aspirations, and the very essence of our character.
Stop Telling Me There Are Only Two Sexes
We must not accept the binary as an indisputable and restrictive truth.
Fixing Fraud in College Admissions
As college applications grow steadily more competitive, students have been pushed to ever-greater lengths to gain admission — including mounting pressures to embellish or outright falsify application data.