Op Eds
Race for the Consumer?
Massive popular backlash aside, Komen has, in an instant, crippled their own ability to provide cancer screenings to women in need.
How To Grow STEM
Supporting post-secondary STEM education may very well prove more difficult, resource-intensive, and risky than dazzling third graders with a baking soda volcano, but the rewards of doing so will be equally explosive.
What Anti-Semitism?
If American academics hope to contribute to productive discussion about Israel and Palestine on campuses, they must first cooperate and not issue unfounded accusations of racism.
Fat Cats at Widener
With an endowment of 32 billion dollars growing in 2011 at a meager 21.4%, Harvard simply can no longer afford to maintain the best and largest academic library collection in the world.
Appearance and Faith in the Muslim World
I am a Muslim, but when I travel to the “Muslim world,” I certainly do not feel like one.
Religion and Politics
For liberalism demands that believers enter public dialogue stripped-down—or as Stephen Carter of Yale writes, “only after leaving behind that part of themselves that they may consider the most vital.” Non-believers, on the other hand, are not forced to check their principles at the door.
A Top-Heavy Administration?
There are certainly many reasons besides top-heavy administration for the skyrocketing costs of a college education, but I would suggest that the administration’s growth has outrun that of the University.
Girls in the Classroom
When female students are called on, we often fail to articulate our ideas and arguments as confidently as male students do.
On Failure at Harvard
We ought to struggle with failure, to think about what it means for our expectations and our goals. It provides an opportunity to learn a lesson about our own limitations and capabilities sooner, rather than later—at a time when opportunities to begin anew are not so difficult to come by.
Liars and Politicians
Yes, sometimes politicians break promises. Sometimes they shatter them in a memorable, sharded frenzy. But, more often than not, they do their best—or do something, at a minimum—to follow through on those promises.
Subverting Censorship
The internet age has created an unprecedented situation in which government censorship is actually catalyzing creativity.
Despicable Attacks
Especially when public discourse seems to demand a new sense of civility after years of hostile rhetoric, such attacks cannot continue into this election cycle.
Diversitas? Take a Closer Look
It can hardly be said that Harvard is socioeconomically homogeneous but it would still be a stretch to call it socioeconomically diverse.
Understanding the BDS Movement
If you support the BDS movement, you are supporting an organization that is actively working to undermine the Jewish state.
United Queer Nations?
The UN’s new focus on LGBT rights should be used to offer support to local activists and governments, not to perpetuate economic and social inequalities.
