Op Eds
End 180:1
One hundred eighty to one represents the ratio of the highest-paid Harvard employee’s salary to the lowest. For a university with a $32 billion endowment, this wage disparity is ridiculous and embarrassing, and Harvard must amend it not only by ensuring good jobs for Harvard’s lowest-paid workers, but also by significantly reducing top executive compensations.
Losing Liberty
The protestors have a right to be frustrated with the current system, but their demands reveal a profound disrespect for freedom and ignorance of the real culprits in America’s “rigged” system.
Reclaiming Marriage
One does not have to look far to see the threats posed by marriage’s decline.
No Strings Attached
Although China’s policies have drawn strong criticism from Western nations on the grounds of transparency and human-rights issues, they have yielded more tangible economic benefits for both China and its African partners.
Combating the Facebook Index
In almost any Harvard class, one can see students checking Facebook, reading the New York Times, or checking their Gmail during lecture. Facebook during class has become so ubiquitous that no one even questions it.
Why Cage-Free Won and Why It Matters
Months ago, I decided to participate in a project that would push for 100 percent cage-free eggs in Harvard dining halls.
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
There is little room in the blogosphere for another comparison of Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party movement, but echoes resound in the empty space where neutral constructive criticism might be found.
Say Yes to (AIDS) Drugs: Prioritizing Lives Over Profit
We must be willing and able to provide innovative mechanisms like the Medicines Patent Pool that persuade corporate actors to become actual do-gooders in society, however slowly
Nein, Nein, Nein
Pizza baron Herman Cain has somehow wedged his way into the top tier of the Republican primary field in the ...
Whose Revolution?
I may not have marched in Egypt or protested in Syria, but my voice and the voices of my peers are still important. Simply through dialogue in Cambridge, we can take part in the global debate started by the Arab revolutions; one to which we have important sentiments to contribute.
Opting for More Options
This semester, Ec 10 and CS 50 enrolled more students than any other course, reflecting the mass appeal and relevance of these subjects.
Inclusive Diversity
A sorority celebrates its members, its diversity, and the empowerment of the women who call themselves sisters.
Bring Back the Jobs
The lack of genuine transparency, and the inability to have a meaningful dialogue about the crisis, convinced us to reject calls for all layoffs and cuts as both unnecessary and needlessly cruel.
I’m a Senior
But right now, Harvard institutions—and we seniors—should be less concerned with graduating than with the time we have left. College is a unique experience; we ought not be so ready to leave that we waste it
