Op Eds
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.
What We Learn about When We Learn about China
Engagement with China—the activity that was supposed to place us at the presumed center of this happy dynamism—is instead entangling us in our country’s current anxieties.
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
Letters From District 7
We're doing this ourselves, for ourselves, for each other. If we don't have all the answers yet, that's because the questions are enormous.
All Eyes on Brazil
Undoubtedly 2014 will be a great time to show the rest of the world the beauty and rich culture Brazil has to offer, but it should be a time as well to help—not a time to hide the Brazilians living so close yet worlds away to where the events will be taking place.
An Issue of Safety
Over the long weekend, I visited a friend at a university in New York. When entering this friend’s dorm for the first time, I was immediately stopped by a security guard who took my driver’s license, recorded my name, informed me that I had to be out of the building by 10pm, and kept the license until I left later that night.
Magic from a Man: Steve Jobs
Since his death, some have decided to deify Jobs for his long list of innovations and influences. This is not the reason, however, that he should be remembered.
Taxation and Its Metaphors
Taxation is not another charitable cause for people to support as their consciences dictate. It’s an obligation that every citizen has to support the government.
Magic from a Man: Steve Jobs
Since his death, some have decided to deify Jobs for his long list of innovations and influences. This is not the reason, however, that he should be remembered.
The Marginal Cost of A Drink
Pregaming would persist in a world with a lower drinking age, but drinking at Harvard would be safer if the minimum age were 18 because more students would end their nights in bars, not at dorm parties.
Boycott Wall Street
Not everyone has the means or demeanor for radical rebellion, but rather than join the occupation of Wall Street, I suggest that Harvard seniors simply give up pursuing an occupation on Wall Street.
It’s 21, Not 18: Deal With It
The end result of lowering the drinking age would not be more and safer parties that would stop students from pregaming.
Greeks Under Unfair Fire
Far from degrading social cohesion, Greek organizations are some of the most powerful community-strengthening institutions on campus. Strong friendships, not alcohol, are why students primarily join.
