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Harvard’s Feeder School Addiction
Until Harvard puts in more effort to find diamonds in the rough, legions of feeder school resumes — hand-edited by highly-paid admissions counselors — will continue to fill our classes.
Harvard’s Conservatives Have to Stop Hiding
There’s no reason to sequester conversations about Plato and the good life to an ideologically homogeneous — some might say, ideologically extreme — group named after a founding father.
Garber Is Right: The Ad Board Is the Problem.
As it turns out, a 325 page report can illuminate a lot about administrative dysfunction.
Whether Study-Ins Are Protests Doesn’t Matter. Whether They’re Disruptive Does.
Harvard has faced a host of genuinely difficult questions about how to navigate protest this past year. Responding to students and faculty silently studying in the library isn’t one of them.
Trump Is Coming for Higher Ed. Harvard Must Fight Back.
With Trump’s reascension to the presidency, higher education is staring down the barrel of a gun, and — despite its new institutional voice policies — our University cannot remain silent.
If Harvard’s Endowment is Ethically Invested, It Should Show Us the Receipts
It’s time to pull back the curtain on the endowment.
A Trump Win Would Be Disastrous for Both Our Campus and Our Country
At a critical juncture for Harvard and America, a second Trump term would prove disastrous for both.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 1 To Open the State House Black Box
A “yes” vote on Ballot Question 1 could begin to change that by empowering the State Auditor to break open the black box and see what’s going wrong inside.
How to Vote on the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
This Election Day, Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to decide the direction the Bay State will take in five important areas of public policy. The below are The Crimson Editorial Board’s recommendations for how to vote in each. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 2 for the Kids Who Slip Through the Cracks
Because we believe the state can maintain these distinctions without punishing individual students for systemic problems, we support a “yes” vote on Question 2.
Don’t Trip. Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 4.
Decriminalization will both destigmatize drug usage and, most importantly, provide safe, regulated avenues for those who choose to use them. Voting “yes” on Ballot Question 4 will help achieve these goals.
Here’s a Tip. Vote ‘No’ on Ballot Question 5.
When economics and common sense align, we should listen to those who know the industry best. Vote “no” on Ballot Question Five.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 3 to Allow Rideshare Workers to Drive Change.
Because all workers deserve a say in the terms of their employment, we call for a “yes” vote on Ballot Question 3.
We Don’t Need a Survey To Know Harvard Has a Sexual Violence Problem
These putatively positive results are hardly cause for celebration.
Once Again, Harvard is Trying to Ruin Our Fun.
Harvard-Yale is the one day a year that social hierarchies break down and parties abound. The DSO cannot take that away from us.
