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Down With Single-Family Zoning
With a new proposal to end single-family zoning under consideration, the Cambridge City Council has a chance to finally confront the housing crisis.
Keep Politics Out of the Houses
Harvard has thousands of undergraduates; it would be impossible to fit them into just 12 political homes.
Critics Are Wrong About DEI at Harvard, but There’s Plenty of Room To Improve
There are two Harvard Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs: The one you read about in the press, and the one that actually exists.
How Harvard Can Build Better in Allston
Harvard is a university — not a general contractor, developer, or local landlord. At least, it should be.
At Long Last, They’ve Ruined River Run
Run safely, run wisely, run well, and may your milk jugs be full.
Harvard Must Learn Its Lesson. Institutional Neutrality Is Step One.
As an editorial board that has criticized the University for failing to make these statements more than perhaps any other entity, we mean it when we now say: It is time for Harvard to turn off the megaphone.
Testing the Waters on Test-Optional Admissions
Harvard must carefully weigh the evidence before it reaches a final judgment on admissions testing; the decision is far too weighty to play “guess and check."
Another Day, Another Committee
For all the constant coverage Harvard’s committees have earned, one has slipped by relatively unnoticed — despite the highly important issue it seeks to address.
Congress Could Be Wrong. That Doesn’t Mean Harvard Is Right.
Ultimately, the best — and only — way to improve Harvard’s public image is by actually improving Harvard.
The Antisemitic Cartoon Is Everything Wrong With Discourse on Campus
It’s time to replace this pain, anger, and unease with empathy and a willingness to learn.
Harvard Shouldn’t Silence Protest, but It’s Their Right To Regulate It
If history is any judge, Harvard’s new posture does not assure the failure of today’s student protestors or those who will follow them. Indeed, it may aid them.
FAS Changes Won’t Fix Prior Term Registration
We have learned to dread Faculty of Arts and Sciences discussions of course enrollment — and for good reason.
Removing Native Artifacts Isn’t Enough
To reckon with Harvard’s crimes against New England’s original inhabitants, the University and the Peabody still have much to do.
Garber Should Resign From Vertex for Harvard’s Sake
Given the potential conflicts of interest and the obvious appearance of impropriety, we believe Garber would be wise to resign from his role at Vertex.
Plagiarism Is the Right’s Newest Weapon. Harvard Must Disarm It.
As the culture wars lurch on, the right has found a perfect weapon with which to hit the university — taken straight from the academy’s arsenal itself: claims of plagiarism.