Crimson staff writer
Jane Z. Li
Jane Z. Li is the Magazine Editor-at-Large for the 148th Guard. She can be reached at jane.li@thecrimson.com.
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Whose Mission Am I Serving?
"Still, I can’t shake the feeling that I’m intruding. Noticing the significant gentrification of the neighborhood and my relationship to its causes weighs heavily on my hopes to 'do good.'"
Mission Hill 3
Mission Hill is a neighborhood surrounded by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, and Fenway-Kenmore.
Mission Hill 2
Mission Hill is a neighborhood surrounded by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, and Fenway-Kenmore.
Mission Hill 1
Mission Hill is a neighborhood surrounded by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, and Fenway-Kenmore.
Natalie J. Gale
In March, Natalie J. Gale ’21 swapped Dunster House for her home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, a small town outside of Portland. She says she feels campus’s absence most through the artistic spaces she often occupied. “I really miss this one room in the Carpenter Center where you can just camp out for 12 hours and just print photos,” Gale says.
The Price of Independence
As much as I’d like to call myself innocent, I benefited from the housing crisis that has — and will — cause thousands of people grief. I realized that I had tried so hard to see only the parts of the community that might make people stay — and ignored the ones that might push them out.
Breaking the Harvard Bubble
The “Harvard bubble” is a phenomenon that shields students from the responsibilities of adult life, yet also blocks them from engaging with the communities that surround the University. But after Harvard’s campus became off-limits to many, some students find themselves settling outside the bubble’s walls, placing them next to a local housing crisis that the bubble can no longer hide.
HLS Professors React to the Effort to Fill the Supreme Court Seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
To help untangle the knotted relationship between politics and the court, FM spoke with three Harvard Law School professors, all scholars of constitutional law and the Supreme Court.
Virtually Equal?
The switch to remote learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all members of the University’s large and diverse student body. But the burden of finishing the school year away from Harvard’s campus weighs more heavily on certain students than others — and often those from first-generation or low-income (FGLI) backgrounds, from rural homes, and from time zones across the globe shoulder a disproportionate load. While the possibility of a fall semester conducted entirely or partially online looms, students must weigh the continuation of their education against the frustrations and fears that accompany college during quarantine.
Advice to Josh: Quarantine
With a limited amount of things to do in quarantine, FM is coming back from its six-year hiatus to provide advice to our eternal and anonymous freshman, Josh. We’ve asked FM writers to help Josh come up with some new ideas to help pass his time in quarantine. Josh didn’t even ask for FM’s advice — so you can be the judge of who’s really crying for help here. Anyway, here are their expert answers.
Quarantine Diaries
Jane Z. Li takes us inside the Li household, where each family member has a floor to themself to practice social distancing and explains how her family is staying cautious in light of COVID-19.
Somerville ED to Close or Continue?
The Somerville Emergency Department will terminate its services on April 30, bringing the Somerville Hospital to an official end after over 128 years of service.
A Reluctant Queen
“Growing up, there just wasn’t a lot of Chinese American representation in pageantry,” Yang says. She imagines an America where Miss Chinatown U.S.A. will not be confusing to anybody.
Abstracts from the Harvard Laboratory that Proved “Stress Makes Hair Turn Gray”
Harvard researchers shook the scientific world to its core on Jan. 22 when they proved that stress makes hair turn gray. On the heels of their groundbreaking discovery, the researchers have published a series of equally revolutionary papers.
Julius Z. R. Wade
Despite having no artistic experience before college, Wade has participated in more than 30 shows at Harvard as an actor, director, producer, and stage manager — “the whole nine yards,” he says.
