Crimson opinion writer
E. Matteo Diaz
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Jack Silvers, former sports chairs, poses in front of 14 Plympton Street.
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Ted Minnis poses in front of Blodgett pool, where he has coached both men's and women's water polo teams.
Dissent: Harvard Shouldn’t Sacrifice Values for Optics
Tossing the label of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” might be politically expedient for now. But it will not solve Harvard’s public relations crisis. Instead, it only muddies our moral compass.
Harvard Needs To Make Up Its Mind on DEI
The University keeps insisting on its staunch belief that lowercase diversity, equity, and inclusion are all worthwhile pursuits. Yet when confronted with largely misinformed and overblown concerns about how this translates to capital DEI, it fails to levy any sort of defense.
Harvard’s Defense of Academia Is Missing Half the Story
The thing we’ve failed to reckon with is that — though scientific research will bear the brunt of Trump’s attacks because it benefits so much from federal funding — it’s not his real target.