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To the Editor: With Trump’s Election, Our Classmates Are Terrified for a Reason

By Chukwudi Ilozue
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Many of our now vulnerable classmates are living in fear that Trump’s next victims might not be a distant Haitian community in Ohio, but their LGBTQ+ friends or a cousin with a complicated pregnancy. And they will look at those on campus who gleefully cheer their impending hardship not just with anger, but terror.

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Can Harvard Remain Nonpartisan in Trump’s America? Yes and No

In the face of a Republican party that, regardless of what it has gotten right, has subscribed to a cult of personality and returned to power on a story anathema to democracy itself, can Harvard remain nonpartisan? Yes and no.

Columns

Make Harvard Great Again

Harvard is in sore need of some administrative shakeup. It’s time for Harvard to take a page out of the great Vice President-elect JD Vance’s playbook: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

Op Eds

Harvard Cannot Treat Palestine as an Afterthought

Harvard has the potential to lead the discourse on Palestine, Israel, and human rights. We must begin by stopping the silence, suppression, and double standards — Palestine must be spoken about openly, not as an afterthought.

Opinion's Choice

  1. The Editorial Board's Guide to The 2024 Board of Overseers Election
  2. Allston Is Gentrifying, but Harvard Isn’t To Blame
  3. Harvard Must Learn Its Lesson. Institutional Neutrality Is Step One.
  4. We’re Really Sorry About That Antisemitic Cartoon, Guys
  5. Harvard Admissions Should Be More Meritocratic

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Harvard Must Act to Save Jewish Studies

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At a time when studying Judaism has never been more crucial, the University must act decisively to find highly qualified individuals to fill the vacancies — the future of Harvard’s Jewish studies program depends on it.

Dissent: Medical Humanities Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

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Harvard has a responsibility to prepare its pre-med students for the complex interactions they will be called to manage. Pure humanities courses just won’t cut it.

What Does Interdisciplinarity Even Mean Anymore?

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Look no further than our University’s foray into the medical humanities — an emerging field that applies humanistic insights to the study of health and wellbeing — as an indication that the interdisciplinary hype has gone too far.

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I’m President of the Harvard Republican Club. Being Republican at Harvard Has Never Been Better.

By Michael Oved
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Notwithstanding these petty efforts to undermine and intimidate campus Republicans into suppressing their viewpoints, as president of the Harvard Republican Club, I can state unequivocally that it has never been a better time to be a Republican on campus.

Why Was My High School More Fun Than Harvard?

Harvard-Yale shouldn’t be the only time students have school spirit. Imagine a student section where themes and traditions make every Saturday unforgettable, where every game has the enthusiasm of Harvard-Yale.

Higher Ed Is Under Attack. An Organized Faculty Is Its Best Defense.

The future of higher education will require us to demonstrate what shared governance looks like — from our legislatures to our libraries.

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To Be a Harvard Man

It shouldn’t be so difficult to say “I write about transgender issues at Harvard.” But as simple as they sound, these seven words make a whole world of difference.

Clubs, Classes, Houses: When Survivors of Sexual Assault Can’t Avoid Their Assaulters

Students shouldn’t have to trade the clubs and Houses they love for safety and peace of mind.

Sections Are Way Too Big

Our sections are too large, and students lose a lot of learning as a result.

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