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Hosting Harvard-Yale at Fenway Is the Right Move

By Kelli D. Higgins
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This change isn’t the death of tradition — it’s tradition evolved. So, next fall, enter The Game at Fenway with an open mind and a lot of school spirit, and we might just make Harvard-Yale better than ever.

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To Avoid Federal Micromanagement, Harvard Must Earn Trust

The best way to promote a good deal with the Trump administration is to combine touting the great things at Harvard with a determination to fix the things that are not great. This is how to build the trust needed for Harvard to work together with the government to make universities great again.

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The Real Reason Trump Is Attacking Harvard

Harvard’s top priority should be to rehabilitate its public image by advertising its positive effects — from scientific breakthroughs made here to the University’s broader economic impact —  which would help insulate itself from its current political woes.

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This Semester, Join a Club Just for Fun

For the most part, Harvard students don’t have to worry about finding professional success — so let’s make more of an effort to enjoy ourselves while we do.

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Dissent: Much Ado About Nothing

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But, alas, the folding of several of the College’s DEI offices into the Harvard Foundation — a part of the newly rebranded Office of Culture and Community — is nothing more than a cosmetic makeover.

DEI May Have Failed at Harvard. So Will the Rebrand.

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Absent that, the OCC will merely inherit the worst of DEI’s reputation: symbolism without substance. DEI as Harvard practiced it fell short, but giving it a hasty, ill-explained paint job isn’t sensible reform.

Harvard’s Lawsuit Proves That Resistance Is Possible

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Against that backdrop, the ruling in Harvard’s lawsuit provides a welcome reminder that universities don’t have to sacrifice their values in service of their research. Of course, there will be more letters filled with infeasible or unconstitutional demands. But now, there’s a precedent for how to fight back.

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The Trump Lawsuit You Haven’t Heard of Is the Real Game Changer

This week’s ruling is an important vindication of that core mission. And in winning our own independently enforceable judicial order, our organizations have helped protect our community’s essential rights from being bargained away in any backroom deal.

Harvard Should Require Pre-Orientation

By L.A. Karnes
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By expanding resources to pre-orientation programs and introducing a new lottery system, Harvard can reaffirm its dedication to an enhanced first-year experience.

My Lab Displayed A Message of Solidarity on Our Windows. Harvard Took It Down.

If we continue down this path, we risk not only Harvard’s future as an institution of free inquiry and expression but also its integrity and trustworthiness.

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Our Professors Say We Don’t Care Enough about Our Classes. What Did You Expect?

These activities give us purpose and prepare us for life beyond academia. Harvard’s mission to develop “citizen-leaders” can’t succeed if leadership and learning are treated as separate goals.

Harvard’s Research Saves Lives. Let’s Train Students To Do the Same.

Harvard generates extraordinary science. Students deserve courses that show them how to use science to help people live extraordinary lives.

Stop Complaining About the Laundry Prices, You Unpatriotic Cheapskate

And I’m proud to be a Harvardian, at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the liberal judges of the First Massachusetts District Court who temporarily gave that right to me. And I’ll gladly stand up next to you, and contribute every extra quarter I’ve got to stanch the bleeding.