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Harvard Students Have Grocery Options. We Refuse To Use Them.

By Mac M. Mertens
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While oft-repeated claims of CVS’s price gouging are believable yet harmless, the notion that Harvard Square lacks an accessible grocery store is plainly false. It’s time to put these rumors to bed for good.

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A Liberal Arts Education Without the Arts

But Harvard cannot be surprised if some students feel more fulfilled by their extracurricular commitments when those clubs fill crucial gaps in Harvard’s curriculum — in subjects administrators have declared an important part of a liberal arts education.

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Competition Shouldn’t Cost Us Our Friendships

When we support — rather than compete against — our classmates, we contribute to a strong, united community aimed at mutual flourishing rather than individualized ambition.

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Harvard Calls Cambridge Home. Its Payments Should Show It.

As Harvard renegotiates the terms of its PILOT agreement, we urge the administration to remember how much we benefit from our community. After all, Harvard students are also Cambridge residents — the University should act like it.

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Some Conservatives Have Gotten Louder. We Think Most Stay Quiet.

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For those of you who find yourselves somewhere in between the far-right and the left, we urge you to come to the table of discourse to help fix Harvard’s broken speech culture. Talk to your friends, your classmates, and those with whom you disagree.

Dissent: If Moderate Conservatives Are Quiet, It’s Not for Lack of Space

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This isn’t to say that our campus speech culture is perfect, but the distinction here is important: Whether students want to participate politically is a completely different issue from whether they are free to do so.

To Improve Classroom Conversations, Train Our TFs.

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TFs are indispensable to the academic work of our University. The least Harvard can do is equip them with the guidance they need to do it well.

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When It Comes To Free Speech, Harvard Students Must Look Inward

Many of my deepest friendships at Harvard have been formed and strengthened through meaningful disagreement, even on sensitive topics. Take a risk! If someone is not willing to listen, make that their problem, not yours.

I’m a Former HMS Dean. Here’s What Trump’s NIH Cuts Will Actually Do.

Of course the effects will vary across research institutions, as institutions differ markedly in their operating models and financial situations. Jobs will be lost, including faculty, trainees, and support staff. Ongoing and planned research studies will be canceled, and the advancement of life-saving science will suffer.

The Kennedy School Doesn’t Need To Legitimize DOGE

Now more than ever, Harvard needs to work toward strengthening public policy and governance in the U.S. and around the world. We ask that the Kennedy School leverage its institutional legitimacy to strengthen democracy, not contribute to its demise.

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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.