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The Skeletons in Summers’s Closet
If Harvard wants to quash the culture that allowed Epstein and Summers to operate with impunity, it has to demonstrate that even its most decorated figures aren’t untouchable.
Harvard’s Finances Are Dire — But We Can’t Cut Our Academic Mission
In a time of crushing financial pressure, cuts will always draw blood. But it’s hard to see how Harvard can claim to safeguard its teaching and research mission while letting go of staff who formed its backbone — especially when other corners of the University seem more ripe for clipping.
Harvard’s Epstein Reckoning Is Far From Over
Harvard shouldn’t be for sale — and known pedophiles certainly shouldn’t be allowed to buy access.
Free Laundry Has a Price. Let’s Make It Worth Paying.
With the new SAF, we glimpse a better student experience on the horizon. Fewer fundraisers, cheaper tickets, more art, more speaker events, better free food — and yes, better concerts. If a little bit of that SAF change goes towards booking a better Crimson Jam headliner, we’ll be even happier to fork over the cash.
Harvard Shouldn’t Leave Its Workers Behind
As Harvard limps through its fight with Washington, it risks leaving its own workers behind.
The Faculty Senate Should Have a Say
Through the storms the next few years will surely bring, we hope Harvard lets our educators get close enough to the wheel to correct course when it is needed.
We Hate to Admit It, But Dean Claybaugh is Right
Harvard students should be here to learn — not get a 4.0. Based on the College’s recent efforts, it appears that dream may someday be achieved. For the time being, we’ll have to content with giving the administration an A. For effort, of course.
What Harvard Won’t Let Interviewers Say
But given the headwinds of higher education, the disappointing change isn’t unexpected. Harvard and other universities are moving to inaugurate colorblindness as the standard for discussing race, scrubbing identity with the hope that “intellectual vitality” or “viewpoint diversity” can take its place.
Harvard’s Latest Speech Controversy
For the sake of Harvard’s intellectual community, University employees should be able to articulate their personal beliefs without fear of retribution.
Don’t Let Diversity Die At the Starting Line
Household wealth plays an enormous role in applicants’ lived experiences; considering it will create a less homogenous campus and contribute to a more enriching college experience for all — all while turning Harvard into a more equitable engine of social mobility.