Crimson opinion writer
Lorenzo Z. Ruiz
Lorenzo Z. Ruiz ’27, a Crimson Editorial Editor, lives in Greenough Hall.
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I Was on the HUA’s Problem Solving Team. We Failed, But So Did the HUA.
If my time on the team has made one thing clear, it’s that the HUA is a fundamentally broken body from its foundation on up — and no constitutional clarification would be sufficient to fix that.
Michael Sandel’s Great Injustice
Michael J. Sandel’s Justice: “Ethical Reasoning in Polarized Times,” being taught to over 800 enrollees for the first time in over a decade, is a relic from a bygone era of higher education.
Want Better Harvard Debates? Make Rhetoric Mandatory.
Expos 45 has the potential to imbue students with the strength to be open and vulnerable to new perspectives. Thorough instruction in considerate, empathetic, and willing conversation holds tremendous power.
Expand Legacy Admissions, Now.
There’s no doubting that Harvard’s legacy admissions system is detestable. But since administrators have shown little interest in scrapping it entirely — I say we make legacy bigger.
Time for the Left To Reclaim Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is a progressive force. Progressives should remember that.
I’m a Progressive. Here’s Why I’m Glad Harvard’s New Provost Isn’t.
John F. Manning ’82, Harvard’s newly minted interim provost, is a conservative. He’s also an exceptional pick.
Harvard Can Kill the Diversity-Excellence Dichotomy
We must remind the world of our selectivity and rigor by tightening standards in undergraduate admissions and faculty hiring.
Harvard Doesn’t Need a President, Yet
Harvard has no permanent president. Let’s keep it that way — for now.