Crimson opinion writer
Andrés Muedano
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Ethicist, Should I Let Go of My Zionist Friends?
At the end of the day, a friendship built across disagreement does not demand that you hide or abandon your beliefs. Sustaining conversations across ideological and moral divides might require that you strengthen your convictions.
Ethicist, Should I Date My Comp Director?
I feel like something is forbidden about it because he's my superior, and I'm also not totally sure I'd actually want to date him, to be honest. What should I do??? —Signed, Dubious Debbie.
Scientists and the Face of God
I believed in science, but I also believed in agency. To think of myself as a machine driven by chemical reactions beyond my control felt outrageous. I knew myself to be more than just a body. I wanted to believe that I was also a mind.
Among Crêpes and Poetry, Artists Find Creative Resistance
On the first Friday of April, we head to the café for the latest installment of Cambridge Night Readings, a weekly series partnering with the Cambridge Arts Council for National Poetry Month. Though we are among the first to arrive, every seat in the coffeehouse is filled within minutes.
Harvard Preaches Progressivism — It Also Preserves Power
The spectre of Neo-Marxism is not haunting Harvard. We may speak the language of transformation, but the actions of our University remain anchored in the preservation of power.
Contingency
Most predictions are contingents: over a hundred species will go extinct tomorrow; Mexico City will run out of water in the next decade; I will witness climate collapse within my lifetime. All statements about the future, neither inevitable nor impossible.
Will You Monitor Us, Harvard?
Like many, I am an international student who stands in solidarity with Palestine. So once again, I ask you, Harvard: Will you monitor us? Or will you stand up for the principles you claim to uphold?
To Fight the Climate Crisis, Harvard Needs the Humanities
If universities like Harvard want to be part of the solution to the climate crisis, they need to make the humanities part of their response.