Columns
Jenny Martínez for Harvard President: A Free Speech Leader for a Polarized Era
Harvard should appoint Stanford Provost Jenny S. Martínez as our new president.
Give Me a Vengeful Harvard
Our president must know that Harvard is at war with the right and losing.
Announcing The Crimson Editorial Board’s Spring 2024 Columnists
The Editorial Board is pleased to announce its columnists for the upcoming spring semester. Opinion columnists will publish on a bi-weekly basis, each focusing on a theme of their choice.
Biting the Hand That Feeds Us
Being “the one who made it” doesn’t mean I should turn a blind eye to every decision Harvard makes and act as if there’s no room for improvement.
Courses on Identity Shouldn’t Be So Rare
I wish that courses that allow us to study our identity could simply be a class, rather than a rare commodity that we feel that we can waste.
The Association of Black Harvard Women ‘as a Catalyst’ for Institutional Change at Harvard
Harvard needs more of this political action to not only sustain the civic work that student organizations do, but to preserve the indispensable value that diverse students bring to campus — especially in a post-affirmative action world.
For Harvard, the Name Is the Game
Yes, Harvard already receives hundreds of millions of dollars annually in current use gifts. But we should get more. My strategy: First, sell even more naming rights, and second, let the market set their prices.
Divestment Was Step One. Now, Harvard Must Reinvest.
Investing in its surrounding community is a step toward real justice — environmental and otherwise. As PILOT renegotiation approaches, I urge Harvard to take it.
Cannabis Cambridge, Humbug Harvard
Tutors, proctors, deans, tattletale peers, even HUPD officers: If you see something or smell something, choose not to say something.
ChatGPT’s Bias Bites in Bytes
Generative AI won’t just match the value Wikipedia has for students — it will likely surpass it. But we must quickly understand the technology’s faults.
In Our Thousands, In Our Millions
They tried to scare us by threatening our future employment or calling for us to get suspended, yet it only reinforced our commitment to the political and human rights of the Palestinian people.
Remembering Harvard’s Homosexual Purge
Building a queer-inclusive institution begins by reckoning with our obvious failures. After all, if our College can’t even appropriately respond to the Secret Court, then how can we trust it to confront the less visible harms of ongoing queerphobia?
Title IX Is Broken. How Do We Fix It?
So long as issues of sexual harassment persist on campuses nationwide, universities must be the ones to fund both investigations and the protection of survivors — even going so far as to provide legal aid.
Splash of Koilor
While the campus greens may have turned to grays, inside the MBA Class of 1959 Chapel, the koi keep swimming — and perhaps, with a splash of their defiant color and calm, we can too.
On Sisterhood: Women’s Colleges Past and Present
Who Harvard is intended to serve often feels dictated by its long history as an Old Boys’ club for the white, the wealthy, and the male — but from my dormitory window, I see a university that is as much mine as any man’s, and I am hopeful for its future.
Hard Truths From Hashtags: Learning From the Twitter Files
As phone-addicted college students, we are subject to speech codes in every waking moment. Understanding how algorithms on social media and written rules at our own University shape what we are exposed to should be taken very seriously.
City Upon A Hill of Skulls
We must look through the eyes of history to understand the true nature of Winthrop’s catastrophic legacy. It is a legacy built on the genocide of the Indigenous population.
An Ode to Columns
Everyone on the Editorial Board knows two facts about me. First, my dad is a pastor and my mom is a therapist. Second, my name is synonymous with columns.
Money or Sustainability: Choose One
Despite efforts to sell off its land investments, Harvard’s transition away from this extractive practice is not complete. Harvard should make a point to end not just individual investments, but the practice of land grabbing overall.
Students Make Bad Career Choices. Harvard Should Step In.
Harvard isn’t a government, but it does have a vested interest in the contributions that students make to society once they graduate. As such, Harvard can and should take similar steps to influence students’ choices.
The Courtyards
So, there you have it — a tour of the House courtyards, minus most of the usual Lowell bias. Next time you're sprinting to another House’s dining hall, take a moment to pause, relax, and find a new way to escape.
Instagram, Infographics, and The Information We Consume
Given the recent crises in the Middle East, and subsequently on our campus, I have become acutely aware of the information I consume and where it comes from, especially on social media.
Don’t Take Harvard Too Seriously
For us here at Harvard, it’s also important to recognize that our statements are paid disproportionately more attention to. We also should recognize that just because we’re paid more attention doesn’t mean we’re more correct. Just as the public shouldn’t take us too seriously, neither should we.
Graduating Public School Doesn’t Make You an Imposter
Currently, at every level, the American educational system seems to leave disadvantaged students behind, while praising the most privileged students for making the most of opportunities only they can access.
Crisis Careers
If Harvard has acknowledged this industry is imprudent to invest its endowment in, why would it invest its students in fossil fuel jobs? Why would Harvard allow any of the talent it has cultivated to be funneled into an industry focused on making the world worse?