Editorials
Interdisciplinarity Has Become a Buzzword. Here’s How to Course-Correct.
Slapping fields together at random isn’t interdisciplinarity. Conflating the two helps neither the University nor the prospects of worthwhile cross-disciplinary inquiry.
In an Institutionally Neutral World, Expect Students to Speak Up
With the same insidious form of doxxing from last semester yet again rearing its ugly head, Harvard must meet the moment with greater action.
Dissent: Harvard College Needs a King
There is no place better for an absolute regime to thrive than within Harvard’s prestigious walls.
This HUA Election, Vote Your Conscience
More important than who you choose is that you choose at all, and that your choice doesn’t represent your last engagement with student government this year.
NIL Collectives Aren’t Harvard’s Ball Game
While NIL collectives continue to reshape the college sports landscape, it would be unwise to let them transform athletics at Harvard.
The Editorial Board's Guide to The 2024 Board of Overseers Election
A Guide to the 2024 Harvard Board of Overseers Election
Down With Single-Family Zoning
With a new proposal to end single-family zoning under consideration, the Cambridge City Council has a chance to finally confront the housing crisis.
Keep Politics Out of the Houses
Harvard has thousands of undergraduates; it would be impossible to fit them into just 12 political homes.
Dissent: When It Comes To Free Speech, the Editorial Board Is All Talk.
Because the Editorial Board calls for unattainable balance in the name of ideological diversity and censoriousness in the name of neutrality, we dissent.
Garber’s Tenure, Two Months In: The Editors React
We asked our editors to revisit their January reflections, offering fresh thoughts on where Harvard stands today.
Critics Are Wrong About DEI at Harvard, but There’s Plenty of Room To Improve
There are two Harvard Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs: The one you read about in the press, and the one that actually exists.
Harvard’s Abstinence-Only Approach to Fun
Students have plenty of time to pursue presidencies and Nobel Prizes. For now, we hope the administration lets us enjoy our young adulthood.
How Harvard Can Build Better in Allston
Harvard is a university — not a general contractor, developer, or local landlord. At least, it should be.
At Long Last, They’ve Ruined River Run
Run safely, run wisely, run well, and may your milk jugs be full.
Harvard Must Learn Its Lesson. Institutional Neutrality Is Step One.
As an editorial board that has criticized the University for failing to make these statements more than perhaps any other entity, we mean it when we now say: It is time for Harvard to turn off the megaphone.
Testing the Waters on Test-Optional Admissions
Harvard must carefully weigh the evidence before it reaches a final judgment on admissions testing; the decision is far too weighty to play “guess and check."
Another Day, Another Committee
For all the constant coverage Harvard’s committees have earned, one has slipped by relatively unnoticed — despite the highly important issue it seeks to address.
Dissent: The Only People Congress Has Fooled Is the Editorial Board
Congress continues to demonstrate that they’re more interested in treating Harvard like a political punching bag than governing our country.
Congress Could Be Wrong. That Doesn’t Mean Harvard Is Right.
Ultimately, the best — and only — way to improve Harvard’s public image is by actually improving Harvard.
The Antisemitic Cartoon Is Everything Wrong With Discourse on Campus
It’s time to replace this pain, anger, and unease with empathy and a willingness to learn.
Harvard Shouldn’t Silence Protest, but It’s Their Right To Regulate It
If history is any judge, Harvard’s new posture does not assure the failure of today’s student protestors or those who will follow them. Indeed, it may aid them.
Dissent: With New Protest Guidelines, Free Speech Again Stops at Palestine
With their tacit support for Harvard’s new guidelines, the Editorial Board today demonstrates that their commitment to free speech is just as specious as our University’s.
FAS Changes Won’t Fix Prior Term Registration
We have learned to dread Faculty of Arts and Sciences discussions of course enrollment — and for good reason.
Dissent: With Pass-Fail Policy, the FAS Would Make Grades Even More Meaningless
Grade inflation and compression, worse with every passing year, pose a serious threat to the health of Harvard. The last thing the FAS should do now is give students another out.
Editorial Snippets: Valentine’s Day Limericks
The staff of The Crimson Editorial Board share Valentine's Day-themed snippets in poem form.