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To See a Fossil Free Harvard, Reject Research Funding

By Jasmine N. Wynn
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Despite no institutional policy, Harvard’s individual schools, departments, and researchers have a unique opportunity to lead the way on rejecting fossil fuel company grants.

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A University Police State Is Forming. Harvard Can’t Be Next.

We are facing a dangerous return to an era where we treat nonviolent demonstration as criminal activity.

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Time for a Residential Advisors Union

All workers deserve to negotiate with their employers on an equal footing. That’s doubly the case when your employer is also your landlord. Vote yes on HURA.

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Student Organizers Must Learn From The Nightmare At Columbia

Pro-Palestine student organizers must commit to these values. Otherwise, they risk repeats of the failures at Columbia, undermining their movement, and making their Jewish peers unsafe in the process.

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  4. We’re Really Sorry About That Antisemitic Cartoon, Guys
  5. Harvard Admissions Should Be More Meritocratic

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By Suspending the Palestine Solidarity Committee, Harvard Guarantees Chaos

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Student groups aren’t above the rules. But the rules aren’t above the good of this campus. Harvard must choose the latter.

Dissent: Activists Broke the Rules. I’m Glad Harvard Enforced Them.

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Harvard has rules. For the safety of our community, it must enforce them. Yesterday, the University made the right call.

In Support of a Faculty Senate

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University governance is in desperate need of reform. A faculty senate could substantially improve how Harvard solves its problems.

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Get Harvard’s Russian-Language Study Abroad Out of Georgia

A Harvard-sponsored Russian-language program in Tbilisi sends a worrying message.

A Divestment Referendum Is the Bare Minimum

Harvard and the HUA may have repressed the referendum on divestment for this semester, but the fight has only just begun.

Academic Freedom and Free Speech Are Distinct. Both Matter.

All year we’ve bandied about phrases like “civil discourse,” “open inquiry,” “academic freedom,” and “free speech.” It’s time to clarify them, and what living by them requires.

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If It Rights the Ship, Harvard Can Inform a New Renaissance

By Kit Parker
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There are two kinds of people at Harvard: The people who help earn its reputation, and the people who live off it. With a combination of grace and grit, we can all be the former.

Make Harvard Happy Again

When I ask alumni how today’s Harvard differs from their own time, they often say they are baffled and saddened to see something that has replaced the love they remember: fear.

Everyone Should Be Allowed To Speak on Trans Issues

You shouldn’t need to be trans to speak about trans issues.

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