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I am a Jewish Student. Harvard’s Settlement Is Bad News.

By Charlotte P. Ritz-Jack
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Jews ourselves cannot agree on what constitutes antisemitism. Harvard’s adoption of the IHRA definition does nothing to end this uncertainty — indeed, it exacerbates it.

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All It Takes To Censor Speech at Harvard Is a Lawsuit

By Tommy Barone
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Most worryingly, with this move, Harvard has signaled that upset constituents — and outside groups backing them — can bring thinly-supported, mostly-anonymous legal complaints against the University to reshape policies at the heart of the academic mission.

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I’m a White HLS Grad. Classroom Diversity Made Me a Better Lawyer.

The narrative that only students of color benefit from or care about racial diversity in their classrooms is false. We are all worse off in overwhelmingly white educational spaces.

Columns

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.

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  2. Allston Is Gentrifying, but Harvard Isn’t To Blame
  3. Harvard Must Learn Its Lesson. Institutional Neutrality Is Step One.
  4. We’re Really Sorry About That Antisemitic Cartoon, Guys
  5. Harvard Admissions Should Be More Meritocratic

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Massachusetts, Make Our Hours Happier

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Repealing the Massachusetts happy hour ban could breathe new life into Boston and Harvard Square alike. Boston is a vibrant, young city teeming. It deserves a social scene to match.

Guest Speakers Improve Campus Discourse. Here’s How to Invite Them.

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After a year of calling for more discourse, Masoud’s speaker series offers a dose of optimism and inspiration. But until University culture changes, initiatives like these will remain few and far between.

Harvard Is a School. We Need To Go to Class.

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It’s significantly in its classrooms that Harvard trains the future leaders of America. Let’s make sure we show up to them.

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Intellectual Vitality Is More than Op-Eds in The Crimson

As members of the undergraduate body advising the College’s new Intellectual Vitality Initiative, we’ve spent months involved with efforts to change Harvard's untenably siloed approach to campus’ most difficult and divisive questions.

It’s Time for Harvard Students To Pick Up a Book

Reading physical books shouldn’t feel so foreign to Harvard students. An English requirement would go a long way to change that.

Why Do Harvard Students Hate Harvard So Much?

Admitted students come to Harvard expecting it to be perfect. The fact that it isn’t takes some getting used to.

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To Be a Harvard Man

It shouldn’t be so difficult to say “I write about transgender issues at Harvard.” But as simple as they sound, these seven words make a whole world of difference.

Clubs, Classes, Houses: When Survivors of Sexual Assault Can’t Avoid Their Assaulters

Students shouldn’t have to trade the clubs and Houses they love for safety and peace of mind.

Sections Are Way Too Big

Our sections are too large, and students lose a lot of learning as a result.

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