Editorials
Turkeys and Gratitude: What Our Editors Are Thankful For
In the spirit of gratitude, we asked our editors to reflect on what they feel thankful for at Harvard.
Faculty Governance Must Not Die in Committee
So let’s call the faculty council what it is. It’s a good, albeit slightly flawed implementation of faculty governance — not the faculty senate’s replacement.
Harvard Must Act to Save Jewish Studies
At a time when studying Judaism has never been more crucial, the University must act decisively to find highly qualified individuals to fill the vacancies — the future of Harvard’s Jewish studies program depends on it.
Dissent: Medical Humanities Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
Harvard has a responsibility to prepare its pre-med students for the complex interactions they will be called to manage. Pure humanities courses just won’t cut it.
What Does Interdisciplinarity Even Mean Anymore?
Look no further than our University’s foray into the medical humanities — an emerging field that applies humanistic insights to the study of health and wellbeing — as an indication that the interdisciplinary hype has gone too far.
Harvard’s Feeder School Addiction
Until Harvard puts in more effort to find diamonds in the rough, legions of feeder school resumes — hand-edited by highly-paid admissions counselors — will continue to fill our classes.
Harvard’s Conservatives Have to Stop Hiding
There’s no reason to sequester conversations about Plato and the good life to an ideologically homogeneous — some might say, ideologically extreme — group named after a founding father.
Garber Is Right: The Ad Board Is the Problem.
As it turns out, a 325 page report can illuminate a lot about administrative dysfunction.
Whether Study-Ins Are Protests Doesn’t Matter. Whether They’re Disruptive Does.
Harvard has faced a host of genuinely difficult questions about how to navigate protest this past year. Responding to students and faculty silently studying in the library isn’t one of them.
Trump Is Coming for Higher Ed. Harvard Must Fight Back.
With Trump’s reascension to the presidency, higher education is staring down the barrel of a gun, and — despite its new institutional voice policies — our University cannot remain silent.
Fear, Tears, Rage, Reckoning: The Editors, on 4 More Years of Donald Trump
Yesterday, former President Donald Trump became future President Donald Trump, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Today, our editors react.
If Harvard’s Endowment is Ethically Invested, It Should Show Us the Receipts
It’s time to pull back the curtain on the endowment.
A Trump Win Would Be Disastrous for Both Our Campus and Our Country
At a critical juncture for Harvard and America, a second Trump term would prove disastrous for both.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 1 To Open the State House Black Box
A “yes” vote on Ballot Question 1 could begin to change that by empowering the State Auditor to break open the black box and see what’s going wrong inside.
How to Vote on the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
This Election Day, Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to decide the direction the Bay State will take in five important areas of public policy. The below are The Crimson Editorial Board’s recommendations for how to vote in each. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25
Dissent: Massachusetts has an Education Crisis. Let’s Not Take the Easy Way Out.
To close achievement gaps, we should help those who struggle, not eliminate basic standards. Despite what the Editorial Board suggests, Massachusetts should stay in the fight for quality education.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 2 for the Kids Who Slip Through the Cracks
Because we believe the state can maintain these distinctions without punishing individual students for systemic problems, we support a “yes” vote on Question 2.
Don’t Trip. Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 4.
Decriminalization will both destigmatize drug usage and, most importantly, provide safe, regulated avenues for those who choose to use them. Voting “yes” on Ballot Question 4 will help achieve these goals.
Here’s a Tip. Vote ‘No’ on Ballot Question 5.
When economics and common sense align, we should listen to those who know the industry best. Vote “no” on Ballot Question Five.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 3 to Allow Rideshare Workers to Drive Change.
Because all workers deserve a say in the terms of their employment, we call for a “yes” vote on Ballot Question 3.
We Don’t Need a Survey To Know Harvard Has a Sexual Violence Problem
These putatively positive results are hardly cause for celebration.
Once Again, Harvard is Trying to Ruin Our Fun.
Harvard-Yale is the one day a year that social hierarchies break down and parties abound. The DSO cannot take that away from us.
Harvard’s Financial Report Shows It Can Afford Independence
When Harvard refuses to cower before donors, we signal to other universities across the country that conceding our integrity is too costly, no matter the price.
California Banned Legacy Admissions. Massachusetts Must Follow.
For most Americans, the case has long been closed on legacy admissions. Time for our representatives to act like it.
Dissent: Time's up for Time Caps
Every single person on the Editorial Board benefits from the labor of academic workers. It’s a shame the Board refuses to reciprocate.