Op Eds
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.
In Disciplining Study-in Participants, Harvard Has Forgotten Its Values
When enforcement of policy strays from its guiding purpose of fostering a safe and nurturing learning environment, the University should instead err on the side of benevolent negligence.
Can Harvard Remain Nonpartisan in Trump’s America? Yes and No
In the face of a Republican party that, regardless of what it has gotten right, has subscribed to a cult of personality and returned to power on a story anathema to democracy itself, can Harvard remain nonpartisan? Yes and no.
Harvard Cannot Treat Palestine as an Afterthought
Harvard has the potential to lead the discourse on Palestine, Israel, and human rights. We must begin by stopping the silence, suppression, and double standards — Palestine must be spoken about openly, not as an afterthought.
I’m President of the Harvard Republican Club. Being Republican at Harvard Has Never Been Better.
Notwithstanding these petty efforts to undermine and intimidate campus Republicans into suppressing their viewpoints, as president of the Harvard Republican Club, I can state unequivocally that it has never been a better time to be a Republican on campus.
Why Was My High School More Fun Than Harvard?
Harvard-Yale shouldn’t be the only time students have school spirit. Imagine a student section where themes and traditions make every Saturday unforgettable, where every game has the enthusiasm of Harvard-Yale.
Higher Ed Is Under Attack. An Organized Faculty Is Its Best Defense.
The future of higher education will require us to demonstrate what shared governance looks like — from our legislatures to our libraries.
Cyclists Are Dying in Cambridge. Copenhagen Might Have The Answer.
The City of Cambridge must act now — using tried-and-tested approaches from cities like Copenhagen — to prevent more cyclist deaths.
I Traveled to 46 States in America This Summer. Here’s Why Trump Won.
As a pipeline to mainstream media, Harvard, and its future journalists, have to consider the audience they lose when they stay inside of their bubble and ignore the issues of everyday Americans.
This Veterans Day, Harvard Failed Its Vets
Harvard should have Veterans Day off. But the deeper issue is Harvard’s larger disconnect from its veteran community.
We Led the JFK Jr. Forum. Now More Than Ever, the IOP Must Remain Nonpartisan.
Adopting a partisan stance would jeopardize the fundamental mission of the IOP, inhibit necessary conversations, and further isolate students from perspectives held by a majority of Americans.
I’m the IOP’s President. With Trump’s Election, We Can No Longer Be Nonpartisan.
The IOP’s choice is clear: It is time to choose a commitment to democracy over a commitment to nonpartisanship.
We Ran Harvard for Harris. Our Fight Against Donald Trump Begins Today.
The outpouring of enthusiasm and effort we witnessed over the last three months has been remarkable. That energy cannot end here.
We’re Harvard Library Workers. We Stand in Solidarity with the Study-Ins.
We library workers call on Harvard libraries to lift the library bans on students, faculty, and staff, and implore Harvard libraries to refrain from disciplining those who study together, united not in disruption but by a shared conviction.
Harvard Goes to the Polls: Students Weigh in on the 2024 Election
You’ve heard it before, but we’ll say it again: This is a historic election for this country and for higher education. As voters go to the polls to decide between Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump, we present perspectives from six students — and the Editorial Board — on how they’re feeling, what they think, and where they hope today will take us. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25, Crimson Editorial Chairs
Harvard’s Human Rights Centers Should Speak On Human Rights Issues
A research center whose very mission embodies certain principles — such as a human rights center — should always be free to make statements consistent with those principles.
When A Marine General Warns About Trump’s Fascism, We Should Listen
When a four-star Marine general sounds the alarm — despite every instinct and institutional pressure to remain silent — that Trump is a threat to the future of American democracy, we must listen.
I Was Uber’s Chief Lobbyist. Vote to Let Its Drivers Unionize.
Believe me when I say: Massachusetts must vote yes on Ballot Question 3 to empower rideshare workers to unionize and fight back against their exploitation.
Taking Back Harvard: Addressing Our Sexual Assault Culture Means Reckoning With History
Our University’s future cannot be built on the same unacknowledged violence and complicity that has defined its past. It must be forged, instead, through action, accountability, and a commitment to justice.
HSA’s Laundry Service Is Ridiculous
There’s more to college than learning how to complete coursework on time or pad a resume.
I’m a Jewish Faculty Member at Harvard. Hillel Does Not Represent Me.
Rabbi Rubenstein, I’m writing to ask that Harvard Hillel — the institution you oversee — stop claiming to represent the Jewish community on campus.
We Get It, You Think You’re Cool
We are no longer all just freshmen. There are now ingroups and outgroups, freshmen on their way to the top of the social ladder and those who have yet to set foot on its first rung.
Will Harvard Punish Its Professors for Reading in the Library?
A university should not punish community members engaging in non-disruptive behavior simply because those individuals hope to communicate ideas to other community members.