Crimson opinion writer

Layla L. Hijjawi

Latest Content


Trump Is Suppressing Campus Speech. Harvard’s Response Is Shameful.

Harvard must stand up to prevent its community and other universities from falling. To do anything else is to sacrifice the values and mission it has fiercely defended since its founding.


Low Classroom Engagement? Blame Course Registration, Not Students.

Ultimately, we are students, not superhumans. Drastic administrative interventions that place excessive blame and unreasonable expectations on students represent a deeply imperfect attempt to boost student engagement.


Clubs Offer a ‘Transformative’ Education — Just Not the Ones You’d Think

Nothing will change us as profoundly as the hundreds of extracurricular opportunities offered to us the moment we step on campus — so long as we have the courage to choose them well.


Alan Garber’s Harvard Won’t Be Perfect, but It Should Be Transparent

President Garber and the Corporation can continue to silo themselves from the Harvard community and hope for a different result, or they can engage with it.


Recall John Cooke

John Cooke has had his word. Now we get to have ours.


To Vote or Not to Vote? There’s No Question

While young people face numerous barriers to voting, Harvard students possess a unique edge. Given this advantage, we have fewer excuses not to vote — and vote properly.