A failure to deal with mental health problems is far from a uniquely Harvard problem. The national scrutiny and high expectations placed upon Harvard students may increase stress and make these problems worse, but in every institution of higher learning in America, mental health is a serious issue. Suicides on state college campuses don’t get … Read more
So many of us come to Harvard, because it’s Harvard. Our crest grandly inspires us to pursue truth, but ‘veritas,’ emblazoned on our crimson shield has started to seem more and more evasive. Harvard has a problem with problems. From student mental health issues, to student suicide, to #OccupyHarvard, to academic integrity, like any perfectionist … Read more
The resurgence of the mental health issue at Harvard presents new difficulties to the administration and community, namely a newly energized blame game and unfortunate consequential apathy. For many students, the mental health issues on campus are institutional and structural. Many believe that the academic rigor, the subjective “largeness” of the university, the proximity to … Read more
After the recent Crimson editorial that came out last week, students at the school have been assaulted with a barrage of criticism directed at the administration and its mental services. Caustic comments assert that UHS is to blame for the student’s struggles alone, leaving few to look introspectively at the problem. Harvard does not have … Read more
The Harvard Crimson‘s magazine, FM, published a fascinating article, “Can Harvard Women Have It All?,” applying the question posed by Ann-Marie Slaughter in her 2012 Atlantic article to Harvard Women specifically. Both Slaughter’s veritable tome and FM‘s piece deserve to be read in full. Below are a few things I found interesting about the Crimson article. … Read more
Elite colleges have begun to take a special interest in their students’ career choices, choosing to promote careers in public service. The inspiration behind such efforts is eloquently expressed by former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh, who stated “Excellence alone without humanity is worthless.” Yet, at elite universities around the country, jobs in public service … Read more
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Photos by Gina Kim ’15 The President of Mongolia and HKS graduate ’02, His Excellency Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, addresses the challenges he dealt with while playing his role in Mongolia’s peaceful transition into capitalism and Democracy on September 19, 2012, at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Photos by Gina Kim ’15 … Read more
“In a period of change, the US security outlook is going to have to change with the system,” said former president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, when speaking at the JFK Forum on October 2nd, 2012. After playing a huge role in improving the international economy by modernizing the World Bank, expanding financing for … Read more
On October 9, 2012, Jodi Kantor of the New York Times visited Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Moderated by Ann Marie Lipinski, curator of the foundation, the talk centered on The Obamas, Kantor’s book published in January, and the political transformation of First Lady Michelle Obama Michelle in the East Wing Kantor, whose main beat at the … Read more
When I got the email about the event screening “Half the Sky,” I was interested, but not overly excited. I consider myself more familiar with global gender problems than the average person, which probably can also be said for most students here—at least we are aware that the problems are out there. But on a … Read more