To the editor of the Crimson: I am writing in response to an article published on December 12th about Professor Mansfield’s book, Manliness, and his more recent article, “Manliness and Morality” in the Weekly Standard. The authors, Sandra Korn and Marina Bolotnikova, have called into question the abilities of Professor Mansfield to teach, given his … Read more
Last weekend, Harvard turned its attention to issues surrounding the Arab Spring and ongoing resistance movements in the Middle East as Arab scholars and activists descended on the Kennedy School of Government to participate in the fifth annual Harvard Arab Weekend conference. The tumultuous events of the last year set the stage for an engaging … Read more
Ahmed Maher, (born 2 December 1980 in Alexandria), is one of the co-founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, and a prominent participant in the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt in 2011. Maher is a civil engineer who works for a construction firm in New Cairo. Maher attempted to organize several demonstrations after April 2008. However, … Read more
Many complain of the lack of direction of Occupy movements across the country. Let me submit an idea: if the protesters want to make a real difference, they should work to give “the 99%,” for whom they purport to speak, a chance to speak for themselves at the polls. The outcome of the 2012 elections … Read more
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Dear President Faust, My name is Duncan Kennedy and I am a professor at the Law School. I’m writing with a suggestion and a comment on how the administration, through the Harvard University Police, is handling the Occupy Harvard protest movement. My suggestion is that it would be a good idea, supposing that the University … Read more
Harvard Yard was not locked down in response to Occupations of Harvard Yard in protest of apartheid and the Vietnam war or during the 2001 Living Wage Campaign. We share the frustration of fellow students over the administration’s decision Wednesday night to post police at the gates and restrict entry and exit for everyone, including … Read more
I began my Wednesday night around 9:30 feeling mildly inconvenienced: my printer was out of ink and I had a paper that needed to be printed. On my way out of the Yard to Staples, I was stopped by security officers and told to wait a minute before leaving. The Occupy Harvard protest was happening … Read more
One journalist’s account of Occupy Harvard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGAmMy9g6EU
Last Wednesday, at 12:15, as Gregory Mankiw lectured on income inequality in the United States, approximately 40 people walked out of Economics 10. Six people walked in, followed by two stragglers. Yet despite the disparity of numbers, the walk-in got a large round of applause and calls of “we love Gregory Mankiw.” Although the natural … Read more