Just months into serving her first term as an Undergraduate Council representative, she was fed up. “It’s a lot of jumping through hoops and trying to work in the system to make change happen,” a junior, hereinafter referred to with the pseudonym Chen, said. “I quit because I primarily just didn’t want to spend my … Read more
Grendel’s Den, a Harvard Square staple, has a history all its own. Opened in 1971, the restaurant chugged along faithfully at first, under the careful watch of Herbert and Sue Kuezler. Eventually, they got tired of one particularly burdensome Massachusetts state law: under I.XX.138.16c, the Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church, their next-door neighbor, had veto power over … Read more
A cheat sheet for voters on the most debated issues.
Dear Students of the IOP, Let’s talk. There’s a conversation I’ve been waiting for. When Jenny Choi penned “Dear IOP,” I admit, I secretly thought, yes–maybe we’ll finally have that conversation. Two weeks later, dismayed, I write this piece. You see, it seems to me that in these past few days we at the IOP … Read more
This morning at 2 AM, Harvard University Health Services Director Paul Berreira circulated an email announcing that HUHS will no longer offer in-person urgent care or overnight infirmary services. As Berreira explains it, the move should free up resources to allow “increased access to same-day appointments and other services.” In this piece, four HPR writers offer their … Read more
On September 8, Harvard University received the largest alumni donation in its 378-year history when alumnus Gerald Chan gave a whopping $350 million to the School of Public Health. Harvard is by no means a stranger to massive donations from its alumni. According to reports from The Crimson, alumni donations contribute greatly to Harvard’s enormous … Read more
All over Harvard’s campus, students are taking part in a well-worn ritual that brings representatives of the most influential firms in finance and consulting up to Cambridge. That’s right, it’s recruiting season. Here on campus, it’s marked by intense case interviews that require hours of preparation, so-called “coffee chats” with potential employers like JP Morgan … Read more
In just a few weeks, the holy mess that is student elections will consume many of Harvard’s largest organizations. Whether it’s called running or applying or shooting, elections find ambitious students in their most restless attempts at innovation and creativity. Familiar buzzwords like “change,” “diversity,” and “community,” unsurprisingly resurface to fill the brisk autumn air … Read more
This article represents one side of a conversation between two HPR writers on the topic of Harvard’s legacy admissions. See here for the other side. The esteemed Yale political scientist Robert Dahl, writing in 1971, considered two characteristics fundamental to democratic governance: the ability of citizens to influence the outcome of elections, and the ability of citizens … Read more
The California state legislature passed a bill last Thursday mandating that every California university receiving state funds adopt a standard of affirmative consent, which they defined as “affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity” as part of a comprehensive sexual assault policy. The Senate approved it unanimously. Was California just being the … Read more