In March 2018, a large group of Harvard students, faculty, and staff gathered around the John Harvard statue with locals from around the Boston area to rally in support of Temporary Protection Status. This demonstration was part of a nation-wide series of rallies responding to the Trump administration’s decision to end the TPS program for … Read more
Harvard was established on paper in 1636, but what prompted efforts to actually create the College was religious leader Anne Hutchinson’s trial. Hutchinson was tried, convicted, and banished for her unorthodox stance on the road to salvation, a hot-button issue that roiled present-day Cambridge, Mass. in the 1630s. For the established Puritan clergy, her expulsion … Read more
This is the campus we love, but we do not always feel safe here. As we walk through campus, past familiar buildings, along oft-walked paths, Professor Jorge Dominguez’ callous words echo through our minds – “This would be a nice place for a rape”. After hearing reports and stories of his consistent sexual harassment and … Read more
Dear Mila, In just a few short hours, you will ride down Mass Ave. as part of a parade of Harvard students and affiliates, flanked closely by a group of male students performing in gaudy drag. The parade will be followed by an intimate celebrity roast, where those same students will poke fun at you—just … Read more
Junior year of high school marked the beginning of my preoccupation with eating. I developed stringent standards that would keep me under a certain weight. Even before my junior year, I had a problem with how I looked in a sports bra, or my perceived “medium” size compared to my flat-chested friends who seemed to … Read more
The term “hookup culture” has been used and overused in the news. It is discussed everywhere from blogs to The New York Times. Some champion the sexually liberating nature of hooking up, while others demonize the “meaningless” relationships prevalent on college campuses. In interviews, professors and students at Harvard discussed their views on hookup culture … Read more
On September 7, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced plans to reverse several Obama-era Title IX guidelines regarding sexual assault investigations at U.S. colleges and universities. Since then, Harvard students have received little assurance from their administration that protections for Harvard’s sexual assault victims are here to stay. DeVos specifically revoked the Department of Education’s 2011 … Read more
Congressman Raúl Grijalva represents Arizona’s 3rd District, which spans most of the Arizona-Mexico border. The district is home to seven Native American reservations, including that of the Tohono O’odham Nation, which has recently made headlines in its protests against the federal government’s proposed border wall. Congressman Grijalva is a ranking member of the House Committee … Read more
There has been as much written about the gender gap in STEM as there has been effort to counteract it. But the often-desired goal of “equality”—an approximately equal ratio of males to females in STEM fields—can backfire if we become too solely focused on test results, statistics, and data. Obstacles to gender equality in STEM … Read more
It began with smiles. The internet beamed with a photograph of strangers capturing togetherness. At O’Hare Airport in Chicago, a Muslim father-daughter duo shared a frame with a Jewish father-son duo, and a new era of religious-minority cooperation in the United States commenced. American Muslim and Jewish communities have responded to acts of profanity this … Read more