You might think little has changed in the state affairs of the Democratic primary race if you watched the post-debate coverage on CNN. The news agency, which hosted the debate in conjunction with Facebook at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, largely portrayed the night as a successful one for Hillary Clinton, reaffirming her status … Read more
Recently, the Spee Club announced that it would invite women to punch for the first time in its history. At face value, this seems like a moment for Harvard women to rejoice as an all-male final club finally opens its doors to women, and not just at eleven on a Saturday night. Yet, the change … Read more
Recently, the Spee Club announced that it would invite women to punch for the first time in its history. At face value, this seems like a moment for Harvard women to rejoice as an all-male final club finally opens its doors to women, and not just at eleven on a Saturday night. Yet, the change … Read more
That the 168th Hasty Pudding theatrical show features an all male cast should come as a surprise to no one. The production was put on for nearly two centuries in this same way, but 17 women decided to challenge this tradition by auditioning for the Pudding cast last week. They, were, however, not cast this … Read more
This is not the first time in history that Europe has been forced to come to grips with an urgent and overwhelming refugee crisis. Nor, as it turns out, is it the first time that refugees have been slandered with xenophobic hate speech and broadly stroked suspicion. In 1933, T.S. Eliot proclaimed to an audience … Read more
The defining issues of the 2016 election are already emerging with individuals indicating which issues prove most important to them. According to the spring 2015 Harvard Public Opinion Project poll, social issues and immigration appear to be the most crucial issues for young voters going into the 2016 election. Twenty-one percent of respondents stated that … Read more
Under President Obama’s America’s College Promise Proposal, students who maintain a 2.5 GPA while attending community college at least part time towards a degree will have their tuition waived. The White House estimates this program could benefit nine million students. According to the spring 2015 survey by the Harvard Public Opinion Project, a majority of … Read more
It seems that the anti-interventionist attitude of young Americans has faded, according to the results of the Harvard Public Opinion Project’s spring 2015 survey. Nearly 60 percent of respondents disapprove of the Obama administration’s management of the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while, strikingly, almost 60 percent of respondents support … Read more
The spring 2015 Harvard Public Opinion Project found that young Americans are conflicted over the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and leaning against the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. However, their opinions on these two controversial environmental topics align more with environmentalist positions opposing both Keystone and fracking than with general public opinion. On Keystone, … Read more
The growing distrust among Americans towards scientists and their work is well documented. In an era in which scientific output doubles nearly every nine years, it is hard for even trained professionals to keep up with the latest scientific breakthroughs and developments in their own field, let alone in separate fields. The amount of research … Read more