Julia Bouchut
About Julia Bouchut
Posts by Julia Bouchut:
Q&A with Dr. Robert Waldinger and Dr. Ellen Langer
“How should I lead a happy and fulfilling life?” This question has plagued humanity for centuries, including many of the ambitious students who have called Harvard College home. Luckily for us, prominent figures in psychology have been developing answers to this mystery since the 1930s. To gain some insight, the “Harvard Independent” spoke with two […]
Harvard Grading Policy Proposal and Students’ Responses
Last Friday, on Jan. 6, Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh shared an email with Harvard College students and faculty titled “Grading Policy Proposal.” In the email, she suggested a new grading policy that will be implemented with the College faculty’s approval. The plan suggests a 20% cap on A-grades given, with the instructor’s discretion […]
Political Bias In and Out of Harvard Classrooms: A “Systematic” Problem
BY CLAIRE CHUNG ’29 AND JULIA BOUCHUT ’29 On Jan. 19, Harvard College student Tejas Billa ’28 was featured in a Fox News article, where he contributed a video interview, discussing how Harvard professors’ political biases have impacted classroom environments. Billa spoke in response to commentary from University president Alan Garber ’76 on classroom neutrality […]
Sports Spotlight: Vanessa Zhang
On Oct. 19, Vanessa Zhang ’28 finished out the golf season, accomplishing an impressive feat: back-to-back first-place medals for the final two tournaments of the season. According to Harvard Athletics, Zhang is only the fifth female golfer in Harvard’s history to have two consecutive wins. In both tournaments, Zhang was the only golfer to finish […]
Counterpoint: Defending Mandatory Attendance
At 10:30 a.m. last Wednesday, I turned to my friend and noticed that nearly half the usual students were missing from our linguistics lecture. “Where did everyone go?” I asked. As I later learned, most had gone home for the long weekend—it was, after all, ‘no big deal’ to skip an optional-attendance class. Since starting […]
“Who am I…to Tell You What You Should Put in Your Body?” Harvard’s Flu Vaccine Mandate in Question
On Sept. 22, Harvard students received an email titled “Immunization holds start Sep. 26” from the Harvard Registrar’s office, notifying University affiliates that students who have not received the seasonal influenza vaccine will face holds on their academic accounts. While the vaccine requirement has been standard practice since 2021, this year, such a policy comes […]