Yardfest By MARISSA GARCIA On Sunday, April 7th, all dining halls, except for Mather and Currier, were closed in light of a communal dinner being served within Tercentenary Theatre as a preface to Yardfest, systematically inciting Harvard undergraduates to engage in this annual social festivity. With the food reminiscent of a summer picnic, and […]
Nadia Murad Speaks at Harvard By GRAHAM WALTER Having survived ISIS’ genocide and abductions of the Yazidi community, Nadia Murad has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocation of sexual violence. Nadia spoke last Wednesday (04/03/19) as a part of the Weatherhead Center’s Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture Series in Memorial […]
Harvard Launches Pilot Pulse Survey The survey, in its first launch, has an impetus to gain an improved understanding of the climate of Harvard’s community BY MARISSA GARCIA On the morning of Tuesday, March 5th, 2019, Harvard affiliates opened their university emails to discover an email sent from President Bacow, urging them to respond […]
21st Annual Dr. Walter J. Leonard Black Arts Festival “Envision: how we see ourselves, how we see the world, and how that affects what we can imagine for both” By JILLY CRONIN The 2019 Black Arts Festival titled “Envision: how we see ourselves, how we see the world, and how that affects what we […]
Final Arguments Presented in Harvard Affirmative Action Case By EVELYN GRAY The final briefs have been submitted in a Boston courthouse by both sides of Harvard’s well-publicized legal battle over a 2014 lawsuit regarding discrimination in admissions against Asian Americans. The case is now in the hands of U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs, […]
By SEGAN HELLE Last Friday, lawyers representing both Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) delivered their closing arguments to the court, concluding a three-week-long trial over the University’s admission policies. Closing arguments largely rehashed the points that both sides have been working to convince presiding Judge Allison Burroughs of for the past […]
By SEGAN HELLE On October 15, a lawsuit was filed by a male student alleging that Harvard discriminated against him on the basis of his race and gender. The lawsuit brings into question an investigation conducted by Harvard’s Office for Dispute Resolution (ODR) that took place in April 2017, in which a female undergraduate […]
By Segan Helle According to an email sent to students at Harvard Law School (HLS) on Monday evening, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not be returning to his position as a lecturer in January 2019. In the email, Dean Catherine Claypoole announced that Kavanaugh informed HLS that he could “no longer commit to teaching […]