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...that would ensue. Shortly after Above the Law’s post, which attempted to keep the author of the e-mail and the individual who forwarded it anonymous, Gawker released their names and pictures to the public. Public Internet sentiment comes out strongly against Grace, a third-year Harvard Law School student, and calls are even being made for her federal clerkship to be revoked. We find these attacks on Stephanie Grace, based on a leaked private e-mail, to be distressing and alarming. It is inappropriate that her identity and future have now been made topics of very...
Leaking the private, albeit imprudent, e-mail to the public has invited a barrage of undeserved, venomous criticism against both Grace and the University itself. Bloggers and commentators have made unfair and inaccurate mischaracterizations of the Harvard community based upon the statements of a single student. Harvard University is committed to racial, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity and acceptance; the actions of Stephanie Grace are not emblematic of the institution as a whole. It is worth noting that this e-mail garnered so much attention, especially from the press, because it was written at Harvard. Had such a message been forwarded...
Admissions officers use the Z-list to annually admit thirty to fifty students more than the Harvard class size can fit; the officers extend admission on the mutual understanding that the students will take a gap year and join the subsequent class. What makes these students substantively different from their peers who are accepted through the regular process is largely unclear; indeed, many do become well-known, and essential members of the Harvard community. However, there are apparent disparities between the demographics of Z-listers and Harvard as a whole. In an article published by The Crimson in the summer...
...college student, I understand the impulse to rebuke injustice, but I also understand that Harvard is both a school and an independent corporation. Therefore, Harvard must navigate its way through the myriad financial difficulties that face any multi-billion dollar organization while acting in a responsible manner that befits its end goal of undoing social disparity and serving society...
...this context, Harvard must not merely pay maintenance staff enough so that they clean the school’s manifold facilities adequately; the College must pay employees wages that allow them a decent standard of life. They are obligated to accommodate students’ desires for stronger support of club sports, Yardfest, and other community-building endeavors around campus. Additionally, there are a multitude of socially beneficial initiatives that the University as a whole is undertaking at great difficulty; among these are the new science complex under construction in Allston, the new Engineering School, renovations to the University?...