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...guests based on their qualifications, not how objectionable their opinions may be. As a world leader, Khatami deserved his place at the podium.Ultimately, our profound respect for the university stems from our belief that the halls of higher learning expand human understanding, challenge existing prejudices, and push society towards progress. But that vision only has weight when academic freedoms are honored and when the promise of higher education is accessible...
...With all of Harvard’s prestige, resources, and influence, this road to true progress involves more than institutional changes. Our peers, professors, and sympathizers must do more than provide a listening ear. In the 21st century, the stakes are too high to allow race to continue to determine opportunities within our society. Changing how we address race would help all to regain perspective on what the problem is: that racism still remains a force to be reckoned with...
...unambiguously worded Wage Parity Policy ensuring that subcontracted workers are compensated at the same rate as directly employed ones, and that wage levels are above the minimum established as a living wage by the City of Cambridge. Though the implementation of this policy has been called into question, progress on the issue should be achieved through reasoned argument and debate, rather than through extremist and attention-grabbing tactics that sensationalize and distort the issue. With the strike thankfully over, Harvard must now live up to its commitments; we hope that it will not try to take advantage of the summer...
Though Harvard has made much progress considering its white-dominated past, concerns of the stigmatizing of minority groups raised in the aftermath of the Quad incident suggest that Harvard still has work to do in building a fully cohesive and racially harmonious community...
...Progress on that front will only happen when the campus engages in an honest and thorough dialog about race relations. While the incident at the Quad was of course deeply regrettable, it at least served the valuable function of reminding students that complacency and subconscious bias are ongoing problems at Harvard...