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...personality. Even a simple salutation goes a long way, she later explains, recounting a formative freshman-year experience when a friend thanked her for asking how he was doing. “Someone would send me an e-mail for doing something as basic as stopping when someone looks sad?” she remembers, reenacting her surprise. Cohen, who describes herself as a “white Jewish girl,” is known for her involvement in primarily black organizations including the Harvard African Students Association (HASA). When Cohen assesses her experiences, whether as an undergraduate...
...sad that they’re closing it,” says Margaux E. Black ’10. “I think it was a great experience in my opinion just living in such a small dorm...
...Even The Economist—not known for populist pandering—has charged that under legacy preference policies, “the students in America’s places of higher education are increasingly becoming an oligarchy.” The magazine continues: “This is sad in itself, but even sadder when you consider the extraordinary role that the same universities—particularly…Harvard—played in promoting meritocracy in the first half of the 20th century.” The legacy “feather,” then...
...through the first round, defeating Western Ontario, 9-0, but Princeton proved to be troublesome once again. The Tigers won a close 5-4 match, relegating Harvard to the third-place match, where it easily defeated Yale, 9-0. “I think it was definitely a bit sad, as we didn’t come out winning,” Suchde said. “It was bit disappointing.” But at the Individual Championships, Oren and Suchde made deep runs in the tournament. Suchde defeated the top seed in the competition to advance...
...over. However, what is key is the underlying bias that unites all of these instances. Implicit in the assumption that black students do not belong at Harvard is the archaic idea that black people are incapable of laying claim to the Harvard legacy, both real and mythologized. What is sad is that we as a society have not gotten over the very basic notion that racial identity does not impute capacity or potential...