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...Supreme Court forced Harvard’s hand when it upheld the Solomon Amendment last December. (The alternative, of course, would be to forgo hundreds of millions of dollars of federal research funds, which would force Harvard to lay off legions of workers whom the writers of the Guide seek to protect.) And it portrays former University President Lawrence H. Summers as an agent of evil for his work at the World Bank that “[created] all sorts of elitisms,” ignoring that he was chiefly responsible for the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which another article...
Those Americans who seek refuge from the moral compromises of contemporary politics in the idyllic past of the Founding Fathers—the devoted friends of liberty and the oppressed—might want to dream about a different...
...Setting aside the broader effect of final clubs on Harvard—dividing men into exclusive cliques and leaving women to seek the approval of male door guardians perverts the social atmosphere on campus—I’ll focus on the effect of clubs on their members...
...departments should offer more introductory level courses (as well as more offerings in general) in areas such as creative writing, acting, and the visual arts. Clearly, the demand for such classes is substantial, as indicated by the high turnout at the introductory sessions. The College should consequently seek to meet the demand of its students by offering more courses and hiring more faculty—a path some in the departments seem willing to take if only their colleagues would agree. Additionally, the Office for the Arts, as well as other groups and houses on campus, should make a better...
...creek without a paddle.One glimmer of hope for these students is the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to twelve months without a visa. However, OPT is not the lifesaver it appears to be: Not only can foreigners only seek jobs related to their field of study, but the months students have spent working during their college summers are subtracted from the months allotted to them by OPT. A student from abroad who has chosen to work all three summers for three months each comes into the OPT program after...