The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 23

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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873  |  VOLUME CXLV, NO. 23  |  CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS  |  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The Harvard Crimson The tax on Harvard’s endowment could harm vital University programming. EDITORIAL PAGE 10

Women’s swimming and diving claims Ancient Eight championship. SPORTS PAGE 11

‘Ex-Gay’ Speaker Draws Protest

HLS Affiliates Support Bacow

By PAULA M. BARBERI and CAROLINE S. ENGELMAYER

By AIDAN M. RYAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

­ earing rainbow-colored signs and B wrapped in pride flags, students and faculty crowded into Emerson Hall Friday night to protest Jackie Hill-Perry, a speaker invited by religious group Harvard College Faith and Action who has been an outspoken critic of homosexuality. Hill-Perry, who writes that she was “saved from a lifestyle of homosexual sin and the like” on her website, has often spoken publicly about her sexual preferences. She claims God helped her see that remaining in a homosexual relationship would violate Christian teachings. At the event and in days prior, some

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­How many more? That’s the only question that remains after host Harvard women’s squash swept the competition this President’s Day weekend to secure its fourth consecutive College Squash Association (CSA) national championship and become the winningest franchise in women’s collegiate squash. After breezing past No. 8 Cornell and No. 5 Yale, the Crimson faced third-ranked Trinity (15-3) in the packed Murr Center on Sunday afternoon in defense of its team championship. But hardly an hour and one wave into the match, sophomore Amelia Henley’s drop shot gave the team and home crowd its 18th Howe Cup to celebrate. Home makes winning sweeter, but Harvard had been hitting the sweet spot all year long. Beyond all of the superlatives—perfect record (15-0, 7-0 Ivy), most women’s titles by a Crimson coach (six), and Ivy League Champions—this season

Students, faculty, and administrators at the Law School say they are pleased Harvard’s 29th president will be one of their own. University President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow, who will take office after President Drew G. Faust steps down in June, graduated from the Law School with a J.D. in 1976. He also holds two degrees from the Kennedy School. Law School affiliates are eager to embrace a president with long-standing ties to the school. Bacow, an environmental policy expert, spent a number of his formative years at the school and met his wife, Adele F. Bacow, on the Law School campus during the first day of orientation. Bacow, who served as the chancellor of MIT and the president of Tufts University, returned to his former stomping grounds decades after graduating, taking a seat on the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, in 2011. He also worked on the Program on Negotiation at the Law School. John F. Manning ’82, dean of the Law School, wrote in an emailed statement that he is “delighted” with Bacow’s appointment and “look[s] forward to working with him.” “I am delighted that our alumnus Lawrence S. Bacow will lead Harvard University. When I became dean, one of the most frequent pieces of advice I got from fellow deans was, ‘You need to meet Larry Bacow; he has terrific insights about how to lead a school.’ They were right,” Manning wrote. Manning’s predecessor as dean, Martha L. Minow, wrote in an email that she thinks Bacow’s legal training has equipped him well to lead universities like Tufts, and now, Harvard. “Larry Bacow is not only a proven, effective leader in higher education who passionately cares about access, inclusion, and excellence; he is also genuinely perceptive and wise,” she wrote. “Because he continually integrates rigorous analysis with generous human concerns (helped by his legal and economics training!), his leadership bodes so well not only for Harvard but for all affected by higher education.” Not many current HLS scholars taught Bacow in the ’70s, but Laurence H. Tribe ’62, a Law School professor, said he wishes he had known Bacow as a student. “Larry Bacow wasn’t my student, but I wish he had been,” Tribe wrote

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Students hold up a rainbow flag in protest of Jackie Hill-Perry. Religious group Harvard College Faith and Action invited the “ex-gay” speaker to their weekly gathering Friday night. TIMOTHY R. O”MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Women’s Squash Wins Nationals By WILLIAM QUAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Amelia Henley ’20 prepares to serve against Trinity College on Sunday in the CSA National Championship. Henley went on to win her match 3-1 to clinch the team’s 9-0 championship win. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Solange Knowles Named 2018 Artist of the Year By RUTH A. HAILU and OLIVIA C. SCOTT CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Solange Knowles will headline this year’s Cultural Rhythms Festival as the 2018 Artist of the Year, the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations announced Friday. The acclaimed R&B singer-songwriter will come to Cambridge to receive the award on March 3. Knowles adds the Artist of The Year award to the several she has collected over the last several months. In 2017, she received her first Grammy Award, was named a Glamour Woman of the Year, picked up her first Black Entertainment Television award, and garnered a Billboard Impact Award. Knowles’s 2016 album “A Seat at the Table” earned critical acclaim and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, Apple Music, and iTunes Overall Top Albums Charts. Her music is known for lyrics that attempt to capture what it means to be a black woman in the United States today. Asked how he felt about Harvard Foundation’s pick, Associate Dean of INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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Students for Diversity and Inclusion Roland S. Davis at first responded with one word: “Wow!” “I’m excited,” Davis said. “I think that’s a wonderful opportunity for the Harvard Foundation, I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for students to see to be able to see her, to interact with her, and just a wonderful opportunity for the community as a whole.” “She’s phenomenal,” he added. Jackson C. Walker ’21 said he also feels excited Solange will be coming to campus. “I love Solange a lot, and I feel like having her here at Harvard is such an opportunity, such a privilege,” Walker said. In addition to her musical success, Knowles is also known for her social justice activism. In the past, she has used her platform as a prominent musician to highlight causes like police brutality and women’s empowerment. In a speech at the 2017 BET awards, Knowles particularly mentioned women she said inspired her and empowered her to pursue her passion for music.

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Pres. Search Student Adviser Talks to UC By JONAH S. BERGER CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Nina Srivastava ‘18 speaks to the Undergraduate Council about the University-wide student advisory committee in the presidential search. ELLIS J. YEO—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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Nina Srivastava ’18, a member of the student advisory committee for Harvard’s presidential search, declined to say whether newly selected University President Lawrence S. Bacow met the recommendations of the advisory body at an Undergraduate Council meeting Monday. Nonetheless, Srivastava said she believed student input was valued by the group selecting the University’s 29th president. “They were very genuinely interested in what we had to say and very open and willing to meet with us,” Srivastava said. “We, I think overall, throughout the process, felt very heard.” Srivastava was one of three undergraduates on the student advisory committee, serving alongside students from most of Harvard’s

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