The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 20

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The Harvard Crimson University President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow is the man for the moment.

Harvard hockey outlasts Notheastern on late comeback.

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Faculty Advisers Wanted Bacow

Faust Promises Smooth Transition

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By Jamie D. Halper

Mather’s House Committee is facing backlash from some Mather residents over a controversial Housing Day t-shirt design that several students criticized for what they called its racist undertones.

On Friday, the Mather House Committee, a social programming board that organizes events for House residents, sent out a poll requesting students to vote on several options for the design of Mather’s annual Housing Day t-shirt.

One of the options comprised a t-shirt parodying Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 album, “Damn”; the design replaced the artist’s image with a gorilla, the mascot of Mather.

In the wake of the poll, students quickly turned to one of Mather’s

Shortly after Drew G. Faust was named the 28th president of Harvard University on Feb. 11, 2007, she ordered pizza.

After an improvised party celebrating her brand-new presidency, Faust said she remembers heading back to Greenleaf House, the traditional residence of the Radcliffe Dean, her thenjob.

“I went back to Greenleaf, I was living in Greenleaf, and a group of my closest friends came back and we ordered pizza and we sat around and ate pizza,” Faust said in an interview last week.

“I don’t know if a new president would like to do the same thing or not,” she added.

It is unclear if Harvard Corporation member Lawrence S. Bacow ordered pizza after his debut as the University’s 29th president-elect on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, exactly 11 years to the date after Faust’s first presidential appearance.

And as of now, it is also unclear whether he will follow in Faust’s footsteps on a wide range of other, more important matters confronting the University as he begins the transition to his new role.

But for the next few months before Faust official steps down on June 30, she and Bacow will face a delicate dance as she seeks to wrap up several signature initiatives from her presidency and he seeks to learn the ropes of the University’s top job. In interviews over the past two weeks, both said they will work to make the transition period as smooth as possible.

Bacow’s extensive knowledge of Harvard’s administration will likely aid the switchover. After serving for seven years on the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, Bacow is well-versed in how the University runs and has likely already considered many of the key issues Harvard must tackle in the next few years.

In the days before Bacow’s announcement, Faust said she did not expect to give her then-undisclosed successor any formal briefings on topics like the College’s penalties on single-gender social organizations.

“I will wait for my successor to indicate what she or he would like to hear from me,” she said. “I don’t think there’s any set of formal briefings that are anticipated at the moment.”

On other issues, like the University’s diversity-focused task force on

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Members of the faculty committee tasked with advising Harvard’s presidential search said several of its members had suggested the man who would ultimately land the job: Lawrence S. Bacow.

Bacow, a member of the Harvard Corporation, was not initially an obvious choice for the presidency; until mid-December, he sat on the very committee charged with finding a person to fill that office. But Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow William F. Lee ‘72, who led the search committee, said he urged Bacow to consider the job after

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Lawrence S. Bacow, who will be the 29th president of Harvard, spoke about his new position Sunday. Amy y. Li—Crimson photographer

Mather House Shirt Inspires Controversy

By Katherine e. wang and William S. flanagan Crimson Staff Writers

Students eat dinner in Mather House dining hall Tuesday evening. Margaret f. ross—Crimson photographer

College Receives Record 42,742 Applications Crimson Staff Writers

Harvard College received a record-breaking 42,742 applications for admission to the Class of 2022–setting a record for the fourth consecutive year and exceeding last year’s pool by more than 3,000.

This roughly 8 percent increase represents the first time the applicant pool numbers more than 40,000.

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons attributed this increase, in part, to the College’s financial aid program. He said affordability was likely a high priority for many applicants.

“I think affordability and accessibility are critical and they become more critical, I think, for more people every year,” Fitzsimmons said.

The applicant pool is marked by an increase in students requesting aid from the College, with 75.5 percent applying for financial aid and 25.9 percent requesting an application fee waiver.

The increase in these early indicators of economic diversity comes 15 years after the launch of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which aims to make the College affordable for all admitted students, regardless of their income.

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Women, making up 50.3 percent of the applicant pool, slightly outnumber men in this year’s group.

Applications from certain minority racial groups increased at a higher rate than that of the overall applicant pool. In particular, the College saw an an 18.7 percent increase in applications from African Americans and a 14.9 percent increase in those from Asian Americans. These demographic changes come as the College continues to face legal scrutiny regarding its race-conscious admissions practices.

Fitzsimmons attributed these demographic changes in the applicant pool to changes in the demographics of the country as whole, as well as to the unique appeal Harvard may hold for minority students in particular.

“If you’re interested in African and African American studies, for example, this is an amazing place to be: Harvard and, for that matter, the greater Boston area,” Fitzsimmons said.

For Asian American applicants, Fitzsimmons said, “A 14 percent jump in one year is a lot. So, there’s certainly, clearly interest in Harvard among Asian American families.”

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Ohio Governor John R. Kasich will deliver the 2018 commencement address at the Kennedy School on May 23, according to a press release.

Kasich has served as governor of Ohio since his election in 2010 and, more recently, unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and chair of the House Budget Committee.

Dean of the Kennedy School Douglas W. Elmendorf said in an interview Tuesday that administrators decided to invite Kasich out of admiration for his commitment to public service.

“We look for people who have made important contributions to public policy and who can convey to our graduating students and their parents and family members a vision of what people going into public service can do in the world,” Elmendorf said.

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Yale Graduate Student Union Withdraws NLRB Petitions Graduate student union Local 33, which represents eight Yale graduate schools that voted to unionize last year, has withdrawn its petitions to the National Labor Relations Board, the Yale Daily News reported. This decision comes just days ahead of a US Senate committee vote to confirm a Trump-appointed Republican to a vacant seat on the NLRB. Union leaders withdrew the petition out of fear that should this nomination be confirmed, that the NLRB could vote against these petitions and overturn a 2016 landmark precedent allowing graduate students to unionize across the country.

Columbia’s President Calls for Strict Prohibition on Undergraduate-Professor Relationships Columbia’s President Lee Bollinger called for a prohibition on all sexual relationships between professors and undergraduates in an interview with the Columbia Spectator Friday. The school’s current policy only prohibits such relationships between faculty and undergraduates of which they have academically or professional authority over. Codifying such a policy would require the University Senate and board of trustees to approve the change.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY HARVARD! Welcome to Wednesday, Harvard.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Let the Datamatch games begin.

In the Atmosphere…

We have a high of 50, I repeat, we have a high of 50. Enjoy the partly cloudy and pleasantly warm skies while they last!

EVENTS Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Head to the Divinity School at 7 p.m. to find out what this weekly discussion group, which also ran in fall 2016, is all about. Honestly, sounds like something you need to experience to understand.

On Valentine’s day, find out how criminal law views and treats crimes of love and passion turned violent. Actually sound smart about a love-related topic by heading to Wasserstein hall at noon.

Trula J. Rael Crimson Staff Writer

Crimes of Passion: New Neuroscience vs. Old Doctrine

IN THE REAL WORLD Porter Saga Continues Despite starting a week ago, there seems to be no end to the Rob Porter scandal as more and more information becomes known. In all of this mess it appears that Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, will likely be the next up on the chopping block.

After Six Years, Columbia Has Spent Only One Percent of an Affordable Housing Commitment The West Harlem Development Corporation has been able to spend only $100,000 of a $10 million pledge in the past six years to build affordable housing to offset difficulties posed by a 2009 Columbia campus expansion. Progress has been held up by rising housing costs and city bureaucracy, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator. The University has worked with the group to track its progress, but the group has said that even $10 million is not a particularly significant sum for purchasing property in New York City.

PANCAKE DINNER AT MEMORIAL CHURCH In keeping with the Christian tradition of eating pancakes before Lent begins, Memorial Church served a pancake dinner Tuesday evening.

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Kim Wins Gold, More to Come Hard to find time to keep up with the Olympics? Us too. American snowboarder Chloe Kim won a gold in the women’s halfpipe event Monday night. She’s only 17.

The US currently currently stands in fifth place in the medals race.

Netanyahu in Trouble Regardless of what you think about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there’s definitely something going on with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu. Learn about why the Israeli police have recommended charges against him and details of the case here.

Uncertainty in South Africa The African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa, demanded that President Jacob Zuma resign from his position as a result of a corruption scandal scathing the party. Zuma said he would only go if given a transition period of three to six months that he would oversee, but the ANC refused. Negotiations are underway­—what next?

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Lawrence S. Bacow, Future President of Harvard

CORRECTIONS A previous version of the Feb. 7 article “Datamatch Expands to Three More Colleges” incorrectly indicated that Wellesley College had not secured any partnerships with local eateries for its version of Datamatch. In fact, Wellesley partnered with local eatery Truly Yogurt.

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Faculty Committee Faust Pledges Smooth Transition Supported Bacow TRANSITION FROM PAGE 1

FACULTY FROM PAGE 1 many Harvard affiliates had recommended him.

Members of the faculty advisory committee were among his early supporters, according to committee member Alison J. Simmons, a philosophy professor.

“When we discussed in the abstract characteristics that we’d like to see in our president, a number of us looked at each other and said, ‘Well, Larry Bacow seems to have a lot,’” she said. “But he was on the search committee at the time.”

The 13-member faculty advisory committee formed in August 2017 as one of the three bodies tasked with aiding the official search committee, which included 12 members of the Harvard Corporation—including Bacow—and three members of the Board of Overseers. While the faculty committee did not have control over the ultimate decision, they shared their thoughts with search committee members in the fall.

Advisory Committee Chair Robin E. Kelsey, who also serves as dean of Arts and Humanities, said in an interview Monday there was “tremendous enthusiasm” from the advisory committee for Bacow’s appointment.

“I also know that when Bill Lee asked the members of the faculty advisory committee to let him know if there were any members of the search committee that they thought should be considered, that some members came forward in support of Larry,” Kelsey said.

In the press conference announcing Bacow’s appointment Sunday, Lee said the search committee prioritized feedback from the faculty advisory committee.

“The input of the faculty advisory committee chaired by Robin Kelsey was particularly important as we were

viewing the many different possible candidates,” Lee said.

Lee also said Bacow’s name was suggested by faculty at Harvard and other institutions multiple times during the search.

Simmons said she first met Bacow while working on the presidential search. He and other members of the search committee took turns sitting in on the advisory meetings.

“He was quite involved in our early meetings, asked a lot of questions, offered a lot of thoughts,” Simmons said.

“It was precisely the conversations with him on that that made me think he actually had a lot of the features that Harvard should be looking for.”

Throughout the search, members of the committee repeatedly denied or did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Kelsey said the proceedings of the search committee were kept confidential, and the faculty advisory committee held its meetings from August into December.

According to Lee, Bacow did not step down from the search committee until December.

“And so last December with no public fanfare, actually no public announcement at all, Larry Bacow stepped off the search committee and became a candidate,” Lee said at Sunday’s press conference.

Kelsey said Bacow recused himself from the search as the faculty committee was wrapping up its meetings.

“With respect to the advisory committee’s proceedings, it was very late in the game,” Kelsey said.

Simmons said the early meetings with search committee members helped her better understand Bacow’s personality and style.

“He seems very open. He’s a very good listener,” she said. “He’ll push back with his own views but in a way that’s not threatening, that makes it clear that he’s really listening.”

Inclusion and Belonging—slated to release a final report later this semester— Faust said she still plans to set some new projects in motion before she steps down. She added, though, that she will consciously work to avoid limiting her successor.

“I’ve had conversations with the chairs of the task force about some of the things that I think might be coming forward and there are a number of them that I think I can invest in right away,” Faust said. “I also have some thoughts about how I can set some things in motion that my successor can either continue with or enhance or take a different direction on.”

“I don’t want to tie that person’s hands unduly but I do want to make sure that there’s momentum and im-

House-wide email lists to vent their frustration and list objections to the “Damn” design.

As more students began replying over one of the House’s email lists, the House committee quickly removed the design and committee co-chairs Sofia C. Kennedy ’19 and Pablo A. Reimers ’19 issued an apology.

“We recognize that this issue has deeply offended members of our community, and for that we sincerely apologize,” Kennedy and Reimers wrote in an email to House residents. “We realize it is an issue in itself that we did not notice the racial connotations of the design and we hope to learn from this mistake.”

Kennedy and Reimers were not immediately available for comment Tuesday.

Housing Day is an annual College-wide celebration during which rising sophomores learn of their assignment to one of Harvard’s 12 upperclassmen Houses.

Current House residents traditionally design and wear special t-shirts meant to reflect the House’s mascot or

traditions.

Melonie N. Vaughn ’19, a Mather resident, said she was one of the students who replied to the House Committee’s email to question the proposed t-shirt.

Vaughn, who is black, called the design “racist.” She said she was surprised the House committee disseminated the design to all Mather residents on the email list without subjecting the t-shirt to more scrutiny, calling it “one of the most disappointing and frustrating things that’s happened” to her at Harvard.

“Thinking about the process and what it took for them to get to that point, it’s just extremely disappointing and disturbing that the housing committee would look at an image of a black man, with his face turned into an ape, and would just be like, ‘this is okay,’” Vaughn said.

“I can’t even imagine how I would feel on Housing Day if I was a freshman who got assigned Mather and had to walk into the group of people welcoming me and see them wearing this image,” she added.

Kalila G. Jackson-Spieker, a Mather race relations tutor, and Mather’s House Committee organized a House-

it the next president. She said she has worked with the Corporation to ensure she leaves behind sufficient resources when she departs Massachusetts Hall.

Bacow, meanwhile, said in an interview Sunday that he plans to spend the next few months listening, in the hopes learn as much as he can about areas of the University with which he is less familiar.

“Harvard can only have one president, and it has a great one right now,” he said. “Between now and the end of June, June 30, which is Drew’s last day, Drew will be our point person and leader in addressing those issues.”

“I’m going to be in full sponge mode,” Bacow added.

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College Receives 42,742 Apps ADMISSIONS FROM PAGE 1 students interested in STEM concentrations over the past several years, this year’s pool saw a 19.7 percent increase in prospective students who reported they were interested in studying computer science on their applications.

“There’s a lot of excitement out there about technology, computer science, engineering, and the applied sciences, generally,” Fitzsimmons said.

“Given that, and given the changes that have taken place here it’s no wonder, in a lot of ways, there’s been such an increase.”

Geographic diversity in the applicant pool increased as well. There were greater numbers of applications from each region of the United States, with significant jumps in applications coming from the South. Applications from international students remained

Mather Shirt Sparks Controversy MATHER FROM PAGE 1

mediate action in response to these recommendations,” she said.

More broadly, Faust said she has been extra conscious in her decision-making since she first announced her impending retirement in June 2017—mulling each decision in light of the effect it might have on number 29.

“As I do things I think, ‘Okay, am I going to constrain my successor in some way? How can I make sure that there’s a transition here that makes this policy or this selection make sense? How can I take actions that will support my successor rather than end up posing dilemmas for my successor?’” she said. “I have been thinking in those terms increasingly as the year has gone on.”

In particular, Faust said she has considered how her use of presidential discretionary funds might lim-

wide conversation Sunday afternoon to discuss the design. She encouraged students to “share any thoughts or concerns regarding the design” and “how we can do better moving forward.”

Jackson-Spieker did not respond to request for comment.

Amala Mahadevan and L. “Maha” Mahadevan, the Mather House faculty deans, attended this discussion and addressed residents in another Housewide email sent later that evening.

“There was agreement that we should implement some concrete steps to ensure that we are sensitive to our remarkably diverse and creative house even as we celebrate it, and equally the need to be respectful in our conversations on- and off-line,” they wrote.

“HoCo and all of us are still digesting the events and discussions, but we are optimistic that we will come out of this a better, closer community.”

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at roughly the same level.

With a record number of applications—and after the College’s announcement that it will accept fewer students to the Class of 2022—applicants may face a particularly competitive admissions process this year. Nine hundred sixty-four students were already accepted in December during the College’s early action round.

Fitzsimmons emphasized the combined quality and size of the applicant pool, and reiterated his office’s decision to admit fewer students to next year’s freshman class.

“We will be very conservative this year. We will be projecting a yield of somewhere in the mid-80s,” Fitzsimmons said.

Several of the nation’s other top universities saw their applicant pools similarly break records this year. Yale received a record 35,305 applications, an increase of 7.3 percent from last year,

according to the Yale Daily News. The Brown Daily Herald reported that Brown received a record 35,368, showing an 8 percent increase. And Dartmouth College received 22,005 applications, a 9.8 percent increase and also a new record, according to the Dartmouth.

Fitzsimmons said these increases may be the result of similar financial aid programs at Harvard’s peer institutions. He said political and economic issues both in the United States and abroad may push families to look at universities with robust financial aid programs.

“In times of anxiety,” Fitzimmons said, “You want to go to a college that has great financial aid.”

The College will notify applicants of their admissions decisions on March 28. Admitted students will have until the national reply date of May 1 to accept or decline the offer.

John Kasich to Give HKS Commencement Speech KASICH FROM PAGE 1 In a press release Tuesday, Kennedy School representatives emphasized Kasich’s efforts to improve Ohio’s economy, noting he added “almost 500,000 jobs” during his time as governor.

“Governor Kasich is a truly committed public servant who has gained respect from citizens and colleagues on both sides of the political aisle over a long and distinguished career,” Elmendorf wrote in the press release.

Kasich has a 57 percent approval rating as governor, according to a July 2017 Morning Consult poll.

Still, he is facing scrutiny among fellow Ohio Republicans vying to replace him, including his Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor.

The Cincinnati Daily Herald reported last month that Taylor was distancing herself from Kasich, reportedly saying she had not seen him for about a year.

Kasich announced in March 2017 that he will not be seeking elected office again after his term as governor ends in early 2019.

Still, some political analysts are naming Kasich, a critic of President Donald Trump both during and after the 2016 election, as a potential challenger to the president in 2020.

Further fueling rumors about his candidacy, Kasich plans to visit New Hampshire, the first state to vote in the presidential primaries, in early April to headline a discussion at New England College.

Elmendorf said he did not know whether Kasich is eyeing the presidency once again.

He added he will not see the contents of Kasich’s speech prior to the Commencement address.

“What he says is up to him. The school gets no credits and there’s no responsibility for the views that are offered,” Elmendorf said.

Previous graduation speakers at the Kennedy School include former Secretaries of State John Kerry and Madeleine Albright.

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NLRB Approves Unionization Election Agreement

By Shera s. avi-yonah and Molly C. mcCafferty Crimson Staff Writers

The National Labor Relations Board approved an election agreement earlier this month detailing the terms of Harvard’s upcoming unionization election. The election, which will be held on April 18 and 19, will determine whether eligible graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants may collectively bargain.

The agreement resolves several long-standing issues that led to contested ballots in the original Nov. 2016 election, including the status of teaching assistants at the Graduate School of Design and the “lookback” period from which the list of eligible voters will be drawn.

The list of eligible voters will be generated from the March 12 payroll and will also include students who were employed as teaching assistants in the calendar year 2017.

Lawyers from the Harvard Graduate Students Union - United Automobile Workers and the University previously argued before the NLRB over whether the votes of students who were not employed as teaching assistants in Nov. 2016 would be counted.

Because graduate student course staff at the Design School are classified as teaching assistants rather than teaching fellows, they were excluded from the original University-generated voter list in 2016. HGSU-UAW at-

torneys contested that designation in post-election hearings at the NLRB. The terms set for the upcoming second election resolve this issue, allowing the TAs from the Design School to participate.

Graduate student Jae Hyeon Lee, who created the group “Against HGSU-UAW,” wrote in an email he is pleased the agreement has better clarified students’ eligibility.

“It is a good thing that it is clearer now who is eligible to vote. However, I think the makeup of the voting population is still problematic,” Lee wrote.

“For the upcoming election, a lot of first and second-year students who would be most affected by the outcome of the election will be excluded from the voters’ list.”

“How is an election fair if those who have most at stake are not allowed to cast a vote?” he added.

Ph.D. students who have yet to complete their general examinations, often those in their first and second year at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, are not eligible to teach and therefore are not part of the bargaining unit until they begin.

The agreement also resolved the debate between Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers and the University over the timeline for the generation of the voter list.

Harvard is required to provide a preliminary voter list to the NLRB and the union by Feb. 21. Eligible teaching and research assistants must be em-

The Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal Building in Boston is where the NLRB’s offices are located. Kai r. Mcnamee—Crimson photographer

ployed by Feb. 12 in order to be included on that list.

HGSU-UAW organizer and and graduate student Andrew B. Donnelly wrote in an email that the union is happy with the timeline for of the list’s generation.

“We were pleased to see the NLRB took such a reasonable approach with a February list with revisions in March

Angela Davis Donates Papers

By Sarah J. HonG Crimson Staff Writer

Angela Y. Davis, a famed political activist and scholar of African American, Marxist, and feminist studies, is donating her papers to the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library.

Davis, a professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, studies race in the criminal justice system and is an advocate for prison abolition.

She is also famously known for her radical activism in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party U.S.A., and for her support of the Soledad Brothers, three prison inmates charged with killing a guard in Soledad Prison in 1970. Her involvement in the case resulted in her being charged with conspiracy. She was later acquitted.

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is a research library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, dedicated to housing ar-

chives documenting women’s lives and activities in the United States.

In a statement, Davis wrote that she felt honored her writings would join the work of other women who are “advocates of social transformation” at the library.

“My papers reflect 50 years of involvement in activist and scholarly collaborations seeking to expand the reach of justice in the world,” Davis wrote in a statement.

Faculty specializing in African American Studies believe the library housing Davis’s papers will help further academic study of her lifetime work.

“Schlesinger’s acquisition of her papers will ensure that generations of students, scholars, and activists have access to her body of work and a better understanding of the histories she has helped to shape,” wrote Farah J. Griffin, a professor of English, Comparative Literature, and African American Studies at Columbia University.

Elizabeth Hinton, an assistant pro-

fessor of History and African and African American Studies at Harvard, said Davis’s papers will also strengthen the Schlesinger Library’s stature as a center for studying the history of civil oppression.

“The acquisition of Angela Davis’s papers makes the Schlesinger Library even more vital for all those seeking a deeper understanding of the history of oppression and resistance on a global scale.” Hinton wrote in a statement.

The collection of Davis’s work includes letters, photographs, and audio from Davis’s radio show “Angela Speaks,” according to a press release from the library.

The library will also host materials related to Davis’s incarceration and trial from the Soledad Prison case, as well as the movement advocating for her release.

Davis’s papers will be available for research by 2020.

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despite Harvard’s attorneys attempt to delay,” he wrote.

In an email sent to students earlier this month, Director of Labor and Employee Relations Paul R. Curran encouraged eligible voters to seek out information in the weeks leading up to the election.

“As we move forward with a second election, it is critically important to

consider again the issues at stake and engage in a robust conversation about the potential impact of unionization,” he wrote.

Harvard must provide the final copy of the voter list by March 19. In the intermediate period, involved parties will review the voter list and add any students hired by the University after Feb. 12 but before March 12.

Physics Dept. Hosts Julian Schwinger Event

By Amy l. jia and Sanjana L. Narayanan Crimson Staff Writers

­ormer colleagues and students of F Harvard Physics Professor Julian S. Schwinger, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics, gathered in the department Monday to celebrate the centennial of the late scientist’s birth.

Regarded as one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Schwinger is known for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory of quantum electrodynamics. He was a member of the Physics Department faculty from 1945 until 1974.

The speakers at the colloquium, many of whom are Nobel laureates themselves, included Sheldon L. Glashow, a math and science professor at Boston University, Walter Gilbert, professor emeritus and chair of the Society of Fellows, Physics Professor Roy J. Glauber ’46, and Daniel J. Kleitman, an applied math professor at MIT. Though each of the panelists had different stories to share about Schwinger, they were in agreement about one thing: his lectures were one of a kind.

“He was a magisterial lecturer,” said Physics Professor and moderator of Monday’s panel Howard M. Georgi. “He just had total control, not just of the material, but of the class.”

Kleitman, too, remembered being enthralled by Schwinger’s lectures.

“Schwinger would arrive at the door and immediately begin his lecture. He spoke without notes and talked in a quiet voice, in a manner so crystal clear and persuasive that it was hypnotic,” Kleitman said.

“We all listened and wrote notes with complete concentration. Nobody dared to ask a question.”

For Glauber, one of Schwinger’s lectures on his design of a new particle accelerator even changed the course of his own career path.

“It was extraordinary, because he had worked out every last detail of this device,” Glauber said. “No such lecture ever had the smoothness or continuity or obvious cogency of this particular lecture.”

After that single class, Glauber decided to finish his bachelor’s degree at Harvard—where Schwinger had only recently become a professor—rather than returning to his work at Los Alamos.

Glashow said his research on the unification of weak and electromagnetic forces, which won him the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, was largely based on one of Schwinger’s ideas for Glashow’s dissertation.

According to Glashow, Schwinger stepped in quickly to support the unorthodox proposal during his doctoral defense.

“At that point my exam was more or less over,” he said, to laughter from the audience.

“It was wonderful working with Julian,” Glashow said. “The one regret we had, which we expressed to one another much later, was that we never got around to writing that paper on the electroweak theory that we should’ve written.”

Schwinger died in 1994 and is buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, where his tombstone is engraved with symbols referring to one of his pioneering physics calculations.

Staff writer Amy L. Jia can be reached at amy.jia@ thecrimson.com.

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EDITORIAL THE CRIMSON EDITORIAL BOARD

A Man for the Moment

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n Sunday afternoon, the presidential search committee announced that Harvard Corporation member Lawrence S. Bacow will replace University President Drew G. Faust to become Harvard’s 29th president.

We are quite optimistic about their pick. Bacow has spent most of his life in higher education as an academic, administrator, and leader. His experience as president of Tufts University, given the largely positive reviews he received there, affords him an unprecedented level of qualification as compared to any

However, on a more profound level, the committee’s pick of Bacow serves as a window into the priorities of the search committee.

University president in recent memory.

In light of this, we find reason to agree with the faculty who have commended the search committee for choosing him.

However, on a more profound level, the committee’s pick of Bacow serves as a window into the priorities of the search committee. He will take office at a time when Harvard faces strong political, cultural, and financial headwinds.

His selection reflects the aims of the Corporation, which comprised a majority of the searchers.

The emphasis of the selection—in resume, reputation, and rollout—has been the perception that Bacow is most qualified to face the threat that the current political climate poses to the status

of higher education within our society.

This, of course, does not mean that we or the searchers aim to discount other challenges the University faces, including Harvard’s financial situation, an area for which Bacow has sufficient experience.

Nevertheless, we are confident in Bacow’s ability to fulfill his role as this advocate for higher education at a time when we need it most, and we approve of the Corporation’s prioritization during this unprecedented time for colleges and universities around the country. Higher education is currently under siege by politicians: As a result of the recent Republican tax overhaul, Harvard’s endowment was set to be taxed, graduate stipends were nearly taxed, and the student loan deduction was nearly eliminated. But there is a reason why these political attacks are resonating with Americans. Many are feeling unprecedented antipathy towards higher education, which is extremely concerning.

That being said, we challenge Bacow to recognize that he is inheriting two jobs. While he is indeed becoming the face of higher education in America and around the world, he is also about to take the helm of our University. Since he is currently more familiar with Harvard’s administration than its students, we wish to see him actively try to engage with the latter.

Specifically, given Bacow’s limited visibility to the College to this point— in comparison to his impressive experience with the University’s graduate schools—we encourage him to closely interact with students at the College and to maintain a focus on their experiences, just as he did at Tufts.

And despite calls for a more ground-

Finally, while we express here a positive outlook on the Bacow presidency to come, we also feel it incumbent upon us to remind him and our readers that we will scrupulously hold him accountable. ca that increasingly feels left behind by economic and educational progress will likely give him insight into how to assuage the mistrust of universities.

Finally, while we express here a positive outlook on the Bacow presidency to come, we also feel it incumbent upon us to remind him and our readers that we will scrupulously hold him accountable. We, and Crimson Editorial Boards to come, look forward to commending his successes and constructively critiquing his failures, and will continue to be even-handed yet passionate in our role.

This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. It is the product of discussions at regular Editorial Board meetings. In order to ensure the impartiality of our journalism, Crimson editors who choose to opine and vote at these meetings are not involved in the reporting of articles on similar topics.

‘19 (wonik.son@thecrimson.com).

Keep Talking

By ARI E. BENKLER

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Congress and the nation are stuck in a path of continuously worsening polarization. might not necessarily be indicative of a problem, the correlation between this polarization and the public’s abysmal perceptions of Congress’ efficacy does not support this more charitable view.

Polarization has bred paralysis.

If we are to un-paralyze our system and restore a sense of openness and trust to our society as a whole, we must take the traditions of dialogue

learned at Harvard and bring them into the world with us. But others have gone before us, both from Harvard and other colleges, and failed to bring to Washington and the nation the commitment to dialogue that they too learned at school. For all of them, somewhere along the way, the tradition of bipartisan engagement got lost.

Years of education, inquiry, and shared exploration have given way to rancor, bickering, and mutual mistrust.

What happened? How can a country where more than 95 percent of the members of Congress have a college degree lack the fundamental characteristics of the academic experience in their leadership? Are our leaders individually culpable for their failure to maintain traditions of dialogue? Have they simply forgotten their educational background? None of this seems possible.

Instead, there must be something structural about the difference between life on a college campus and life in the halls of Washington that makes norms of trust and dialogue difficult to maintain. The zero-sum game of electoral politics means that each side has every incentive to be in the majority, and moderates, often the key to common ground, fear being targeted at every election. Legislators beholden to special interests or a few wealthy donors must take hard lines on some issues, lest compromise cost them in fundraising or organizational support.

Gerrymandering means that fewer and fewer districts are genuinely moderate or competitive, making moderates even more vulnerable to primary challenges from the flanks.

It is our responsibility, both as Harvard students and citizens more generally, to try to overcome these structural tendencies towards non-dialogue because we know from our Harvard lives that meaningful exchanges between even diametrically opposed groups bears fruit. We live the benefits of that dialogue every day: Our lives

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breaking presidential choice in terms of racial and gender diversity, we do not believe Bacow should be judged individually on his personal identity. Indeed, his upbringing in a region of Ameri-

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t Harvard, opposing political groups—like the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club—engage in frequent civil political discourse, from organized debates to joint statements to communal participation in the many programs at the non-partisan Institute of Politics. Further, for all students, lives are not defined by partisan affiliations. We can and do maintain friendships with those who disagree with us, and we see value in relationships with people even if we disagree, often sharpening our own beliefs or finding common ground in conversation with them.

That spirit of mutual respect and shared commitment to dialogue is not, unfortunately, so common outside of Harvard and other colleges. Certainly, on the national political scene, it has almost disappeared. Congress and the nation are stuck in a path of continuously worsening polarization. There have been two government shutdowns in the last month alone even though there has been only one other in the last 20 years. And though some, like prominent blogger Matthew Yglesias, claim that polarization just represents an increasing understanding of how ideology translates into policy, and therefore

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are enriched by the diverse company we keep.

There are two ways to do this. Firstly, we must address the structural problems in politics. Campaign finance reform and nonpartisan redistricting are both important steps in that direction. Media has a role too: If mainstream media organizations were less polarized, viewers would be brought out of information bubbles and politicians who compromised and appealed to moderates would be rewarded.

These are enormously difficult political victories to achieve, as the people who benefit from the current system are the ones who have been elected by it and are the ones with the power to change it. However, victories made in addressing these structural challenges would be self-reinforcing. The passage of comprehensive campaign finance reform, once achieved, would be very difficult to reverse without bearing the political risk of appearing to sell out democracy to the rich and powerful. Likewise, nonpartisan redistricting will increase the number of seats in the House, with moderate electorates more likely to send compromise-oriented representatives to Washington.

There is also a second, more personal way in which we can try to defeat the structural odds against reasoned exchange and compromise.

While acknowledging the obstacles, we can make our own individual commitments to seek dialogue with those we oppose at whatever level we one day find ourselves in society. This requires personal commitment to dialogue on both sides, not in an abstract sense, but rather in concrete determination to preserve the open exchange of ideas. This will be no easy feat, but if we are to restore in our government and society a culture of trust, dialogue, and cooperation, we must start with ourselves.

Ari E. Benkler ’21, a Crimson Editorial Editor, lives in Matthews Hall.

THE ‘BRIDGE

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ne of the frequently-asked questions on the Phillips Brooks House Association website is: “How can PBHA be both community-based and located at Harvard?” In response, PBHA cites its “decades-long partnerships” with the communities where it operates and points to the number of people from these communities who staff the programs. This level of community engagement is admirable, but it should be much more commonplace in the way Harvard thinks and talks about public service.

As I sat in my freshman dorm room tabbing through a list of PBHA programs during shopping week last year, one jumped out: the College High-school Alliance: A Nexus For Creative Education. According to the PBHA website, “CHANCE works with students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School to develop the desire, support, and motivation to gain admission to college and to succeed there and beyond.” I thought of my high school classmates and the strong and supportive community that they had found at CHANCE, and I pictured the three Harvard students who had given their time to my fifthgrade class through the CIVICS program, a program run jointly by the Institute of Politics and PBHA, which kindled a lasting interest in politics for me and many of my classmates.

In that moment, I realized that the program descriptions of many projects that support Cambridge kids are targeted toward potential volunteers that see them very differently than we had as their beneficiaries. Students in Cambridge, like those in many school districts, face a range of obstacles to college admission and success, but a lack of desire or a shortage of motivation are not among them. They more closely align with the school district’s description of CHANCE: “Harvard students provide off-campus tutoring in… general studies, SAT and TOEFL prep courses, problem solving, writing workshops, college advising and essay help.”

In short, the program addresses a systemic lack of access to tangibly beneficial and necessary support. It meets a demonstrated community need without presuming to do more. It seeks to rectify an injustice of unequal access, not a gap in intrinsic motivation. It is a deeply productive program with a deeply problematic presentation to Harvard students that reflects a pattern in how students approach interaction with the Cambridge community. Programs must sell themselves to Harvard students based both on their community impact and on their desirability as clubs, and the necessity of the latter can distract from the execution of the former. Even highly effective public service programs at Harvard still reflect a campus culture that treats being a good neighbor as an extracurricular activity rather than an obligation.

Many ways in which Harvard students engage with our host community do meaningful, substantial, and lasting good.

Students provide mentorship, after school programming, and classroom instruction in civics, science, international relations and more, to communities from Allston to Cambridge to Quincy. Outside of PBHA, the University supports 20 partnerships with Cambridge Public Schools that sponsor summer schools, science internships and field studies, theater and museum visits, support for teachers and administrators, and more.

But true community membership by Harvard students requires more. To be in true community with our neighbors, Harvard students must come from a place of humility. Harvard people often talk about Cambridge as a set of problems in need of creative solutions, and often in need of Harvard students. A Crimson op-ed last year argued that the Cambridge Common “just needs bright minds to populate it” to be a great public park.

Harvard students have a lot to contribute to Cambridge, but what’s needed isn’t wisdom, motivation, or any other personal quality; it’s a willingness to participate meaningfully as residents of the city and to use the privilege that comes with being a student here to make contributions to existing community projects without any other pretense.

So join PBHA programs like Harvard CHANCE, CIVICS, or one of the many excellent after-school programs, and be willing to modify their services to meet changing community needs. Outside of direct service organizations, use economic power to support local businesses and residents. Buy, and read, each edition of Spare Change News. Use Cambridge’s directory of businesses owned by women, people of color, LGBTQ+ -identifying people, and people with disabilities when you shop, to promote equality through your consumption. Push Harvard, the largest employer in Cambridge, to pay all of its workers a living wage. Cambridge needs people who hope to build justice here to commit their actions and resources, not just their ideas.

PBHA states that it has a “dual mission”: “providing vital experiences for generations of students in service and activism, while simultaneously offering programming throughout Greater Boston that meets stated community needs.”

But to help meet that second goal, Harvard students should place less emphasis on personal or professional development through service and more on the direct services that we are able to provide.

Will H. MacArthur ’20 is a Social Studies concentrator in Currier House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays.

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By EAMON J. MCLOUGHLIN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

A third comeback in three games led Harvard women’s ice hockey to victory over Northeastern by a score of 4-3 in the Beanpot Consolation match on Tuesday evening. The victory gave the Crimson third place in the fortieth edition of the four team tournament, marking the third time they’ve won the consolation match in the last three seasons.

Fans were treated to an extremely back and forth match at Boston Col­

lege’s Conte Forum on Tuesday evening, with freshman forward Keely Moy’s early goal for Harvard (12-132, 9-9-2 ECAC) getting cancelled out within 2 minutes by a Northeastern equalizer. The Huskies (14-14-3, 10-102 Hockey East) looked the more confident of the two sides early, scoring three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead before halfway through the second period.

The Crimson seemed to settle into the game as it progressed, starting to really test the Northeastern defense in the second period. Harvard went on to score three unanswered goals of its own, its comeback starting when a

thumping shot from the blue line from sophomore defender Ali Peper found the bottom corner of the net with 10:10 to play in the second. The Crimson were dominant for much of the remainder of the game, pulling ahead in shots on goal before pulling ahead on the scoreboard on two goals from freshman forward Becca Gilmore.

Gilmore stole the show for Harvard, combining with sophomore forward Kat Hughes on her first, and following up on a longshot from Peper to give the Crimson the 4-3 advantage with 12:23 to play in the game. These were goals number eleven and twelve on the season for the ECAC Rookie of the Week,

who leads the team in points (30) as well as assists (18), and is averaging more than a point per game this season for the Crimson. Hughes also picked up her share of accolades this week, as she was named the NCAA First Star of the Week as well as ECAC player of the week.

Neither side was able to convert on the man advantage on the night, with both teams going 0-3 on power plays.

The Huskies did grab a shorthanded goal, however, finding the net in a four on five situation in the second period when Tori Sullivan broke through the the Crimson’s defense to score on a counter attack.

Freshman goalie Becky Dutton seemed to gain confidence as the night went on, struggling to cover the puck early, but finishing the game convincingly with 20 saves. The most important of these came with just over a minute to play, when she came up big for the Crimson, saving a shot and then the ensuing rebound when Northeastern broke away on a two versus two, preserving Harvard’s lead and ensuring the victory.

“I think it’s something that we can use as a confidence booster.” Dutton said. “We had a bit of a tough stretch there, but now we’re on a three game winning streak. It’s only three games, but it’s definitely a really good start, and it gives us confidence going into this weekend.”

Losing would have obviously been disappointing for the Crimson, as in any game, but the fact that Harvard has finished fourth in the Beanpot just three times in the tournament’s forty-year history would have made it even tougher to swallow.

The Crimson have won the tournament, which pits them against Boston’s historical hockey powerhouses, Boston University, Boston College, and Northeastern, fourteen times in the forty it has been played. This makes them the tournament’s second most successful team ever, only behind their opponents from last night, Northeastern, who have racked up sixteen titles since the tournament’s inception. Boston College has taken home the trophy eight times, with their first title coming in 2006. Boston University has only won the coveted title once, way back in 1981.There is one champion who is not one of the four classic Beanpot teams: Brown. In 1993, Brown University, stepping in for Boston University, beat Northeastern 3-0 to take home their first and only beanpot title in their lone appearance.

“The Beanpot is a great opportunity because it allows us to play for a championship before playoffs.” said junior defenseman Bradley Fusco. “It’s special for me especially because I grew up going to the Beanpot with my dad since right after I was born, so it means a lot to me and it’s something that I look forward to every year, especially because it was a dream of mine when I was younger to play in one.”

Staff writer Eamon J. McLoughlin can be reached at eamon.mcloughlin@thecrimson. com.

Notebook: Crimson Power Play Revitalized Against BC MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

By SPENCER R. MORRIS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

BOSTON — Neither the Harvard men’s hockey team nor Boston College wanted to be there. But on Monday night, both squads faced off in the Beanpot consolation game after falling to their respective semifinal foes one week ago.

For the Crimson (11-10-4, 9-6-3 ECAC), the battle for third place did not carry any urgent implications, as a conference playoff title is currently the golden ticket for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. This being the case, the contest was primarily about getting back on track for a Harvard team that had slipped in four of its past five games entering Monday’s tilt.

“We’re happy to get the win,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “It’s not as exciting as playing in the final obviously, but I thought our guys handled some adversity…. I liked the positive energy.”

In some ways, righting the ship is exactly what coach Donato’s group did.

The Crimson’s power play experienced a major resuscitation, and the squad is back in the win column after a 5-4 overtime triumph over the Eagles (1413-3, 14-6-0 Hockey East). In others, the team has yet to iron out certain aspects of its season. The goaltender situation is even more complicated than it was prior to the Beanpot tournament, and ultimately, third place in the Boston hockey classic is a disappointing downgrade from last year’s tournament crown.

A NEW FACE BEHIND THE MASK This season, something of a position battle has emerged between Harvard’s pipes. Tri-captain Merrick Madsen, the usual starter, entered the campaign as the obvious go-to after logging a program-record 28 wins in 20162017. But junior backup Michael Lackey has earned seven starts this season, and his play has made coach Donato more comfortable yanking Madsen on the senior’s off-nights.

On Monday evening, a new layer was added to this goaltender controversy, as sophomore Cameron Gornet was given his first career start amid the uncertain situation in the blue paint.

Madsen (7-7-3, 2.20 GAA, .922 SV%) seemed to have earned back the starting role before allowing a savable goal in double overtime last Monday in the Beanpot semifinals. So, Lackey (3-3-1,

2.63 GAA, .906 SV%) started in Friday’s game at Union but ceded three goals in the Crimson’s defeat to the Dutchmen.

“As far as Cam goes…he’s played great in practice and deserved the opportunity,” coach Donato said. “It was a chance for us to get a look at Cam, and I thought he played well. He battled, and it was an opportunity for our players to be excited for all the unselfish work that he does every day in practice.”

For the first 57 minutes of action on Monday, Gornet looked solid for a backstop making his first ever start.

The St. Louis, Mo., native had only allowed two goals, putting Harvard, up 4-2 at the time, in prime position to put the Eagles to bed.

Then, Gornet and the rest of the Crimson let up, surrendering a pair of tallies in less than a minute. The goals not only reinvigorated BC but also marred Gornet’s numbers, as the sophomore finished with a pedestrian 3.83 goals against and .882 save percentage in 63 minutes of action.

It remains unclear whom coach Donato will trust with the bulk of the puck-fielding duties down the stretch. Perhaps some stability in net is just what Harvard needs to keep its season rolling during key scorer Ryan Donato’s Olympic absence.

POWER RESTORED Monday night, the Crimson snapped a five-game power play drought on junior forward Lewis Zerter-Gossage’s first-period goal. Until the tally inclose on sophomore goaltender Ryan Edquist, the squad had not found twine on the man-advantage since Jan. 20’s 4-3 OT victory over St. Lawrence.

This streak marked Harvard’s longest such dry spell since the 2014-2015 season, when coach Donato’s group went six games without a man-up goal.

This season’s stretch accounted for even more fruitless attempts (17) than the deficiency at this time of the year in 2015 (14).

Despite the disparity in attempts between these two power play skids, losing was a common theme. In 2015, the Crimson dropped four out of the six games included in its drought. Similarly, Harvard’s 1-4-0 record since the St. Lawrence game has slowed any momentum the team had generated in the early part of 2018.

With the power play being an integral part of the Crimson’s—and any team’s—game plan, it is no surprise that Harvard’s performance suffered

LUCKY SEVEN Tri-captain Eddie Ellis, who assisted on rookie Jack Donato’s goal midway through the third period, was among the team’s senior leaders who identified defending Harvard’s Beanpot title as a season goal. KATHRYN S. KUHAR—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

while its man-up unit struggled. From Dec. 30 to the start of these troubles, the team enjoyed a stretch of unbeaten play thanks to a 3.50 goals against average, good for 11th in the country over that span. Since then, prior to Monday’s tilt, the Crimson had potted the puck just 1.40 times per game, which was dead last in the NCAA. Harvard’s growing power play troubles were only underscored by Donato’s hiatus for the Olympics, which began last Wednesday. As the squad’s offensive centerpiece, the Scituate, Mass., native has played a key role on special teams this season. Prior to his departure, Donato sat tied for first on his team with eight power play points and, perched in his left-circle office, always demanded attention from the penalty killers.

Even without the junior forward there to grease the wheels, the extra-man unit got the job done against the Eagles and even added another score in the third frame when freshman forward Henry Bowlby punched

a puck through Edquist’s five-hole. In short, the Crimson finally took care of the elephant in the room—or rather, on the ice—in Monday’s Beanpot consolation game.

PASS THE POT Much to coach Donato’s dismay, Harvard will have to hand over the Beanpot trophy to Northeastern this year after winning the tournament crown— as well as bragging rights throughout the city—in 2017.

“There’s no question that when you win it, it’s a nice feather in your cap for the summer-long,” said coach Donato with a smile, in anticipation of this year’s Beanpot. “And [if we don’t win it], that’s probably what I am going to miss the most.”

The Crimson leadership set out this season with multiple milestones in mind, an ECAC points threshold and NCAA Tournament aspirations likely among them. The first objective the team could have checked off that list was bringing home a repeat Beanpot for the first time in program history.

“This is something we talked about at the beginning of the year as one of our goals,” said Madsen, a senior leader on the team, back in late January. “We want the Beanpot again. We want to go back-to-back.”

Regardless of tonight’s specific result, the Crimson icemen would have left TD Garden with a dissatisfied demeanor. Harvard waited 24 years between its two most recent Beanpot titles, as Boston University and BC dominated the event. Another such drought in the tournament would bother the Crimson even more now that many of the program’s current players have experienced victory.

The Eagles will likewise strive to reunite with the Beanpot trophy as soon as possible. BC’s last-place finish marks the second time in tournament history and first time since the 1974 and 1975 events that the Eagles have placed fourth in consecutive years.

Staff writer Spencer R. Morris can be reached at spencer.morris@thecrimson.com.