The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 21

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The University Daily, Est. 1873  | Volume CXLV, No. 21  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts  | thursday, february 15, 2018

The Harvard Crimson Blocking groups are not indicative of a freshman’s social group for the next three years. editorial PAGE 6

Women’s Tennis caps off weekend tournament with a victory over Yale. sports PAGE 8

Groups Release Sanctions Plans

Bacow, 66, Is Oldest PresidentElect

By michael E. xie

By william l. wang

Crimson Staff Writer

Crimson Staff Writer

Some College-run advising and mentorship programs tailored to freshmen recently published guidelines outlining how they may be affected by the College’s social group penalties, though the Office of Student Life has yet to release an official enforcement plan for the sanctions. The policy—which took effect with the Class of 2021—bars members of single-gender final clubs and Greek organizations from holding student group leadership positions, varsity athletic team captaincies, and from receiving College endorsement for prestigious fellowships. In an interview in early February, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana declined to give a timeline for the release of a final enforcement plan for the

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Lawrence S. Bacow was announced Harvard’s 29th president on Sunday afternoon. At 66, he will be the oldest individual ever to assume the University presidency come July 2018. Casey M. Allen—Crimson photographer

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Men

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Number of Representatives

By jonah s. berger and paula m. barberi

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Crimson Staff Writers

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2014

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Year elena M. ramos—Crimson Designer

HMS Exceeds $750 Mill. Goal

Students Fight for Cultural Center

By luke w. vrotsos

By ruth a. hailu and olivia c. scott

Crimson Staff Writer

For almost half a century, students have been calling on the University to build and fund a multicultural center. For nearly half a century, Harvard has said no. Calling for a physical space for students of marginalized backgrounds, generations of campus advocates for a multicultural center have argued the building represents a necessary means to foster inclusion for Harvard’s increasingly diverse student body. After a September draft report from the University-wide task force for diversity and inclusion recommended the creation of centers for “Identity, Politics, and Culture” and “Inclusion and Belonging,” and after Harvard has created more offices and administrative positions for work on diversity, some students say they are hopeful that now—after years and years of frustration—a multicultural center will come to fruition.

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Inside this issue

Harvard Today 2

Twenty-one years after the first woman assumed the presidency of the Undergraduate Council, many current representatives say the UC continues to grapple with issues of gender equality and inclusivity. During last Sunday’s UC general meeting, Quincy House representative Wyatt M. Robertson ’18 said the Council can sometimes take male representatives more seriously than other UC representatives. “A lot of times when men are up here, they’re not questioned as much about their experiences and the research that goes into it,” Robertson said. “A lot of times when other people are up here, a lot of non-men, whether it’s queer people, genderqueer people, or women presenting up here, a lot of the research and experiences do get called into question.” Over the past several months, multiple representatives said the Coun-

cil has made strides towards ensuring women are represented in leadership roles and feel comfortable speaking up at meetings. Many non-male representatives said improvements this year in female representation in leadership and on the Council at large have served as a first step in overcoming the lingering effects of a historically male-dominated student government. But some representatives said the Council must continue to focus on issues it has long failed to address. “Whenever a woman comes to the front of the room... it’s almost like ‘unqualified until proven qualified’ instead of the other way around,” Crimson Yard representative Sonya Kalara ’21 said. In an emailed statement, UC President Catherine L. Zhang ’19 wrote she is committed to ensuring all members of the Council are given an equal voice. “[Council Vice President] Nick [Boucher] and I are both extremely dedicated to making sure the UC is

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Crimson Staff Writers

Harvard Medical School’s capital campaign reached its $750 million goal earlier this month, administrators announced Wednesday. The campaign, titled “The World Is Waiting: The Campaign for Harvard Medicine,” was publicly launched in Nov. 2014 after the school had already raised about $375 million during the “quiet phase” of their efforts. The campaign has the third-largest goal across all of the University’s 12 schools, trailing only targets set by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Business School. Lisa Boudreau, dean for alumni affairs and development at the Medical School, announced the achievement of the goal in an emailed statement Wednesday. “We are enormously grateful to the many supporters who have embraced our mission and who are investing in the lifesaving work of HMS,” Boudreau wrote. ­

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UC Grapples With Gender Discrepancies

Representatives Elected in Fall 2014 - 2017

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At 66, incoming University President Lawrence S. Bacow will be the oldest president ever to take charge of Harvard when he moves into Massachusetts Hall this summer—experts, though, say his age is unlikely to determine the length of his tenure. Bacow will be the first president since Charles Chauncy—Harvard’s second president—to begin his tenure at an age above 60. Bacow’s predecessor, current President Drew G. Faust, was inaugurated at age 59. Judith A. Wilde, a professor at George Mason University’s School of Policy and Government, cited a study from the American Council on Education that found five percent of university presidents were over the age of 70 in 2011, but 11 percent were over the ­

News 3

Editorial 6

Sports 8

Datamatch destination

Zinneken’s, a restaurant in Cambridge that makes Belgian waffles, among other things, is a destination for Datamatch meet-ups. Casey M. Allen—Crimson photographer

Today’s Forecast

cloudy High: 56 Low: 47

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