The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 86

The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume cxlv, No. 86 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Thursday, September 20, 2018

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We hope the City of Cambridge will commit to piloting a scooter program.

Stockless: Ivy League football has entered Week Two. Let’s rock and roll.

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with her story Sunday after details of the letter leaked.

Ford told the Washington Post that Kavanaugh — “stumbling drunk” at the time, Ford alleges — pinned her to a bed and groped her a party in the 1980s, when both were high school students in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Ford says Kavanaugh pushed his body against hers and attempted to pull off her clothing and that, when she sought to scream for

help, he put his hand over her mouth.

Ford, now a 51-year-old research psychologist at Palo Alto University who is widely published in her field, says she was able to escape after a friend of Kavanaugh’s jumped on the bed and dislodged all three.

The Senate Judiciary Committee had originally planned to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination this week, but moved the vote back four days after Ford put her name to the alle-

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With Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh set to face a highstakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday, Harvard Law School students are organizing to stand in solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who has accused the judge of sexually assaulting her three decades ago.

The accusations transformed what previously seemed an all-but-certain confirmation into a dramatic showdown that has evoked comparisons to the Anita Hill hearings in the 1990s. Hill testified that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, then a nominee, had sexually assulted her in widely publicized hearings before members of Congress.

Two decades later, history seems to be repeating itself in eerie fashion. Ford, who originally sent a confidential letter to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein detailing the allegations over the summer, went public

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Harvard just beat Harvard’s own fundraising record — in a major way.

The University closed out its capital campaign at a round $9.6 billion, officials announced Thursday morning, meaning the school surpassed its original goal — already representing the highest amount ever raised by a single institute of higher education — by more than $3 billion.

The sum is more than one and a half times the amount Stanford University, the previous record-holder, raised in its last capital campaign.

Harvard’s campaign, which ended in June, raised $1.3 billion for financial aid alone across the University, according to Tamara E. Rogers ’74, vice president for alumni affairs and development. Fundraising totals for financial aid at individual schools and for other campaign priorities are not yet available.

Harvard launched its capital campaign in 2013 with a goal of $6.5 billion. The campaign was

one of the hallmarks of the more than decade-long tenure of former University President Drew G. Faust.

The University president functions as Harvard’s fundraiser-in-chief, and Faust courted donors around the world to bring in big-ticket gifts that sometimes totaled more than $400 million in one go.

The campaign concluded just as Faust stepped down from her post in June, but the University surpassed its $6.5 billion goal in April 2016.

At that point, Harvard secured its status as the new record-holder for higher education fundraising. Stanford’s previous record stood at $6.2 billion, which the California school raised as part of a capital campaign it wrapped up in 2012.

Rogers, who announced in January she will step down at the end of the calendar year, said in an interview Tuesday that she felt Harvard’s campaign ended “very successfully.”

University President Lawrence S. Bacow — who took over

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gations. Ford has said through her lawyers that she believes the FBI should investigate Kavanaugh before she testifies.

Kavanaugh has categorically denied her allegations, and he has committed to testifying at the upcoming Senate hearing Monday.

Ford’s allegations, and Kavanaugh’s denial, pit her words against his — a common

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Gonzalez Proposes Tax On Harvard

Students Laud the Pudding’s New Cast

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Jay Gonzalez, the Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor, said he is proposing an endowment tax that would cost Harvard over $500 million per year at a press conference held in the Harvard T-stop Wednesday.

Gonzalez’s plan would levy a 1.6 percent tax on private, non-profit colleges and universities in the state whose endowments total over $1 billion.

Harvard would qualify, as would four of its fellow research institutions — MIT, Tufts, Boston University, and Boston College.

The four other affected schools are small liberal arts colleges Wellesley, Amherst, Williams, and Smith.

Gonzalez said at the press

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Gubernatorial Candidate Jay Gonzalez held a press conference at the Harvard T Stop to announce his proposed university endowment tax Wednesday.

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Workers to collectively bagain with the University on their behalf — over the course of a two-day election held in midApril. Eleven days later, Harvard administrators declared they planned to formally recognize and negotiate with its brand-new union. In making the announcement, the University became the first private institution of higher education to agree to bargain in good faith with its students in years.

Following a 2016 National Labor Relations Board ruling that recognized teaching and research assistants at private universities as workers, graduate students around the country began a spate of unionization efforts. Harvard’s decision to bargain marked a departure from the precedent set by peer

When Ashley M. LaLonde ’20 heard that she was cast in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 171st production, she was ecstatic.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be part of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals for this historic moment in time,” she wrote in an email. “I can’t wait to challenge myself in new ways through this hilariously entertaining, gender-bending show.”

LaLonde is one of six women who found out Sunday that they had been selected to join the elite theater group’s first-ever mixed-gender cast. As news of the historic shift spread across campus over the next few days, students applauded the Pudding’s move and said they are excited to see the female cast members perform.

“I think it’s a move in the right direction for gender equality on campus, and on all campuses,” Pierse M. Gray Coen ’22 said.

Of more than a dozen students interviewed by The Crimson, eleven said they approve of the Pudding’s choice. Some, however, said they wish the move to admit women had come sooner.

“It’s the 21st century, so it’s pretty late,” Yejin Kim ’22 said.

“I don’t know why they didn’t do it sooner.”

The Pudding announced in Jan. 2018 that, for the first time in its nearly 200-year history, it planned to admit women as cast members, drawing national media coverage and prompting female students to vow to audition.

The Pudding has kept an allmale cast of performers since its founding in 1844, though women hold positions on the group’s business, tech, and design boards, as well as the HPT band.

Controversy over the Pudding’s all-male cast has

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After Harvard teaching and research assistants voted to unionize last semester — and after the University agreed to honor the results of that vote — labor experts predicted the series of historic events would spur other American schools to follow in Harvard’s footsteps.

Four months later, that forecast has proved partially correct at best. The fledgling graduate student unionization moment in the United States has seen mixed results around the country in recent weeks and is today moving forward in fits and starts.

Campus graduate students voted to unionize — allowing Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile

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Conversaciones en el Observatorio: Raquel Chang-Rodriguez Instituto Cervantes, 5:30 p.m.

CUNY Professor Raquel ChangRodriguez will recount the life of Luis Jerónimo de Oré, discussing the early Spanish presence in territories now part of the United States.

The Black Clown Loeb Drama Center, 7:30 p.m.

This musical theater production fuses vaudeville, opera, jazz, and spirituals to bring Langston Hughes’s verse to life onstage, animating a Black man’s resilience against a legacy of oppression.

Kavanaugh Supporters and Accuser at Impasse The face-off between Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and his accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, devolved into a stalemate on Wednesday as both parties continue to accuse each other of unfairness in the hearing. Since Dr. Blasey has been resisting an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, wavering Republicans have been drawn back to Judge Kavanaugh’s camp.

Trump Touts North Korea Gesture Thursday afternoon in CGIS South, Jacqueline Bhabha and Elizabeth Donger discussed research on how to prevent the exploitation of children in India. Brenda Lu—Crimson photographer

Daily Briefing Microbial Life: A Universe at the Edge of Sight Harvard Museum of Natural History, 4:00 p.m.

This new exhibit provides a unique opportunity to experience the wonders of microbial activity and the surprisingly stunning beauty of bacterial forms.

Harvard just beat Harvard’s own fundraising record — in a major way. The University closed out its capital campaign at $9.6 billion, administrators announced Thursday, beating its original goal by over $3 billion and smashing the record Stanford set in its 2012 campaign.

In other news, some Harvard Law School students are siding with the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

The students plan to hand out “I Believe Christine Blasey Ford” buttons this weekend in advance of Kavanaugh’s pivotal Monday hearing.

In lieu of a peace pledge from South and North Korea, President Donald Trump sought to project momentum into his dealings with North Korea on Wednesday, announcing that the promises of missile test facility closures and destruction of a key North Korean nuclear complex boded well.

However, lawmakers urged caution, saying that no true demilitarization efforts have been made so far.

Arthur Mitchell Dies at 84 Arthur Mitchell, one of the first black ballet dancers, has died in New York City at the age of 84. One of the most popular dancers with the New York City ballet in the ’50s and ’60s, Mitchell rose from a Harlem childhood to perform leading roles under renowned choreographer George Balanchine.

Around the Ivies Columbia According to the Columbia Daily Spectator, the federal Textbook Information Provision mandates that courses list the ISBN and price of textbooks online before students register for classes. At Barnard, however, 47 percent of classes were not in compliance one week after the start of this term. Barnard has already taken action to fix the problem, which they uncovered on Sept. 10 — but for the fall semester, most students have already selected courses. This latest instance of noncompliance comes after several years of textbook rule violations from both Barnard and Columbia.

UPENN The Schuylkill River, used for rowing practices by many Philadelphia rowing teams, is currently filled with unsustainable levels of silt, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. The river hasn’t been dredged — a process where silt is removed — since 1999. Because silt buildup makes the river shallower, the Schuylkill will eventually become unsafe for regattas or practices. Although the University of Pennsylvania uses the river, it is unclear at this time whether the university will step in to help local advocacy groups and other nearby schools.

CORNELL One day after The Cornell Daily Sun published criticisms of Cornell’s mental health support, Ryan Lombardi, the vice president for student and campus life, announced expansions to the university’s current health options. Three new therapists will be coming to campus, and there will be three more positions added to Cornell’s Student Disability Services, the Sun reported.

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Troupes Pick By Talent, Not Sex

By Cassandra Luca Crimson Staff Writer

Despite increased administrative scrutiny of single-gender campus groups in recent years, some musical groups say that the makeup of their membership — and possible shifts toward co-ed status — are driven by auditionees’ abilities, not their gender.

The traditionally all-male theater troupe Hasty Pudding Theatricals recently cast six women in its upcoming show, marking a first in the group’s almost 200 years of existence.

In the same week, historically all-male a capella group The Din and Tonics admitted their first female member, Karalyn E. Joseph ’21. In announcing the move to cast women, Pudding President Grace C. Ramsey ‘19 specifically pointed to the expansion of the available talent pool that going co-ed engineers.

“We as an organization continue to be in awe of the level of talent of the students on Harvard’s campus, and we are so excited that for the first time in 175 productions, Harvard students of all genders will have the opportunity to showcase that talent on the Hasty Pudding stage,” Ramsey wrote in an email early Monday.

The president of the Dins wrote in an email that the group selected Joseph for her skillful singing.

“The Dins have always sought out the most talented Harvard singers to achieve our signature sound,” Dins president Luis B. Valencia ’20 wrote in an email. “ This year the Dins’ accepted a talented woman who we felt furthered our goal of being the premier collegiate jazz a cappella group in the world.”

Groups that are staying single-gender in practice also say their actions are driven by the quest for relevant Harvard talent. The Radcliffe Pitches, the Radcliffe Choral Society, and the all-male Harvard Glee Club all recently adopted gender-neutral membership practices. Some say they’ve remaining single-gender in practice so far because it best fits the musical ranges in which their companies have historically sung.

Professor Kaoruko Yoshida-Pilkington, a Voice Instructor at Berklee College of Music, said it’s understandable that some performing groups would want to remain all-female or all-male for purely musical reasons.

“In a chorus, the most important thing is to blend — and similar voice styles blend very well,” she said.

Leyla J. K. Brittan ’19, a Crimson staff writer and former president of The Pitches, explained that, even though the group has long accepted only members who identify as female, the group’s constitution does not explicitly mandate all-female status.

“For my entire time in the Pitches, we technically have been gender-neutral; our constitution labels the Pitches as a female-voiced group,” she said.

“But there is a clause that says we ban discrimination, that no one can be denied admission on the basis of sex, gender, or sex-

uality.”

According to Pitches music director Hannah N. Johnston ’19, all of this year’s auditionees were female-identifying.

Still, she remains optimistic for change going forward.

“We did not have anyone audition who did not identify as a female member, so I hope it’ll happen within the next couple years,” she said. Johnson added that the group’s aspiration towards a gender-neutral ensemble is not a spur-of-the-moment whim.

“It was a bunch of little conversations that added up on and off over the last couple of years,” she said. The Pitches perform pieces arranged for singers in the soprano and alto ranges, which can slim the audition pool.

Brittan said that, if an individual who does not identify as female auditions — and if that individual sings “in the soprano to alto range and was a better candidate” — then “we would accept him.” The issue, Brittan said, is that this policy is not widely known to students who might consider auditioning.

The same is true for the Radcliffe Choral Society, which also sings soprano-alto music. The RCS updated its bylaws in April to specifically open its membership to individuals of all genders — a few months after administrators warned the group it would become “inactive” if it failed to update their guidelines in this manner. Still, RCS president Elise C. Alexander ’19 said the chorus’s push for gender-neutrality had been happening for “as long as she can remember,” and that it began independent of campus-wide conversations around single-gender groups — conversations spurred and sharpened

by Harvard’s controversial May 2016 sanctions on members of unrecognized single-gender Greek organizations and final clubs.

“The RCS was founded in 1899 at Radcliffe [College], and so had this tradition of pushing things forward. It was a place for women to sing when there wasn’t any place on campus for women to sing,” she said. “Because that breaking barriers is part of our history, we’re always conscious of where we can be more inclusive and push forward.”

The Glee Club announced it would also go gender-neutral last spring, despite some disagreement among its membership. The group’s president at the time, Connor A. Horton ’18, said some members were concerned that admitting women would lead to a change in the type of music the group typically performs. Glee Club president Andrew B. Jing ’19 said discussions regarding the gender makeup of the group had been ongoing for “several years.”

“Every year for the past several years (at the very least four), the Glee Club had had discussions about amending its policy and by-laws so as not to have gendered language in its eligibility requirement ,: Jing said.

Alexander said RCS’s auditionees are judged by range. cassandra.luca@thecrimson.com

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Students Pleased By New, Co-Ed Pudding mounted in the past few years.

Harvard women have tried to join the cast at least three times in the last five years — and each time have not received callbacks. Roughly three years ago, more than 86 alumni signed a petition calling on the group to admit women to its cast.

The Pudding’s announcement that it planned to admit women to the cast came midway through a celebration of actress Mila Kunis as the group’s 2018 Woman of the Year. The group bestows this honor on a different celebrity each year.

Kunis called at least one member of the Hasty Pudding Institute’s graduate board to discuss admitting women to the cast hours before the Pudding made its announcement.

During a press conference held after the announcement, she said she would not have attended the Woman of the Year celebration if the Pudding had not decided to admit women to the

cast.

“I would not be here otherwise,” she said at the time.

Former Pudding President Andrew L. Farkas ’82 wrote in a letter around the same time that the group had decided to go co-ed “some time ago” and had kept the decision mum until the Woman of the Year celebrations.

Women who tried out for the theatrical troupe this fall and failed to earn spots on the cast said they are thrilled by the precedent-breaking switch, too, even if their personal dreams of performing on the Pudding’s stage did not pan out.

“Decisions are very hard to make, and overall I’m personally so excited that females have this opportunity,” said Chloe A. Saracco ’21, who auditioned and did not get cast. caroline.engelmayer@thecrimson.com cassandra.luca@thecrimson.com michael.xie@thecrimson.com

Matthew T. Barber ‘16, Sydney T. S. Mukasa ‘18, Jacques Berguig ‘18, and Will Jaroszewicz ‘17 of the Din & Tonics sing in a 2015 performance in Sanders Theatre. Jessica M. Wang—Crimson photographer

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Gonzalez Floats Endowment Tax conference that the tax would ensure these universities finally pay their “fair share.”

“While the wealthiest among us have become even wealthier over the last several years, middle class and lower income families continue to struggle to get ahead,” he said. “I believe this is a fair proposal. These non-profit institutions have accumulated enormous wealth, in part thanks to the fact that they are not subject to taxation.”

Harvard and other peer institutions’ endowments, however, will be taxed at the federal level following Congress’ recent tax reform bill which Republicans pushed through in Dec. 2017.

That bill, opposed by the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation, levied an unprecedented endowment tax on some of the nation’s wealthiest private universities, including Harvard.

Administrators estimate that, if the law had taken effect during fiscal year 2017, it would have cost the University $43 million.

Comparatively, Gonzalez’s plan would have cost Harvard over $500 million had it taken effect in fiscal year 2017.

“This isn’t about partisanship to me,” he said Wednesday.

“It’s not about what’s happening at the federal level.”

Gonzalez said he would use the money generated from this tax — which he estimates will generate $1 billion per year — to fund public education and impove transportation.

He said he does not yet know how the money “would be allocated” among various initiatives.

The 1.6 percent tax would still allow “the schools’ endowments and wealth to grow over time to support their own purposes,” Gonzalez said. He noted that no other states currently tax the endowments of private universities.

Harvard spokesperson Melodie L. Jackson did not respond to a request for comment on the candidate’s proposal Wednesday.

Mayor of Cambridge Marc C. McGovern, who has endorsed Gonzalez, praised the endowment tax at Wednesday’s press conference.

“I understand better than most how important the economies of these universities are to our city and our state,” he said.

“I still support this plan because maybe it made sense hundreds of years ago to exempt these institutions from paying taxes but no one envisioned endowments in the billions of dollars.”

State rules set forth hundreds of years ago, though, could pose an obstacle to Gonzalez’s plan.

Harvard’s tax-exempt status is written into the Massachusetts state constitution.

That means taxing the University on the state level might require a constitutional amendment.

When asked about this possibility, Gonzalez said he be­

lieves that “we don’t need to amend the Constitution to do it.”

“While they’re written into the constitution, I believe the proposal would be legal if we changed state law,” he said.

Gonzalez’s tax drew bipartisan backlash from some Massachusetts incumbents.

His opponent, Governor Charlie D. Baker ’79, attacked the proposal for its similarity to the 2017 Republican tax reform bill.

“I start with the proposition that when President Trump proposed this idea, I thought it was a bad idea then, and I still think it’s a bad idea,” Baker said, according to the Boston Globe.

Democratic critics argued the proposed tax could cripple Harvard’s financial aid system. Senator Elizabeth Warren called the plan “completely backwards,” arguing that endowments are designed to support teaching and research, the Globe reported.

United States Representative Michael E. Capuano, who recently lost his seat in an unexpected upset to Boston City Councillor Ayanna Pressley, warned an endowment tax could harm the construction industry, given universities employ workers to build their labs and academic centers.

Joining Gonzalez on the gubernatorial ticket is lieutenant governor hopeful Quentin A. Palfrey ’96, himself the holder of two Harvard degrees and son to University mainstays and long-time Adams House faculty deans John G. “Sean” Palfrey ’67 and Judith “Judy” S. Palfrey ’67.

Quentin Palfrey attended Wednesday’s announcement, though he did not speak. caroline.engelmayer@thecrimson.com

Harvard, Union Will Negotiate in Private

By Shera S. Avi-Yonah and Molly C. McCafferty Crimson Staff Writers

Though Harvard and its brandnew union have yet to hammer out initial bargaining terms, both University and union representatives say their upcoming negotiations will likely take place behind shut doors, remaining closed to union membership at large.

Organizers for Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers say they will keep students in the loop by offering periodic updates on how things are going. HGSU-UAW bargaining committee member Jennifer K. Austiff wrote in an email that the union will find ways to include all members of the bargaining unit.

“We intend to maximize student worker participation in our campaign for the strongest possible contract,” she wrote. “We will provide regular updates through town halls, department level meetings, and other regular forms of communication.”

Negotiations — especially between groups reaching a firsttime contract — may stretch for months.

In an email, University of Oregon labor law professor Gordon Lafer wrote that Harvard and the union will likely set ground rules at the outset of bargaining that will determine definitively whether discussions continue to take place in private.

“If there’s no groundrule [sic] agreement, each side is able to bring whoever they want, but negotiations are not open to the public uninvited,” Lafer wrote.

University spokesperson Melodie L. Jackson wrote in an emailed statement Wednesday night that Harvard has yet to meet with union representatives to formally settle on the

details of bargaining, including who can be present during negotiations.

“While we haven’t yet met at the bargaining table, we have been in regular communication with union representatives, and we expect to begin collective bargaining in the very near future,” she wrote. “Following our initial meeting, we will have a better sense of how our negotiations will move forward, but it would be unusual for any negotiation to be open to the pub-

We intend to maximize student worker participation in our campaign for the strongest possible contract.

Jennifer K. Austiff HGSU-UAW Member

lic.”

Former National Labor Relations Board chairman William B. Gould IV said the negotiators are not legally mandated to consult with other union members even after an agreement is reached.

In the past, HGSU-UAW organizers have said they are committed to conducting a union-wide vote to ratify a draft contract with Harvard before they sign a final copy.

“Usually in collective bargaining, the union designates a bargaining team and that bargaining team are the only members that sit down with an employer,” he said.

“The union typically presents a tentative agreement and ask[s] for ratification, but they aren’t required to.” sheri.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

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Editorial The Crimson Editorial board

The Bird is the Word, With Reservations

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espite initial hostility towards the “flock” of LimeBike and Bird scooters that migrated to Cambridge this summer, Cambridge has now opened itself to a possible pilot program for the two companies. Given the financial and operational advantages that dockless electric scooters offer, we hope the City of Cambridge will commit to such a pilot program and do its best to work with these companies over the process to create modifications and restrictions that are both reasonable and effective.

As Birds and Limes have spread across the country, they have gained remarkable popularity and administrative scorn. The reasons for popularity are simple. The scooters are incredibly fun and easier to use than bikes, with speeds of up to 15 miles per hour. In comparison to pricey Uber rides down a congested road, infrequent bus services, and limited subway routes, these scooters are far more attractive and efficient. And once the user reaches their destination, there’s no hassle of carrying one’s own scooter up the stairs or finding a rack to dock a rental in. Birds and Limes can simply be left where they are for the next user.

Most importantly, these electric scooters are cheap. Some companies charge just one dollar to unlock the scooter, and then 15 cents for each minute of use. Bird has even begun waiving the dollar charge for those who are “‘currently enrolled in or eligible for’ state or federal assistance programs

like SNAP or Medicaid.” The low cost of these services and the need for more efficient modes of transportation in poorer communities (where public transportation is often inadequate) makes these dockless scooters an important alternative.

These positives being said, electric scooters are not perfect vehicles. So far, there have thankfully been no fatalities, but doctors in various cities have reported injuries resulting from the use of these electric scooters and are pressing for the collection of public health data. While some injuries are to be expected for any form of transportation, it is still important that companies and cities work together to help riders obey traffic rules that will keep everyone safe.

Massachusetts’s current stipulation that powered scooters need brake lights and turn signals, for example, may be overkill for a machine that only goes 15 miles an hour. Whereas a requirement for riders to wear helmets (whose benefits at such speeds are also still being debated) is more reasonable and could be easily implemented. In response to such concerns in California, for example, one company proposed including a helmet with each scooter while another offered to require riders to post a selfie of themselves with a helmet before the scooter could be unlocked. Unfortunately, many riders disregard safety rules that are already in place. While this is the fault of individuals rather than companies, it’s a problem that should be re-

Harvard Should Establish an Internal Carbon Tax

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By Clea F. Schumer

here is something deeply admirable to be said about man’s ability to exercise self-control.

Whether it be following internally-imposed guidelines about dieting, limiting phone usage, or identifying time to allocate to leisure each week, recognizing an area for improvement and then taking action to implement that vision is one of the most unique skills in the human toolbox.

Indeed, the capacity for internal regulation offers a solution that is two-sided. Exercising self-restraint deters an actor from doing something that works against his or her goals, but, simultaneously, and perhaps even more powerfully, also encourages the furthering of said goals. For example, holding yourself accountable to a commitment to lose a few pounds might deter you from eating a third cookie at lunch just as much as it might inspire you to go for a run. The magic is that it disincentivizes the “wrong” choice as much as it incentivizes the “right” one.

When it comes to climate change, Harvard has not characteristically shied away from responsibility. Just this year, the University announced

When it comes to climate change, Harvard has not characteristically shied away from responsibility. ambitious commitments to achieve fossil-fuel neutrality by 2026 and withdraw from all fossil-fuel sources by 2050. However, even with these goals in place, there is room to think further about how to execute our commitments most fruitfully. The times have never been more urgent, and with all that is at stake, we must seek unprecedented, internally-driven climate leadership from the University’s administration, particularly as external regulating bodies (like the U.S government) are falling miserably flat.

What exactly might this self-driven leadership entail?

It’s common knowledge that an item that costs more is less appealing to a rational actor than a substitute that costs less. Boiled down to basics, this is the ultimate fact that has long doomed dialogue about the merits of obtaining energy from renewable vs. fossil-fuel sources. Despite ever-falling costs, renewable sources are not yet less expensive than their non-renewable competitors.

But what if there were a way to intervene without any further technological innovation to reverse this equation?

We are in luck, and the answer is neither new nor complex. Since the 1970s, economists have advocated for a simple solution: to raise the price of non-renewables by taxing the carbon contained within them. In this way, non-carbon based alternatives become, comparatively, the lesser ex-

pense. Meanwhile, the revenue generated by the carbon tax can be used by the regulating body for a limitless list of causes, including investment in renewable energy technologies.

Since its innovation, carbon pricing in a variety of structures has been implemented around the world. Indeed, it is easy to sing the praises of bodies such as the EU that, as a result of their carbon price, are on trajectory to cut 2005 emission levels in half by 2030, all while generating €15.8 billion of revenue.

However, despite this promising evidence, the prospect of a carbon tax has become increasingly politically divisive at home. Most prevalent among conservative thinkers, opposition seems to be more directly related to generic resistance to any form of taxation rather than to concern about what’s best for the nation’s people and economy.

But, while our government stammers, the crisis is worsening. This is why we must call upon Harvard to act.

It is high time that the University places a price on carbon. And internal regulation, a manifestation of self-control, is just the tactic to tackle it.

Enter the internal carbon tax. In this mechanism, an institution imposes a regulation — for each ton of carbon emitted, a predetermined fee is charged and then redistributed to a separate revenue stream — to which it will hold itself accountable. In other words, for each ton of carbon used, whether for heating or for travel, the levied fee is taken from the involved department and redirected to a carbon tax “piggy-bank.” Here, just as in the example of how a fitness goal discourages eating too much dessert in the same way as it inspires going for a run, we see two immediate benefits.

Firstly, the rising costs of the taxed fossil-fuels immediately render them less economically appealing, and consequently, discourage their use.

Secondly, and, again, perhaps more importantly, the carbon tax “piggy-bank” creates funds available for environmental initiatives, technological development, and offsetting any inequities that might occur resultantly.

Internal carbon pricing is catching on, as both Microsoft and Yale University, among other prominent institutions, are pioneering its usage.

Again, we are reminded of the power of self-control.

An internal carbon tax does not remove money from Harvard’s hands

It is high time that the University places a price on carbon.

— rather, it re-allocates it in a socially-responsible manner that disincentivizes the “wrong choice” — the use of fossil fuels — and incentivizes the “right” one — investing in research and technology, which ultimately are the only hope we have for preserving our home as we know it.

—Clea F. Schumer ’20 is an Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrator in Currier House.

solved.

In addition to user safety, an important issue that dockless scooter companies can and should address is the possibility of clutter, especially in areas like Harvard Square, where roads and old and narrow.

Cluttered scooters are not only an obstacle for pedestrians and other travelers, but are an active impediment to the mobility of people with disabilities.

By working with Lime and Bird to implement “noride zones,” Cambridge can easily avoid such difficulties. These companies not only have the technology to be sensitive to clutter, but they have demonstrated swiftness and willingness to do so.

Although dockless electric scooters aren’t perfect and will certainly require some getting used to by the City’s administration and inhabitants, their ease, efficiencay, and relatively low costs make them an important transportation alternative that needs to be explored and perfected. As the actions of Bird, Lime, and other companies show, these startups have both the technological ability and willingness to address issues of safety and clutter. Should Cambridge agree, they will most likely do the same.

This staff editorial 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.

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With Amlo, Mexico is Getting a Lesson in Pragmatism America’s Democrats should tune in.

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happen to like Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known lovingly as “Amlo”), Mexico’s president-elect.

He’s boisterous, populist, and intent on cleaning house. Yet he’s nothing like Trump. He might even be an antidote to the Trump effect, if the Democrats are willing to learn from him.

Amlo’s politics, called “Cardenismo,” are based on the legacy of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico’s president during the Great Depression. He championed a government-led recovery built on public works projects and intervention in key industries. He fostered the young Confederation of Mexican Workers, still the country’s largest union (with over 11,000 chapters). He drafted women’s suffrage legislation, though it would take 16 years to become law.

Amlo seems to take this legacy seriously. As mayor of Mexico City in the early 2000s, he adopted a pension plan for the city’s elderly and revamped much of the city’s transit infrastructure. Now, he’s promising to repave Oaxaca’s roads and establish rail lines across the southern gulf region. Maybe a tall order, but it suggests a pleasant optimism for a Mexican president-elect.

Since entering politics in the late seventies, López Obrador has held a number of different political affiliations.

In 1976, he joined the center-right Institutional Revolutionary Party, whose big-tent model he now plans to adopt for his own “Morena” coalition. By the late eighties, he had joined the new social-democratic Party for the Democratic Revolution, founded and run by the son of the ex-president Cárdenas. In 2014, he co-founded the National Regeneration Movement, the Cardenist labor party to which he now belongs.

The stiff nomenclature belies López Obrador — who is unmistakably of-thepeople. On the issues, he has been remarkably steady since his first run in 2006: larger pensions for the poor and elderly (and smaller ones for ex-presidents), full integration of southern Mexico (by far the country’s poorer half) into the national economy, and public-private partnership where possible. In a country with a history of crowded politics (especially on the left), it’s important that Amlo dodges partisan classification.

This is one area where Amlo-style leadership could bolster the rebounding (but volatile) American left. In an increasingly diverse and ideologically wide political landscape, the Demo-

cratic brand has itself come into question. (Do the Clintons still own the party? How radical is too radical?) Amlo refuses these questions with his newest political project. The National Regeneration Movement is intentionally bigtent, channeling the fervor of ex-Zapatistas and ex-PRI members to the same ends.

Economically, Amlo is hardly as maverick as either Trump or 2016 Democratic contender Bernie Sanders, both of whom spoke of trade partnerships in the fast-and-loose way of ideologues.

On NAFTA, he’s pragmatic to the core (and far from the radical socialist some have painted him to be). In a letter to Trump regarding a NAFTA agreement, he spelled out in clear terms his top priority of ending “uncertainty [that] could slow investments.” On domestic issues, he’s promised to balance the budget, protect central bank autonomy, and wean public officials from private air travel. These concerns are about as sensible as they come.

The key takeaway is problem-solving. For the Democrats, that might mean funding a full recovery effort in Puerto Rico, revamping campaign finance scrutinies, and stabilizing (while still revising) NAFTA — positions consistent with both the Sanders and Clinton wings and broadly supported by the public.

I don’t claim that López Obrador is totally satisfying. Socially, he is much closer to the Mexican mainstream (and even right) than I would like, often sidestepping questions on women’s and LGBT rights. This is a clear problem in a country where 70 percent of women have reported sexual assault or domestic violence.

But López Obrador is no worse in this regard than Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s current president, who will leave office in December having ignored a “pandemic” of misogynistic violence. And the Democrats need not draw lessons from this aspect of Amlo.

Instead, we might observe his pragmatic craft — how he channels the legacy of Mexico’s New Deal to modern ends — for lessons.

American leaders, after all, have been known to look across the pond for lessons in turbulent moments. What say we look south this time?

— Henry N. Brooks ’19 is a Social Studies concentrator living in Currier House.

His column appears on alternate Thursdays.

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&pizza and Milk Univ. Breaks Fundraising Records Bar Will Open Soon capital From Page 1

Harvard’s top job from Faust in July — wrote in an official announcement that, as a result of the campaign, Harvard is “well-positioned” to “respond and adapt” to new challenges in higher education.

“It is equally important that we lead by example as we seek to make the world a better place through our teaching and scholarship,” Bacow said. “We are enormously grateful to those who have supported us in this effort.”

As of June 2017, the capital campaign had raised $8 billion. In April 2018, a dean of the University and multiple alumni confirmed to The Crimson that the total had increased to $9.1 billion.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences — which houses the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — raised $3.2 billion of the total sum, far surpassing its own $2.5 billion goal, Rogers said.

Rogers said she did not yet have totals on hand for the rest ­

hls From Page 1

Some at HLS Support Dr. Ford occurrence in situations of alleged sexual assault. Women and activists around the country have lined up behind Ford, calling on the Senate and the public to consider her account.

At Harvard, student activists are doing likewise.

They plan to distribute buttons reading “I Believe Christine Blasey Ford” this weekend and they have set up a public viewing of the hearing on campus Monday.

Members of the Pipeline Parity Project, a student group whose mission is “to end harassment and discrimination in the legal profession,” will hand out the buttons to passersby in Cambridge.

The message — “I Believe Christine Blasey Ford” — references the “I Believe Anita Hill” buttons that Hill’s supporters wore during the 1991 hearings.

Pipeline Parity said they have ordered 300 buttons total.

Members of the Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Justice is co-sponsoring the viewing of the Kavanaugh hearing on Monday along with the American Constitution Society and Pipeline Parity.

The trio plans to televise the hearing at the Lewis Building on the Law School campus.

Sejal Singh, a second-year Law student and member of the Pipeline Parity Project, said in an interview Wednesday that the group decided to stand with Ford — and against Kavanaugh’s confirmation — on Monday because of the nominee’s record and the impact he could have on multiple areas of the law, should he be confirmed to the Supreme Court.

“We are concerned about the impact Kavanaugh, based on his record and based on these credible allegations from Dr. Ford, would have on the law, around civil rights, sexual harassment, women’s place in public life, and a whole host of other things,” Singh said.

of Harvard’s schools.The campaign saw more than 633,000 gifts from more than 153,000 households in 173 countries since its launch in 2013.

Through those gifts, donors funded 142 endowed professorships University-wide and contributed to research initiatives across Harvard’s campuses, including research focused on climate change and cancer.

Financial aid, current use giving, and House renewal constituted some of the school’s top priorities for fundraising in the campaign, Rogers said.

Harvard’s development officers also particularly sought “current use” gifts — money that can be spent as soon as it comes in, as opposed to funds that are tied up in Harvard’s endowment and earmarked for specific purposes — in order to fund a variety of projects across the University, according to Rogers. Harvard is in the process of building a new campus in Allston.

Rogers noted that unfore-

seen needs arise all the time for which funding is not allocated in advance.

House renewal, a years-long project to rebuild a number of the College’s undergraduate Houses, also formed a focus of the fundraising, as FAS had been forced to take on debt and extend the construction timeline in order to complete the renovations.

The University’s capital campaign comes to a close as Harvard enters the first year endowment returns will be taxed under a sweeping tax overhaul Republicans passed in Dec. 2017.

In a February interview, Faust said the legislation would circumscribe the growth of the University’s endowment, puting “constraints” on Harvard’s ability to fund financial aid, research, public programs, and other endeavors around campus.

“The growth in the endowment is what funds the programs,” Faust said.

Rogers said the endowment tax has sparked alarm among some donors, but that those concerns did not significantly slow the progress of the capital campaign.

“I haven’t heard categorically from donors that knowing the endowment is going to be taxed is deterring from endowment gifts, but one hears that episodically,” she said. “It’s very individual, but it has not — the campaign did so very well — it seems not to have impeded people, but I did hear of it from time to time.”

Rogers said it is impossible to immediately determine where funds raised during the campaign will go.

She said Harvard’s “very decentralized” structure means that money can flow in a number of different directions.

“There’s not a single sort of person on a throne who makes the decisions,” Rogers said. jamie.halper@hecrimson.com kristine.guillaume@thecrimson.com

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After over a year of vacant storefronts, community debate, and eager anticipation, &pizza and Milk Bar are finally expected to open sometime this fall in their corner spot at 8 Brattle St., according to Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association. &pizza, a D.C.-based customizable pizza restaurant, and Milk Bar, a bakery and dessert store gained initial approval from the Cambridge Planning Board in July 2017, and zoning approval from the Cambridge Zoning Board in September. A year later, the storefront is still a boarded up construction site.

Spokespersons for &pizza and Milk Bar both declined to provide an expected opening date.

Construction, however, began in June of this year, when the project was granted a construction permit and a permit to obstruct the sidewalk. The sidewalk obstruction permit will expire this November.

The construction has proceeded smoothly, with minimal interruption to Square life, according to Jillson.

“It has been seamless,” Jillson said. “The sidewalk has not been obstructed in any way and they’ve maintained it very nicely with that sort of wooden structure. The construction company has been — I can’t say enough about them — really phenomenal.”

While the construction may now be moving along, the project has been complicated from the start.

The initial proposal for the pizza restaurant caused some residents to worry that a modern storefront would mar the historic character of the centrally-located Harvard Square building, formerly home to longtime newsstand Crimson Corner. Other Cantabrigians cited concerns about yet another fast-food chain — and specifically another pizza restaurant ­

— opening in the Square.

Other residents — a group called “OurHarvardSQ” — were upset about the company itself, calling into question their supposed practices of encouraging employees to get logo-based ampersand tattoos and referring to them as “tribe members.” &pizza’s first bid for zoning approval in May 2017 was denied by the city, which cited the high number of other pizza restaurants within close proximity to the proposed store.

Though some at the time worried the project was doomed by the rejection, &piz-

It has been seamless.

The sidewalk has not been obstructed in any way.

Denise A. Jillson HSBA Executive Director

za bounced back.

The company submitted a new proposal, this time proposing a shop that co-housed New York-based dessert restaurant Milk Bar. At the time, Karen D. Simao, an attorney for &pizza, wrote to the planning board that the new plan both incorporated community feedback and would increase the likelihood that eaters would choose to dine in at the restaurant, given its wider array of options.

This time, the planning board gave them the nod, recognizing the new proposal as being different enough from the last one.

In late February 2018, the Cambridge licensing commission approved a common victualer license for the restaurant.

The application included an outdoor patio seating for 16 and indoor seating space for 42 with operating hours of 7 a.m. until 2 a.m. henry.burnes@thecrimson.com frank.civantos@thecrimson.com

Unions From Page 1

We are concerned about the impact Kavanaugh... would have on the law.

Third-year Law student and member of the Pipeline Parity Project Yaacov “Jake” Meiseles urged American citizens not to underestimate the impact of Kavanaugh’s successful nomination to the Court.

“If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, there are extremely credible sexual allegations against a current sitting Justice on the Court,” Meiseles said.

“This is a lifetime appointment — this is something that will have an impact for probably our entire lives.”

By henry W. Burnes and Frank R. Civantos

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New Grad Union Is Not Seeing Imitators institutions in earlier cases. Things weren’t looking so good for union advocates in the months preceding this spring’s election. Unionization efforts at Yale, the University of Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania had stalled. Just weeks before the Harvard vote, Columbia administrators refused to bargain in good faith with the New York school’s newly authorized union.

While some graduate unions have scored victories in the months since, most universities have not adhered to Harvard’s example. At Columbia, administrators still refuse to recognize the legitimacy of a 2016 NLRB election that authorized the Graduate Workers of Columbia-UAW to negotiate with the university over wages and benefits. In response, teaching and research assistants went on strike last spring. In addition to striking and putting public pressure on their university, GWC-UAW organizers could file an unfair labor practices charge with the Board. But — unwilling to offer the NLRB an opportunity to strike down its seminal 2016 pro-union ruling — they have declined to do so, joining a growing list of union organizers that are carefully avoiding bringing legal skirmishes with administrators before the NLRB. Former NLRB chairman William B. Gould IV said this strategy, though effective in preventing the Board from reversing its precedent, has left the Columbia case “completely static.”

“Because the union did not file an unfair labor practices complaint, the Board has nothing to stand on to enforce the certification,” Gould said. “The university can simply refuse to bargain.”

“How far this will go is difficult to say — universities may, in some respects, mirror private employers in that they won’t bargain unless the government compels them to do it,” he added. GWC-UAW organizer Olga Brudastova wrote in an email that Columbia graduate work-

ers are preparing to continue the strike they started before classes ended last spring. She said she expects the union will be able to count on widespread support if teaching and research assistants decide to walk out this fall.

“We are confident that large numbers of faculty, students, alumni, and elected and community leaders will continue to stand with us,” Brudastova wrote. “We urge Columbia to live up to its core principles, follow the lead of nine private universities – including Harvard – and agree to respect our voice and start bargaining.”

Other unions have seen greater success — some by breaking from NLRB procedures entirely. At Georgetown and Brown, students and administrators agreed to pursue authorization elections for their unions via a neutral third party, the American Arbitration Association.

Both unions have reached election agreements with administrators and are preparing to vote on the issue, though neither has set an election date. Gould said the variety of responses across these universities represent a newly broad array of strategies.

“Columbia is at one end of the spectrum, universities like Georgetown and Brandeis at the other,” Gould said. “Harvard is sort of a hybrid situation because you have a fullfledged NLRB campaign; their approach to this in some ways resembles Georgetown but diverges in others.” Georgetown union organizer Chad Frazier said organizers’ efforts at Georgetown and Brown show that there may be paths to successful unionization that do not involve the Board.

“We’ve got a little bit of a security blanket,” Frazier said.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty, but also I think it was huge for grad workers across the country when Harvard [unionized].”

“Everyone is in a state of cautious optimism,” he added. shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

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Last night, the men’s soccer team downed Boston University in a 2-1 thriller.

No.20 Field Hockey will commence Ancient Eight play this weekend in a match vs. Yale and No. 18 Maine.

AROUND THE IVIES

Football Teams Rock and Roll into Week Two By jack stockless Crimson Staff Writer

In the spirit of sports gambling nearing complete legalization in the United States, we here at The Crimson have adapted.

We’re giving you, the readers, a pick and a point spread on each of these games as opposed to an exact score prediction (which, let’s face it, was a complete shot in the dark anyway).

I was in New Jersey for part of this summer, which was a hotbed of sports betting activity as it, and nearby Delaware, legalized the activity in one form or another. I considered writing this column with a bunch of New Jersey references sprinkled in, but realistically it would all end up being about Wawa and Bruce Springsteen, so I’ll spare everyone from that.

Speaking of Springsteen, I am taking my first music class since middle school this year so I figured it was an appropriate time for that world to collide with that of Ivy League football instead. When we go Around the Ivies, we hope to keep the focus on the gridiron, but we realize that’s not always as easy as it sounds.

Instead of Springsteen, I figured we could dip into some Led Zeppelin. Let’s Rock and Roll.

YALE AT CORNELL Somehow, Harvard is looking up at Yale after last season’s defeat in The Game — truly both What Is and What Should Never Be. Looking to defend its Ivy League title, Yale stumbled immediately out of the gate and lost its season opener to Holy Cross on enemy turf. The Bulldogs doubled up the Crusaders in the first half, 28-14, but Holy Cross clawed back to win with a field goal to walk it off in overtime.

Fortunately for Yale, it has

a relatively easier matchup to open its Ivy League slate. Cornell lost last weekend to Delaware, 27-10, and has not had a quality season in anyone’s recent memory.

When the Bulldogs travel Over the Hills and Far Away to Ithaca, N.Y., they will grab a win in their first truly meaningful game of the season.

Prediction: Yale by 14.5 HARVARD AT BROWN I was miffed that Harvard was not Going to California last weekend to face the University of San Diego Toreros, but I guess I will have to settle for a quick road trip to the illustrious Providence, R.I. Last Saturday, the Bears did get to travel out West, and they were left Dazed and Confused following a visit to Cal Poly. The Mustangs scored in each quarter and shut out Brown in three of the four. Good Times Bad Times, but mostly bad for the Bears.

Prediction: Harvard by 17.5 DARTMOUTH AT HOLY CROSS When one sees Fitton Field, nestled in the hills surrounding the Holy Cross Crusaders’ campus, the Stairway to Heaven reference is almost too easy to make.

Dartmouth will not be ascending those steps this weekend, though. If Holy Cross managed to fend off Yale, it should be able to replicate the feat against the Big Green in its House(s) of the Holy.

And hey, the Crusaders put up 14 against No. 23 Boston College. Yes, they did lose by almost 50, but at least it wasn’t a shutout. Here’s a question for our readers: is BC officially back?

Prediction: Holy Cross by 10 LEHIGH AT PENN With Penn, there’s only one

i scream you scream Harvard players celebrate following a touchdown last Saturday against San Diego. timothy r. o’meara —Crimson photographer

place to begin: Justin Watson.

The current Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver electrified the Ivy League throughout his storied career at Penn. He is the Quakers’ all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and all-purpose yards. When comparing him to wideouts in Ancient Eight history, he doesn’t stack up quite as well — Watson falls all the way down to number two in receiving yards, number three in receptions, and number three in receiving touchdowns.

I shouldn’t Ramble On too much about the past, though.

Penn will feel Watson’s absence, but it handled business in its week one game against Bucknell, prevailing 34-17. It’s hard to know what to make of these recurring non-conference op-

ponents who play against Ivy League schools, but let’s just assume that the Quakers will transitively receive some FitzMagic because of all the Ivy League connections the Bucs have.

Prediction: Penn by 3 MONMOUTH AT PRINCETON Monmouth will be lucky not to end up Trampled Under Foot when it visits Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (what a name). If one were to bet on any of these games, this would be the one to go with as it’s taking place in New Jersey. Not sure anyone would take bets on Ivy League football, however. Nonetheless, DraftKings: I Can’t Quit You Baby.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Tigers were picked to catapult

up the Ivy League standings this season, and their season opener was nothing short of dominant, as they rolled over Butler, 50-7. Butler isn’t necessarily known as a football school, but any 50-point performance is notable. Like Harvard, Princeton also had a 27-point quarter in its first game. Running back Charles Volker and wide receiver Jesper Horsted combined for 302 all-purpose yards.

Prediction: Princeton by 3.5 COLUMBIA AT GEORGETOWN As my co-beat writer would say, “Georgetown is really bad at football.” How Many More Times does an Ivy League opponent have to pound this team into the dust to force the Hoyas to disband their program? I’m not sure if there’s an answer

to that question, but Columbia will endeavor to prove my point this Saturday.

At least these two teams will not have to face off in the doomed RFK Stadium, where Harvard won, 41-2, last season.

Structural integrity issues like you read about.

As I combed through the Lions’ box score to throw in a fact about their offense or their play against Central Connecticut State last weekend, one name stood out above the rest: Drew Schmid. Sure enough, the freshman punter is the younger brother of Zach Schmid, Harvard’s punter in 2017. The younger Schmid saw a lot of game action in his debut, punting nine times for 345 yards.

Prediction: Columbia by 21 jack.stockless@thecrimson.com

Cross country

Both Harvard Teams Show Promise at H-Y-P Invitational By mahtab shihab Contributing writer

This past weekend, the Harvard men’s and women’s cross country teams put forth encouraging performances as they competed against Ancient Eight rivals, Yale and Princeton. On the men’s side, with an average time of 18:45 for the 6k, the Crimson defeated its rivals from New

Haven by a score of 21-36 in a dual meet. For the women, Harvard finished in third place behind the Bulldogs and the Tigers, scoring 59 points with an average time of 18:16 for the 5k.

The men’s decisive victory over the Bulldogs could be attributed to strong races by sophomore Hugo Milner and junior Will Battershill, who earned first and second in the race re-

spectively. Both Milner (18:32) and Battershill (18:37) averaged under five minute mile pace for the entirety of their 6ks and outpaced everyone else in the race by over nine seconds. The team’s leaders are both looking to improve upon their times from last season, and this race appears to be a good indicator of their capacity to do so.

The Crimson’s success in

this dual meet was also predicated on the stellar races run by star freshmen David Melville and Luke Laverdiere. The freshmen arrived in Cambridge after decorated high school running careers, both with sub 4:20 miles, personal bests in the two mile of 9:11, and sub 15:20 in the 5k for cross country. Melville (18:47) and Laverdiere (18:58) were fourth and ninth respec-

tively in this race and both had sub-19 minute times. As Harvard’s third and fifth scorers, both freshmen played a critical role in leading the Crimson to victory and will continue to be an integral part of their rotation for the remainder of the season.

The rest of the men’s team had solid races, but has room for improvement if the team is to compete at its best during the

the price is right Senior Collin Price sprints toward the finish line in a race last season. The senior finished sixth at the Harvard Yale dual meet. matthew w. Deshaw—Crimson photographer

back end of the season. There were seven different Yale runners in between the Crimson’s sixth man Kaeo Kruse and their seventh man John Fish, who finished 9th and 17th respectively in the race. In order to perform well at bigger meets with more teams, Harvard will need stronger races from their sixth and seventh man, whose ability to displace other runners will be vital to the team’s success. If the back end of the team is able to keep pace with the Crimson’s front runners, Friday’s victory will be a harbinger of good things to come for the men’s cross country team.

Despite finishing behind the Bulldogs and Tigers in the women’s meet, the top three Crimson runners had formidable races that demonstrated their capacity to compete against the Ivy League’s best runners.

Sophomore Abbe Goldstein lead the way with a fourth-place finish and a 17:46 in the 5k. Junior Gillian Meeks (18:00) and freshman Maya Rayle (18:25) also ran well, finishing ninth and thirteenth respectively. In order for Harvard to have better results as the season progresses, the rest of the runners in the top seven must keep pace with Goldstein, Meeks, and Rayle..

The aforementioned trio have shown the potential to be an anchor upfront to help the Crimson reach its utmost potential this season, and compete with the best of the Ancient Eight’s top teams.

Next week, both the men’s and women’s teams will compete at the Battle in Beantown in Franklin Park, where they look to build off the stellar races they had at HYP this past weekend.