The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLVI, No. 59

The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLVI, No. 59 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Wednesday, April 24, 2019

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Harvard should implement instutitional change for mental health.

Scalise said he thinks student-athletes should not be paid.

Junior Keiran Shaw set an Ivy League baseball record this past weekend.

Khurana Is Mum Students Transfer Out of Winthrop on Winthrop

By Shera S. Avi-Yonah and Aidan F. Ryan Crimson Staff Writers

By Shera S. Avi-Yonah and dELANO r. fRANKLIN Crimson Staff Writers

Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana declined to comment on the Winthrop House “climate review” and a lawsuit brought by a pair of Winthrop tutors against an Eliot House faculty dean in a Tuesday interview.

Khurana began the interview by saying he did not want to comment on either matter, citing their pending status.

Khurana last spoke about the climate review in an interview last month, shortly after it began.

“I think I’m not going to talk about anything in which there’s sort of current or pending litigation,” Khurana said Tuesday.

“And also, I’m not going to comment on the Winthrop situation because we’re still in the process of the climate survey.”

Khurana has previously commented and made

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Female Professors Earn Lower Pay By jonah S. Berger and Molly C. mccafferty Crimson Staff Writers

Harvard’s female tenured faculty members are on average paid 92.5 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn, according to a recent nationwide survey on higher education compensation.

The survey, conducted by the American Association of University Professors, collects salary data across position and gender from 1,093 colleges and universities.

The survey includes information about 1,019 of Harvard’s tenured professors, 144 associate professors, 217 assistant professors, and 149 “instructors” — likely referring to certain non-ladder faculty such as lecturers, preceptors, or fellows — in its tabulations, according to Inside Higher Ed, which compiled the AAUP data.

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vard’s less senior faculty, the gender pay gap is slimmer. Female associate professors are paid 95.4 cents on the dollar on average as compared to male associate professors, and female assistant professors are paid 96.6 cents on the dollar.

Female faculty categorized as instructors by the survey are paid roughly $1.04 on the dollar.

Harvard’s pay gap places it roughly in the middle of the Ivy League.

While no Ivy League school has reached pay equity for tenured faculty, Brown and Yale are the closest at roughly 95 cents on the dollar on average.

Dartmouth sits at the bottom at only 82.5 cents.

Gender pay disparities persist despite federal laws designed to combat discrimination.

Though the 1963 Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act both

Three students walk along the fence of Winthrop House as they enjoy the warm spring weather. Quinn G. Perini— Crimson photographer

Kaufman and Scharmann wrote that Sullivan and fellow Winthrop Faculty Dean Stephanie R. Robinson’s decision to direct sexual harassment-related concerns to Chavers showed that Sullivan’s representation of Weinstein conflicts with his role as a faculty dean.

“By deferring all sexual assault reporting responsibilities to Winthrop Resident Dean Dr.

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personnel, finance, and human resources infrastructure of the two “really significant” organizations. The office plans to formally review its efforts over the past year to support the student body, she said.

“We’re undergoing program review right now in the DSO. We’re going to start that with our one-year review, which doesn’t sound that exciting,” O’Dair said. “But to us, it’s really making sure that the things we’re doing now, the resources, the staffing, are all toward student-facing student experience, and to assess the things we’ve done for years, and to see if they’re meeting the needs of — the current needs of — today’s students.”

The FDO and OSL merged to form the DSO in July 2018.

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Harvard University Health Services Urgent Care will no longer see patients in-person between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. beginning June 17, HUHS announced Tuesday.

Students who wish to be seen between those hours can call an urgent care line and speak with a tele-nurse or and must be treated at a local hospital if they require immediate care. HUHS first established its nurse advice line in December 2018.

The line was originally launched to “complement our in-person overnight urgent care services,” HUHS Director Paul J. Barreira wrote in an email to Harvard affiliates and their families Tuesday afternoon. He wrote that the tele-nurse system — which connects callers to a registered nurse — will replace all in-person urgent care visits during nighttime hours.

When calling between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., the nurse advice line connects students to registered nurses through health services company Citra Health Solutions.

Nurses then provide advice ranging from home-care instructions, to future appointments, to emergency room visits.

Barreira wrote that a semester-long pilot of the Citra system has convinced administrators of its viability as an in-person urgent care replacement.

“Our semester-long experience with Citra has proven successful, safe, and effective for our patients,” Barreira wrote.

Under the new system, overnight mental health consultations will not change. Barreira indicated that Citra will connect students seeking mental health services with an HUHS Mental Health On-Call Clinician. In alignment with current procedures, students with mental health emergencies will be sent to Cambridge Hospital.

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O’Dair Reflects on DSO Progress in First Year Crimson Staff Writers

The City of Cambridge postponed a vote on a proposal to expand the Cambridge Galeria shopping centerin Harvard Square. quinn G. perini—Crimson photographer

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HUHS to Close Night Care Crimson Staff Writers

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By michelle g. kurilla and tamar Sarig

By sanjana L. narayanan and Samuel W. Zwickel

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the first round of applications, which were due Feb. 11.

Scharmann applied in the second round — which is open until May 20 — and has not yet heard whether the Dean of Students Office approved her application. In addition to filling out the interhouse transfer form, Scharmann

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Linda Chavers, Sullivan has acknowledged his compromised ability — in the eyes of the Winthrop Community — to listen to, acknowledge, and support them in such matters,” Kaufman and Scharmann wrote.

Sullivan did not respond to a request for comment.

Kaufman said in an interview Monday that she successfully applied to transfer in

Female Professors’ Average Salaries Compared to Men’s per Dollar

Average Amount Paid to Women for Every Dollar Paid to Men

Khurana declines to comment on Winthrop climate review and a lawsuit brought by Winthrop tutors. Delano R. Franklin—Crimson photographer

Two Winthrop undergraduates wrote and circulated a Medium post about their decision to transfer houses following Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan’s announcement he will represent Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein who faces multiple allegations of sexual assault.

Caroline R. Kaufman ’21 and Allison J. Scharmann ’21, a Crimson arts editor, published the post on April 19. They criticized his handling of student concerns and wrote that Sullivan’s decision “felt like a slap in the face” because they both have experienced sexual assault.

Kaufman and Scharmann also said in an interview they are aware of at least three other Winthrop students for whom Sullivan was a factor in their decision to transfer out of the House.

After Sullivan announced his decision to represent Weinstein in late January, he sent out a pair of emails — the first defending his decision and the second outlining a series of “processes” meant to allay student concerns, including designating Resident Dean Linda D. M. Chavers as the “point person” for matters related to sexual harassment.

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A few months ahead of the Dean of Students Office’s oneyear anniversary, Dean of Students Katherine G. O’Dair said administrators have been “making a lot of progress” toward their goals following the merger of the Freshman Dean’s Office and the Office of Student Life.

“I think we have really created this organization that supports all four years,” O’Dair said in an interview Tuesday. “I think we’re really looking forward to our second year of the new organization with building upon the work we’ve done.”

O’Dair said much of the office’s work during the 201819 academic year has been focused on inward-facing initiatives, such as integrating the

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For Dinner Basil Pesto Roasted Chicken Red’s Best Fresh Catch Five Cheese Tortellini with Spanich and Mushroom

TODAY’S EVENTS Holocaust Survivor Speaks at Harvard 7 p.m.

Today, there are fewer than 100,000 Holocaust survivors still alive. At the age of 90, Irving Roth is devoted to educating people of all ages about the horrors of the Holocaust and the issue of anti-Semitism. Come to Science Center Hall B for a special chance to hear his story.

HOPP App Launch 12-1 p.m.

Have you heard of HOPP? The newest service where Harvard students deliver food right to your door, whenever and wherever? Support the app’s launch at the Science Center Plaza starting at noon to learn more about HOPP and take advantage of yet another free food opportunity. You’re welcome.

Dress for Success Philanthropy Event 7-8 p.m.

Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business is hosting its first philanthropic event of the semester with Dress for Success Boston. Feel free to bring any unopened cosmetic products to stuff the packages.

IN THE REAL WORLD Stock Market Hits New Record

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit all-time highs this Tuesday. Since January, steady interest rates combined with optimism in the United States economy have encouraged investment in the stock market. Some worry that investors may be too complacent, but history suggests stocks are likely to perform well for the rest of the year.

ISIS Suspect Warned of Sri Lanka Attacks

A construction truck sits outside Lowell House on Tuesday afternoon as construction continues to progress. QUINN G. PERINI — CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

DAILY BRIEFING

According to Sri Lankan officials, specific intelligence was received in the time leading up to the attacks, including information obtained from an ISIS suspect arrested in India. The suspect mentioned Zahran Hashim, who appeared in a video released by ISIS on Tuesday. In the video, ISIS claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka attacks.

Fox News Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg

Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana declined to comment on the Winthrop House “climate review” and Winthrop tutors Carl L. Miller and Valencia Miller’s defamation lawsuit against Eliot Faculty Dean Gail A. O’Keefe. In a separate interview, Dean of Students Katherine G. O’Dair also declined to comment on the lawsuit. In other news, two Winthrop undergraduates wrote and circulated a Medium post about their decision to transfer houses following Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan’s announcement he will represent Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein who faces multiple allegations of sexual assault.

“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace is slated to host a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on May 19 in Claremont, N.H. This town hall will be Wallace’s first of the 2020 election cycle. Buttigieg, who officially entered the race last week, is working to maintain his position in the polls.

AROUND THE IVIES COLUMBIA

Columbia published its second annual sustainability report Monday with updates on its plan to improve policies on energy, greenhouse gases, transportation, and waste, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator. The report noted Columbia’s achievement of “100 percent zero emissions,” which can be attributed to the university’s purchase of renewable energy certificates in the form of wind power to supplement the city’s pre-existing solar and hydropower.

UPENN

According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, a new student group on Penn’s campus known as “FGLIQ” is working to create a formal space on campus for first-generation, low-income students that identify as BGLTQ. Founded by Sarah Simi Cohen, the group now has over 35 undergraduate members working to create environments that address the intersectional difficulties of being both FGLI and BGLTQ in college.

COLUMBIA

After a shooting involving a Hamden police officer and a Yale police officer, community activists used the Hamden Legislative Council’s budget meeting to voice grievances with Hamden officials, according to the Yale Daily News. Two hundred community activists and Hamden residents demanded policing reform within the Hamden Police Department, testifying for hours at Monday’s meeting. They demanded justice for two unarmed individuals who were shot at by the two police officers and requested improvements in the dynamic between the police and New Haven residents.

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THE HARVARD CRIMSON | APRIL 24, 2019

Scalise Says No Pay for Athletes

By DEVIN D. SRIVASTAVA CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Harvard Athletics Director Robert L. Scalise said he does not think student-athletes should be paid while at Harvard in an interview last month, joining in a national conversation about student-athlete compensation.

“At Harvard, I do not think athletes should be paid. In a sense, they will be paid down the road, learning some great lessons that they use to pursue their lives in a meaningful way,” he said.

Proponents of paying student-athletes argue that schools profit from major athletic programs, while their student-athletes do not reap the financial benefits. Scalise said, however, that student-athletes at Harvard should not incur costs while playing their sports.

He said it is appropriate for colleges to cover such costs as computers, winter coats, and

travel to and from home during vacation periods. He added that student-athletes should not receive cash.

Scalise also focused on the role of academics in student athletes’ lives at Harvard.

At Harvard, I do not think athletes should be paid. In a sense, they will be paid down the road, learning some great lessons that they use to pursue their lives in a meaningful way.

Robert L. Scalise Athletics Director

“I believe people should come here to get an education, not just to play their sport,” he said. “You’re coming here to get

an education. Athletics is part of it, but not the sole reason for you to be here.”

Scalise also said that student-athletes should not receive “preferential treatment” in terms of the classes they take and that student athletes’ lives should resemble those of other students as much as possible.

“Because we want them to walk across the stage and have their Faculty Dean give them a diploma that says, ‘You met the same standard as every other student who’s receiving a diploma today. You didn’t meet the standard by taking more time than anyone else to get through the degree, having your hand held through this whole process,’” Scalise said.

This also includes having student-athletes live in the same dorms and “eat in the same dining rooms, with the same food” as students not involved in varsity athletics, according to Scalise.

Scalise also indicated that

this should apply to college admissions. He said he believes prospective student-athletes should go through the same processes as other applicants to the College.

You’re coming here to get an education.

Athletics is part of it, but not the sole reason for you to be here.

Robert L. Scalise Athletics Director

“At Harvard, and within the Ivy League, students should be admitted by the same processes,” he said. “And we should make sure that we’re admitting students who are representative of the student body.”­ devin.srivastava@thecrimson.com

TRANSFER FROM PAGE 1

Students Apply to Transfer Out of Winthrop her application. In addition to filling out the interhouse transfer form, Scharmann contacted College Title IX coordinator Emily J. Miller to inform Miller she wanted to transfer because she felt “uncomforable” about Sullivan’s decision to represent Weinstein and his subsequent “public comments” and “communications” about the matter.

Scharmann said Miller wrote that she would flag Scharmann’s request for the DSO. “To be honest, I’m not 100 percent sure they’re going to transfer me out of Winthrop,” Scharmann said. “I will consider moving off campus if I don’t get transferred, which would

not be ideal. I think I can use financial aid for that purpose, but as a student on full financial aid, I am a little bit worried about my housing situation if I’m not transferred.”

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Title IX policy states that Miller and other coordinators may offer students who report experience with sexual and gender-based harassment a series of interim measures, including changes to their housing arrangements.

“Consistent with FAS policy, interim measures might include, among others: restrictions on contact; course-schedule or work-schedule alteration; changes in housing; leaves of absence; or increased monitor-

ing of certain areas of the campus,” the policy reads.

Remedy H. Ryan ’21, an organizer with anti-sexual assault advocacy group Our Harvard Can Do Better, said she has

I am a little bit worried about my housing situation if I’m not transferred.

Allison J. Scharmann ’21 College Student

heard from both undergraduates and Harvard staff that the Title IX office would work with students to facilitate transfer

requests. Ryan also said she heard that freshmen who have experience with sexual assault had the option of requesting not to be placed in Winthrop.

“I think there are probably like a lot of survivors who didn’t know that was an option, especially freshmen, who didn’t know it was an option to not be put in Winthrop or still don’t really know much about the situation, but will probably have a very different experience of it once they’re inside the house,” Ryan said.

College spokesperson Rachael Dane declined to comment for this story. shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com

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KHURANA FROM PAGE 1

Admins Refuse to Talk Winthrop statements about pending lawsuits related to the College, including the ongoing admissions case.

In a separate interview, Dean of Students Katherine G. O’Dair declined to comment on Winthrop tutors Carl L. Miller and Valencia Miller’s defamation lawsuit against Eliot Faculty Dean Gail A. O’Keefe. She also declined to comment on whether her office, which oversees residential life including the undergraduate houses, has been involved in the dispute.

The College is not a party in the Millers’ lawsuit.

The College launched a climate review of Winthrop in February in the wake of student outcry over Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr.’s Jan. 23 announcement that he would represent Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who faces several accusations of sexual assault.

The three months since Sullivan’s announcement have seen both calls from undergraduates asking him to step down from his post as faculty dean and open letters supporting his decision to represent Weinstein.

Khurana tapped former Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 to lead the climate review intended to gather data and information surrounding “climate concerns” in Winthrop House in February.

As administrators began the review, some undergraduates organized protests and circulated letters arguing that Sullivan’s decision to represent Weinstein and his response to student concerns are incompatible with his role as a faculty dean.

Danu A. K. Mudannayake ’20 — an Eliot resident and Crimson design editor — has led calls for Sullivan to step down. Weeks into her activism, she was involved in a confrontation with the Millers in Winthrop dining hall on April 3. Mudannayake alleges that Carl Miller took

photos and video of her, while Miller alleges she harassed him and his family. The two filed conflicting reports with Harvard University Police Department about the incident.

Days later, O’Keefe defended Mudannayake and wrote that the Millers acted “unprofessionally” in an April 8 email to Eliot residents.

The Millers later filed a defamation lawsuit against O’Keefe, alleging that the April 8 email and a text she sent to Winthrop Resident Dean Linda D. M. Chavers in March included “false and defamatory statements.”

On Tuesday, Khurana did not directly respond to a series of questions about the events in Winthrop and Eliot that took place over the past several weeks.

Asked about the confrontation between Mudannayake and the Millers, O’Keefe’s email, and the Millers’ defamation suit, Khurana said the College is “trying to get an overall picture of everything that’s going on in the Winthrop situation.”

A pair of Winthrop students wrote a Medium post Friday stating they would be transferring out of the House due to their concerns about Sullivan and his recent leadership of Winthrop. Asked about the post, Khurana again pointed to the ongoing climate survey.

“We’re trying to gather all the information that we can that can be used to address the issues that are identified, as well as strengthen the things where people think things are going well,” he said.

Khurana also declined to comment on the Millers’ decision to subpoena several Harvard affiliates and did not answer a question on whether and how Harvard intervenes in disputes between staff and students. shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com delano.franklin@thecrimson.com

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EDITORIAL THE CRIMSON EDITORIAL BOARD

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Supporting More Self-Care Resources

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mid reports of increased need for mental health resources, April has seen a handful of new mental health programming on Harvard’s campus. Last week, Harvard hosted “Young, Gifted, & Well” — a day-long conference focused on promoting discussion about mental health and wellness among students of color across the University. The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response has also held events geared toward promoting self-care in the Houses. This initiative — which features calming do-it-yourself stations, including stress balls, “affirmation cards,” and body scrubs — comes as part of OSAPR’s broader effort to increase student engagement through its “community engagement model.”

The unfortunate reality is that mental health is a pervasive issue on this campus. A May 2018 survey found more than one in seven surveyed undergraduates reported their emotional health has had a negative effect on their academic performance. But this is not only an undergraduate issue. According to a Harvard University Health Services survey conducted last fall, graduate student respondents in four Faculty of Arts and Sciences programs reported rates of depression and anxiety as high as 31 percent. In addition, students across the University seeking help at Counseling and Mental Health Services continue to face overwhelmed support staff and long wait times for appointments.

Given the prevalence of mental health concerns on campus, resources and support centered around mental health and

self-care must be prioritized at Harvard.

The recent programming coordinated by OSAPR and the University at large are necessary steps in that work. We particularly commend the aims underlying these initiatives such as promoting the discussion of mental health in communities of color and providing accessible programming to support student wellness in their day-to-day lives.

We especially appreciate OSAPR’s work to provide visible support to students on-campus like the office’s work to meet students in their own Houses. As we have opined in the past, OSAPR’s shift under director Pierre R. Berastaín Ojeda

Harvard must step up and more aggressively address the issue of supporting mental health on campus through more institutional forms of change if it is earnestly dedicated to this cause. ’10 toward a model focused on “pastoral care” is a necessary and admirable step in reimagining mental health services, through offering engaged and person-focused opportunities to meet students where they are with their specific needs.

Likewise, the “Young, Gifted, & Well” conference addressed the specific mental health challenges of students from marginalized backgrounds — another example of the University working to fulfill

student needs more completely. Though the conference is only an initial step, it lays the foundation for an important set of conversations often overlooked on campus.

In order to meaningfully address mental health issues, however, institutional change must accompany the community engagement initiatives we have lauded. Welcome as they are, actions such as these are not enough. Harvard must ensure that the existing mental health infrastructure on campus does not continue to falter. For example, as some students have argued, CAMHS should work to hire a more diverse group of clinicians to serve student needs. If financial constraints prevent these new hires, as officials have previously stated, the University must prioritize an increase in funding for CAMHS. While we are proud of the work individual sectors of the University have spearheaded in service of bolstering wellness and self-care on campus, Harvard must step up and more aggressively address the issue of supporting mental health on campus through more institutional forms of change if it is earnestly dedicated to this cause.

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.

By COLTON J. CARPENTER

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oogle “Harvard University Dining Hours.”

One of the first results claims that Harvard University Dining Services are open from 7 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.

This is, to put it nicely, a lie. In reality, Harvard dining halls are open for just a fraction of this time.

If you want breakfast between 10:15 and 11:30 a.m., Dunkin’ Donuts is open.

If you are hungry between 2:30 and 5:00 p.m., you can go to Felipe’s or plenty of other restaurants in Harvard Square.

But if you want to eat in campus dining halls during these times, you are simply out of luck.

For many Harvard students, this schedule does not impose a burden.

Going to eat somewhere in Harvard Square because the dining hall is not open is entirely normal for students who can afford it.

However, for a significant portion of the student body, the new class schedules, coupled with limited dining hall hours, mean that there is often not enough time to eat at a Harvard dining hall.

For many of these same students, spending money to eat at a restaurant because the dining hall is closed is not financially viable.

Money is an issue for a large number of Harvard students, and the current dining system is unequally harming those who cannot afford to dine elsewhere.

While the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative is generous and provides many opportunities for low-income students that would not be present at other colleges, the glaring effects that the dining system can have on these students cannot be ignored.

Harvard should keep the majority of dining halls on the current schedule while leaving a single dining hall open continuously from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — without restrictions — to improve students’ access to food.

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Rethinking Reparations Sahil Handa AMBIVALENT DISSENT

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eparations are back on the table. Or at the very least, they’ve made a return to the dinner conversation. In 2014, prominent journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates penned “The Case for Reparations,” an Atlantic article which argued that black Americans should receive restitution for slavery. The piece was widely discussed but dismissed by politicians across the board. Today, a surge of activism around racial inequality has pushed the Democrats to consider the issue again.

By the looks of it, that activism is succeeding. Whether it’s because they want to appease a passionate base or because they genuinely believe in the idea, several Democratic presidential candidates have voiced some level of support for reparations.

The emotional case for reparations is strong. America’s democracy was built on black laborers’ backs; whites were offered life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness while African Americans picked cotton and bore unflinching barbarism.

When slavery ended in 1865, there was no apology for this brutalist past. There was no healing process, reconciliation, or widespread acknowledgement.

Instead, there was a failed Freedmen’s Bureau and a series of exploitative work practices. These set in place the characteristics — both structural and cultural — that underlie racial inequality today. Reparations are an apology and repayment to black citizens whose ancestors were forced into the slave trade.

They are the first step in acknowledging as a country that hundreds of years of slavery and institutional racism has caused mass harm to black people.

Yet this is where the impact of reparations end; they are a step, not a program.

They are a symbolic gesture, not a long term solution. And in my view, they are a step backwards.

First, there is the issue of practicality: who should be paid, how they should be paid, and who should be doing the paying? Will the money will be manifest in a lump sum payment or a series of government programs? Does it go into commu-

nities or family pockets? Should it go to all black people or only the descendants of slaves? What about victims of Jim Crow and redlining, or those who have since left the country? Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for reparations famously included poor white workers. Attempting to decide who qualifies could provide fertile ground for toxicity.

The cost of monetary reparations is estimated to be in the range of six and 14 trillion dollars — for context, the proposed federal budget for 2020 is 4.7 trillion dollars. Worse still, if this amount of money is spread out across the 13.4 percent of the population that is African American, it will not be enough to make a meaningful difference to individual families. It will not lift people out of poverty, nor will it improve life in predominantly black communities.

Then, there’s the political question.

Support for reparations has already put a gloss on Democratic candidates with mixed records advocating for people of color. And even in the event that some form of reparations are paid, they will be wielded as a political weapon. Their ex-

If reparations are a step, they are a step in the wrong direction. They were a missed opportunity. They became a forgotten conversation. istence will be used as evidence for the illusion that America has solved the race problem; an invisible cloak for those who want to hide behind the notion that “an irreparable past can be set straight with a handout.”

As a matter of immediacy, don’t be fooled into thinking that this issue will help force Donald Trump out of the White House. If you tell a 40-year-old out of work white working class man in middle America that part of his taxpayer money will help repay the black population, don’t be surprised to see his racial resentments rise.Political battles are won by articulating a vision for all, not by pitting segments of the people against one another. Some proponents have argued that reparations will provide “clo-

sure.” They are far more likely to tear healing racial wounds back open.

Finally, there lies the question of what reparations represent.

The answers are not pretty. Inherited guilt. Ancestral claims. Social balance sheets. A national negotiation table. White people born with original sin and patronization as a replacement for progress. Reparations commodify what ought not to be commodified — they divert attention from the obstacles that keep black America where it ought never to have been.

At a time when the president is stoking a narrative of white victimhood, it is easy to understand why a reckoning with America’s past would be worthwhile.

But take a proper look at that history and you will see a nation that has made significant progress; you will see that a citizen’s race matters less today than at any point in America’s existence.

Perhaps there was a time when reparations could have worked — a time when the black community’s moral claims would have been best addressed by rebate. The road towards reconciliation would have been quicker and less painful. That it did not happen is a catastrophe, but that window has now passed.

Today’s problems have solutions that don’t bring racial divides nearer to the foreground: fixing the public school system; criminal justice reform; an end to the war on drugs. Money must be invested, but on the state and local level. Not to one segment of the population, but to all those who need it.

There is a time for the symbolic and there is a time for the practical. Today’s political moment is crying out for the practical. America needs cohesion, consolidation, and coalition. It does not need quid pro quo and a reinforcement of racial divides.

If reparations are a step, they are a step in the wrong direction. They were a missed opportunity. They became a forgotten conversation. Now, they are a harmful, impractical, and divisive distraction.

—Sahil Handa ’21, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Social Studies and Philosophy concentrator in Cabot House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays.

Although the issue may not appear to be one of equality on the surface, it is clear that those who are affected by the current state of dining are low-income students who cannot afford alternatives.

While it is easy to recognize that Harvard’s dining services are far from perfect, finding a solution has proven more challenging.

Keeping all dining halls open for longer, continuous hours has been a long dream of Harvard students.

Yet, this would lead to considerable costs that would never be approved.

Instead of such a massive shift in dining services, a more limited change could address this problem.

Harvard should keep the majority of dining halls on the current schedule while leaving a single dining hall open continuously from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — without restrictions — to improve students’ access to food.

It would be ideal if this dining hall were to be in a centralized location somewhere on campus, but very few dining halls fit this description.

In fact, there is one dining hall that could be described as centralized: the dining hall of the Inn at Harvard.

If the change has been successfully implemented at other schools, why could it not be done here?

All students deserve to be able to eat. Limiting students to a narrow window in which they can eat is unacceptable, especially considering how many of students have schedules that limit their time to eat.

The Inn could have its schedule changed so that breakfast is served from 7 to 11 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and dinner from 5 to 7 p.m.

This would entail only changing the schedule of a single dining hall, and in return increase food accessibility to countless students.

Similar models where not all dining services are open at all times but at least one remains open almost all the time have been implemented to great success elsewhere.

For example, Brown University has introduced a system where some dining halls provide service during 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., while other dining halls remain open until 2 a.m.

The continuous access to food that this kind of system provides narrows one of the inequality gaps that is ever present in the minds of those affected by it.

If the change has been successfully implemented at other schools, why could it not be done here? All students deserve to be able to eat.

Limiting students to a narrow window in which they can eat is unacceptable, especially considering how many of students have schedules that limit their time to eat.

Opening a single dining hall during the hours when others are closed would alleviate this issue.

Harvard should take this step towards becoming a more equal place.

—Colton J. Carpenter ’20, a Crimson Editorial comper, is a Government concentrator in Eliot House.

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Female Professors Received Lower Pay

HUHS Closes Overnight Care

prohibit gender discrimination in the distribution of salary and benefits, women continue to earn approximately 85 percent of what men earn in the United States, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center analysis.

But that gap shrinks after controlling for certain factors such as profession.

Overall, Harvard boasts the fourth-highest average salary for tenured professors of any university in the dataset at $244,300, surpassed only by Columbia, Stanford, and Princeton.

Harvard also ranks high in compensation for its tenure-track faculty. Associate

professors at the University earn the seventh-highest average salary at $144,600, and assistant professors receive an average salary of $134,600, an amount topped only by Stanford among colleges surveyed.

Harvard fared worse in the ranking of non-tenure track faculty pay, coming in at 91st in average salary for instructors.

The average compensation for these individuals — some of whom work part-time at the University — is $68,400, roughly half the amount the next highest-ranking faculty are paid.

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain declined to

comment on the survey.

Over the past four years, the gender pay gap among Harvard’s faculty has remained relatively constant, even as salaries have risen by roughly 15 percent.

In 2015, female tenured professors at the University earned approximately 92.3 cents for every one dollar earned by a male professor on average — roughly the same as in 2019.

Though the gender pay gap narrowed from 95.7 cents on the dollar in 2015 to reach equity in 2018 for associate professors, it increased again to 95.4 cents on the dollar in 2019.

On the other hand, the pay

gap for assistant professors has decreased steadily since 2015.

A faculty diversity survey released by the University in early April showed incremental progress in the hiring of female faculty members: 27 percent of Harvard’s tenured faculty are now women, compared to roughly 40 percent of tenure-track professors.

Those figures have risen from 19 and 35 percent, respectively, since 2004, and administrators say they remain committed to continuing increasing faculty diversity. jonah.berger@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

O’DAIR FROM PAGE 1

O’Dair Reflects on DSO’s Student Support Khurana announced the merger in an email last April that the purpose of the consolidation was to “centralize services” offered by both former offices.

The merger also sought to “link each student’s first-year experience with their sophomore experience in an intentional way,” according to Khurana’s email at the time.

O’Dair said she is looking forward to working with Nekesa C. Straker — the new senior assistant dean of residential life and first-year students — as the office strives to create a sense of continuity in the undergraduate residential experience “from orientation through handoff to the houses.” As part of this process, she said the DSO hopes to strengthen con-

nections between freshman students and programmatic offices at the College.

I think we have spent a lot of time thinking about that handoff to the sophomore year, and I think even more so now that we’re going to have that team in place.

Katherine G. O’Dair Dean of Students

“I think we have spent a lot of time thinking about that hand-

off to the sophomore year, and I think even more so now that we’re going to have that team in place,” O’Dair said.

O’Dair highlighted the new “sleep module” — an online training module about healthy sleeping habits that incoming members of the Class of 2022 were required to complete — as an example of new programming for freshmen students.

As she looked back on the DSO’s progress over the past year, O’Dair also gave a preview of the office’s priorities for the next academic year.

The DSO will pursue closer collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Education and other campus offices to focus on supporting the first-generation student experience, O’Dair

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said.

“We know students have one experience,” O’Dair said. “They don’t have just separate experiences in the classroom and outside of the classroom.”

We know students have one experience.

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The office will also be launching a new website in August, as well as continuing to support professional development opportunities for its staff. sanjana.narayanan@thecrimson.com samuel.zwickel@thecrimson.com

said. “There are many situations in which we have facilitated transportation to the emergency room through HUPD. We’ve given taxis if we can do that. We really try very hard to make a clinical decision about the level of severity of what needs to happen in terms of transportation to the emergency room and that’s happening now.”

This is not the first time that HUHS significantly remodeled their overnight services. In 2015, HUHS closed Stillman Infirmary.

Stillman Infirmary provided an inpatient space with a limited number of beds to students needing short-term care.

The infirmary often serviced intoxicated students who came to HUHS as part of the College’s amnesty policy.

The ambulance is the insurance piece.

Maria Francesconi Senior Director of Nursing and Health Promotion

The closing of Stillman Infirmary and the reallocation of resources because of the closing allowed Counseling and Mental Health Services to expand. HUHS was also able to undergo renovations to create a “welcoming” space, according to Francesconi. Despite the modified hours, Urgent Care will continue to operate 7 days a week, 365 days a year. michelle.kurilla@thecrimson.com tamar.sarig@thecrimson.com

Crimson Galeria Vote Postponed

By ELLEN M. BURSTEIN and SYDNIE M. COBB CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

The Cambridge Planning Board convened Tuesday evening to discuss plans for construction at the Crimson Galeria in Harvard Square, which were ultimately postponed.

The Crimson Galeria, located at 57 JFK St. in Harvard Square, houses shops and restaurants including Staples, Shake Shack, and Tom’s Bao Bao. The proposed construction would add an additional three floors to the existing Galeria building. Each subsequent floor would take up approximately three-fourths of the square footage of the previous floor.

Since 2014, Raj Dhanda — a local developer overseeing the current construction proposal — has worked to pass an assortment of construction plans at the site. His 2014 proposal to add three stories of residential units to the top of the Galeria building was declined due to concerns about shadows in the adjacent Winthrop Park.

Marilee B. Meyer, a member of the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association, said in an interview Tuesday that she lobbied against the original con­

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Senior Director of Nursing and Health Promotion Maria Francesconi said in an interview that the new system allows urgent care services to be more streamlined. “You never get the middle person where you have to give all this information and wait,” she said.

Francesconi said students have not frequently made use of in-person urgent care services that currently exist, and that many students who do come in person require transportation to an emergency room anyway.

She said that overnight urgent care received 227 calls in February 2019, during which 15 people came to HUHS in person and six were ultimately directed to an emergency room.

Barreira and Francesconi said they are confident in the “sophisticated” answers that the tele-nurses provide.

As a prerequisite for working, the nurses must have previously spent five years working in Medical-Surgical Nursing or the Emergency Room, according to Francesconi. Nurses use a computer system to guide their response to patients’ symptoms.

Under the tele-nurse system, conversations with patients are recorded and nurses are required to follow up with students to see how they carried out the advice and how the treatment went.

When students are directed to hospital emergency rooms, Francesconi said the process will remain the same — students may take taxis if their condition permits, “The ambulance is the insurance piece,” Francesconi

struction plans in 2014 because of concerns about shadows.

“The original design was too tall, too big — it shadowed the park altogether,” Meyer said.

Peter Quinn, a Somerville-based architect overseeing the plans for construction at 57 JFK St., said in an interview that he thought that the construction would have a negligible impact on the aesthetics of the neighborhood.

During the meeting, Quinn presented a number of proposed designs to the committee demonstrating, arguing that the additional floors would not be very visible from the street.

Members of the planning board raised concerns about space’s gross floor area allotments.

Under Cambridge’s zoning ordinances, the City Council can control how much floor area is allotted to different spaces across Cambridge.

The group representing 57 JFK St., called Crimson Galeria LP, hoped to change the space’s floor area at Tuesday’s meeting by petitioning to exempt the basement of the building from being counted in the overall area metric. This exemption would lower the group’s required contribution to the Harvard Square Improvement Fund.

The board, which declined to hear public comment on the issue, unanimously voted to postpone a verdict until they can consult the Cambridge City Solicitor.

Abra Berkowitz, a member of the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association, said she appreciated that the planning committee decided to delay the vote.

“I feel bad for the petitioner, but there are some kinks that need to be worked out,” Berkowitz said. “Since this plan is almost a million dollars... I think it’s something that needs to be taken very seriously.”

According to the meeting’s agenda, Crimson Galeria also wanted to pursue exemptions for parking and loading requirements that are required for spaces in the Harvard Square Overlay District. The planning committee’s decision, however, also postponed discussion of these exemptions.

Dhanda said he was disappointed with the board’s verdict.

“We were hoping to get the approval,” Dhanda said. “Now we just wait and see what the solicitor has to say.” elen.burstein@thecrimson.com sydnie.cobb@thecrimson.com.

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BASEBALL

SHAW SETS IVY LEAGUE SAVES RECORD PURE HEAT Junior Kieran Shaw set an Ivy League record by securing his 12th save this past weekend against Dartmouth. He is ranked third in the country in saves and has pitched himself to a respectable 3.24 ERA along with a blistering 9.72 strikeouts per nine innings; he has recorded a save in all but two appearances. The pitching staff as a whole has a 5.24 ERA and 228 strikeouts against 153 walks. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

By AMIR MAMDANI CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

It felt only fitting that the third out of Kieran Shaw’s record-breaking save would be a comebacker right at the junior.

Shaw jogged most of the way towards first base, tossing the ball softly into first baseman Pat McColl’s glove, sealing a 2-1 Harvard win over Dartmouth in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

As important as the victory was for a Crimson team then tied for first place in the Ancient Eight, the real story was Shaw’s 12th save — the most ever for an Ivy League pitcher in a single season, and the exclamation mark on an already explosive season few could have seen coming.

Through Shaw’s first two seasons in Cambridge, the righthander compiled just eight total saves, starting three games and posting an ERA around 6.85.

Suddenly, in the third year of his career, the Los Gatos, Calif., native has emerged with a re­

cord-breaking season complemented by an ERA of just 3.24, and has earned the third most saves in the country. Those that know Shaw will be quick to point out that this breakout is no surprise.

“It happens all the time with a lot of guys, there’s always an adjustment period for every college player,” said senior pitcher Kevin Stone, the elder statesman of the staff. “If you ask anyone on the team, they’d say they expect this out of him because of how talented he is and how hard he works.”

Shaw’s emergence has been no small part of Harvard’s success this season. As the Crimson enter the final six games of Ivy League play, the team hopes to return to its first NCAA Baseball Regional since the 2005 season.

Since the 2006 campaign, Harvard has yet to finish an Ivy League regular season in first place, but the Crimson has recently won five straight series and a strong series next weekend at home against Columbia

could help break that drought and send them to the top.

While Shaw’s record might only be 0-2, any baseball fan can tell you that 12 saves in 14 appearances is an elite mark for any closer. As Coach Bill Deck-

Having Kieran, a closer in the back of the bullpen that you’re confident in knowing he’s gonna get the job done, it’s extremely important for us.

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er’s team picks up momentum, much of its confidence in ballgames stems from knowing that No. 17 is coming out of the bullpen to protect the lead — confidence that is infectious across the entire roster.

“In the Ivy League every game matters,” Stone explained. “Having Kieran, a closer in the back of the bullpen that you’re confident in knowing he’s gonna get the job done, it’s extremely important for us.”

Shaw’s 12 saves broke the 11save record previously set by Yale’s Brett Rosenthal in 2006, and matched by Dartmouth’s Ryan Smith in 2009. Now, one decade later, Shaw’s name will enter the record books atop the 26 years of Ancient Eight baseball, setting the new mark of 12 saves or more.

With an ERA lower than half of what it was in either of his first two seasons, Shaw’s turnaround is undeniable. But the product of Bellarmine College Prep. is quick to point to the summer as the cause of his success.

“I really got the chance to get into a routine this summer,” Shaw explained. “When you get used to doing something, like closing games, you really start to believe you can do it well.”

In high school, Shaw was a

two-sport athlete at Bellarmine, starring both on the diamond and contributing on the football field as well. In his senior season, the right-hander was honored as the Bellarmine pitcher of the year in 2016, and was named captain. In college, however, it took two years for Shaw to truly hit his stride as a baseball player.

I don’t really care about individual records. I care about winning an Ivy League championship.

Kieran Shaw Junior Pitcher

Record-breaking aside, the 2019 season has not been without its tribulations for the junior, who has overcome two heartbreaking losses against Yale at home and UMass in the

CRIMSON HUDDLE The baseball team crowds in for a team meeting during the Beanpot Championship. On the backs of strong pitching from Shaw and an offense that has boasted a team average of .291 this year, Harvard hopes to reach its first NCAA Regional since the 2005 campaign and to finish first in the Ivy League standings. QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Beanpot finals, ceding multiple runs in the 9th innings to blow both saves.

Despite writing his name into the record books, with eight games remaining to build on his 12 saves, Shaw credits those blown saves and losses for keeping him desperate to improve.

“We always talk about using what happened in those games as a tool to channel our energy and our mechanics,” Shaw said of the losses. “Instead of getting down on yourself, move on and refocus.”

While many might focus upon the intimidating 6’0 frame that comes through the bullpen doors in the ninth inning, Shaw plays a myriad of roles during the lengthy three-hour games, from handing umpires water cups to cracking jokes in the bullpen.

And while the closer’s scowl might intimidate the hitters that step into the batter’s box, his fellow Harvard pitchers and teammates know Shaw as a light-hearted and genuine player.

“His work ethic is through the roof,” Stone said. “But in the locker room he’s someone that’s very approachable for younger players and to just shoot the breeze with.”

With over two weeks left in the season, Kieran Shaw will have the opportunity to build upon what has already been a record-breaking season.

His name etched into the Ivy League single-season record books, Shaw will turn his attention to helping Harvard return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 seasons, a task he views as far more important.

“I really don’t care about individual records,” Shaw attested. “I care about winning an Ivy League championship.”

While the Crimson’s outlook on winning the Ivy League remain very possible, much uncertainty remains. With sophomore standout Buddy Hayward exiting his start early at Dartmouth after just a pair of innings, Harvard may turn to Stone if Hayward is forced to miss time. But while some elements of the Crimson’s roster may be murky, others are as clear and consistent as “Sweet Caroline” playing during the 7th inning stretch at Red Sox games.

Not least amongst those, Kieran Shaw, trotting in from the bullpen in the 9th inning — ready to lock down yet another save to add to his record. amir.mamdani@thecrimson.com