The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLVI, No. 88

The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume cxlvi, No. 88 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | mONDAY, sEPTEMBER 23, 2019

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We hope the Lampoon works harder to build a better culture

Op-Ed: I believe Harvard is already full of nihilists

Women’s soccer shuts out Long Island University

Students, Locals Join Global Climate Strike OGC To Launch Epstein Review

By Camille G. Caldera, Alexandra A. Chaidez, and Michelle G. Kurilla Crimson Staff Writers

Hundreds of students, faculty, and Cambridge residents packed into Science Center Plaza Friday to raise awareness about climate change and call on the University to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry.

Friday’s rally coincided with climate strikes around the globe, where organizers estimate that more than four million young people took to the streets in cities including Berlin, New York, and Rio de Janeiro to urge leaders to take action on climate change.

With songs and chants, members of climate activist group Divest Harvard and the Organizers for Radical Climate ­

Action joined students from the nearby Cambridge Rindge and Latin School to organize the rally. The groups hosted speakers including high school and University students, Harvard faculty, and Cambridge city government officials.

Divest Harvard member Ilana A. Cohen ’22 said that Divest Harvard — a group that advocates for the University to divest its endowment holdings in the fossil fuel industry — planned the rally alongside millions of others students worldwide also calling for action surrounding climate change.

“Today is the day of the global climate strike, and we view fossil fuel divestment as a baseline step in the movement for climate action and climate justice,” Cohen said. “We are a part

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Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern spoke at Divest Harvard’s Friday rally. Kai R. McNamee—Crimson photographer

By Alexandra A. Chaidez and Aidan F. Ryan Crimson Staff Writers

Harvard’s Office of the General Counsel will conduct a review of billionaire donor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein’s donations to the University, Vice President and General Counsel Diane E. Lopez announced in an email to Harvard affiliates Friday afternoon.

“This review, led by Harvard’s Office of the General Counsel, is ongoing,” Lopez wrote. “We will continue to work to gather facts, review relevant materials, and speak to people across the University with pertinent information.

The message follows an email sent by University President Lawrence S. Bacow last week in which he detailed the gifts Epstein gave to the University and announced a review.

Bacow wrote that the University has accepted nearly $9 million from Epstein between 1998 and 2007 and did not take a gift from him after his guilty plea in 2008. He also wrote that the University will donate $186,000 in unspent gifts to organizations that help victims of human trafficking and sexual assault.

Lopez announced Friday ­

A woman joins a throng of people who showed up to Friday’s demonstration to call attention to climate change.

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On Friday, Divest Harvard, an organization advocating for the University to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, organized a rally in Science Center Plaza. First M. Last—Crimson photographer

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NLRB ArtLab Hosts Opening Celebration in Allston Moves to Reverse Ruling

By Brie K. Buchanan Crimson Staff Writer

The ArtLab, a center for artistic research and development located on Harvard’s Allston campus, hosted a kickoff celebration Saturday morning to mark the official opening of the facility.

The ArtLab has been in development for over a decade and is now finally open to Harvard affiliates and the public, according to ArtLab Director Bree Edwards. The new building will feature video and recording studios, a workshop, artist studios, and a larger multipurpose room called the “Hub.” Edwards wrote in an emailed statement that she considers Saturday’s opening events and the ArtLab Open House held Friday afternoon a success.

“During the opening celebrations this week, we enjoyed welcoming close to 500 people from the Harvard, Cambridge, ­

By James S. Bikales and Ruoqi Zhang Crimson Staff Writers

The National Labor Relations Board proposed a rule Friday that would essentially reverse a 2016 decision that opened the door for students at private universities and colleges — including Harvard — to unionize.

It remains unclear what effect the rule change might have at Harvard, where the University recognized, and began bargaining with, its graduate student union last fall and negotiations are ongoing. The proposed rule — which will officially publish in the Federal Register on Monday — will undergo a 60day public comment period before it can be implemented, according to an NLRB press release.

Sam Klug, an organizer with Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers, wrote in an emailed statement that while he does not expect the rule to affect Harvard’s union, the proposal is an “egregious and desperate misuse of power by the Trump administration.”

“It is practically unprecedented for the NLRB to engage in rulemaking on an issue like this,” Klug wrote. “This latest attack on our democratic rights will only embolden our massive and growing movement of tens of thousands of student workers.”

Klug added that the union plans to submit a public comment opposing the change.

NLRB Chairman John F. Ring said in the release that the

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and Boston art communities to the ArtLab,” Edwards wrote.

“It was a festive and inspirational few days and is only the start to beginning.”

The grand opening featured a performance by tap dance group Subject:Matter accompanied by a live jazz band, an open rehearsal by experimental performance group Partnering Lab, and art installations by Andy Graydon. Attendees also had the opportunity to have their portrait taken by Boston-based photographer OJ Slaughter.

Ilya D. Vidrin, a visiting doctoral student and teaching fellow in Theater, Dance, and Media, leads the Partnering Lab and held a live demonstration of the lab’s work during the ArtLab’s opening celebration. Vidrin said he believes spaces like the ArtLab are integral to arts research at Harvard.

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The ArtLab, which held an opening event this past Saturday, will provide a space for the arts on campus. Suuba m. demby—Crimson photographer

45 Students Elected to Undergraduate Council

By Kevin R. Chen and Laura C. Espinoza Crimson Staff Writers

Forty-five students were elected to the Undergraduate Council in the highest-turnout election in recent years, the UC Election Commission announced Friday.

This year’s election saw 2,149 voters, a significant increase from the 1,885 ballots cast in 2018 and 1,454 votes in 2017.

In accordance with voting trends from past years, freshman voter turnout was significantly higher than upperclassman turnout, as 955 freshmen voted, while 1,194 students from the three upperclassmen classes voted in total. ­

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The women’s volleyball team celebrates a point during the opening set of their match against Syracuse Saturday. The team fell 3-1. Timothy R. O’Meara—Crimson photographer

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Only four upperclassman houses had more than 100 voters: Currier, Leverett, Lowell, and Quincy Houses.

More than half of this year’s council will be new representatives. Of the 37 representatives on last year’s council eligible for re-election, only 17 declared candidacies and 13 were re-elected.

The newly elected representatives will join President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 and Vice President Julia M. Huesa ’20 as well as four representatives who did not need to run for re-election because they hold special positions on the council: Ajay V.

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Harvard Today

For Lunch Popcorn Chicken Shrimp Pad Thai Hummus Florentine Sandwich

For Dinner Roast Turkey Breast Salmon with Green Curry Gnocchi with Butternut and Sage

Today’s Events Fall Faculty Book Talk Milstein West A/B, 12-1 p.m.

in The Real World

Talk about your favorite non-fiction works and current events over lunch with a group of diverse faculty at the Harvard Law School in Milstein West A/B; this week’s discussion centers around “The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir” with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha J. Power, Law School professor William P. Alford, and Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman.

WMO Data Proclaims Effects of Climate Change Before Upcoming UN Talks

Journalism in an Age of Disruption Institute of Politics, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Head over to the Institute of Politics for a discussion with IOP Resident Fellow and President of The Atlantic Robert “Bob” Cohn. The event concerns how media has adapted to technological and digital change over the years.

In a recent study, the World Meteorological Organization published data that shows the rate and effect of global warming. The data shows that the five-year period from 2014-2019 has been the hottest on record and that the average rate of sea level rise has also risen.

President Trump Hints at Mentioning Joe Biden in Call to Ukranian President

Organizers for Harvard for Cory 2020 survey the crowd at their first meeting on Sunday night.

Brenda J. Chapuis—Crimson photographer

Daily Briefing Hundreds of students, faculty, and Cambridge residents packed into Science Center Plaza Friday to raise awareness about climate change and call on the University to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry. Friday’s rally coincided with climate strikes around the globe. Organizers estimate that more than four million young people took to the streets in cities including Berlin, New York, and Rio de Janeiro to urge leaders to take action on climate change.

In other news, the Office of General Counsel is leading the University’s review of the gifts it has received from billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a discussion with recently elected President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President Donald Trump said that he discussed how he does not want “people, like former Vice President Joe Biden and his son” to interfere and cause corruption in Ukraine; someone familiar with the matter told the Associated Press that Trump wanted Zelenskiy to investigate Hunter Biden since Biden worked for a Ukranian gas company.

President Trump to Send U.S. Forces to Safeguard Oil Facilities in Middle East

Following an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility that the Trump administration alleges was conducted by Iran, President Donald Trump has approved the deployment of U.S. forces to the Middle East in a defensive capacity. It remains to be seen whether any further action will be taken against Iran.

Around the Ivies PENN As protests in Hong Kong continue, the University of Pennsylvania is implementing additional safety requirements for students studying abroad there next spring, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian.

Specifically, students in Hong Kong for Penn Abroad will be required to live in on-campus housing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Some Penn students expressed concerns about how the protests could potentially affect a study abroad experience.

Dartmouth

Dartmouth Dean of admissions and financial aid, Lee Coffin, said the college earned the “triple crown” of admissions when admitting the Class of 2023, The Dartmouth reported. The class set three institutional records: it had the largest application pool, the lowest admit rate in College history, and the highest yield rate — referring to the percentage of students offered admission who chose to enroll.

Admissions officers also said they are excited about encouraging markers of diversity in the class: 15 percent are first generation students, 18 percent come from low-income backgrounds, and 25 native tribe and indigenous communities are represented.

CORNELL

Cornell students blocked off a downtown street to hold a die-in protest against police brutality and systemic racism, the Cornell Daily Sun reported.

Protests originated in support of Rose de Groat and Cadji Ferguson, whose arrests in Ithaca, N.Y. in April triggered nationwide debates and conversation on police brutality and systemic racism. Protestors wanted reparations for the two arrested in April as well disciplinary actions for the officers.

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Corrections The Sept. 20 article “Graduate Councils Discuss Union” incorrectly referred to the Harvard Office of Work/Life as the GSAS Office of Work and Life.

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Harvard Students Join Global Climate Strike of the greater, global, and intergenerational movement for change that we see around the world right now.”

Over the past year, Divest Harvard has ramped up its efforts to advocate for fossil fuel divestment. The group has recruited incoming freshmen, released petitions, and organized “Heat Week,” a week of education about fossil fuel divestment that culminated in a rally in Harvard Yard.

University President Lawrence S. Bacow has repeatedly told student activists that he would not divest the endowment, following the precedent of decades of Harvard leaders.

Last week, the Harvard Management Company — the University’s financial arm — joined Climate Action 100+ to push greenhouse gas emitters to take action on climate change.

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain referred The Crimson to previous statements regarding its position on divestment, including an article written by Bacow published last week.

“We may differ on means,” Bacow wrote. “But I believe we seek the same ends—a decarbonized future in which life on Earth can flourish for ages to come.”

Student and faculty speakers, however, said that the University must divest from fossil fuels in order to make a significant impact on climate change.

Gabrielle T. Langkilde ’21, a student from American Samoa, said Harvard’s refusal to divest threatens her home and her

family’s well-being.

“By choosing to invest heavily in the fossil fuel industry, not only does Harvard show us that it does not care about its students whose families and homes are directly impacted by climate change, but it is also actively participating in the destruction and displacement of our communities,” Langklide said.

English professor Ju Yon Kim said in her remarks that she had an obligation to support divestment for the sake of her daughter.

“I have this beautiful daughter who’s almost two who loves being outside, and I work at one of the most powerful institutions in the world, actually the most powerful university,” Kim said. “How can I continue to say that I support her future if this university that I work for continues to invest in fossil fuels?”

Several faculty members have joined together in recent months to protest the University’s fossil fuel investments.

Their movement originally started in 2014, but was reinitiated last year with Divest Harvard’s own reinvigoration.

Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern also spoke at the rally and said the City of Cambridge’s elected officials will do all they can to fight climate change.

Dozens of attendees also came from CRLS. CRLS students who chose to leave school would not receive excused absences unless they had permission from a parent or guardian, according to a statement from

school administrators.

Students said that despite the potential consequences for missing school, attending the protest was worth it.

“It’s so easy for me to do that because I’m so passionate about it,” Mattingly Wood, 17, a senior at CRLS said. “I’m willing to face those consequences, and I think we need to be willing to walk out of school.”

At noon, roughly half the protestors marched through Harvard Yard to the MBTA station and traveled together on the T to a larger demonstration in downtown Boston.

Between 7,000 and 10,000 people gathered at City Hall to listen to speakers, and then march to the nearby Massachusetts State House. A few hundred protesters entered the State House and filled the atrium below the office of Governor Charlie D. Baker, Jr. ’79. They chanted their demands, including that Baker declare a state climate emergency.

Cohen also spoke at the Boston climate strike, calling on strike attendees to bring those around them into the climate activism fold.

“I’m asking you to bring your friends, families, and communities into this movement because if we want to secure a more just and more stable future, then today is only the beginning,” Cohen said. “Today is only the beginning, and we need everyone.”

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Art Lab Hosts Opening Celebration in Allston “Right now we’re working with wearable technology that’s quantifying particular aspects of our interaction and turning it into some form of expression,” Vidrin said about his work with the Partnering Lab. “It’s an installation that invites people to really focus in on the subtleties of physical interaction that we don’t really get to see.”

“Being a researcher practitioner, I think we need more spaces like this. And the fact that Harvard has a space like this really means that they’re thinking about inviting dialogue and inviting engagement,” Vidrin said.

Though the ArtLab is open to both Harvard affiliates and the public, ArtLab Marketing Outreach Launch Intern Cecilia Y. Zhou ’22 said she focused on advertising Saturday’s opening events to Harvard undergraduates and making them aware of the resources available for students at the ArtLab. “I think one of the really interesting parts of the ArtLab is the fact that we have so many different resources for so many different kinds of art creation in one facility,” Zhou said. “This kind of space really encourages interdisciplinary cross media

experimentation and research in arts.”

Zhou added that the ArtLab’s multipurpose equipment and faculty involvement allow for an individualized experience tailored to every student’s needs.

“The analogy is that this is less of a gym, where you can come in and use all the equipment so much as say, a personal training facility, where professors for example, AFVS [Art, Film, and Visual Studies] or TDM [Theater, Dance, and

We will focus on developing the internal infrastructure for the ArtLab. Bree Edwards ArtLab Director

Media] faculty might have research projects or classes here for which students can sign up.”

In addition to connecting with other facilities and professionals within the arts, Active Learning Labs Manager Rachel DeLucas in the School of Engi-

neering and Applied Sciences said she is also looking forward to “creating a mutually supportive atmosphere” between SEAS and the ArtLab. “I’m really excited about the opportunity that we have in new Allston campus to collaborate with different parts of the institution,” DeLucas said. “Having all of those digital resources and media options to advance the kind of level at which they [the students] can communicate what they’re working on is really exciting.”

Ronni Komarow, director of the gallery at the Faneuil branch of the Boston Public Library, said she hopes to see a collaboration in the future between public libraries and the ArtLab. “One way that the art lab can contribute is by collaborating with other artists, groups that are rooted in the community,” Komarow said. “Certainly, the library branches are like the heartbeat of the community and that’s a great way to start.”

Following the ArtLab’s official opening, Edwards wrote that she is looking to further advance systems within the ArtLab.

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September 23, 2019

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NLRB Moves to Reverse Ruling

OGC Reviews Epstein Donations

board wanted to clarify a regulation that has been reversed three times in the past 19 years.

“This rulemaking is intended to obtain maximum input on this issue from the public, and then to bring stability to this important area of federal labor law,” Ring said.

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain wrote in an emailed statement that Harvard is “reviewing the proposed rule” to determine how it may affect the ongoing negotiations.

The proposed rule would revoke the employee status of students undertaking academic work under the National Labor Relations Act — a law that ­

grants recognized employees the right to form unions. Universities, however, could still voluntarily recognize such student unions.

The board’s proposed view is that these students are primarily on campus to learn, not work, thus they should not be classified as employees, according to the release. In 2016, under the Obama administration, the NLRB ruled that private university students could be classified as employees, though that decision was made as a result of a case brought by students at Columbia University, not through the board’s rulemaking processes.

Former NLRB Chairman William B. Gould IV said it is “unprecedented” for the NLRB to use rulemaking to overturn an established principle.

Rulemaking is typically only applied to fill a gap in the current law, he said. Gould said that the dynamics of graduate student unionization before and after the proposed rule will remain fundamentally the same, but the university might be able to take a different approach to recognition.

“At the margin, it creates a greater incentives for universities to refuse to recognize unions and contracts,” he said.

The NLRB voted 3-1 in sup-

port of the proposal, with board member Lauren McFerran dissenting.

McFerran wrote on Twitter that she opposed the decision because student employees have “workers’ interests and workers’ rights.”

“There is no good basis – in law, in policy, or in fact – to take their rights away,” she wrote.

“But it is not too late for the Board to reverse course. I urge my colleagues to hold public hearings to hear directly from the workers whose lives are affected by this proposal.” james.bikales@thecrimson.com ruoqi.zhang@thecrimson.com

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45 Students Win Seats in UC Election Singh ’21, Sanika S. Mahajan ’21, Cade S. Palmer ’20, and Phiroze K. Parasnis ’21.

The new council will hold its first meeting Sept. 29. The UC presidential election will take place in mid-November.

The elected representatives are as follows: Adams House Alexa C. Jordan ’22 A. Blake Barclay ’22 Allison S. Chang ’20 Cabot House Tauheed Z. Islam ’21 Jerry “DJ” D. Lacy ’22 Currier House Amanda N. Flores ’20 Fernando Urbina ’22

Jack M. Swanson ’22 Dudley Community Katherine E. Wang ’20 Danielle Green ’20 Dunster House Noah Harris ’22 Janani Krishnan-Jha ’20 Case McKinley ’21 Eliot House Drake E. Johnson ’22 Nasser B. Marrakchi ’22 Rukmini “Mini” Ganesh ’22 Kirkland House Madison A. Trice ’21 Carter H. Nakamoto ’21 Leverett House Ifeoma E. White-Thorpe ’21 Jenny Y. Gan ’22 Kyle J. Salvatore ’21

Lowell House Christian B. Tabash ’21 M. Thorwald “Thor” Larson ’21 Rachel L. Reynolds ’22 Mather House Conner P. Williams ’21 Winona H. Y. Guo ’22 Pforzheimer House Kyle M. Bierdumpfel ’20 Blake D. Young ’22 Quincy House Rushi A. Patel ’21 Ryan V. Sears ’22 Winthrop House Shivani “Shivi” R. Aggarwal ’21 Fan F. Zhou ’21 Anagha B. Kumar ’22

Crimson Yard Yousuf Bakshi ’23 Soyoun “Soy” Choi ’23 Janna E. Ramadan ’23 Elm Yard Phillip Meng ’23 Brooke L. Livingston ’23 Nicholas J. Brennan ’23 Ivy Yard Pallas Chou ’23 David Y. Zhang ’23 Chloe E. V. Koulefianou ’23 Oak Yard Esther J. Xiang ’23 Ethan J. Johnstone ’23 Juan C. Venancio ’23

that Harvard affiliates with knowledge of Epstein’s donations could send information to the Office of the General Counsel by email, or if they wished to remain anonymous, share information via the Harvard University Anonymous Reporting Hotline.

The hotline may be used by anyone — not just University students, faculty, and staff.

Those who wish to provide information through the anonymous hotline can do so by calling the office’s phone number or submitting a report online.

Epstein died in an apparent suicide last month after facing multiple allegations of sexual abuse of underage girls. The Miami Herald reported in November 2018 that Epstein operated a sex ring out of his Palm Beach, Fla. home and identified around 80 women who say Epstein molested or sexually abused them before 2006.

As a result of an extraordinary plea deal led by former U.S. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta ’90, Epstein spent only 13 months in a county jail. Acosta resigned in July after federal prosecutors in New York opened a new probe into Epstein.

Epstein has long-standing

ties to Harvard, despite never attending the University.

He was close friends with a number of administrators and professors including former University President Lawrence H. Summers, former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Henry Rosovsky, and Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan M. Dershowitz.

In his email last week, Bacow revealed Psychology professor emeritus Stephen M. Kosslyn named Epstein as a visiting fellow in the Psychology department in 2005.

Last week, The Crimson also reported Epstein “facilitated” but did not contribute money toward the construction of Harvard Hillel’s building, contrary to previous reports.

MIT has also faced criticism over their connections to Epstein. The school’s President L. Rafael Reif wrote in a letter last week to MIT affiliates that he signed a letter thanking Epstein for a donation to the school in 2012. Reports show that Epstein donated to the MIT Media Lab, prompting Joichi Ito — the former director of the Media Lab — to resign. alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson.com aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com

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In Photos: Harvard Joins Global Climate Strike On Friday, more than four million protesters worldwide took part in a global demonstration to call attention to climate change.

Divest Harvard — advocating for the University to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry — organized a rally in the Science Center Plaza featuring guest speakers including Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern and English professor Ju Yon Kim.

Members of Divest Harvard wearing their signature orange shirts spoke onstage throughout the rally.

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Susan A. Waddy came to the strike dressed as a lobster to help raise attention for the movement. KATHRYN S. KUHAR—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Richard E. Merino, a Harvard Kennedy School student, came to the strike in an effort to pressure the University to divest from fossil fuels. KATHRYN S. KUHAR—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

People gathered on the Science Center’s third floor balcony to watch the strike happening in the square below. KATHRYN S. KUHAR—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Around 11:30 a.m., Divest protestors left the Yard to join a larger protest on the City Hall Plaza. There, at least 7,000 people gathered at City Hall to listen to speakers.. KAI R. MCNAMEE —CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

People who attended the strike in the Science Center Plaza carried a variety of homemade signs. KATHRYN S. KUHAR—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Sign-wielding protestors occupied Boston City Hall Plaza as a part of a larger, city-wide protest. Similar protests were happening simultaneously around the world in a variety of cities and countries. KAI R. MCNAMEE—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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Standing Up to the Lampoon

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en students recently protested one of the Harvard Lampoon’s comp meetings, condemning the undergraduate humor magazine for its insensitive content, and what they claim is a hostile and exclusive institutional culture.

As a Board, we applaud the protesters for standing up to the Lampoon. We condemn the magazine’s publication of offensive and culturally insensitive content and sympathize with the protesters’ claims that the organization has a hostile internal culture. We hope the Lampoon views the protests as impetus to work harder to build a better culture and better institutional pathways to screen their content before publication.

We hope the Lampoon views the protests as impetus to work harder to build a better culture and better institutional pathways to screen their content before publication.

Last May, the Lampoon published an inappropriate, sexualized image of Holocaust victim Anne Frank, which Director of Harvard Hillel Rabbi Jonah C. Steinberg compared to the “obscenity of the Nazis.” This abhorrent incident was a striking display of hypersexualization and anti-Semitism, but must be understood as only one of many instances in which the Lampoon’s actions have peddled in such morally reprehensible senti-

ments as humor.

The magazine has — in the past — made sexist jokes, from comparing women to dogs to insensitive jokes about University President Lawrence S. Bacow’s wife. And its insensitive content extends beyond the Anne Frank image as well, including an inappropriate joke about ISIS and minorities in final clubs.

As if this smorgasbord of poor taste were not harmful enough, the Lampoon has also put out content trivializing a number of delicate issues such as suicide and fat-shaming. The editors of the Lampoon said in a statement that their publishing process “lacks sufficient editorial oversight.” We believe this lack of oversight can lead to an inability to discern what kinds of humor are in poor taste.

We sympathize with the protesters and believe the Lampoon must take steps to address their concerns. And although the Lampoon has tried to take steps toward increasing diversity and accessibility — through steps such as newly instated positions to their Accessibility Council and Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training for new members — we believe these efforts are insufficient. The Lampoon should, in addition to OSAPR training for its members, require implicit bias training and should be more explicit about the ways their comp and internal culture have improved to avoid this in the future.

In seeking change at the Lampoon, we believe the student body has a huge amount of power. We call on students who are considering comping the Lampoon to consider the culture that has enabled the systemic production and amplification of offensive and cultur-

ally insensitive content. In so doing, we hope they either choose not to comp the Lampoon, or, in comping it, to demand change.

In seeking change at the Lampoon, we believe the student body has a huge amount of power.

Change is an imperative not just for members of the Lampoon but for Harvard more broadly. As an organization with a great deal of power, not only socially on our campus, but also reputationally across the nation, the Lampoon has a responsibility to consider the ethics of all its actions. That responsibility falls especially heavily on the public face of its work — its published content.

We believe that good humor is an ethical act that can make us uncomfortable, ask us to reconsider our orthodoxies, and make light of struggles we experience in our lives, big and small. This kind of penetrating, sharp, intellectually honest humor is absolutely critical for a healthy Harvard. We hope the Lampoon agrees it’s time for a change.

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.

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Finding Purpose Through Nihilism

By Daniel L. Leonard

H

ave you ever learned something so impactful that it stuck with you for years?

I had one of these rare experiences during my very first semester at Harvard, when I took an existentialism course in the Philosophy department.

While most of my knowledge on Kierkegaard and Sartre went out the window the moment I finished the final exam, there was one lesson that has stayed with me for the past two years: the lesson on active nihilism.

When most people hear the term “nihilist,” they might imagine a man sitting in a dark, windowless room, somberly contemplating the meaninglessness of his existence. Though nihilism can lead some people into despondency, it can also function as a path to personal fulfillment.

If you are questioning the meaning of life as you read this, I encourage you to avoid becoming a passive nihilist.

I know how bleak that state of mind can be, but you can avoid despair by following the path towards active nihilism instead.

As a start, “nihilism” is commonly defined as “the belief that life is meaningless.”

A fuller definition would further add that nihilism is the belief that life has no objective meaning.

In other words, nihilists suppose that there is no single, factually-correct meaning to life that unites all of humanity.

Nihilism and religion are therefore essentially incompatible, because most religions argue in favor of a universal purpose for human life, while most irreligious people are forced to admit that

no such purpose could exist — the laws of physics alone cannot create “meaning.”

Because of the incommensurability of purpose and life and irreligiosity, I believe Harvard is already full of nihilists.

A majority of surveyed students from every recent class have labelled themselves either “Not at all religious” or “Not very religious.”

In addition, the threat of global warming is sending many young people into “climate despair” as they question how life on a dying planet could possibly have any meaning. Overall, it seems like the upcoming generation could be the most nihilistic in history.

Yet, this is not something we should necessarily fear.

You see, nihilists can be broken into two specific groups.

The first are the passive nihilists.

These are the individuals who, when faced with the realization that existence has no inherent meaning, can fall into a deep depression as a result.

This is an act of resignation; the passive nihilist no longer sees any purpose in life, and his mental and physical condition suffer as a result. And, this is the kind of nihilism we should avoid.

However, there exists another group of nihilists: the active nihilists.

An active nihilist is someone who, when confronted with the exact same realization, rejoices at the freedom that it gives her.

If there were a specific meaning to human life, then each of us would be bound to follow it.

But if there is not, then we all have the freedom to decide the purpose of our own lives — in fact, we are required to do so, if we wish to avoid the pit of passive nihilism.

So, one active nihilist might conclude that the purpose of her life is to combat poverty across the globe. Another might commit himself to protecting the environment. Active nihilists have tremendous freedom in determining the best way to live their own lives.

Finding the meaning of your life is not easy. It requires walking a fine line between rigidity and flexibility. You don’t

want to change your life’s purpose as often as you change clothes, but you also might realize that the path you were planning to follow at 18 isn’t fit for you now that you’re 28.

Plus, when seeking your life’s meaning, it can be difficult to know where to start. Thus, I recommend taking time to

I wrote this op-ed because I believe that many Harvard students (and young people more broadly) are already nihilists. reflect on your skills, interests, and personal ethical code. You may also find guidance in the teachings of religion, as I have.

Obviously, the concept of active nihilism is not without faults, and leads to important questions on how we can hold each other accountable for our actions if we truly believe that the meaning of life is subjective.

So, I’d like to clarify that I am not saying everyone should convert to active nihilism. It’s essential for each of us to feel that our lives have a purpose, regardless of whether we do it through religion or philosophy.

I wrote this op-ed because I believe that many Harvard students (and young people more broadly) are already nihilists.

If you are questioning the meaning of life as you read this, I encourage you to avoid becoming a passive nihilist. I know how bleak that state of mind can be, but you can avoid despair by following the path towards active nihilism instead.

This may not be an easy adjustment, but once you’ve accomplished it, you’ll feel like your life is starting to make more sense. And, as I can attest, that’s one of the greatest feelings there is.

—Daniel L. Leonard ’21, a Crimson editorial editor, is a joint History of Science and Philosophy concentrator in Winthrop House.

All My Clothes Are Queer Laura S. Veira-Ramirez A Wild Tongue

“I

just wanna have enough time to change before my date,” I tell my roommate.

“What do you mean? This is a good date outfit.”

“Yea. I’m just trying to go for something a little more queer.”

I acknowledged the weight behind it as I looked down at my sundress feeling a little ashamed that my femme-phobia still seeps in occassionally no matter how much I try to push it down.

I came out as queer towards the end of my sophomore year of college after ignoring all the signs for so long. I already felt behind as most of my friends had been out for years. I finally wanted to be out and proud, but this proved difficult as I continued to be read as straight.

I remember the many times I considered cutting my hair short before realizing the only reason I would want to do that was to look less straight-passing. Then I would wonder if men would still find me attractive if I did so. I felt the invisibility as I sought more validation for my queerness, since the first thing I learned about bisexuality was its erasure.

My bisexuality felt like strike one in my queerness. Maybe I could make up for it by looking more queer — but what did that mean?

My bisexuality felt like strike one in my queerness. Maybe I could at least make up for it by looking more queer — but what did that mean?

A year ago, I bought the black casual dress shoes I’m wearing as I write this. I remember excitedly showing my friends my new “gay shoes.” I think of the flannels I’ve added to my closet over the past few years. The tattoos and piercings I’ve added to my body to make me feel more at home in it. I’ve felt more comfortable in who I am through these forms of self-expression, but I recognize that there’s also a part of me that likes it because it makes me look more stereotypically queer.

I think of the undercut I got re-done after letting the previous one grow out. I think of the chop back to my “bisexual bob” haircut after I felt my hair was getting too long. I sought validation and felt satisfied when I got it.

This past summer, I was overjoyed to find myself in a setting with many other queer people and people of color planning on going into academia.

I felt like I could find a space for myself and it brought me a sense of accomplishment to notice that I felt more settled in my queerness after having been out for over a year.

I felt a kind of membership in the BGLTQ community that I hadn’t felt the previous summer as I joined in on queer jokes and was able to reference my own experiences. I could join in even while wearing bright lipstick, winged eyeliner, and hoops. But over the following days there were more subtle reminders that I still didn’t quite fit as much as I hoped since my bi femme-ininity continued to be misread.

“Those are some really good lesbian pants!” another queer woman complimented me on my high-waisted mustard pants.

She knew I was queer from a previous conversation in which I had intentionally not mentioned the men I had dated for fear of being misread as straight. But by not doing so, I was misread as a lesbian. It’s often forgotten that you might be neither.

I recognize my struggles with my own internalized femme-phobia as I think back to my “gay shoes” and other articles of clothing in my closet that I labeled as more queer in relation to the rest of my clothes — my dresses, rompers, and crop tops. In designating some articles of clothing as queer and others as not queer, we suggest it is the clothes themselves that make us queer.

Another reminder of my femme-ininity came over dinner the next day as we joked about starting a queer clothing line with a larger group. Another queer woman suggested we include lots of button-downs, pants, and overalls. I noticed the butch focus as they tried to list what kind of clothes could be included in this line. I felt more excluded as I suddenly became more aware of the pink dress I was wearing.

I recognize my struggles with my own internalized femme-phobia as I think back to my “gay shoes” and other articles of clothing in my closet that I labeled as more queer in relation to the rest of my clothes — my dresses, rompers, and crop tops.

In designating some articles of clothing as queer and others as not queer, we suggest it is the clothes themselves that make us queer.

While I expect to continue having my sexuality misread or seen as a phase, I now find more internal validation in my queerness so that I no longer feel like I have to dress a certain way to send a message.

All my clothes are queer because they are my clothes. All my clothes are queer because I make them queer.

—Laura S. Veira-Ramirez ’20, a Crimson editorial editor, is a joint concentrator in History and Literature and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays.

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Men’s Soccer vs. Merrimack 7 p.m. at Jordan Field

Football vs. Brown 7 p.m. at Soldiers Field

Field Hockey at Yale 12 p.m. at Johnson Field

Men’s Tennis Georgia Fall Invite

Women’s Soccer vs. Penn 2 p.m. at Jordan Field

Men’s water polo

No. 12 Harvard Sweeps Bucknell Invitational By ben stern Crimson Staff Writer

No. 12 Harvard men’s water polo (9-0) continued its blistering run with four more wins at the Bucknell Invite in Lewisburg, Penn.

This marks the best start to the season in program history.

Harvard trounced Johns Hopkins (2-7, 0-1 MAWPC) Saturday morning by a score of 165.

It then took the afternoon game against No. 14 George Washington (9-3), 13-8.

On Sunday, the Crimson continued to roll, dispatching Mercyhurst (2-8), 18-5, and Salem, (5-7) 23-4.

Harvard carried its momentum from last week’s Princeton Invite into this weekend’s slate of dominance. The squad’s current win streak of nine games is one shy of the longest streak in college history.

An infusion of young talent has helped the team out to its perfect opening act.

Freshman Alex Bucur, who was instrumental on offense with nine assists on the weekend, credited the group’s success to upperclassman leadership.

“It’s been a pretty phenomenal way to start the year and I was lucky enough to join a team already loaded with talent,” he said. “All of the upperclassmen have been super welcoming and have helped me adjust to the collegiate level.”

Junior Jackson Enright kicked off the scoring against Johns Hopkins in the first quarter with a quick goal less than thirty seconds in, and Captain Charlie Owens continued to set the tone with another score less than a minute later.

The Crimson took a 6-0 lead before Johns Hopkins finally got on the scoreboard, and the team never looked back, cruis­

BROOMSTICKS OUT Men’s water polo remains undefeated after sweeping all four of its opponents in the course of a day at the Bucknell Invitational. The team has won nine straight games, two of which were against top-25 opponents. quinn g. perini—Crimson photographer

ing to an easy victory.

Owens had a hat trick in the match, as did fellow captain Austin Sechrest. Freshman Colin Le posted four steals, and sophomore Noah Hodge had another strong outing with seven saves.

He was relieved in the fourth quarter by junior Oliver Oz, who recorded a save in a strong showing.

In the second game, Harvard faced its toughest opponent of the tournament, No. 14 George Washington.

Again, the Crimson jumped

out to an early lead, taking a four-goal advantage out of the first quarter, but the Colonials stormed back to cut the deficit to 7-6 in the second quarter.

Then Harvard pulled away and never looked back.

Freshman Gabe Putnam notched a hat trick, and senior Bennie Seybold tallied a hat trick of his own to go along with an assist and a steal.

As in last weekend’s tournament, the Crimson had an 8 a.m. start time on Sunday, but again the breakfast timing was no problem for Harvard’s ear-

ly-bird attack, which ripped off fourteen consecutive goals before Mercyhurst broke through with a few seconds left in the first half.

Junior Dennis Blyashov racked up five assists to tie his career high in the game, and Owens and freshman Kaleb Archer both had hat tricks.

To cap off the weekend, the Crimson beat Salem easily, scoring nine straight goals to start the game.

The defense held strong, surrendering just four goals, an output that Seybold matched

all by himself. Owens poured in yet another hat trick.

Oz saw plenty of action in the fourth match of the weekend and turned in a stellar performance behind Hodge with a career-high five saves.

On the weekend overall, Owens was the team’s scoring leader, with ten goals.

“We made some big steps forward this weekend on both ends of the pool,” said the captain.

“Defensively, we did a tremendous job of staying disciplined and creating counter attack opportunities. Offensively, we

were very patient and worked to create high quality opportunities.”

Bucur is looking forward to the team’s next showdown.

“Our next challenge comes in two weeks when conference play begins,” he said, “so we’re going to keep grinding until then and throughout the rest of the season.”

Harvard will head to New Jersey to take on Princeton in its first conference match on October 14. ben.stern@thecrimson.com

Field Hockey

No. 14 Harvard Surges to 4-1 Win over Maine

By CONNOR J. Wagaman Crimson Staff Writer

A productive second half powered No. 14 Harvard to a 4-1 victory over the University of Maine on Sunday for its final match before beginning Ivy League play next weekend in New Haven, Conn., against Yale.

Well into the third quarter,

the game remained tied. The Crimson (3-2) had dominated on offense and defense since Maine’s (1-6) game-tying penalty stroke with four minutes to play in the first, but, aside from the 11-4 shot count — the Harvard defense held the Black Bears to zero opportunities in the second and third quarters — the Crimson had little to show for its efforts.

Entering Sunday’s game, Harvard had yet to lead a game at the half. The Crimson kept that dubious streak alive against Maine, the score knotted at one apiece when the horn sounded.

“Our structure worked really well,” said Harvard coach Tjerk van Herwaarden. “We got a lot of turnovers forced on our pressing and their outletting.…

The outcome of those turnovers

was a little on the low end until the fourth quarter.”

A dominant third quarter looked to meet the same end as the second: Crimson command on both ends of the field, but no change in score for either side.

Then, with barely a minute remaining in the third, sophomore midfielder Rachel Greenwood fired from beyond the shooting circle for the twelfth

BEND IT LIKE BENTE Harvard co-captain Bente van Vlijmen scored twice in the Crimson’s 4-1 win over Maine on Sunday . Timothy R. O’meara—Crimson photographer

shot of the game — and the ninth shot since the Crimson’s sole goal of the match. The ball rebounded off the pads of Black Bears goalie Mia Borley and onto the waiting stick of junior forward Natalie Sicher.

Sicher collected, aimed, and scored for the go-ahead goal. A penalty corner seconds later offered an opportunity to further build the advantage, but Harvard was unable to cash in. The Crimson would need to hold onto its single-point lead for a quarter more to emerge with the win.

“We talked at halftime, and I think we did a really good job of making the field feel large and saying, ‘Guys, it’s really warm [86 degrees], don’t hold onto the ball. Pass it right when you get it,’” said Harvard co-captain Bente van Vlijmen. “I think we did a really good job of that.”

Aside from a defensive hiccup that allowed Maine to put up a shot in the second minute of action, Harvard had started off strong. Relentless pressure from the Crimson paid off, as Sicher broke away down the left side and passed off to senior forward Casey Allen, who quickly settled before arching the ball into the back of the net to put Harvard on the board.

The Black Bears responded with speed and strength. Two minutes after Allen’s score, Maine earned a penalty corner.

Although the Crimson managed to fend off the Black Bears’ attempt, Harvard only delayed its fate.

A foul was called during the stop, and Maine was awarded a penalty stroke. Sophomore goalie Ellie Shahbo dove toward the ball, but it snuck just under her right arm. The game was tied.

“In the first half we were a little bit frustrated,” van Vlijmen said. “We couldn’t really come out of our outlet, so we couldn’t really attack the way we wanted to.”

The fourth quarter proceeded much like the third: one-sided possession from the Crimson, with an occasional Black Bears breakaway corralled by the solid back line, but no change in score. Looking to force overtime, Maine boldly pulled its goalie with just under five minutes remaining. Harvard’s defense held strong and the offense took advantage of the empty net.

With four minutes to play, a rapid succession of passes directed the ball to van Vlijmen, who scored for her first goal of the season.

The Black Bears restored their goalie, but the Crimson’s continued pressure was not done paying off. Two minutes later, a Harvard penalty corner brought the ball to van Vlijmen’s stick again. Aimed with devastating precision, the ball found its mark to give the Crimson the 4-1 victory.

“We started a process, and I think we need to hold onto that process and trust what we’re doing — clearly it works,” van Herwaarden said. “I think what went really well today was our press. And I think that against this team it was still very difficult to capitalize on … turnovers, but once we have that going on for us … it gives us energy.”

Harvard looks to extend its two-game win streak as it heads to New Haven on September 28 to open Ivy League play at 12 p.m. against Yale. connor.wagaman@thecrimson.com

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football vs. san diego state l, 31-23 __________________________________________________________

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women’s tennis Harvard fAll classic W ___________________________________________________________

women’s volLeyball vs. Syracuse L, 3-1 ___________________________________________________________

Field hockey vs. maine W, 4-1 ___________________________________________________________

football

San Diego State Staves off Late Push from Harvard

By James Joyce Crimson Staff Writer

It was Groundhog Day – albeit five months early – in San Diego, history repeating itself three quarters in a row as the Crimson transcended time zones to take on its first competitor of the season. However, the only shadow that those at Torero Stadium saw this Saturday was that of the football gliding from the hands of San Diego quarterback Reid Sinnett to his endzone-bound receivers.

The opening few seconds of the contest’s first and second quarters were eerily similar: both were initiated with a passionate cry of “touuuchdown, San Diego!” as each impeccable pass set the stage for the subsequent fifteen minutes. Spectators were left wondering if, in the spirit of Bill Murray, they truly were reliving the same quarter over and over again – or if Sinnett was just that damn good. In the end, Sinnett and the Toreros proved just good enough, staving off a late Harvard comeback attempt to take home a 31-23 victory.

Coming into the game, Harvard had never been outscored by the Toreros, holding a 3-0 series lead against its Pioneer League competitors. Though the squad lost a whopping 31 seniors since it last took the gridiron, the Crimson was coming off of a three-game win streak from the 2018 season, “antsy” to once again pick up the pigskin.

However, Harvard was noticeably lacking one significant senior. Captain Wesley Ogsbury was barred from taking the field due to a controversial helmet-to-helmet contact penalty during last year’s season finale against Yale. His emergence from the locker room at halftime certainly contributed to a last-ditch, fourth-quarter effort by Harvard to take down its California competitor. Regardless, this attempted comeback was for naught, with the “West Coast, best coast” mentality overcoming any confidence the Crimson may have held.

Ogsbury was not the only noticeable absence from the Harvard sideline. Running back Aaron Shampklin and wide receiver Tyler Adams were not in uniform for the Crimson’s opening contest. The pair of juniors are not enrolled in classes this semester, but are expected back to the team next fall.

For Harvard, the beginning of the end was spelt out within the game’s first seven seconds.

The Crimson’s opening kick seemed to have relegated the Toreros to their own side of the field, but that was about the best Harvard could do. In his first throw of the game, the deadset Sinnett launched a 65-yard pass to receiver Michael Bandy, making for the first pass, completion, and touchdown of the game. While Sinnett may have been the best a team can get, for San Diego, the addition of receiver Michael Bandy was certainly fine and dandy.

“We played what we were capable of doing on both sides of the ball,” said San Diego coach Dale Lindsey. “I mean, our offense has really been a delight, they’ve been a surprise. Reid [Sinnett]’s been exceptionally good – we know Bandy can play, there some other receivers there. Our offense has been able to run the ball, they sustain drives, they get the big plays.”

If history repeated itself at the start of the second quarter, the third quarter saw history stop in its tracks and turn a complete 180. The Bandy-Sinnett duet was replaced with a Smith-Chrest twosome as Harvard quarterback Jake Smith lofted a 75-yard heave to receiver Cody Chrest for the Crimson’s first touchdown of the game. The rest of the quarter saw the two teams toil through the trenches, with each Torero penalty countered by a Harvard incompletion. However, the gains that the Crimson made were rendered irrelevant – Sinnett’s mid-quarter drive down the field ended in a rushing touchdown, bringing the score to a solid 31-7.

That’s when the tides be-

4TH AND LONG The Crimson struggled for the first three quarters, trailing by as many as 24 points, before finally finding its groove late in the fourth to lose 23-31. timothy R. O’Meara —Crimson photographer

gan to turn. Though the fourth-quarter was the only of its kind not to see a touchdown reception within the first ten seconds, a Smith lob to freshman tight end Kyle Klink upped the Crimson’s total by six – something that Harvard could certainly Klink it’s glass to. A sloppy San Diego drive sent the ball back into Smith’s hands, with the Crimson crusader sending an 80-yard pass to junior receiver Jack Cook for the fourth successful downfield bomb of the game.

“I just think these [last] three games have been against really, really good competition,” Lindsey said. “If you look at this Harvard team what I noticed about them is they recruited tall and guys with length. They didn’t have little short arm guys out there, all their players were tall with long arms. Coach has done a great job there. I’ll tell you what, I’d like to have some of his players come here and play.”

The Toreros’ offensive hustle in the first quarter was matched by the squad’s defensive domi-

nance – a speedy seven-play, 23yard drive by the Crimson, their first of the afternoon, forced a punt and sent the pigskin back into the hands of Sinnett.

The next ten minutes were fatal for Harvard. The only time the competitors from Cambridge even felt the ball over the course of that period – a decade in Football Time® – was during a failed interception attempt by linebacker Jack McGowan.

That was the only instance where San Diego appeared to be even close to losing possession.

“They possess the ball for 34 minutes a game,” said Harvard coach Tim Murphy. “Which means they stay on the field for offense.”

Two of Bandy’s signature snags saved the Toreros from facing early-drive fourth downs, bringing San Diego to a whopping 77 yards on the drive.

However, replacing Sinnett with running quarterback Alex Farina proved to be a fatal flaw for the offense; even after Sinnett was sent back out onto the field after a failed pass by Fa-

rina, the Toreros couldn’t get their mojo back. San Diego had to settle for the field goal, but those easy three points were three points better than the Crimson could do, as an unsuccessful Harvard drive sent both teams into the second quarter.

As Bandy’s reign of dominance was coming to an end, San Diego receiver Dalton Kincaid’s was just beginning. Within seven seconds, the Nevada native nabbed a Sinnett hail mary in the endzone, pushing the Toreros’ lead up to 17. A near-safety in the next play threatened to bump that lead by a pair of points, but a facemask penalty on San Diego saved the Crimson from being taken down in its own endzone.

A combination of two 19yard rushes by Harvard running back Devin Darrington dared to put the Crimson on the scoreboard, but a missed field goal by senior kicker Jake McIntyre dashed any hopes of a first-half comeback. Sinnett, the ball back in Torero hands, decided to vary his arsenal of

receivers with an 18-yard toss to Alex Spadone at the tail-end of his next drive, resulting in yet another Torero touchdown. A disheartened Harvard then ran out the clock, bringing the half – and any promise of a Crimson scoreboard appearance – to an end. The Toreros’ latter half was defined by penalties and fumbles.

However, their second-semester senior mentality was not enough to propel Harvard to victory. Down by 11, an important McIntyre field goal cut the deficit to eight points. Adding to its significance, the kick made McIntyre the school’s all-time leader in field goals.

The late kick brought the score to 31-23, a total at which the count was destined to stay.

An interception by San Diego safety Daniel Tolbert with a minute left in the game cemented victory for the Toreros, bringing the bullfight to an end and leaving the Crimson seeing red. james.joyce@thecrimson.com

Women’s Soccer

Harvard Shuts Out Long Island University

By Ben Morris Crimson Staff Writer

W ith conference play just around the corner, the women’s soccer team seems to be hitting its stride perfectly, and it could not come at a better time. With a dominant 5-0 shutout win over Long Island University (17-1) on Saturday, the Crimson moved into third place among Ivy League schools–falling just behind Dartmouth (7-1) and ­

Brown (6-1-1).

Even more impressive, though, has been Harvard’s performance in the past three games to conclude non-conference play. In the last week, the team has defeated the University of Connecticut (4-3-1), UMass Lowell (1-6-1), and Long Island University–outscoring the three with a combined score of 12-2 (21-10 on the year).

“As a team, we feel like we are in a really good place right

now,” said sophomore midfielder/forward Sophie Hirst.

“We’ve hardly had time to practice the last few weeks since we have had so many games, so we’ve had to fix most of our problems on the fly. Now that we have an understanding of what we do well and what we need work on, we have a whole week of practice before we kick off Ivy season with Penn next Saturday.”

The victory against LIU

marked the third shut out of the year for the Crimson. The combination of continual solid play from both the offense and defense, as well as the goalkeepers, is going to make Harvard a very difficult opponent to most teams, especially if it continues to improve and play at the recent pace it has been. It is clear that these past three games have set a precedent for how good this squad can actually be.

“I think the three-game win

SKY’S THE LIMIT The women’s soccer team’s impressive performance of late has fans buzzing about its potential this season. timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

streaks speaks to the fact that the pieces are starting to really come together,” said first-year forward Angela Caloia. “We all knew that we had great potential, but now the chemistry is starting to really materialize and being on the field is more fun every time. We’ve been at it for a full month now, and every game we’ve been focused on fixing all the details that could’ve been better the game before. I think that above and beyond the results, the past three games have shown that we’re been able to dictate our style of play against different opposition.”

The LIU game opened with a lightning-quick pace, as Caloia netted a goal just over nine minutes into the game. Caloia has continued her impressive start to the season, as she now leads the team in total points (16), assists (8), and is tied with Hirst for the most goals (4). Less than five minutes later, firstyear midfielder/forward Gabby DelPico added another goal, giving the Crimson an early 2-0 advantage.

Shortly into the second half, Hirst tapped in her fourth goal of the season on a nice center from first-year midfielder Hollyn Torres. Despite building a relatively comfortable lead, Harvard had no intention of slowing down or taking any chances by leaving the game in doubt.

In the 61st minute, Caloia drove by the LIU defense and, with a beautiful cross, fed junior forward Murphy Agnew to set up another goal. Finally, the Crimson capped off its scoring barrage (all five of which came from different players) with one

last goal from sophomore forward Trinity Thomas.

Despite the abundant success this year, the team knows it still has a long way to go. “Heading into conference play, obviously our goal is to win the Ivy League and advance to the NCAA tournament, but that can’t happen without the whole team committing to do the thing they do best for us,” said Hirst.

“If we stick to our roles and be the best at what we do best, we know our team can be great.

For me and our forwards, that’s continuing to work together on and off the ball, taking people on and being creative, creating lots of scoring opportunities.”

Harvard is well aware that many large challenges still lay ahead, but rather than dwell on potential difficulties, the team is getting more and more excited to prove itself this season and continue its success into Ivy League play.

“Everyone is buzzing and it feels like all of the work we’ve put in is about to be tested,” said Caloia. “Honestly, I’m looking forward to all of our games, but right now the full focus is on Penn this Saturday. It’s a massive opportunity to start conference play on the right foot and make a statement about who the team is and what our goals are for the season.”

The play as of late has had fans buzzing about the potential this team has for an exceptional year, and it seems like with every player being on the same page and improving every game, the sky is the limit for the Crimson. benjamin.morris@thecrimson.com