The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLVI, No. 98

The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXlvi No. 98 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Monday, October 7, 2019

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We worry the College and FAS are spreading themselves too thin

OSAPR hosts conference on combatting gender-based violence

In historic match, Harvard football tramples Howard, 62-17

SFFA Files Harvard Notice of Appeal Closes Fryer’s EdLabs

By Camille G. Caldera Crimson Staff Writer

Students for Fair Admissions filed a notice of appeal to the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals Friday afternoon in its longtime suit against Harvard alleging that the College’s admissions process unlawfully discriminates against Asian American applicants.

A notice of appeal instructs the lower court to “assemble the record” of case materials amassed throughout the trial and send a “notice of assembly” to the Appeals Court.

The notice comes just three days after judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled in favor of Harvard in federal district court Tuesday. She cleared the University of all four counts of alleged wrongdoing — including intentional discrmination against Asian Americans and inadequate exploration of race-neutral alternatives — and affirmed the value of diversity in higher education under Supreme Court precedent.

The high-profile lawsuit has ­

attracted national media attention since SFFA filed its complaint in 2014. Experts have speculated that the case could eventually go to the Supreme Court and decide the fate of affirmative action policies at private colleges and universities nationwide. The additional litigation could take years.

SFFA President Edward J. Blum wrote in an emailed statement that the organization is “looking forward” to the appeals process.

“Students for Fair Admissions looks forward to making our appeal to the US First Circuit Court of Appeals and, if necessary, to the US Supreme Court,” Blum wrote.

William F. Lee ’72 — the lead trial lawyer for Harvard and the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body — said that Harvard will “vigorously” defend Burrough’s decision.

“The Court’s ruling that Harvard does not discriminate on the basis of race in its

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By Shera S. Avi-yonah Crimson Staff Writer

Harvard shuttered Economics professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr.’s research lab, the Education Innovation Laboratory, on Monday after more than a decade of operation, according to its website.

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay announced EdLabs would close in a July email to the Economics department that also detailed other sanctions against Fryer, who was the subject of three Harvard-led Title IX investigations and one financial investigation. Though Gay did not announce the results of individual investigations, she wrote at the time that the University found Fryer had “engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct” toward ­

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Economics professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr., who is currently on administrative leave following allegations of sexual harassment, founded the Education Innovation Laboratory in 2008. Shera S. Avi-yonah—Crimson photographer

Harvard Submits Brief on DACA

Winthrop Students Say Culture Is Better

By Shera S. Avi-Yonah and Delano R. Franklin Crimson Staff Writers

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Harvard and 18 other colleges and universities jointly filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Thursday as part of an ongoing lawsuit over the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Obama-era program.

The University of California originally filed the suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2017, arguing that ending DACA — a program that allows undocumented youth brought to the U.S. as children to live and work in the U.S. — violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Fifth Amendment. The Court is scheduled to hear arguments Nov. 12.

The amicus brief warns that if DACA is dismissed, “remarkable students” enrolled at the institutions would not obtain the “full benefit” of their education. The schools also wrote that the end of DACA would hurt recruitment and retention of talented international students.

“Indeed, ending DACA would force future scholars, innovators, and leaders to choose between withdrawing to the margins of our society and national economy or returning to countries that they have never called home,” the brief reads.

“Whatever they choose, their gifts and education will be lost to this nation.”

Other schools joining Harvard in the brief include Yale, MIT, and Brown. The brief states each school has admitted DACA recipients.

Harvard has long lobbied for federal protections for its undocumented students and staff.

In July, University President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote a letter to United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan to convey his “deep concern” about uncertain immigration policies enacted by ­

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Winthrop House residents say the House’s atmosphere has improved this semester after the departure of former Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., who attracted controversy for his decision to represent Harvey Weinstein in court.

Interim Faculty Deans Mark D. Gearan ’78 and Mary Herlihy-Gearan, who were appointed in July, will continue to lead Winthrop until the College finds a permanent replacement for Sullivan and co-Faculty Dean Stephanie R. Robinson.

Roughly a dozen Winthrop students said House life has become more active this semester; those who lived in Winthrop last year said they experienced a marked contrast when they returned to the College after the summer.

Winthrop resident Audrey E. Pettner ’21 said she thinks the House’s atmosphere is “so much better” under Gearan ­

By Alexandra A. Chaidez and AidAn F. Ryan

Winthrop House students say they hope the House’s permanent faculty deans will prioritize student interaction and well-being. Delano R. Franklin—Crimson photographer

UC Funds Cultural Events, Bike Subsidies

By Kevin R. Chen Crimson Staff Writer

The Undergraduate Council voted to allocate funds for its Cultural Celebration Week and a bike subsidy program for low-income students at its general meeting on Sunday.

The UC allocated $5,100 to fund the Cultural Celebration Week. The event will comprise a discussion forum on Oct. 24 and a Cultural Celebration Night in the Smith Campus Center on Oct. 26, according to the legislation.

Both events will be open to all College students.

UC President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 and Vice President Julia M. Huesa ’20 co-sponsored the legislation to fund the programming.

The cultural week is in part a response to the fact that “several cultural and affinity organizations have noted the need for events that bring together these various groups,” accord­

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ing to the legislation.

The Smith Campus Center allowed the UC to rent the space for Cultural Celebration Night at no cost, according to the budget breakdown.

As a result, the majority of the funds will be used towards catering services during that event.

The event will feature a student DJ and a playlist with songs requested by various cultural groups on campus, according to Palaniappan.

Madison A. Trice ’21, the Council’s Director of Inclusion and Belonging; James Mathew ’21, the Council’s Chief of Inclusion and Belonging; and the Harvard Foundation Student Advisory Committee Chair, Adinawa D.M.A. Adjagbodjou ’20 will lead the discussion forum.

The Student Advisory Committee is a group of representatives from student

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and Herlihy-Gearan’s leadership. She said the two have spent more time in the dining hall and invited students to the faculty dean residence more regularly. She added that she hopes the next set of faculty deans will follow their lead.

“I’d hope [to have] someone that would uphold similar principles of community involvement,” Pettner said. “I don’t even think I realized how absent our other faculty deans were until this semester. I don’t know if maybe they’re just extra involved because of how crazy it was.”

Sullivan did not immediately respond to a request for comment on student criticisms of his tenure.

Sullivan announced in January that he would serve as part of Weinstein’s legal team as the Hollywood producer faces criminal charges including rape and sexual assault. Months of student outcry and protest followed the announcement.

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Candidates for Cambridge City Council speak at an open forum hosted by the Cambridge Citizens Coalition on Sunday night. Brendan J. Chapuis—Crimson photographer

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For Lunch Cuban Pork Sandwich Honey Mustard Chicken Quinoa and Vegetable Jambalaya

For Dinner Red Curry Chicken Thighs Crispy Flounder with Daikon Sauce Spicy Tofu with Green Beans

Today’s Events January Programs in Latin America Info Session CGIS S216, 4:30-6 p.m.

in The Real World Fatal Bar Shooting in Kansas City

Looking to brush up on that Spanish you forgot in high school or to spend January abroad? The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies is discussing their winternships available in Mexico, Chile, and Puerto Rico over light refreshments today.

In Kansas City, Kan., two men entered a bar and started shooting, leaving four people dead and five others wounded. Investigators believe it was an isolated incident.

Bernie Sanders Recovering from Heart Attack

Bernie Sanders went to the hospital earlier this week after experiencing a heart attack, according to his medical team. He was released on Sunday and has said that he feels better and plans to continue on the campaign trail.

Choose Your Own Adventure with Adam Conner Institute of Politics L166, 7-8 p.m.

Learn all about Adam Conner’s fascinating journey to founding Facebook’s D.C. office and his time at the Center for American Progress. If that isn’t tempting enough, dinner will be served to all those in attendance.

RSVP now and join them today.

Activision Network Night Winthrop JCR, 7 p.m.

Come join the Harvard College Esports Association to learn about the gaming industry. While you are checking out the event in the Winthrop Junior Common Room, make sure to stay to play some Crash Team Racing!

Half Alive, an indie pop trio best known for their single “still feel,” perform in Boston at Paradise Rock Club Thursday night. Mia B. Frothingham—Crimson photographer

Rise of Dengue Brings Up Climate Change Questions

Daily Briefing Students for Fair Admissions filed a notice of appeal in its lawsuit against Harvard Friday. Judge Allison D. Burroughs had previously ruled in favor of Harvard, finding that there was no evidence that the College had intentionally discriminated against Asian American applicants. In other news, Harvard formally closed Economics professor Roland G. Fryer Jr.’s research lab, the Education Innovation Laboratory, as part of its sanctions against him. Fryer is currently on a two-year administrative leave after the University found he had engaged in “unwelcome sexual conduct.”

Some experts believe that the rise of this mosquito-borne illness around the globe may be due to climate change. Current reports have this year’s outbreak numbers matching the worst years on record for dengue by the year’s end.

Around the Ivies Yale Former Yale cardiology professor Michael Simons filed a lawsuit against Yale last week for the second time for gender based discrimination, after the University took away his professorship and chairship when he was found responsible for sexual misconduct. Simons, a Caucasian male, claims that the University has never punished a woman more than once due to a single conduct violation, while he was punished twice, losing both his chairship and professorship. Yale revoked Simons’s chairship following public outcry because of his sexual misconduct.

Princeton

Princeton hosted a conference on campus called Thrive to celebrate its black alumni over the weekend. Michelle Obama, who graduated in 1985, sent a surprise video message via Instagram to attendees; she had previously described her time on campus as “scary” because the campus was “extremely white and very male.” Her brother cochaired the conference, which included group discussions, performances and exhibitions, and presentations on topics ranging from entrepreneurship to civic engagement.

penn

The University of Pennsylvania renamed its School of Design after fashion icon and 1963 Wharton graduate Stuart Weitzman amid controversy raised by current design graduate students. The decision was made by Penn trustees, and design students were frustrated because of the lack of transparency and student input into the naming. Students also expressed their frustration that Weitzman’s profession is not related to any academic program offered at Penn, while Penn president Amy Gutmann defended the choice by arguing for the importance of Weitzmans’ contribution.

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Harvard Closes SFFA Fryer’s EdLabs Files Appeal Notice multiple individuals and had violated the FAS Professional Conduct Policy.

Fryer founded EdLabs in 2008 to examine the economic roots of racial inequality in educational achievement. The lab occupied the third floor of 1280 Massachusetts Ave. and counted the Pritzker Foundation, Edythe and Eli Broad, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation among its funders.

Fryer and the researchers he employed pursued projects to assess charter schools’ effectiveness and explore the use of incentives in public education.

His 2016 paper tracking racial disparities in the use of force by police officers attracted significant attention and controversy.

A lab employee first filed a Title IX complaint against Fryer nearly two years ago, alleging he created a hostile environment in EdLabs and had committed “egregious” acts of verbal sexual harassment. In the next several months, two more Title IX complaints, a financial investigation, and a now-closed investigation by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination followed. The New York Times reported that, at the close of the first Title IX investigation, Harvard found Fryer engaged in six of 32 counts of “unwelcome conduct.”

Gay announced the sanctions to the Economics department only after reviewing the results of all four Harvard-led inquiries. In addition to closing EdLabs, she placed Fryer on a two-year administrative leave, during which he cannot teach or conduct research using Harvard resources.

Fryer has repeatedly denied the allegations of sexual misconduct. He did not respond to a request for comment on EdLabs’s closure or his current employment. The venture capital firm Equal Opportunity Ventures currently lists Fryer as a founder and board member on its website.

Dennis R. Berounsky, who served as EdLabs’s finance as-

sociate before its closure, wrote in an email that the lab was in a state of flux well before Monday.

“For the past eighteen months, EdLabs has been a place of uncertainty and anxiety. Uncertainty over the ability to continue significant research connecting education and inequality. Anxiety over the always imminent loss of a job,” Berounsky wrote. “Harvard and the Faculties of Arts & Sciences have reached their conclusions, and while I don’t completely agree with their processes or outcomes, I do accept and respect their final decisions.”

In March 2018, several months after the first Title IX complaint was filed, Harvard barred Fryer and his chief of staff Bradley M. Allan from setting foot in the lab as part of a set of “interim measures.” The University also installed an interim director and required Fryer and Allan to copy the interim director on all emails sent to EdLabs staff.

If Fryer returns after his two-year leave, he will spend an additional two years unable to advise or supervise students, and will teach undergraduate classes “subject to monitoring by a Title IX-trained individual,” according to Gay’s July email.

Harvard spokesperson Rachael Dane wrote in an email Friday that the University remains committed to the kind of work EdLabs pursued.

“Although the program will no longer continue, FAS remains steadfastly committed to fostering its important mission of eliminating educational inequality,” she wrote. “EdLabs staff members have been supported in a number of ways, including an extended notice period to wind down work and explore other job opportunities, as well as transitional assistance, including help with job searches.”

admissions process, and that Harvard’s pursuit of the diverse student body central to its educational mission is lawful, was very gratifying and provides a clear path forward to resolve this important case,” Lee said in a statement Friday. “Harvard will vigorously defend the Court’s decision in this case.”

Though Burroughs ruled in Harvard’s favor, she wrote in her decision that the College could take additional steps to ensure its admissions process is fair.

She suggested providing admissions officers implicit bias training, maintaining clear guidelines on the use of race in the admissions process, and monitoring race-related statistical disparities The lawsuit has already given outsiders a glimpse into the College’s famously secretive admissions process. During the high-profile, three-week trial last October, top administrators, expert witnesses, and current students testified about the College’s admissions policies and its diverse student population.

In the months leading up to the trial, thousands of pages of documents — including internal communications, depositions, and admissions scoring criteria — also became public, placing Harvard under further scrutiny.

Havard still faces a separate investigation by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division into the College’s admissions policies. The DOJ opened its investigation at least as early as 2017 and filed a statement of interest in the SFFA lawsuit in August 2018 alleging that Harvard practices “unlawful racial discrimination” against Asian American applicants.

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UC Funds Cultural Events, Bike Subsidies organizations that have a mission of “improving race relations and promoting intercultural awareness and understanding,” according to the Harvard Foundation website.

Huesa said that she and Palaniappan reached out to student cultural organizations on campus to help plan the event.

“This event looked pretty different a few weeks ago than what it is now,” she said

The UC also voted to allocate $6,000 for a bike subsidy program for students that are Student Events Fund-eligible.

The UC first piloted a bike subsidy program in 2018 for SEF-eligible students living in the Quad and quickly expanded the program to include students living in Mather and Dunster Houses after it received significant student interest.

This year, all SEF-eligible

students at the College, including freshmen and students residing off-campus, will qualify for the program.

While freshmen were not eligible for subsidies in the proposed legislation at the meeting, Oak Yard representative Ethan J. Johnstone ’23 submitted an amendment to include freshmen, which the Council passed.

The program will provide

a $50 subsidy to a maximum of 120 eligible students to purchase a bike, scooter, or skateboard.

Students living in the Quad, Dudley Community, or off campus will receive priority for the bike subsidies over students living in River Houses and freshmen, according to the legislation. kevin.chen@thecrimson.com

OSAPR Discusses Gender-Based Violence

By Michelle G. kurilla Crimson Staff Writer

Roughly 100 Harvard affiliates participated in roundtable discussions at the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response’s day-long conference on gender-based violence Friday.

The conference featured multiple panels of experts and activists who work to prevent gender-based violence. Keynote speakers Global Executive Director of No More Pamela Zaballa and Latinos United for Peace and Equity Co-Founder Ruby White-Starr highlighted the global nature of the issue, arguing that people must work to overcome their biases to combat the problem.

“Prevention for gender-based violence needs to be truly a global effort. It can’t be what we do in our office every day,” Zaballa said. “It has to be a collective effort.”

White-Starr said people cannot fully comprehend issues of oppression until they recognize their privilege and “increase ­

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cultural capacity” to understand others’ experiences.

“Increasing our capacity includes being aware of our own biases,” Starr said. “It’s not about learning why that person is that way. It’s about learning why you are the way you are and why you believe what you believe.”

The panels gave activists and professionals in the field an opportunity to share their work and discuss the healing process for survivors of gender-based violence. In between the panels, participants took part in workshops ranging in topic from “Recognizing and Responding to Violence Against Students with Disabilities” to “The Whole System Approach: Global Perspectives on Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention.”

Several panelists spoke about the impact of gender-based violence on historically marginalized groups.

Panelist Eileen Hudon (Mashkawaziiziibiikwe) — founder of Mending the Sacred Hoop, the Minnesota Indian

Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, and Women of Nations — said she started a sexual assault advocacy training program for Native women of all ages. The program’s weekly meetings incorporated drums, which Hudon said are symbols of healing.

“Every graduate of our sexual assault advocacy program made a drum,” Hudon said.

“Now, that is a very powerful thing because through assimilation and altercation we are told as Native women that we shouldn’t bang on a drum or have a hand drum.”

Filmmaker and activist Aishah Shahidah Simmons shared details about her work, which has compiled stories from people of diverse backgrounds who have experienced gender-based violence. Her latest project, an anthology titled “love WITH accountability,” encompasses 43 stories and explains how accountability is a necessary form of love needed to address child sexual abuse.

Simmons said she faced challenges while working on the

2006 film “No! The Rape Documentary,” which explores issues of sexual assault through personal testimonies by black women, because her project challenged stereotypes.

“There was a lot of resistance and anger about presenting patterns and assessments,” Simmons said. “It didn’t follow the stereotypes of the narrative that people had.”

Some of the panelists had done work in higher education institutions and drew from those experiences.

University of Michigan Director of Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center Kaaren Williamsen said it is important to meet the needs of victims of gender-based violence by allowing them to tell their stories without interruption or hostile questioning.

“My goals have shifted along the way in my career to figure out how can we create institutional responses that do these things,” Williamnsen said. michelle.kurilla@thecrimson.com

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A Campus Divided

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he Faculty Council has begun considering scheduling options for the new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences campus in Allston, due to open next fall.

Unfortunately, past significant logistical changes, such as last year’s implementation of the new academic course schedule, cannot be said to have gone especially smoothly.

Given that, we hope the administration has taken special care to learn from and avoid the mistakes of that process as it turns to scheduling for the Allston campus.

Integrating Allston into the College next year will require a number of complex logistical maneuvers to function

As many students’ aversion over the distance to the Quad demonstrates, geography is not a problem to underestimate or under-plan for. well if it is not to worsen the learning experience of students attending classes there.

As many students’ aversion over the distance to the Quad demonstrates, geography is not a problem to underestimate or under-plan for.

And the Allston campus raises other problems, like guaranteeing students timely access to food and minimizing the number of trips necessary in a given day.

But ultimately, our biggest worry is that the College and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is spreading itself too thin.

The geographic divergence of campuses, residential facilities, and disciplines runs counter to the liberal arts commitment that students have access

to a broad range of opportunities and experiences by encouraging siloing between the various geographic spaces.

We are concerned the University has not adequately considered the possibility that the physical separation of the SEAS campus from the rest of the school will lead to a deeper psychological one as well.

Scheduling choices will not just determine the times when students take classes; they will have effects on academic philosophies.

To that end, the new scheduling system should not operate under the assumption that all SEAS students will necessarily spend most of their time in Allston, even if the faculty hope to arrange classes such that travel time between the two campuses is minimized.

It would be a shame if timing and logistical issues discouraged technical students who want to pursue and integrate other non-technical disciplines from doing so.

Diverse combinations of classes and disciplines are exactly the ones we should encourage — combinations that would not be easily anticipated by a proposed new predictive easing algorithm to calculate conflicts between popular courses.

Indeed, we have previously stated our support for initiatives which seek to join disparate fields together, as they fulfill the College’s professed mission of offering a premier liberal arts education.

That said, this proposed predictive easing algorithm is a positive indicator that FAS is looking to take these challenges seriously.

It aims to anticipate pairs of courses SEAS students might take in the same semester and control for time conflicts.

Such a tool would in fact be valuable not just for classes taking place in Allston, but all classes across FAS. Since

the new scheduling system allows for fewer time slots in the day than the previous system, it appears that students of all disciplines are facing more conflicts between classes that prohibit them

We are concerned the University has not adequately considered the possibility that the physical separation of the SEAS campus from the rest of the school will lead to a deeper psychological one as well. from taking courses they would ideally take together.

However, given the University’s prior technological fiascos, most recently with my.harvard during shopping week, our optimism for this algorithm is tempered with a healthy dose of caution.

And of course, technological stopgaps that help alleviate the problem of geography, such as this predictive analysis tool or a desperately needed more timely shuttle system, can only be that — stopgaps.

As Allston’s opening date nears, the administration naturally must turn to these thorny practical issues.

But we urge FAS and the University to keep in mind that effective scheduling for Allston is about more than logistical integration.

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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The Weight of ‘Me-search’

Laura S. Veira-Ramirez A wild tongue

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he journey through studying your own communities leads to desensitization. You learn how to swallow your pain to produce writing. Your identity and experiences become intellectualized. You find a sense of control in advocating for yourself through your research, fluctuating between feeling overwhelmed by your personal connection to your topic and your detachment in turning it into a research project.

We learn to give presentations about topics so closely linked to our own marginalized identities and traumatic experiences without flinching.

Rehearse and rehearse until you perfect it. The audience wonders how you do it. Some thank you for your contributions. Others invalidate your work as “me-search,” putting it on a lower rank and overlooking its importance as academic work.

While there is a joy in feeling like your fingers are running on autopilot on the keys of your laptop as you get your message across, there are also stark reminders that the trauma doesn’t leave you when you pour it out onto the pages in neat sentences and citations. There are also times when the words don’t come because you feel burnt out. *** When I took my first immigration class, I felt seen. I felt validated. I felt recognized.

I saw it as my first “fun class” mixed in with my math and science classes at the time. I appreciated the balance it brought to my STEM focused schedule my first year of college. But one class did not feel like enough.

It felt like I was drowning in STEM, so I dropped that path and followed my passion: studying immigration. Because I had only ever taken an immigration class as a “fun class,” I was under the impression that life would be easier now that I had steered away from my intended chemistry concentration.

My first semester studying immigration, I declared a concentration in History and Literature for the Ethnic Studies track and finally felt like I was where I belonged. I took on more and more immigration classes throughout several departments. Though I felt happier with all that I was learning, I noticed the effect these personal topics had as I began to feel like my own personal experiences, my classes, my relationships, and my extracurriculars revolved around im-

The passion kept me going as I got more and more hopeful for what I was studying, but the occasional stress still found its way in. This stress is different from academic stress. This one is personal.

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Divestment, So Much More than Optics

By Alyx j. Britton, James H. Coleman, and Caleb D. Schwartz

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ast week, William A. McConnell ’21’s opinion column criticized Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard — of which we are members — for three reasons: our platform prioritizes optics over effective strategy; our tactics are too abrasive; and we are responding to unfounded climate alarmism.

McConnell’s first flawed assumption is that we operate purely on “optics,” not strategy. Divestment is one of many

The second critique is of our tactics. Blockades and protests may rub people the wrong way, but that’s the point. Disruptive protest opens conversations around marginalized and oppressed ideas. solutions to the climate crisis, based on a belief that we cannot create necessary systemic change while continuing to reinforce broken systems.

Harvard would join $11 trillion

worth of already-divested funds, helping to remove the social license of companies profiting on the destruction of our planet.

The second critique is of our tactics.

Blockades and protests may rub people the wrong way, but that’s the point.

Disruptive protest opens conversations around marginalized and oppressed ideas.

We draw inspiration from a long history of activism that has driven the University to take necessary action in the past (similar tactics led to the creation of African and African American Studies department in 1968-70).

Before our campaign, Harvard largely refused to even engage in conversation about divestment.

Finally, we don’t have time for minimization of the climate crisis.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives us until 2030 to drastically cut emissions or hundreds of millions will face extreme poverty and despair.

Our fears are founded by internationally accepted, consensus-based science, not unfounded panic.

We seek urgency because right now, we’re not doing enough.

On this point, even University President Lawrence S. Bacow agrees.

At the end of the day, Divest Harvard is fueled not by fear, but by hope.

The climate crisis is not a lost cause.

It’s an overwhelming challenge and that’s why we’re starting at home.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives us until 2030 to drastically cut emissions or hundreds of millions will face extreme poverty and despair.

We can turn inwards, towards our own University, the world’s richest, and do our best to ensure that when it comes to the climate crisis, Harvard lands on the right side of history.

—Alyx J. Britton ’21 is an Environmental Science and Public Policy and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies concentrator in Leverett House. James H. Coleman ’21 is a Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology concentrator in Dunster House. Caleb D. Schwartz ’20, a Crimson Multimedia editor, is an Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrator in Adams House. All three writers are members of Divest Harvard.

migration. I noticed the intense anxiety as I felt trapped in my studies and wondered if I made the right decision. Reality was setting in that this was not going to be easier than STEM. The passion kept me going as I got more and more hopeful for what I was studying, but the occasional stress still found its way in. This stress is different from academic stress. This one is personal.

Once I finally figured out a balance with my life and research when it came to immigration, my work took another turn as I encountered more readings in my class on social movements that forced me to come to terms with my confusion around my sexuality. I learned about my own sexuality as I studied gay liberation and became more interested in the Undocuqueer Movement. I felt like I was able to come to terms with my sexuality thanks to academics like Gloria Anzaldúa and Audre Lorde. Figuring out my sexuality became a new research project. Their work became a driving force for me as I hoped my own writing could one day have the effects theirs have.

I added Women, Gender, and Sexuality as a joint concentration, took four WGS classes my junior spring to catch up, and found myself feeling a similar overload to when I took on too many immigration classes.

Outside of class, I experienced a homophobic microaggression that resulted in me shutting down one weekend. Readings were piled up for me to complete, but I didn’t feel like I had the capacity for them. How was I supposed to do any readings when I still had so much of my own internalized homophobia to work through? How could I read about immigration law and detention when my own future felt so out of my own control? *** There have been many instances when I need to step back from my work because my personal life gets in the way. It becomes hard to separate the two. The anxiety is recurring as this work becomes complicated. We risk burnout. We worry we’ll be seen as imposters in our own communities. We open ourselves to negative feedback from academics who don’t have a personal stake in our work the way we do. We have to stand up for ourselves as we try to carve room for ourselves in the academy. In thinking about going on to grad school after college, I worry about how to make this work sustainable. It is important to find a balance. We have to learn how to take breaks from it. We need constant reminders that we are more than our research and the parts of us that fuel it. We need to constantly remind ourselves the purpose and worth of our contributions when we feel like we can’t escape our research or when people try to invalidate it.

—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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City Council Candidates Debate Affordable Housing

By Declan j. Knieriem Crimson Staff Writer

Ten of 22 candidates for Cambridge City Council made their case to voters Sunday night at an open forum, discussing issues from affordable housing to the state of businesses in Harvard Square.

The forum, held at Lesley University, was sponsored by the Cambridge Citizens Coalition and was the third candidate forum in the past several weeks.

Keeping in line with the most recent forum directly related to environmental issues, many candidates spoke about climate change, and how the city can reduce its impact.

Candidate Nicola A. Williams said she believes any new building in Cambridge should have to be certified as a net zero emissions project.

Candidate Patricia M. “Patty” Nolan ’80 addressed the city’s ongoing issue with the loss of its tree canopy, arguing that its continued degradation presents a “real danger” to residents.

“For us to pretend that trees are not as important as people that is a false dichotomy, because everybody needs trees,” she said.

Candidates also touched on the state of Harvard Square, ­

which has recently seen a number of closures.

Williams called the area “pathetic,” citing constant construction and high vacancy rates. She did, however, say that she has worked with the neighborhood association to address the issue.

“There is hope folks, I’m part of the neighborhood association, we got together and did planning the right way,” she said, citing recent efforts to address the Square’s issues.

Some challengers also criticized current councilors — two of whom attended Sunday evening — for how they have chosen to address challenges across the city. Candidate John Pitkin said the city council cannot “micromanage” every issue affecting Cambridge residents, and called for the city to work more closely with neighborhood associations.

“They’re essential conduits of information from people to our government,” Pitkin said.

The candidates also addressed affordable housing in Cambridge, focusing on the contentious affordable housing overlay, which has been hotly debated since it was introduced in March.

The proposed zoning reform seeks to incentivize developers to build affordable housing units in Cambridge by stream-

lining approvals processes and reducing costs.

In a September meeting, the city council unanimously voted to table the proposal until the next council could address it after it became clear that it would not have enough votes to pass the measure.

Charles J. Franklin said that though he supported the idea of an overlay, he did not approve of the city’s proposal.

“The thing that really killed it was that the city did not respect existing neighborhoods and neighbors when they came up with this plan,” he said. “It’s the same theme of city doing what they want and alienating people.”

City councilor and candidate Craig A. Kelley, who opposed the overlay in the council, reiterated his stance at the forum, saying the plan would have done “basically nothing” to increase the supply of affordable housing. With a one vote margin of defeat in the current council, he said, the elections could decide whether it passes the council.

“I would like it fixed before we decide to move forward with it if we ever do,” he said. “Make no mistake, this next election is a referendum on the affordable housing overlay.” declan.knieriem@thecrimson.com

Extension School Holds Second-Ever Convocation

DACA From Page 1

Harvard Submits Amicus Brief Defending DACA Policy

Dean of Students and Accessibility Robert H. Neugeboren ‘83 assures students that they “belong here” during the Extension School’s Convocation held at Memorial Church Saturday. Kathryn S. Kuhar—Crimson photographer

By Lucy Liu Crimson Staff Writer

Harvard Extension School welcomed around 350 recently admitted degree candidates at its second annual convocation on Saturday at Memorial Church.

This year, the Extension School admitted over 1500 students to its various degree programs, Dean of Academic Programs Suzanne C. Spreadbury said in her speech.

Students at the convocation have been taking Extension School courses for several semesters already. Completing two to three degree courses is required before students can apply for program admission.

In her address, Spreadbury said the recently admitted students came from 54 countries and included more than 100 US veterans or active military members. ­

Anybody who tells you you’re not really at Harvard, correct them. They’re wrong.

Huntington D. Lambert Dean of the Division of Continuing Education

She also said most of the students were full time professionals in their thirties.

Other speakers at the event highlighted the sacrifices that students and families make to accommodate classes while working full time. Michael F. Fabiano, the president of the Harvard Extension Alumni As-

sociation, acknowledged the difficulty of balancing classes with a family, job, and other commitments.

“You have to be the biggest advocate for your time, and you have to make it all work — kids’ soccer games included,” he said.

The last speaker, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education Huntington D. Lambert, urged students to feel like they belong at Harvard, a sentiment that other speakers expressed, too.

“One of my most proud accomplishments since I’ve been here is, for the first time in history, the rest of Harvard — all the professional schools, the Corporation, Board of Overseers, and senior management — all understand who the Extension School is and what it does, and why it’s earned a place at Harvard,” he said.

“Anybody who tells you you’re not really at Harvard, correct them. They’re wrong.”

Bachelor of Liberal Arts candidate Colton S. Eicher said some of the speeches’ focus on inclusion stuck out to him.

“It is kind of weird coming in through this door and trying to find a community within the Harvard community. I found that somewhat difficult, but I could imagine if you’re not on campus it’s even harder,” he said.

Jennifer H. Devine, who is pursuing a masters in management at the Extension School, said she thought acknowledging family members’ roles in students’ lives was significant.

“They are the often all too silent heroes,” Devine said. “It

was very important and poignant for me to make sure that they got that public acknowledgement.“ The Extension School serves students around the world, and the audience members hailed from many different cities. Keysha W. Taylor, a recently admitted Bachelor of Liberal Arts candidate, said she had traveled to Cambridge

You have to be the biggest advocate for your time, and you have to make it all work — kids’ soccer games included.

Michael F. Fabiano President of the Harvard Extension Alumni Association

from North Carolina, and had met other audience members from Alaska and Canada.

A livestream was available for students too far away to attend, like Arohi J. Bangera, who lives in Dubai and is pursuing an A.L.M. in Digital Media Design.

In an interview two weeks ago, she said she planned on watching the event.

“The tickets are really expensive, and I’m going to be there for like two days,” she said. “But I will tune into the livestream. I saw the highlights from last year’s convocation, and I thought that it was really beautiful.” lucy.liu@thecrimson.com

the Trump administration.

Later that summer, Bacow also worked to bring Ismail B. Ajjawi ’23, a Palestinian resident of Lebanon who was denied entry into the U.S. by Custom and Border Protection agents in August, to campus to begin his freshman year.

Thursday’s brief quoted from a letter former University President Drew G. Faust wrote in August 2017 to President Donald Trump urging him to preserve DACA. The brief also noted that depriving DACA recipients of access to higher education would strip their hometowns of the resources they can provide after graduation.

“The DACA students at ami-

ci institutions—and the many thousands more enrolled at other colleges and universities—are by definition the product of this nation’s education system and the communities that support it,” the institutions wrote.

“Through the opportunities provided by American institutions of higher education all over this country, including amici’s, these young people now have the skills to give back—in ways big and small—to the country that raised them.”

The brief includes information about Jin K. Park ’18-’19, a recent Harvard graduate and the first DACA beneficiary to become a Rhodes Scholar in United States history.

Park — who was born in South Korea and moved to New York at age 7 — has lobbied for DACA protections since his graduation, testifying before Congress in March about his experiences as an undocumented immigrant.

Two other Harvard affiliates — Harvard Medical School graduate Dalia G. Larios and current Medical School student Blanca E. Morales — were also mentioned in the brief. The brief states Larios, now a doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was the first DACA recipient accepted to the Medical School. alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson.com aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com

Winthrop From Page 1

Winthrop Residents Say Culture Improved After Sullivan Ouster After completing a monthslong “climate review,” Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced on May 11 that he would not renew Sullivan and Robinson due to the “untenable” situation the pair had created in the House. The College has stated that their dismissal was not directly related to Sullivan’s representation of Weinstein.

The day before Khurana’s announcement, The Crimson reported allegations made by a dozen current and former Winthrop tutors, students, and staff that Sullivan and Robinson fostered a toxic environment in the House over the course of their ten years there.

At least 13 tutors threatened to quit at one point, though they ultimately stayed. Sullivan and Robinson have denied allegations that they contributed to a negative climate while they led

Winthrop.

Immediately after Khurana’s announcement, Sullivan and Robinson released a statement saying that they were sor-

Winthrop House is great, the students know what’s up and we’re going to be just fine.

Linda D. M. Chavers Winthrop Resident Dean

ry that the controversy surrounding them had contributed to “stress” among Winthrop residents.

Winthrop resident Noah Y. Epstein ’21 said he hopes the permanent faculty deans will prioritize student interaction like Gearan and Herlihy-Gear-

an have, adding that he thinks improvements in House culture began at the end of the spring semester.

“Already last semester, by the end, I felt like there was a lot of positive energy for hope for growth and hope to move past whatever had happened to get us back to being a functioning house,” Epstein said. “Because when the national news is writing articles about you, no matter what, it’s not really functioning.”

Winthrop Resident Dean Linda D. M. Chavers wrote in an emailed statement that she thinks the House’s climate is, and will continue to be, positive.

“Winthrop House is great, the students know what’s up and we’re going to be just fine,” Chavers wrote. shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com delano.franklin@thecrimson.com

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Men’s Soccer vs. UMass Lowell 7p.m., at UMass Lowell

Field Hockey vs. Boston College 6 p.m., at Boston College

Women’s Ice Hockey vs. McGill 6 p.m., at Bright-Landry Women’s Volleyball vs. Columbia 7 p.m., at Columbia

Field Hockey

Harvard Trounces Penn, Secures Two Weekend Wins

By CONNOR WAGAMAN Crimson Staff Writer

A weekend set of home games brought some familiarity and some unknowns. The two matches had little in common: Ivy play and interleague play, unranked rival and top-25 opponent, a history of wins and no history at all. The games themselves were similarly different — a fast start and a slow start, a blowout and a forced overtime.

There was, of course, one constant: Harvard’s ability to walk away with the win. ­

HARVARD 2, LIBERTY 1 (OT)

For the second consecutive game when facing a ranked opponent, the Crimson headed to overtime against No. 13 Liberty (7-2, 3-0 Big East). The last time, the extra session had proved too little, and Stanford defeated Harvard on penalty strokes. On Sunday, the Crimson (7-2, 2-0 Ivy) undoubtedly sought a different outcome.

Only five minutes of extra time were needed for that different outcome to emerge. After back-and-forth play to open overtime, sophomore midfielder Kiley Allen arched a pass over a defender’s stick and into the possession of senior forward Maddie Earle. A Liberty defender quickly covered Earle, who settled, dodged, and passed to junior co-captain Mimi Tarrant. Tarrant ripped the ball to the left corner, just past the reaching leg of Flames goalie Alison Schaefer, to end the game.

After a tired first half, Harvard took to the field not with the slump of a team down by a goal and with only two shots in the game, but with the vigor of a squad on a five game hot streak.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, the Crimson earned a penalty corner. Sophomore midfielder Kiley Allen corralled the pass and settled it for co-captain Bente van Vlijmen, who took a step to the left and — as she has done on penalty corners all season — drilled it home.

The fourth quarter saw little production from Harvard

but continued domination, with the Crimson’s defense shutting down Liberty’s powerful offense. A diving save on a Flames penalty corner from sophomore goalie Ellie Shahbo late in the fourth preserved the tie, giving Harvard’s offense the time it would need to score again.

Liberty entered the game with one of the nation’s best defenses — the Flames held the highest goals against average, allowing opponents only 0.57 scores per game — and an offense with the sixth-highest number of goals per game, at 3.71. When Liberty junior forward Jill Bolton ripped in a rebound in the eighth minute of play, a distinct possibility emerged that the single score had already nailed the coffin shut. The Flames had allowed more than a single goal only once the whole season, giving up two in a win against Yale where Liberty always led.

Although plenty of play remained in the first half, the Crimson was unable to notch a single shot, offering little encouragement that Harvard could overpower Liberty’s robust defense once, let alone twice. A second half turnaround put all the woes of the first behind, as the Crimson doused the Flames to dominate on both sides of the field. In the end, Harvard emerged with a win over one of the nation’s top defenses for its highest-ranked victory of the year.

HARVARD 6, PENN 2

Quakers are not famed for their aggression, and the performance from Penn (3-6, 1-1 Ivy) against the Crimson on Saturday did little to adjust this notion.

Riding the momentum of a four-game win streak and eleven-game win streak in regular season games against Ivy opponents, Harvard leapt out to an early lead, preserving the same offensive speed and efficiency from its last match, a five-goal shutout of New Hampshire.

Six minutes into the game, junior forward Natalie Sicher — who scored the game-winner in last year’s 2-1 win at Penn —

LOOK OUT: Senior Casey Allen eyes incoming defenders as she races towards the ball. TIMOTHY r. O’MEARA—Crimson photographer

rushed the ball downfield from near the Crimson goal to Quaker territory, and quickly passed to van Vlijmen in the shooting circle, who tapped the ball by Penn goalie Ava Rosati.

“We know that Penn likes to get a lot of [players around] the ball,” said Harvard head coach Tjerk van Herwaarden. “As long as we transfer and find that quick, easy pass, we should find some space…. As soon as we find that space, we have a lot of quality that can go to that space with speed.”

Twenty-four minutes later, another two goals — from sophomore forward Rachel Greenwood on an assist from van Vli-

jmen, and a Tarrant goal on an assist from freshman midfielder Emily Berlinghof — had been added to the board, and the Crimson was on the right side of a 3-0 lead. The Harvard defense — a freshman-heavy unit that has coalesced effectively in recent weeks into a machine that stops opponents with the reliability of clockwork — had held the Quakers to zero shots.

“Our back four defenders [were] really tight on the opposite players, just keeping them outside the circle, and [there was] a lot of communication coming from the back,” junior defender Hannah Pearce said.

“Our goalkeepers chat a lot to

us — where to push them [and] keep them out wide.”

The second half saw no additional mercy from Harvard.

Eight minutes in, sophomore midfielder Olivia Hoover scored on a second van Vlijmen assist, and a pass from Greenwood to senior forward Casey Allen five minutes later extended the Crimson’s lead to five.

Penn junior forward Erin Quinn managed to find long and straight path to the goal in the opening minutes of the final frame to put the Quakers on the board. But Harvard responded soon after when freshman defender Mazarine Broze tapped in a rebound off Rosati on a pen-

alty corner.

By the end of the day, six different Crimson players had contributed goals in the 6-2 win.

“It’s a really good reflection of where we are as a team, in that we don’t rely on any one player,” Tarrant said. “We’ve got a squad of 24 who… can score goals. That’s really great going into future games, because other teams won’t just be marking one player, and we can rely on our whole set of forwards and midfielders to be scoring.”

Harvard travels to Newton, Mass., to face No. 13 Boston College on Thursday. connor.wagaman@thecrimson.com

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SCORES

Men’s WATER POLO AT PRINCETON W, 12-9 ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S WATER POLO AT ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) W, 17-15 ___________________________________________________________

woMen’s RUGBY Vs. QUINNIPIAC W, 64-7 ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S SOCCER AT YALE L, 3-1 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL At BROWN W, 3-0 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL AT YALE L, 3-0 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S SOCCER AT YALE W, 1-0 ___________________________________________________________

football

Football Tramples Howard, 62-17, in Historic Meeting

By CADE PALMER Crimson Staff Writer

In the historic Harvard Stadium, the Crimson and Howard met for the first time in either program’s history. The Bison had never played an Ivy League team, and Harvard had never squared off against a historically black college or university (HBCU) team. From the opening whistle, the landmark contest was all Harvard, as the team trampled its opponent, 62-17.

“For me it meant a lot more family coming to the game,” said sophomore defensive lineman Truman Jones. “They were really excited to see me playing an HBCU, they didn’t really recognize what kind of football Harvard played and so I think playing an HBCU was a good showcase of that. If I wasn’t here I probably would be at an HBCU.” For the Crimson (2-1, 1-0 Ivy), the defensive unit and the running back squad shined brighter than they have all season. In the first 30 minutes of play, the Crimson logged three blocked punts. This tied the FCS season record for any team prior to the contest — held by Arkansas Pine Bluff — and was one short of the FCS record for a game at four.

Receiving the opening kickoff, Bison (1-5, 1-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic) sophomore Jemichael Jones was the first casualty of the brutally defensive first quarter. The sprinter cradled the kick at the three-yard line, only to lose his helmet in the vicious hit leveled by Harvard junior Jack McGowan. The opening kick might as well have been a metaphor for the rest of the contest as the Crimson leveled its opponents.

The ensuing drive net nothing for the visiting Howard. After three plays, the Bison sent out their special teams squad to punt the ball to Harvard. Instead, the Crimson defense collapsed on the kick and freshman Khalil Dawsey stuffed the attempt, sending the ball teetering toward the friendly goal line where junior Jason Brown fell on the runaway ball, eight yards from six points.

The first play from scrimmage, junior Harvard quarterback Jake Smith dished the ball to classmate and running back Devin Darrington who looked to be swallowed up at the four. The pile of Howard defenseman then started shuffling toward the goal line. With the help of a few Crimson big men, Darrington fell into the end zone for six. Harvard’s second touchdown came in much the same fashion as the first. To start the second quarter, the Bison lined up yet again to punt,

WHAT DO YOU SAY-IAH, ISAIAH? Harvard cornerback Isaiah Wingfield celebrates after a first-quarter blitz sack on Howard’s Quinton Williams. Harvard went on to win.

tiMOTHY r. O’MEARA—

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this time from its own 19. Much like its first punt of the contest, the Crimson broke through the offensive line like water. This time it was sophomore running back DeMarkes Stratford who touched the ball first, sending it ricocheting back into the endzone and falling on it himself, his first career score. Two wasn’t enough for the punt return squad. With only two minutes left in the half, Dawsey grabbed his second block of the contest and of the season. This time, Howard recovered and the runaway ball, granting the home team good field position rather than six points.

The two might as well be the same thing, however. Three straight gives to sophomore Aidan Borguet earned Harvard the requisite 19 yards needed for the score. Those 19 yards were not given easily, with Borguet breaking upwards of six tackles and carrying four men into the touchdown with him on the final push. The Crimson returned the ball with only 1:24 left in the half and the Bison needed only to make it to the halftime whis-

tle. The visitors failed to do so.

Wasting only 29 seconds, Harvard earned possession again after yet another near blocked punt. Darrington grabbed 44 rushing yards on two plays, opening the pass from Smith to junior B.J. Watson for another score. The Crimson entered the locker room up, 41-3.

The running backs catalyzed the team’s offensive production.

Harvard managed 288 yards on the turf and seven touchdowns on the afternoon. Darrington led the squad with 12 carries for 115 yards and three touchdowns. The production statistics are stinted, as they’re only through two quarters. Halfway through the third stanza, Smith, Darrington, and Borguet were sent to the sideline and replaced by sophomore quarterback Luke Emge and sophomore running backs Daniel Abraham and Stratford.

The replacement did little to impede the Crimson’s offensive production. Stratford, in his first collegiate contest at the spot, averaged 18 yards a carry as he went for 108 yards and two

touchdowns on six carries. Both of his touchdowns were from over 30 yards out.

“This is my first game, so I just embraced the opportunity that I had and wanted to be the best addition to my team that I could be.” Stratford said. “I just went out and did my best to do my job and everything ended up working.”

Smith has been nearly perfect over the past two contests, setting a career-high in pass yards in week one against San Diego and another personal best in touchdowns in last week’s routing of Brown. Against Howard today, Smith struggled through the first quarter. His first pass of the contest was directly into the hands of Bison corner CaSaan Dixon, knocked to the ground be the targeted receiver senior Jack Cook. Smith went back to the air again only after the first down was secured

by Darrington. This time cook wasn’t there to knock down the pass that flew into the hands of Rodney Dennard.

The start following drive was Howard’s only bright offensive

3RD FOR 36: Junior runningback Devin Darrington fends off a Howard defender. Darrington scored his third touchdown of the season in as many games. TIMOTHY r. O’MEARA—Crimson photographer

spot. Bison quarterback Quinton Williams threw a strike to Kyle Anthony across the middle of the field. Crossing routes removed Anthony’s defenders, allowing him to maneuver his way to the Harvard seven. Then the Crimson defense recovered.

Two sacks for six and nine yards, both by Jones, forced a Howard field goal from the 17.

Kicker Nick Fariss rose to the occasion and granted the Bison their first points of the contest with three. Smith’s performance leveled out for the rest of the game as he finished with 113 yards and a touchdown, hitting 50 percent of his targets.

Williams has risen to the occasion. Only last week, Heisman winner and NFL quarterback Cam Newton’s brother, Caylin Newton, announced his decision to transfer from Howard.

Newton served as the starting quarterback of the team only until last week. The contest in Cambridge then, is Williams’ — a freshman — second game.

“Quinton WIlliams was the first player I went to go see after my press conference,” Howard coach Ron Prince said.

“Quinton Williams is a winner, a state championship in high school, he’s got poise, he works to prepare, he’s got ability both with his arm and with his feet, he’s got it. “We didn’t give him enough protection today we didn’t do a good job as coaches putting him in a position where he could be successful but we’ll go back and try to improve next week.”

Last week, in his first collegiate start, the rookie threw for 179 yards and three touchdowns. He performed as well today, notching 13 completions on 23 attempts for 224 yards. He also added one touchdown and didn’t throw an interception despite the pressure leveled by the Harvard defensive line that amounted to seven sacks.

On multiple occasions, Williams found a man deep over the Crimson secondary, granting the Bison good field position. As a result, twice Howard went for it on fourth down deep in Harvard territory. The first attempt landed incomplete out the back of the endzone. The second attempt, this time in the third quarter, landed true, as Michael Cornwell hauled it in with one hand.

The Crimson’s defense was close to immaculate through the first half. By the end of quarter two, the Bison had managed exactly zero yards on the ground.

Through the final whistle, Har-

vard managed seven sacks for 47 yards lost. In comparison, Howard pulled down the home team’s quarterback only once.

The Crimson defense recovered two fumbles and tallied 16 tackles for loss. Jones led the Harvard defense with three sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss. Junior defensive back Isaiah Wingfield, senior linebacker Peter Graves, and sophomore defensive lineman Anthony Nelson each added a sack to the team count. Nelson, junior Nasir Darnell, and senior Joey Goodman each tallied two tackles for loss.

“Their offensive line was pretty tall and all big guys upfront,” Jones said. “We’ve been working all week on different pass-rush moves, different line games, to just try to confuse them. I think tonight, we just played fast. We didn’t have too much on our game plan, so we just played fast and played hard.”

Aside from the near-record setting punt block performance by the Crimson, the squad was seven points away from tying the program record for points.

In 2012, Harvard scored 69 points against Columbia. The home team had a chance to best the record.

With just under three minutes remaining in the final quarter, the Bison’s punter opted to go down with the ball rather than grant the Crimson it’s fourth, and record-tying block.

Harvard took over possession at the Howard 15-yard line. Seven points from a program record, Emge knelt the ball four times rather than make an attempt at the goal.

Present for the game, but unnoticeable in the statistics, was the Howard University “Showtime” Marching Band. Halftime included a performance from this renowned band that has been featured in various National Football League games and the second inaugural parade of President Barack Obama.

“I think [Harvard Howard game] is great,” Prince said.

“Like minded institutions — we believe in the student-athlete model, and we’re really pleased with our young people. We went into some of the schools in the Boston area yesterday to read to kids in elementary schools.

That’s who Howard is, that’s who we should be. We want to build a better team but the event itself is important and I think it’s very symbolic of a lot of things.” cade.palmer@thecrimson.com