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Harvard should consider how its scholarship has resulted in oppression.

Column: Exclusivity in student groups defines Harvard’s social scene.

Harvard men’s hockey prepares for the NCAA regionals vs. UMass.

Council Bazzi and Kiiara to Headline Yardfest 2019 Votes for Shopping Week

By JONAH S. BERGER and MOLLY C. MCCAFFERTY CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

The Faculty Council voted to endorse a proposal to retain “shopping week” until at least 2022 at its biweekly meeting Wednesday.

The Council — the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’s highest governing body — first heard the proposal at its previous meeting, alongside the final report of an ad hoc committee tasked with recommending changes to shopping week, a Harvard scheduling quirk in which students can sample classes during the first week of the semester before enrolling.

The committee publicly released its report Wednesday on its website, outlining what they viewed as key benefits of the current system as well as changes that could eliminate the drawbacks of that system.

In the report, committee members wrote that the largest problem posed by the current system is “uncertainty around course enrollments.” They recommended using “sophisticated algorithms” to try to predict course registration, using enrollment data from past years. ­

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Extra Extra won the Battle for Yardfest on Wednesday night. They will be one of the opening acts for Bazzi and Kiiara, who will be headlining Yardfest this year. SOLOMINA M. DARKO— CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

By MICHELLE G. KURILLA CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Bazzi and Kiiara will headline this year’s Yardfest, the College’s annual outdoor music festival, the College Events Board announced Wednesday night.

Student groups Extra Extra and Maybe There’s Life will open for Bazzi and Kiiara at the festival on April 7 in Tercentenary Theater.

The students artists were chosen after they competed in CEB’s annual Battle for Yard­

fest and were selected by event attendees.

Bazzi, a Michigan native, is known for songs like “Mine” and “Beautiful,” both of which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100. In April 2018, he released his debut album “Cosmic,” which has been listed on several international charts. Kiiara hails from Illinois and is known for songs like her 2015 debut single “Gold” and “Heavy,” on which she collaborated with Linkin Park.

Lil’ Yachty and Wale drew hundreds of crowds of under-

graduate students to Tercentenary Theatre for last year’s Yardfest. Recent headliners include DJ Tiesto, DJ Steve Aoki, and Jessie J. “We are very excited about Battle for Yardfest, as our Arts and Entertainment Committee (A&E), led by Raven Richard ‘20, has put together a fantastic show of talented student performers,” College Events Board Co-president Alex Gibbons wrote in an email to The Crimson.

“A&E holds auditions in February that are open to the cam-

Maybe There’s Life also won a spot to open for Bazzi and Kiiara. SOLOMINA M. DARKO—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

pus and selects student groups to perform at BFY based on these auditions.”

Held at Sanders Theatre Wednesday night, Battle for Yardfest featured student performances that competed for the chance to open for this year’s Yardfest headliners.

Performers included Edna Mode, Luke Martinez, Maybe There’s Life, Dan Hasegawa, The Sh*t, Eat Your Feelings, 21 Colorful Crimson, Extra Extra, and Avanti ft. Eddie and Anya. The event’s MC was British stand-up comedian Chris

James.

After polling the crowd of students at Battle for Yardfest, the winners were revealed to be Extra Extra and Maybe There’s Life.

Following the arrest of a black Harvard undergraduate the night of Yardfest last year and more than 17 students being transported by ambulance due to intoxication, the University reviewed its safety policies and moved this year’s concert to Sunday afternoon, a

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Students Criticize Board of Overseers Elects New Leadership Arbitration Clauses

By CONNOR W. K. BROWN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

­tudents from Harvard Law S School’s Pipeline Parity Project and other law students across the country continued their campaign this week against mandatory arbitration clauses — provisions of employment contracts that require employees to settle disputes through a private arbiter rather than bringing their concerns to the courts.

Following the group’s success in lobbying law firms like Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin to drop their mandatory arbitration policies in December 2018, the student organization turned their efforts to firms DLA Piper and Venable with site visits in Boston and Washington, D.C. this week.

The Pipline Parity Project also sent an open letter Tuesday to the National Association for Law Placement — an organization providing advice and information to those looking to work in the legal profession. The letter called on them

to publicly disclose whether law firms use mandatory arbitration clauses.

“We are law students who are deeply concerned that many law firms require their employees to sign forced arbitration agreements with non-disclosure provisions as a condition of employment,” the letter reads. “We hope that NALP will use its influence to collect and disseminate this information, which is critical to us as we make important decisions about our futures.”

Sejal Singh, a Law School student and one of the open letter’s authors, said recruiting procedures for some law firms make students susceptible to signing arbitration clauses when firms do not disclose them early in the hiring process.

“Students are hired for a private sector job, in particular, very far in advance. Once you accept your offer you cannot just go back and find another job if you find out six months

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Loeb House is the location of functions for Harvard alumni and administrators. SHERA S. AVI-YONAH—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

By ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ and AIDAN F. RYAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Michael H. Brown ’83 and Lesley F. Rosenthal ’86 have been elected the next president and vice chair of the Board of Overseers, Harvard’s second-highest governing body, the Univer­

sity announced Thursday.

Brown and Rosenthal have both served on the Board of Overseers since 2014. They will succeed current Overseer president Susan L. Carney ’73 and Vice Chair Gwill E. York ’79.

The Board of Overseers’ responsibilities include advising top Harvard administra-

tors, providing input on decisions about the direction of the University, and approving certain actions by the University’s highest governing body, the Harvard Corporation. The Board, comprised of alumni who serve six-year terms on the board, are elected by fellow alumni via mail-in ballot

each spring. Brown and Rosenthal will serve in their respective leadership roles for the final year of their terms.

University President Lawrence S. Bacow praised Brown and Rosenthal in a press release for their work as Overseers and said he is “delighted” to continue working with them in their new leadership roles.

“Our Board of Overseers plays a vital role in assuring Harvard’s constant commitment to the ideals of truth, excellence, and opportunity,” Bacow said. “Michael Brown and Lesley Rosenthal embody the leadership and dedication that our Overseers bring to the work of the governing boards, and I’m both grateful to them for their service and delighted at the prospect of working even more closely with them next year.”

As an Overseer, Brown chaired the board’s standing committee on social sciences and has served on a number of the board’s committees including the executive, institutional policy, schools, College, and

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First Cohort Chosen for Technology Innovation Fellows Program

By RUTH A. HAILU and AMY L. JIA CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Fourteen Harvard College juniors have been selected as members of the first cohort of the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program, a collaborative initiative between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard Business School that seeks to bridge technology and entrepreneurship through courses, workshops, and seminars.

Through the program, 10 to 15 juniors from any academ­

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European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager presented the effects of monopolies on the European economy. MARIAH DIMALALUAN—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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ic concentration will have the opportunity to enroll in up to two Business School MBA electives, participate in expert-led case discussions, and attend the Business School Startup Bootcamp to learn about developing and scaling a startup company.

The program’s launch was facilitated by a $10 million gift from Thomas S. Roberts and his wife Kristen through their family foundation in celebration of Roberts’s 30th and 35th Business School reunions.

Roberts said the idea for creating a program focused on providing undergraduates with

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tools to explore the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship had been a point of discussion between himself, his wife, and administrators at SEAS and the Business School for some time.

“We thought that the creation of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Allston — essentially right next to the Business School — created just an incredible opportunity for supporting greater integration between the Business School and Harvard

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HARVARD TODAY

For Lunch Chicken Tikka Masala Dahi Toast Indonesian Soba Noodle Stir Fry with Tempeh

For Dinner Hawaiian Pork Kalua Hawaiian Shrimp Hawaiian Barbeque Tofu

TODAY’S EVENTS Ross on the Rocks 7-9 p.m.

If you love Bob Ross as much as we do and have always wanted to paint along to his very soothing videos, join the Phillips Brooks House Association for a service celebration and Bob Ross guided painting! Did we mention that mocktails are also included?

Diplomacy: What is it Good For? 6-7:15 p.m.

Interested in diplomacy and want to learn more? Head to the Institute of Politics tonight for a stimulating conversation between former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns, former U.S. Ambassador and IOP Resident Fellow Catherine Russell, and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison to learn about the purpose of diplomacy in today’s political atmosphere.

Narratives of Partition 6-8 p.m.

Join the Harvard South Asian Association and the Harvard College Pakistani Students Association in the Leverett Library Theater as students share experiences and struggles associated with the Partition of 1947.

Dinner will be provided.

IN THE REAL WORLD Brexit: Will Theresa May Resign if Her Deal Passes?

Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to resign if her Brexit plan passes Parliament in an effort to save it. Yet her offer to risk her career for the sake of her vision has not yielded any conclusive results — Parliament is still unsure of its next steps in terms of Brexit.

The U.S. to Revisit the Moon

The Undergraduate Council’s Coffeehouse Series kicked off on Wednesday night at Peet’s Capital One Cafe. The series offers Harvard students a weekly activity as an opportunity to take a short study break. MARIAH DIMALALUAN—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Vice President Mike Pence said he hopes that America will once again land humans on the moon.

Specifically, the Vice President has said that he would like NASA to launch a manned mission to the moon within five years.

DAILY BRIEFING The Faculty Council voted to support a proposal to retain “shopping week” until at least 2022. The faculty committee that produced the proposal also published its final report which suggests a number of smaller changes to the current course registration system. The proposal also calls for the creation of another committee to consider course enrollment more broadly. In other news, Bazzi and Kiiara will headline Yardfest, the College’s annual spring concert, this year.

AROUND THE IVIES YALE

Two students and their parents have filed a class action lawsuit against Yale and seven other universities, the Yale Daily News reported. This lawsuit was motivated by the recent college admissions scandal, in which fifty individuals — including Yale’s former women’s soccer coach — were indicted. The lawsuit requests that students who applied to Yale be reimbursed for their $80 application fees, given that most applicants were unaware that “unqualified students were slipping in through the back door.”

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Columbia’s annual Bacchanal concert, set to take place on April 6, still has not finalized a headlining act, according to the Columbia Spectator. In a press conference on March 25, the Bacchanal Committee stated that a publication by an unspecified Columbia sports media group speculating on this year’s performers had violated a non-disclosure agreement with the chosen performer and prevented the committee from announcing a headliner. The committee also announced the concert’s opening acts, Tierra Whack and Rina Sawayama.

CORNELL

Conservative speaker Jannique Stewart has accused the Cornell Political Union of disinviting her from an April talk based on her conservative Christian views, the Cornell Sun reported. Stewart had originally been invited to speak on abortion, which she sees as a “moral wrong,” but claims her invitation was rescinded in mid-February due to “viewpoint discrimination.” The CPU has denied the accusation, claiming that it disinvited Stewart due to “security risks” for their members and consequent high security costs that would be necessitated by her talk.

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Council Supports Proposal to Students Protest Retain Shopping Week Firm Contracts “We recommend that these algorithms be created and deployed as soon as possible,” the report reads.

The report also suggests that a new, more permanent committee be formed to consider course registration more broadly. Committee Chair Bernhard Nickel and Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh said in an interview Monday that, though their committee was originally formed to consider whether to scrap shopping week altogether, members later concluded that the problems that faculty and students face with course registration do not stem from shopping week alone. Faculty and graduate students had previously criticized shopping week for creating job insecurity for teaching fellows and preventing professors from beginning instruction during the first week of classes.

“What this committee has found… is that it is not a binary question,” Claybaugh said.

“There’s not a simple yes, no.”

The final report details several issues unrelated to shopping week that plague the current registration system, like the uncoordinated timing of course lotteries. Claybaugh and Nickel cited the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ upcoming move to Allston, this year’s new class schedule, and ongoing graduate student union negotiations as potential sources of un-

certainty for professors and reasons the committee decided to keep shopping week in its current form. Claybaugh said the committee’s work over the next three years would “happen in the background” and that rather than impose a “disruption” to the current system, they would instead try interventions before making changes.

“At the end of three years, the committee will say, either, we think that we have brought variability within manageable limits,” she said. “Or they will say things are not fine, in which case, we will think about some kind of pre-term planning or some kind of something.” Claybaugh said the committee views the issues associated with shopping week — such as graduate students not receiving paychecks until weeks after the semester begins — as pressing. “I think there is an urgency.”

The Council voted to form the course registration committee in September 2018, after informal debate over the merits and drawbacks of shopping week arose at an earlier meeting of the full faculty.

Undergraduate Council President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 — who serves on the Education Policy Committee which helped formulate the proposal — praised the administration’s receptiveness to students’ input throughout the process. More than 400 students voiced their

opinions on shopping week through multiple town halls and an online forum, according to Claybaugh.

“For me personally and those that I’ve worked with on the UC, we’re very pleased with the legislation,” Palaniappan said. “It’s really heartening to see students’ activism turn into positive policy outcomes from our perspective.” Faculty Council member David L. Howell said in an interview Wednesday that the group approved the proposal with little debate. The Faculty Council’s vote is purely advisory, however; the full faculty will consider the legislation at its meeting next week and then decide on its ultimate fate in a May vote.

The Council also voted to approve two other proposals at its meeting Wednesday, according to Howell — one to create a masters of science and masters of business administration dual degree program and another to implement a new “quantitative reasoning with data” requirement for undergraduates.

The dual degree program, run by Harvard Business School, would focus on providing a life sciences curriculum to Business School students interested in working in fields like pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. jonah.berger@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

your employer is going to force you to sign away your right to sue if your rights are violated,” Singh said. “So, of course, we are very concerned about it.”

NALP did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, but did acknowledge the open letter on

The law students who are looking toward their future careers care about whether they have recourse in an unsafe work environment, and whether their employers are going to create a safe work environment.

Kurt D. Walters Pipeline Parity Project Member

their Twitter account Tuesday, tweeting that they will consider these requests during their upcoming 2020 data collection cycle.

“Our Board of Directors already has this question on their radar and will discuss at their April meeting,” the tweet reads.

Members of the Pipeline Parity

Project travelled to DLA Piper’s Boston office Tuesday to hand out leaflets, while law students from Georgetown’s law school visited Venable’s offices in the nation’s capital.

“We had some kind of flyers with information about what these firms are doing and made sure that folks who are going into the offices know about this policy,” Kurt D. Walters, a Pipeline Parity Project member, said.

Walters said some employees at DLA Piper’s office were surprised after reading the materials.

“Basically, the reaction is, ‘why would this company do this?’ And it’s a very good question. And I don’t think that DLA Piper has a very good answer for why they do this,” Walters said.

Both Venable and DLA Piper did not immediately respond to a requests for comment.

Walters said the Pipieline Parity Project will not end its efforts until they’ve eliminated the agreements at major firms.

“The law students who are looking toward their future careers care about whether they have recourse in an unsafe work environment, and whether their employers are going to create a safe work environment, and this is not going to go away for DLA Piper until they do the right thing,” Walters said. connor.brown@thecrimson.com

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Bazzi, Kiiara to Headline Yardfest from previous years when it was held on Friday evening.

Last year’s arrest sparked allegations of police brutality and prompted some students to call on the University to change its policies.

Students will no longer be allowed to bring guests to the event this year. They will also not be allowed to re-enter the concert venue if they leave. The

Our Arts and Entertainment Committee (A&E), led by Raven Richard ’20, has put together a fantastic show of talented student performers.

Alex Gibbons College Events Board Co-President

recommendations come from a special committee appointed by former University President Drew G. Faust in the wake of the arrest. michelle.kurilla@thecrimson.com

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More Than a Photo

The 5 Percent of Harvard’s 5 Percent

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n the 19th century, Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz commissioned several daguerreotypes of slaves in his search to prove a scientific theory of white supremacy. These photographs, believed to be some of the oldest photos of American slaves in existence, were rediscovered in 1976 and today are housed in the Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Last week, Tamara K. Lanier filed a landmark suit against Harvard in Middlesex Superior Court alleging that the University unlawfully possesses and profits from these photos.

According to the complaint, the photos depict Lanier’s great-great-great grandfather, Renty, and his daughter, Delia. In her suit, Lanier asks that Harvard give her the photographs and the profits made from them, as well as pay punitive damages.

Harvard’s continued possession of and profit from these images is unethical and illegitimate. If a fair and evaluative due process concludes that the University is legally liable, we would support

Harvard should take this opportunity to think critically about how its scholarship has yielded intellectual systems that perpetuate oppression and how it can address this role.

Harvard offering at minimum the dollar amount it has made from the possession and licensing of these photographs as well as returning them to their rightful owner.

These photographs are part of a long history of Harvard and its peer institu-

tions using the social sciences to help create the systems of thought underpinning racial supremacy and oppression — systems that have in turn produced a lasting legacy of suffering, generational trauma, and abiding ignorance.

In light of that history, Harvard should take this opportunity to think critically about how its scholarship has yielded intellectual systems that perpetuate oppression and how it can address this role.

In failing to adequately engage with Lanier’s 2011 letter to then-University President Drew G. Faust regarding the photos and documentation of her ancestry, the University missed an opportunity to seriously grapple with deeply-troubling aspects of its institutional legacy before legal action was taken. Given the wealth of artifacts in Harvard’s possession, Lanier’s request may not be the last of its kind.

As such, Harvard should use this opportunity to develop a standard protocol for proactively responding to these requests. Such a protocol will need to determine and acknowledge rightful ownership as well as envisage a method for ethically returning artifacts and offering compensation to affected families.

But Harvard cannot stop there.

On a deeper, more systemic level, the University must do the hard work of taking a critical approach to its possession, use, and continued acquisition of intellectual property and cultural artifacts.

After all, these artifacts aren’t merely things of the past.

The methodologies and canons that allowed for the theft of this cultural and intellectual property live on in our University and its departments of human inquiry.

We have previously argued that one way to begin this work is to develop an Ethnic Studies department on par with

those found at comparable institutions.

But given that Harvard has dragged its feet on this issue for almost half a century, we also encourage Harvard to develop other institutionally-embedded and

After all, these artifacts aren’t merely things of the past. meaningful forums for discussion of ethical research methods and more socially conscious ways of engaging with and creating knowledge.

While we recognize that Harvard has begun to do so, not least at a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study conference Lanier herself attended in 2017, we worry that Harvard has not done so in a sufficiently self-reflective manner.

The very images in question, for example, were used as materials for this conference.

The University should recognize that this was insensitive, and it must be more thoughtful about how it presents and conducts these discussions in future.

It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Today we call upon Harvard to offer both: to return an unethically captured photograph and to step with clear purpose into an urgent dialogue about how its research has and continues to perpetuate deep inequality and intellectual injustice.

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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Who Does Harvard Belong To? Ifeoluwa T. Obayan REMNANT OF TRUTH

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will never forget a moment in my Ethical Reasoning lecture sophomore spring when my professor asked the class if they thought African-American descendents of slaves should receive reparations.

The class sat still and silent for a moment. You may wonder what I was thinking.

I glanced over at the only other black person in the room, thankfully a friend of mine, and decided to keep my hand down. Our professor was the type to hold a dialogue when a student made a comment, asking follow up questions. In section, this may be expected, but in a lecture even with a smaller-sized class, this felt like a defense.

And what I was not going to do was be one of the token black people in the predominantly white classroom that was defending the people’s right for reparations.

I had already been in many a room with this type of demographic at Harvard where issues dealing with underrepresented minorities were brought up, so I knew what that looked like, felt like, and was not ready for the required emotional labor at that time.

Surely, the public reveal of criminal or even ethically questionable, but accepted, methods of gaining college admission prove the realities of rampant inequality that many of us experience in our daily lives, try to speak out against, and raise awareness about.

The standstill was broken when a white male student raised his hand and answered the question with a question.

With a serious tone of voice, he asked the professor if he thought affirmative action could be considered reparations.

I was taken aback.

The professor, the poor man, must have then realized he had inadvertently touched on a tense subject. His conciliatory response was that some people may

consider affirmative action as a form of reparations. He quickly moved on to the next subject.

Now, you may think my story is wild.

But, ask almost any black student on this campus and I guarantee you, they will have a personal account to share. Many of them are more direct, biting, and outrageous than mine.

My story doesn’t even end there, but for the purposes of this piece, you get the point. This moment was eye-opening for me.

In theory, I knew black students were accused of taking the spots of our white and even Asian-American counterparts in top universities because of so-called “affirmative action.”

However, even though I attended a public high school in Texas, no one had ever questioned my college admissions success, at least to my face, that I had heard of. Maybe they were thinking it — I don’t know — and I never cared. I knew how hard I had worked and I recognized the miraculous grace of God on my life.

Yet, witnessing that student raise his hand and boldly ask that question without regard for his fellow classmates of color was a wake-up call. Some of the students I share this campus with really consider me an affirmative action admit that filled a diversity quota.

So, when The Crimson broke the news last fall that Harvard favors those who fund it in the admissions process, I cackled.

Though amusing, the news didn’t surprise me: I thought back to that moment from sophomore spring, and the irony was so clear. My response to the news story was only one out of a sea of people who looked like me and had experienced something similar.

Earlier this month when we learned about the college admissions fraud scandal, I was again unsurprised. This time though, the reactions saddened me.

There were expressions of amusement, shock, anger, and justification.

Some shed light on the more accepted inequities in the college admissions system. Others expanded on how wealth and power covertly operate within society’s fallacious meritocracies throughout the entire lifespan of the privileged.

But, no one asked why we care so much?

Why do these stories matter enough to elicit such a response?

Surely, the public reveal of criminal or even ethically questionable, but accept-

ed, methods of gaining college admission prove the realities of rampant inequality that many of us experience in our daily lives, try to speak out against, and raise awareness about.

Is Harvard worthy of us?

This bastion of education and excellence that was built for the privileged, many of who rose to power by oppressing others?

Nevertheless, it also says something about us that we look to these stories to secure our wavering sense of belonging in our environment.

I get it, and I don’t say this to silence us. Continue to speak. Post. Feel.

But rather than allowing the question of our belonging to haunt us and allowing these stories to validate our existence here, why not turn the question on its head?

Instead of asking if we, as black or underrepresented minority students, belong at Harvard, ask: Who does Harvard belong to? This question may open up even more complexities as we consider an answer, but it also shifts the focus.

Is Harvard worthy of us? This bastion of education and excellence that was built for the privileged, many of who rose to power by oppressing others?

Harvard belongs to us, and we must refuse to let the actions, words, or structures that we encounter shake our resolve.

We must continue to press forward, to uproot the dark foundation, and lay the groundwork for equality and justice. We, who were shut out not even 200 years ago. We, who have been. We, who grow in number. We, who are to come in a future that I pray will be more fair to us. We have just as much of a right as anyone.

Many of us struggle with imposter syndrome for different reasons. Sadly, the real deception — that we are the frauds — is something we have internalized.

Yet, if anything, the recent news has shown us who the real impostors are.

—Ifeoluwa T. Obayan ’19, a former Crimson Editorial Comp Director, is a Biomedical Engineering and Social Anthropology joint concentrator in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Thursdays.

By LINDA LEE

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Harvard first-year’s first Student Activities Fair is definitely one for the books. I clearly remember the enthusiastic shouting of upperclassmen begging me to comp their club, the shadows cast by countless posters touting impressive accomplishments of organizations, and the sagging bag of free promotional swag weighing down my shoulder as I navigated through the maze of new and exciting opportunities. College is the best time to explore something new, and I remember being eager to branch out of my comfort zone. I later learned that there is one caveat to Harvard’s thriving and inclusive extracurricular scene: To explore something new, you must already be good at it.

My first year was the first time I learned about what a comp is. Through rejection after rejection, I learned that acceptance rates don’t stop at college admissions; in fact, it is only amplified within Harvard’s walls through selective vetting processes and intense rounds of interviews that determine entry to many student organizations on campus. The same clubs that would ask nuanced questions about case interviews or hold auditions that span multiple hours of one’s day would also publicize their recruitment with a friendly slogan of “no experience necessary!” As someone with no experience, I quickly learned the irony of the statement.

There is one caveat to Harvard’s thriving and inclusive extracurricular scene: To explore something new, you must already be good at it.

To clarify, I am not simply whining about these organizations because I did not get into them.

Since then, I have been lucky enough to find a community of support and inclusion in various organizations and have learned how to utilize the strengths I have and grow in areas of improvement.

Rather, I am critical of the fact that my first year — along with that of many others — was defined by unnecessary stress from comparing myself to my peers. Extracurriculars shifted from an exciting prospect of new experiences to yet another competitive indicator of “success” that divided those who came from privileged backgrounds and those who, like me, never had the opportunity to learn the inherent skills that enabled one to pass the initial screening for student clubs. Clubs that seek the best of the best will inevitably have a selection criteria for its members, and that’s fine. But how true is the “no experience necessary” clause, in that case?

Furthermore, exclusivity in student organizations has come to define Harvard’s social scene.

Many of our clubs have a vetting process based on social compatibility or fit with the organization, such as the Hasty Pudding. Others require an application or an interview, such as the Harvard College Consulting Group or the Crimson Key Society. Although a process of selection is understandable to an extent, some clubs are notorious for their rigorous and mysterious standards for entry, and the allure for joining becomes increasingly attributed to prestige. That’s exactly what we need in a campus full of students already plagued with imposter syndrome and insecurity about their experiences compared to others.

In my eyes, comps actually have great potential. They pose an opportunity to teach students about valuable skills that may serve them not just in the organization but within the workplace and their personal lives as well. Comps also allow the student to gauge the social and functional dynamic of a club so that both current and prospective members can determine whether the organization is a good fit.

But none of this requires any aspect of unnecessary exclusivity. If more clubs adopted a completion-based comp — one focused more on educating and supporting prospective members rather than handpicking those already with ample experience — then perhaps our campus culture would adopt an environment more conducive to personal growth rather than the toxic atmosphere of competitiveness, insecurity, and stress we have today.

We came to Harvard to grow as thinkers, creatives, and scholars, and college truly is the best time to explore something new.

The College’s Committee on Student Life has recognized this problem and has generated conversation about a potential “audit” over comp processes for student organizations. I’m personally not sure how effective this may be or whether introducing a new factor of potential bias might make things even worse. However, it is a step in the right direction. At the very least, it recognizes that there is a serious problem outside of the classroom.

As students of this institution, we are all capable of learning something new despite how we may feel otherwise.

We came to Harvard to grow as thinkers, creatives, and scholars, and college truly is the best time to explore something new. If the organizations run by our peers systematically prevent us from doing so, then it’s time we make opportunities more accessible.

—Linda Lee ’21, a Crimson Editorial editor and Crimson Blog Comp Director, is a Computer Science concentrator in Eliot House.

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First Technology Fellows Selected Overseers Elects undergrads,” he said.

Roberts added that this increased integration could bring significant benefits for not only the Harvard community but also the greater Boston area, if fellows were to establish new local businesses.

Computer Science Professor Hanspeter Pfister, who cochairs the program along with Business Administration Professor Thomas R. Eisenmann ’79, said the idea for the program arose out of his observation that many undergraduates were unsure how to translate their ideas for technology ventures into viable business models.

“I very frequently have students in my office that have very cool ideas for either startups or for technology projects that they would like to push forward,” Pfister said.

“Very often, I notice that there is an interest in the technology and maybe even some technology background, but there is a lack of understanding of the business side of those endeavors.”

Eisenmann said this disconnect presented a unique opportunity to strengthen ties between HBS and the College.

Historically, undergraduates are only able to enroll in Business School MBA courses with the written permission of the dean of the MBA program, leaving many Business Schools faculty without ways — but with a “real appetite” — to share what they teach with the “amazing group of students across the river.”

“Now, for the very first time, ­

there’s this real collaboration between [SEAS, the Business School, and the College] where we have this opportunity for College students to be part of the Business School program,” Pfister said. “I think that’s very exciting and kind of historic.”

As part of the Technology Innovation Program, fellows will be able to enroll in select Business School MBA courses that pertain to technology, innovation, or entrepreneurship without having to first receive approval from the dean of the MBA program, according to Eisenmann.

They will also be able to take HBS’s online Credential of Readiness program — a 10to 12-week course on business fundamentals that normally costs $2,250 — free of charge.

Eisenmann said another distinctive component of the Technology Innovation Program is the opportunity for fellows to participate in the Business School Startup Bootcamp, a week-long immersion program in which first-year Business School MBA candidates learn key skills required for early-stage entrepreneurs such as team assembly and finance management.

During the bootcamp, fellows can form their own or join existing small teams to brainstorm ideas for new ventures, develop them through various exercises and workshops, and present them at the end of the week to a panel of experts comprised of venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs.

Pfister said the first cohort of fellows was selected using a

number of criteria, including a record of academic excellence at Harvard and a demonstrated passion for leadership and problem-solving.

The inaugural class of 14 fellows, who were notified in February of their selection, boasts diverse interests, startup experiences, and concentrations, which range from Mechanical

I think that’s very exciting and kind of historic.

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Engineering to Government to History and Science.

Kemi E. Akenzua ’20, a fellow studying History and Science, wrote in an emailthat the first few months of the program have already been very educational.

“We had a case study workshop with Tom Eisenmann, a design thinking workshop with [SEAS Computer Science Professor] Krzysztof Gajos, and met with the inaugural MS/ MBA students,” she wrote.

SEAS and the Business School have recently partnered to launch the MS/MBA joint degree program, which confers an MBA from the Business School and a Master of Science in Engineering Sciences from SEAS. The inaugural class of 29 students began their studies in August 2018.

Several fellows said the program appealed to their personal interests in the intersection

of technology and business, which they have honed through internship experiences and courses taken at Harvard.

Vicky Xu ’20, a fellow studying Applied Math and a Crimson design editor, said she has always been curious about how technology and cities interact, especially with regards to urbanization and increased demands for more efficiency.

For Akenzua, the program’s novelty presents both challenges and opportunities to influence its growth.

“We’re very excited to be here and to be a part of the inaugural class but there’s no Q guide to look through or alums to consult — we’re really charting our own path, which is exciting but also unprecedented,” she wrote.

Sean H. Murphy ’20, a fellow studying Statistics, said one of his main goals in participating in the program is to create an “intergenerational relationship” between the inaugural group of fellows and subsequent cohorts.

“I’m very excited about being able to meet people — not just at the Business School but also the fellows. I think it’s a good opportunity to try to develop a community that I can go back to and consult, possibly partner up with after Harvard,” Murphy said.

The application to join the next cohort of Technology Innovation Fellows, which is open to current College sophomores, is due April 1. ruth.hailu@thecrimson.com amy.jia@thecrimson.com

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continuing education groups.

He has also served on the visiting committees for the Government and Sociology departments.

Brown — the founder of the education nonprofit City Year — worked as a legislative assistant for Leon E. Panetta during his time in the House of Representatives.

He also served as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer while he was a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston prior to transitioning to nonprofit work.

Brown said in the press release that he is “honored” by his appointment.

“Harvard has played a transformational role in my life, and I am forever grateful,” Brown said.

“It’s a privilege to serve this remarkable University, with Lesley Rosenthal and our dedicated fellow Overseers, under President Bacow’s inspired leadership, and alongside the members of the Corporation, administration, faculty, students, and alumni, to support Harvard’s vital mission to advance scholarship, learning, and leadership development.”

Rosenthal — who serves as the chief operating officer and corporate secretary of the Juilliard School — previously served as executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary over 13 years at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

In her role as an Overseer, Rosenthal chairs the standing

committee on humanities and arts.

She also serves on the board’s executive committee; committees on finance, administration, and management; and the governing board’s joint inspection committee.

She also is a member of the visiting committees for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the Graduate School of Design, and the De-

I’m grateful to work alongside Michael Brown and my other terrific colleagues to serve Harvard and help refine and advance its priorties.

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partment of the History of Art and Architecture.

“It has been exciting to see the University’s progress during my years on the board, including in critical areas such as the arts and humanities as well as inclusion and belonging,” Rosenthal said.

“I’m grateful to work alongside Michael Brown and my other terrific colleagues to serve Harvard and help refine and advance its priorities.

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By SPENCER R. MORRIS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

With most of the sports world tuned into college basketball at this time of year for its annual on-court dramatics, the Harvard men’s hockey team will be looking for some March Madness of its own. On Friday, the No. 13/14 Crimson will square off with No. 4 Massachusetts in Manchester, N.H., in the Northeast Regional Semifinal of the NCAA Tournament.

Harvard (19-10-3, 13-7-2 ECAC), a four-seed in the 16team bracket, returns to the big dance after missing out last season. Friday will mark the Crimson’s fourth Tournament appearance in the past five campaigns.

Meanwhile, the Minutemen (28-9-0, 18-6-0 Hockey East) enter the matinee matchup as a regional one-seed and will provide stiff competition for Harvard. UMass has enjoyed a stellar season under third-year coach Greg Carvel, who has resurrected the program from a decade-long rut in just a few short years, and returns to NCAAs for the first time since 2007.

“We start the season with the goal of winning the National Championship,” said Crimson junior defenseman Adam Fox. “It starts with getting to the Tournament, so it’s obviously nice to be going back.”

Friday promises to be a high-octane clash between two offensively gifted teams, each powered by an All-American defenseman and a lethal powerplay. If the Crimson fells the mighty Minutemen, it will advance to Saturday’s Regional Final and take on either Clarkson or Notre Dame, the two-versusthree matchup in the Northeast.

For both squads, Friday’s tilt is the first step in the road to Buffalo, N.Y., the site of the 2019 Frozen Four. But each program has different stakes attached to this year’s NCAA Tournament. Harvard seeks another chance at the Frozen Four after bowing out to Minnesota Duluth in 2017’s national semifinal.

UMass, on the other hand, is in search of its first-ever Frozen Four appearance. “[The NCAA Tournament] is something that you could take for granted, having been there twice in my first two years,” said Harvard co-captain Lewis Zerter-Gossage. “But especially after last year, it made us seniors really want to get back there, being the leadership core on the team…. It’s all real now.”

To this point, the season has brought Friday’s foes to the same place. But the Crimson and the Minutemen have experienced different roads to Manchester.

Coach Carvel’s group kicked off its schedule with wins in 12 of its first 13 outings, including ­

a weekend split with then-No. 1 Ohio St. and a home-and-home sweep of then-No. 4/3 Providence. A hot start out of the gate saw UMass crack the top-20 rankings before the first month of the season had concluded.

The team never looked back, making the top three its usual dwelling spot. A loss to Boston College in the Hockey East semifinal round was a small blip in an otherwise extraordinary campaign, as the Minutemen managed to clinch a top seed in the NCAA Tournament anyway.

“Obviously, they’ve had a tremendous regular season, Hockey East champs,” coach Donato said. “[They’re] one of the top powerplays in the country, one of the top offenses in the country. They pose a lot of challenges for us, but we’re excited.

It’s a whole new season.”

Harvard’s success was not as immediate. The squad opened the season without a victory through four contests for the first time in its 111-year history. Team defense emerged as an early problem for the Crimson, with the group allowing seven, five, and four goals in its first three bouts.

The team finally began to find its identity and build consistency by mid-November, splitting a weekend series with ranked Arizona St. before pocketing a crucial triumph over Cornell, another Tournament team and a storied rival of the Harvard program, at Madison Square Garden.

The Crimson had firmly reentered the national conversation by mid-January, taking down then-No. 6 Quinnipiac and mounting a four-game win streak heading into the Beanpot Tournament.

While Boston’s hockey classic did not go Harvard’s way — the team settled for a thirdplace finish — an impressive seven-game home win streak guided the Crimson to its fifth straight appearance in Lake Placid for the ECAC Semifinals. Harvard’s conference playoff run ended there, but the team’s resume, spattered with high-profile wins, earned it an at-large bid to the big dance.

“We didn’t have the best start, and like all teams, we hit some bumps along the road,” said Crimson freshman center Jack Drury said. “We’ve gotten better and better throughout the year, and I think that’s a testament to our leadership and our coaching staff and the players we have on our team.”

Neither team would have enjoyed the success it did this season without the talent and leadership of its star defenseman. It is not only arguable, but quite commonly held, that the two programs in Friday afternoon’s Northeast Regional battle possess the two most talented blue-liners in college hockey.

FOX MEETS MAKAR Junior defenseman Adam Fox will clash on Friday with another one of the NCAA’s elite blue-liners, UMass sophomore Cale Makar. Both rearguards are contenders for this year’s Hobey Baker Award..TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

UMass boasts sophomore Cale Makar (15–31—46), the likely frontrunner for this year’s Hobey Baker Award. The Calgary, Alta., native is perhaps the single greatest factor in the Minutemen’s turnaround from their dismal past, taking over games on a nightly basis.

Currently, Makar is the NCAA’s highest NHL draft pick, having been selected in the first round, fourth overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in 2017. And his blue-chip talent is fully on display: ahead of Friday, the sophomore ranks sixth in the nation in points and fourth in plus-minus (+29).

On the other end of the ice, the Crimson also wields a dynamic threat on the back end.

Fox (9–39—48) has been a source of firepower for Harvard since his freshman season, with 116 points (22–94—116) to his name through just three seasons.

On account of his expert vision and poise with the puck, the Jericho, N.Y., product paces the college ranks in outright assists, assists per game (1.22), points per game (1.50), powerplay points per game (0.72), and powerplay assists per game (0.59).

As his numbers suggest, Fox, a third-round NHL selection in his own right, commands the powerplay unlike any other player in college hockey. The two-time CCM/AHCA First Team All-American became the first rearguard since Wisconsin’s Justin Schultz in 2011-

2012 to eclipse 100 career points as a junior. Moreover, he is two points shy of being the first Division-I blue-liner to register 50 in a season since the Badgers’ Brendan Smith did so in 20092010.

Thanks to a six-point weekend against Dartmouth in this year’s ECAC quarterfinals, Fox now holds the Crimson program record for most points by a defenseman in a single season, surpassing Hobey Baker winner Mark Fusco ’83 in the process.

In short, college hockey fans are in for a treat on Friday, as the two most dominant defensemen in 2018-2019 go head-to-head in the national tournament.

“Whether you’re a Makar guy or a Fox guy, I think you enjoy the fact that the two most dynamic offensive defensemen in college hockey this year…are facing off against each other,” coach Donato said.

Despite due focus on Makar and Fox in anticipation of Friday’s tilt, both teams have even more to offer. Two Minutemen forwards have notched over 40 points: senior Jacob Pritchard (16–29—45) and sophomore Mitchell Chaffee (17–24—41) sit among the top-20 scorers in the league. San Jose Sharks prospect John Leonard follows close behind with 36 (13–23—36).

On defense, freshman Marc Del Gaizo (12–14—26) rounds out the top pairing with Makar.

Due in large part to this number-one duo, UMass is tied for first in the country in goals from

LAST TIME, IT HURT The last time the Crimson appeared in the NCAA Tournament, an impressive run ended in heartbreak. Then-sophomore Ryan Donato (right) and Sean Malone ’17 (left) were speechless after falling to Minnesota Duluth THOMAS W. RANCK—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

its blue line (38).

Harvard, in fact, is next on that list, with 31 goals from its back end in five fewer games than the Minutemen have played. Sophomore Reilly Walsh (12–19—31) and freshman Jack Rathbone (7–15—22) are also effective offensive-minded defensemen for the Crimson.

Apparently, receiving an offensive boost from the blue line goes a long way for overall team scoring, as both of Friday’s opponents rank in the top 10 in goals per game nationwide.

UMass sits third in average scoring (3.76), while Harvard trails by just four spots (3.31).

An injection of talented freshmen, as well as the development of multiple returning skaters, has fueled the Crimson’s forward corps this season.

Zerter-Gossage (18–6—24) is the team’s goal-scoring leader, setting the tone on the ice with crucial turning-point goals. The team’s nominal top line of sophomore Henry Bowlby (5–8—13) and rookies Drury (9–15—24) and Casey Dornbach (7–22—29) have combined to be the most consistently effectively trio for much of the campaign.

“Our freshmen have been integral to our success,” coach Donato said. “We have a forward group that’s pretty young, but I think that they’ve made great strides throughout the year.”

Sophomore Jack Badini (8– 12—20) and freshman Baker Shore (2–11—13) fill out Harvard’s young core at the center-ice position, and juniors Frédéric Grégoire (6–9—15) and Nathan Krusko (3–7—10) have each contributed at vital points in the season.

“One of our strengths has really just been our depth up front,” Zerter-Gossage noted.

“Once we get into our game, we’ve got a bit of a wave-afterwave style. And then our defense leads the charge, too, offensively.”

Both the Crimson and the Minutemen are exceptional on the powerplay. Harvard’s 28.8 percent execution rate leads the nation, while UMass is just a tenth of a percent back of first place at 28.7 percent effective.

Fox and Makar are instrumental quarterbacks on the man advantage, and their respective special-teams units will make for another marquee clash on Friday afternoon.

“When we play our way, we prove that we can beat any team in the country, and we’ve done that this year,” said junior defenseman John Marino, who has experienced the last three seasons on the Harvard blue line right alongside Fox. “We’re a dangerous team coming into this tournament, and I don’t think…anyone wants to play us.”

In many ways, the Crimson will face a relatively similar Minutemen squad in the Regional Semifinals. Goaltending is yet another area of likeness between the teams.

While UMass sophomore Matt Murray (20-5-0, 2.11 GAA, .919 SV%) started the majority of games during the regular season, freshman Filip Lindberg (8-3-0, 1.67 GAA, .932 SV%) appears to have pried the starting spot from him at the most crucial time of the campaign. Lindberg replaced Murray in the first conference quarterfinal game two weeks ago and started his team’s next two games.

But a shutout loss to the Eagles in the squad’s most recent game has potentially reopened the battle for the starting spot.

As for Harvard’s crease, last weekend senior Michael Lackey (14-7-3, 2.31 GAA, .918 SV%) made his return from a knee injury. His first taste of game action since mid-February did not go as planned, though. Lackey ceded three goals — the third of which was a low-threat chance — before junior Cameron Gornet (5-3-0, 2.56 GAA, .915 SV%) was sent in to replace him.

Given Gornet’s solid play in Lackey’s absence, allowing the Crimson to remain in contention for the at-large NCAA Tournament bid it eventually received, it would come as no surprise for coach Donato to give the junior the nod on Friday.

“As much as I’m sensitive to the fact that somebody’s a senior…or somebody’s coming back from injury, I think we owe it to the group to play whomever we think gives us the best chance to win, and that’s at any position,” said coach Donato mid-week. “That being said, we’ll continue to evaluate. I don’t think we didn’t win against Clarkson [last weekend] because of our goaltending.”

Ultimately, two high-powered offensive squads are set to face off in a showcase of elite defensemen, top-tier powerplay units, and some of the finest collegiate hockey the state of Massachusetts has to offer. One team will keep its season — and national title chances — alive, while the other will say goodbye to a promising campaign.

The beauty of the NCAA Tournament is that when the puck drops at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, either team can advance from the do-or-die game.

“Once you make the Tournament, it’s kind of a fresh start from there,” Fox said. “We’re not just going to bow down because they’re the one-seed and we’re the four-seed…. You have to just win four games, and it starts with this first one for us.” spencer.morris@thecrimson.com