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The Harvard Crimson THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873 | VOLUME CXLVI, NO. 55 | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS | THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019

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NEWS PAGE 3

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The cancellation of Dunster’s annual goat roast ends a celebrated tradition.

HILR revises its membership renewal process.

Harvard Baseball loses Beanpot in heartbreaking fashion.

Univ.

Pays Down Debt

By LUKE W. VROTSOS and CINDY H. ZHANG CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Harvard has reduced its debt load by roughly $1 billion and increased its reserves in preparation for a potential future recession, University Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Thomas J. Hollister said in an interview Wednesday.

Hollister said that the reduction in debt is part of an effort to soften the blow of a potential future recession. During the 2008 recession, Harvard did not lose its AAA rating — the highest possible credit rating — but the financial collapse prompted the school to put a more significant focus on planning going forward.

“The number of changes in financial planning, readiness, discipline, and focus is dramatically different,” Hollister said.

“In that respect, the crisis was not wasted.”

Harvard’s total bonds and notes payable have decreased ­

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Union, Univ. Continue Contract Negotiations

By JAMES S. BIKALES and RUOQI ZHANG CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Exactly a year ago, student workers at Harvard headed to the polls to vote on whether to unionize. The process — years in the making — resulted in a win for graduate students and College student workers across the University who supported the cause.

Thursday, on its first birthday, Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers will launch an ad campaign on prime-time national television, billboards, and radiowaves criticizing the University’s response to sexual harassment complaints.

In the twelve months since unionization, student workers elected a bargaining committee, released an 80-item list of bargaining goals, and met 24 times with University negotiators. The two sides have gone back and forth since October 2018 on a number of proposals spanning compensation, discrimination grievance procedures, training, and international student rights.

On the anniversary of the union election, The Crimson has broken down the list of tentative, ongoing, and yet-to-be discussed issues on the bargaining table. ­

CURRENT ISSUES

Two issues have dominated

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contract negotiations in recent weeks — grievance procedures for sexual misconduct and discrimination, and economic proposals including compensation and benefits.

The union’s nondiscrimination and sexual harassment proposal, first presented during a bargaining session in October, has been a central point of contention between HGSU and the University.

The union has proposed that members of its bargaining unit — student workers under the union’s representation — should have the option to pursue third

party grievance proceedings in addition to Harvard’s own internal resolution mechanisms.

In instances of alleged sexual misconduct, Harvard-based options include filing formal complaints through the Office for Dispute Resolution or seeking informal guidance from the University Title IX Office.

The union’s proposed multistep grievance procedure would give members of the bargaining unit an option to resolve complaints outside of Harvard if they choose, according to HGSU bargaining committee member Rachel J. Sandalow-Ash ’15.

The University has repeatedly rejected the union’s proposal for a third-party grievance procedure. Swain has told The Crimson that the union’s proposal would place complainants and respondents face-toface in an “adversarial arbitration.”

The union, on the other hand, has argued that arbitration processes leave room for keeping complainants and respondents out of face-to-face confrontations.

“We would ask the arbitrator to keep them separate and arbitrators in these kinds of

proceedings do honor those requests to avoid adversarial proceedings,” Sandalow-Ash said.

Swain wrote in an emailed statement that — based on standard practice — cross-examination would be inherent to that “labor arbitration process.”

Sandalow-Ash also said that because investigators in the Office for Dispute Resolution are paid for and accountable to Harvard, they have a conflict of interest in handling these complaints. The union has argued that third-party proceedings

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Sarah Whiting Named Dean of Graduate School of Design

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By AIDAN F. RYAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER ­

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Sarah Whiting, the dean of architecture at Rice University in Texas, will be the next dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University announced Wednesday.

Whiting will succeed Mohsen Mostafavi, who announced he would depart at the end of this academic year in October 2018, bringing his 11-year tenure as dean to a close. Mostafavi’s resignation comes after Harvard affiliates circulated a spreadsheet in spring 2018 detailing anonymous allegations of sexual and racial misconduct perpetuated by men in architecture. The document included accusations against Mostafavi and other Graduate School of Design affiliates.

During her nine-year tenure at Rice, Whiting helped restructure the school of architecture’s curriculum, worked to enhance facilities on campus, and increased funding for research and course development. Whiting also chaired search committees for several administrative roles in the arts and humanities Whiting also serves on Rice’s board of trustees as part of the building and grounds design subcommittee.

University President Lawrence S. Bacow said Whiting has a “keen understanding of design” and has engaged with some of the “hardest challenges” in design that contemporary society faces in a press release Wednesday.

“Sarah Whiting is an outstanding leader with broad interests that range across the de-

sign disciplines and beyond,” Bacow said. “She has a keen understanding of the intellectual dimensions of design and its distinctive power to shape the world of ideas.”

Bacow also said he looks forward to Whiting’s return to the Graduate School of Design, where she served as a design critic, assistant professor, and associate professor in the Department of Architecture from 1999 to 2005.

“I have been deeply impressed by her during the course of the search, and I greatly look forward to welcoming her back to Harvard,” he said.

Whiting said she is “thrilled” to return to Harvard and is excited to work with the “remarkable” students, faculty, staff,

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Students Take Sexual Cambridge City Council Passes Bike Lane Law Misconduct Survey

By DECLAN J. KNIERIEM and KATELYN X. LI CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

By SIMONE C. CHU and IRIS M. LEWIS CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Harvard’s sexual misconduct climate survey, which is entering its third week, has received a response rate of more than 20 percent — already almost half of the survey’s total response rate in 2015.

The 2019 Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct marks the second time the Association of American Universities and Westat have conducted the survey, four years after its first edition in 2015. This year, Harvard is one of 33 institutions participating.

In 2015, Harvard had the highest response rate of any participating institution on the survey, with 53 percent of students filling out the questionnaire. This year, the highest response rate reported so far among participating institu­

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tions is 44 percent. More than 2,000 students completed the survey at Harvard the first day, and it closes April 30.

University Title IX Officer Nicole M. Merhill said Harvard took advantage of every opportunity to customize questions for the 2019 survey after hearing feedback on the 2015 iteration. Unlike last time, universities had the opportunity to opt into up to ten free response questions available to all schools, and to insert a small number of unique interspersed questions into the 2019 survey.

Harvard opted into all ten free response options. For the interspersed questions, Merhill said she and her colleagues did their best to take students’ past comments into account. In the University’s recently conducted Pulse survey, for example, some students said they were

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The Cambridge City Council passed a law last week to establish a 20-mile network of protected bicycle lanes across the city and implement a five-year sidewalk and street construction plan.

The legislation, termed the Cycling Safety Ordinance, stipulates the city must provide suitable accommodations for bicycle travel on Cambridge streets that undergo construction. The bill aims to advance Cambridge’s Vision Zero action plan, an initiative established in 2018 to improve transportation and promote “safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all,” according to a statement on the city’s website.

The ordinance seeks to eliminate fatalities and injuries by mandating that the city construct a “connected network of permanent separated bicycle ­

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A biker rides through Harvard Square in the bike lane on Massachusetts Avenue. QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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TODAY’S EVENTS Startup Spotlight on The Clear Cut 5:45-7:45 p.m.

Head over to the Adams UCR to learn more about building a startup from the ground up! The founders of jewelry company The Clear Cut will be on hand to answer any questions about their experiences as female entrepreneurs, the fundraising process, and how to expand a brand’s social media presence.

Talk with Amar Kanwar 6-8 p.m.

Grab your VES-obsessed friend and stroll down to the Carpenter Center to hear filmmaker Amar Kanwar discuss his collection of work.

Kanwar’s documentary films and video installations have been presented in museums throughout the world, and his 2017 installation, “Such a Morning,” will be screened tomorrow at the Harvard Film Archive.

A Conversation with Boots Riley 7-9 p.m.

Join rapper, director, and activist Boots Riley in the Smith Campus Center for a discussion centering around labor and film, as well as Riley’s recent film, “Sorry to Bother You.” Student groups will arrive an hour prior to allow visitors the chance to learn about getting involved in labor activism on campus.

IN THE REAL WORLD Woman Found Dead After Threatening Denver Schools

Florida native Sol Pais was found dead yesterday after making a series of threats against Denver schools. Pais was allegedly inspired by the Columbine shooting 20 years ago and purchased firearms after arriving in Colorado. Pais was found after a manhunt coordinated by the FBI and local law enforcement.

Doctors Charged with Illegally Prescribing Opioids Students and tourists enjoy the warm spring weather Wednesday afternoon. SANJANA S. RAMRAJVEL —CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

DAILY BRIEFING Harvard has reduced its debt by roughly $1 billion and built up its reserves in preparation for a potential future recession, University Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Thomas J. Hollister said in an interview Wednesday. Hollister also said the schools are have created plans to ensure that their operations remain stable in the case of a future recession. In other news, the graduate students union celebrates its first birthday today; The Crimson breaks down the proposals currently on the bargaining table.

Sixty doctors were charged with illegally distributing more than 32 million painkillers, often in exchange for cash or sex. More than 350,000 prescriptions were wrongly written to patients in five states. The filing comes as part of the Justice Department’s efforts to crack down on the nationwide opioid epidemic.

Beyoncé Releases Surprise Album

The famed singer released a new live-album version of her performance at last year’s Coachella music festival early yesterday. The new album, titled “Homecoming,” contains 40 tracks and comes almost three years after the release of her Grammy Award-winning album “Lemonade.”

AROUND THE IVIES UPENN

An external investigation into a racist email that seemed to have been sent by Janemarie Schultz, the chief financial officer of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine, concluded that the email was fraudulent and sent from a non-University-affiliated account, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported Wednesday. The email, which was addressed to a Penn Dental staff mailing list, praised the upcoming closure of the school’s off-campus clinic on June 30 and read, “All the blacks are almost gone!” Penn Dental Dean Mark S. Wolff announced that the school has launched an internal investigation into this incident as well.

YALE

An officer of the Yale Police Department fired multiple bullets at two people in a car, resulting in an injury of a young woman early Tuesday morning, according to the Yale Daily News. The officer was responding to a report of an attempted armed robbery at a gas station in Hamden, Conn.

— located an hour drive away from the University campus. The officer was put on temporary leave as the Connecticut State Police Department continues to investigate the shooting.

DARTMOUTH

Dartmouth’s Office of General Counsel recently released a draft of a new Unified Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures — which was written as part of the school’s Campus Climate and Culture Initiative — the Dartmouth reported Tuesday. This move was intended to allow students to offer feedback on the draft. However, many students expressed concerns that they have not adequately been able to offer feedback on the document. “There were ways the College could have worked harder to ensure that students knew that a draft of the policies [was] available to be reviewed,” said Paulina Calcaterra ’19, the 201819 executive chair of the student and presidential committee on sexual assault.

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THE HARVARD CRIMSON | APRIL 18, 2019

HILR Revises Membership Policy

By LUCY LIU CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Harvard’s Institute for Learning in Retirement, a program that provides continuing education opportunities to retired seniors, revised its membership renewal process and committed to decreasing its use of University subsidies last month.

The program, which runs out of the Division of Continuing Education, comprises approximately 550 retired or semi-retired professionals who worked in various industries, including education, architecture, and government. The changes — outlined in HILR’s revised handbook — aim to open more spots for new participants in the program annually and make current participants more aware of the policies of the program, according to HILR director Tess O’Toole ’84.

O’Toole said HILR codified the membership renewal process to both help participants reassess their fit with the program’s needs and encourage opening spaces up for new enrollees. HILR targets 10 percent new participants annually, according to the handbook. The new handbook specifies that HILR “seeks a diverse group of ­

retired or semi-retired learners committed to rigorous liberal arts study on the peer-learning model.” Participants in the program lead courses and take part in extracurricular activities and guest lectures.

Former HILR Director Leonie J. Gordon, who currently participates in the program, said participants used to have informal check-ins to assess and reflect on their progress in the program. The new handbook formalizes these discussions and outlines fixed participation periods in the program, the first of which lasts three years. At the conclusion of each participation period, participants must now submit requests for renewal that require them to describe their experience and how they “envisage” their next stage at HILR, according to the handbook.

O’Toole added that the rigor of the program sometimes causes participates to decide that HILR is “more of a commitment” than they might have been prepared to make.

The Division of Continuing Education has also set a target for the program to reduce annual subsidy need from the division from $350,000 to $200,000, according to the

handbook.

HILR funding comes from three main sources: a program fee paid by participants, HILR-specific endowment funds established by past donors, and the proceeds of HILR’s Annual Appeal. Tuition revenue covers 66 percent of expenses and the endowment and gift funds cover 34 percent of the expenses of the program.

These numbers exclude the annual subsidy, according to the handbook.

O’Toole said that the reduction in subsidies does not amount to a budget cut.

“We have the same budget that we’ve always had,” O’Toole said. She added that though HILR has not made any decisions on revenue generating strategies yet, there are “various entryways” to make up for the loss in subsidies that potentially include more fundraising and increasing tuition.

“We haven’t had a tuition increase in a long time. At some point, there might have to be a tuition increase… I haven’t set out with the community at this point what combination or what calibration of tuition versus development versus additional revenue through programs that happen here,” O’Toole said.

HILR Teaching and Learning Committee Co-Chair Judy P. Uhl, a long-time participant in the program, said HILR is “sort of due for a tuition increase.”

“My guess is that what HILR is going to do is increase the tuition, which with or without this new handbook, people were sort of expecting,” Uhl said.

O’Toole added that there are many participants in the program who are interested in its development in terms of other programs that can help generate revenue. O’Toole also said the revisions to the handbook offer an opportunity for “everyone [in HILR] to get on the same page,” especially as participants are asked to sign a form that confirms they familiarized themselves with the handbook and understood the structure of the program.

Uhl said HILR always had a handbook, but that very few participants read it.

“You could operate on the basis of ‘whatever used to happen, happens.’ So what Harvard decided to do was to get this handbook that established, ‘What is this place? So, we have a handbook now,’” Uhl said. lucy.liu@thecrimson.com

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Whiting Named Next GSD Dean a nd administrators at the Graduate School of Design.

“The GSD has long been a center of gravity for my thinking and actions, and I’m thrilled to be returning,” Whiting said.

“It is altogether tantalizing to look across the School’s three departments, with their individual and collective capacities to shape new horizons within Gund Hall.” ­

Sarah Whiting is an outstanding leader with broad interests that range across the design disciplines and beyond.

Lawrence S. Bacow University President

An expert in architectural theory and urbanism, Whiting’s work focuses on the connection between architecture and politics, economics, and society.

Whiting was named educator of the year by DesignIntelligence in both 2014 and 2018,

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SURVEY FROM PAGE 1

Univ. Runs Sexual Misconduct Survey concerned about questions regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.

For the AAU survey, Harvard added a question with more flexible characterizations of gender and sexuality.

“It ended up working out really well,” Merhill said. “I think we got to a better place than the original core question on the survey.”

Harvard also added a question about students’ locations immediately prior to incidents of sexual assault this year, as well as customizations specific to Harvard’s schools and resources.

Overall, roughly 85 percent of the 2019 survey is identical to the 2015 version, allowing the University to compare results from the two.

The 2019 AAU survey comes amidst a variety of surveys sent out in recent months, including the Pulse campus climate survey.

Merhill said that unlike Pulse, the AAU survey is administered solely by Westat, an outside firm. In order to ensure total confidentiality, no one at the University can see which students have completed the ­

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Architectural Record magazine’s Women in Architecture program in 2017, and by the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2016.

Mostafavi said Whiting has a strong “intellectual commitment to design education” and that he is excited for her to lead in the press release Wednesday.

“Sarah Whiting is an exemplary academic leader and colleague,” Mostafavi said.

“I am delighted that she will be returning to the GSD to help shape the next phase of this incredible School’s journey,” he added.

Whiting’s appointment comes after students organized around the dean search. One group re-published an open letter identical to one published 12 years ago during the last dean search in an effort to argue that many of the same issues at the time are still pertinent today.

The letter included calls for the search committee to find someone who would support “interdisciplinary collaboration” and make an effort to increase faculty diversity.

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“One of the things that we really were very careful about... was that anonymity and confidentiality were absolutely essential when disseminating a survey that asked questions about the most sensitive part of a person’s life experience,” Merhill said.

Since the 2015 survey, Harvard’s Title IX Office has grown significantly, both in its fulltime staff and number of coordinators.

Harvard now has 53 coordinators across all its schools. The Office has also rolled out new mandatory trainings for students, faculty, and staff, and developed bystander intervention trainings.

As the survey heads toward its conclusion, the Title IX Office plans to host a short video contest to encourage students to share why participating matters to them.

The Office will also continue to promote the survey across the University via tables at the Science Center and posters around campus. simone.chu@thecrimson.com iris.lewis@thecrimson.com

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UNION FROM PAGE 1

BIKE FROM PAGE 1

A Look at the Proposals on the Table

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could mitigate this concern.

“We find it difficult to accept the view that it is impossible to find unbiased members of the University community who could review an investigation on appeal,” Swain wrote in an emailed statement.

The University’s counterproposal on harassment and discrimination issues would give the union representation on a committee and two working groups to review University’s current policies and procedures on Title IX and “other forms of discrimination and misconduct,” Swain wrote in an earlier statement.

University President Lawrence S. Bacow has also joined the conversation, arguing in an interview last week that a third-party grievance procedure would not be appropriate for sexual harassment complaints because a third-party arbitrator would have no legal authority to discipline anyone outside of HGSU-UAW’s bargaining unit.

Compensation and benefits have also been at the fore during recent bargaining ses­

sions.

One month after HGSU put forward its complete set of economic proposals, the University responded with its counter proposals Monday, according to an email University Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 sent to Harvard affiliates Tuesday.

The University’s proposal would raise the University-wide hourly minimum wage to $15, a figure slightly higher than the $14.85 living wage in Boston and Cambridge areas, according to Swain. He also wrote that Harvard’s broader proposal is in line with other contracts negotiated by United Automobile Workers — HGSU’s international parent union — at other universities.

The union, however, characterized the University’s compensation proposal as a “pay decrease” in a bargaining update sent to its members Tuesday. In the update, it wrote that the plan would give a pay raise smaller than that in any threeyear period during the last decade, and would “barely” keep up with the cost of living.

The union’s economic pro-

posals would double the Uni-

We find it difficult to accept the view that it is impossible to find unbiased members of the University community who could review an investigation on appeal.

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versity’s expenditures for each graduate student at Harvard, Garber wrote in his email.

HGSU also slammed Harvard’s proposals on benefits, which Union bargaining committee member Ashley B. Gripper wrote in an earlier statement that Harvard’s child care fund would “barely make a dent” in covering student workers’ costs.

Swain wrote that Harvard’s proposal includes a child care

fund, emergency grants, and a healthcare coverage fund available to dependents.

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TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS

After repeated calls from HGSU for increased bargaining time with University negotiators, the two sides agreed to form four subcommittees to fine-tune specific proposals outside regular bargaining sessions.

In a bargaining update from April 1, the union identified five areas — equity and inclusivity, job security and transparency, healthy work environment, international student workers protections, and union recognition and rights — as areas where they have made some progress.

HGSU has repeatedly stated a goal of securing a contract that will take effect this fall.

Swain wrote that the University and the union have set dates for bargaining sessions up to June, but that contract negotiations at other universities have taken anywhere from one year to 18 months.

Harvard and HGSU have reached a consensus on four contract provisions.

The two first agreed on severability and union recognition at a bargaining session Nov. 9, according to Swain. These establish who is counted in the bargaining unit and protect the contract as a whole in the case that a single provision was ever deemed illegal.

A tentative agreement on employment records made at a Jan. 23 session will allow teaching fellows to view course evaluations written about them, and petition Harvard to remove evaluations that are “horribly inaccurate” or “discriminatory,” according to a video posted on HGSU’s Instagram Jan. 25.

In that video, the union said the two sides also agreed to increase access to professional development resources and training for student workers, and that the University would compensate them for attending

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lanes.” The legislation, passed as an amendment to the Cambridge Municipal Code, defines permanent separated lanes as bicycle lanes that are protected from motor traffic by a “permanent vertical barrier.”

The cycling ordinance has drawn media attention, and bike safety advocates have praised it as the first legislation of its kind.

Vice Mayor Jan Devereux said she thinks it is “obvious” that Cambridge cyclists lack a “minimum standard of protection,” but also said she is hopeful that this law will make biking safer and, as a result, more popular.

“We’ve allowed the car culture to really take over city planning in a way that we’re now understanding has had really negative impacts on a lot of quality of life issues, a lot of environmental issues,” she said.

There have been more than 700 reported accidents involving bicycles since 2015, according to Cambridge Police Department data.

We’ve allowed the car culture to really take over city planning in a way that we’re now understanding has had really negative impacts on a lot of quality of life issues, a lot of environmental issues.

Jan Devereux Vice Mayor

The Cycling Safety Ordinance is the product of a collaboration between the City Council and local advocacy group Cambridge Bicycle Safety. The Council first introduced the legislation in January, following a year’s worth of discussion with the group.

Sam B. Feigenbaum, a volunteer with Cambridge Bicycle Safety and current Harvard Law School student, said he thinks the ordinance could mark an important step forward in making protected bike lanes “as ubiquitous as sidewalks.”

“We have space that’s set aside for pedestrians, and we have space that’s set aside for cars and cyclists,” Feigenbaum said. “Right now we’re in this in-between world where we’re expected to mix it up with cars to a degree that’s not safe,” he added.

I think it will really change biking around campus. It’ll be much easier to get around Cambridge.

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Feigenbaum also praised the grassroots effort involved in advocating for the legislation.

“We’re an all-volunteer group, and so dozens of people have spent a whole lot of their time working on this to make it happen because they think that it will make the community a better place,” he said.

Some Harvard students said they think the ordinance could help make their daily commute safer.

Lily Gao ’21 said the current bicycle lane system makes her “nervous” when she rides in the city, but she hopes the new law will change that.

“I think it will really change biking around campus,” she said. “I think it’ll be much easier to get around Cambridge.”

Calvin Marambo ’19 said he thinks separated bicycle lanes would make him feel more comfortable around the “reckless” drivers in the city.

“Safety wise, I think it’s going to be good for me because I am someone who is always very careful, especially given the culture in Boston,” he said. declan.knieriem@thecrimson.com katelyn.li@thecrimson.com

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THE HARVARD CRIMSON | APRIL 18, 2019

Summers Talks Henry Elections at IOP to Retire from Position

By BRIDGER J. GORDON CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Former University President Lawrence H. Summers and former Senator Gary W. Hart of Colorado cautioned Democrats to moderate their political platform ahead of the 2020 presidential election at an Institute of Politics event Wednesday.

Summers, who moderated the event, said he thinks the upcoming election parallels the 1972 race, in which Hart managed George S. McGovern’s unsuccessful presidential campaign against incumbent Richard Nixon.

“The Democratic Party had lost a very close previous presidential election with a candidate from its establishment,” he said.

“There was a very strong sense that the party needed to turn in a big new direction, that it needed to become far more progressive, that it needed to dismiss established political leaders and follow the passions of young people,” he added.

Summers also said he thinks ­

There was a very strong sense that the party needed to turn in a big new direction.

Lawrence H. Summers Former University President

that in both elections, Democrats felt pressure to cater their platform to “people who felt intensely rather than reaching to the middle,” that economic disparities formed key campaign issues, and that some candidates championed initiatives designed to redistribute wealth.

Summers — who served as secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama — said he thinks

Democrats should learn from the lessons of the 1972 campaign in order to avoid a similar defeat in 2020.

Hart agreed with Summers’ analogy and said he does not think focusing on government redistribution programs was a winning strategy in 1972.

“Redistribution programs generally in American history have only worked in bad economic times,” Hart said. “If the economy is fair to good, a program that has massive redistribution probably isn’t going to work.”

More than 50 College students and Cambridge residents attended the event.

Perry Arrasmith ’20, who attended the forum, said he decided to come because he was eager to hear Hart speak.

“I ended up reading about the 1984 presidential primary and the 1988 Democratic primary and how media evolved during those events,” he said.

“In the process of doing so, I heard a lot about Gary Hart’s policies. He was definitely a revolutionary politician, so I

He was definitely a revolutionary politician, so I was interested in hearing him speak.

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was interested in hearing him speak,” he added.

Arrasmith added that he thinks the event was “great” and offered a timely history lesson.

“I think in the last few years Americans have been talking a lot about how our politics have evolved over the last thirty years,” he said. bridger.gordon@thecrimson.com

HOLLISTER FROM PAGE 1

Harvard Reduced Debt, Built Reserves from $6.28 billion in 2010 to $5.30 billion in 2018, according to the University’s financial statements from each year.

This category is the largest component of the University’s debts, which also include other liabilities, such as retirement obligations.

Hollister also said most Harvard schools have been able to use budgetary surpluses in recent years to build up “rainy day funds and reserves” for future downturns.

Both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Medical School have seen financial troubles in recent years, with the Medical School running a deficit in nine of the last 10 fiscal years.

When the 2008 financial crisis struck, Harvard’s endowment took a substantial hit, falling from $37 billion to $26 billion, a negative 27.3 percent return.

The endowment, currently valued at more than $39 billion, did not fully recover from this loss until 2017.

Former University President Drew G. Faust said in a May 2017 interview that the crisis was a tumultuous time to be overseeing the University’s finances.

“Just in a matter of hours you watched the markets crash, and you felt this urgent emergency was going on before your eyes, and you didn’t know if by the end of the next day the endowment would have fallen another 10 percent or 15 — when was it going to stop? Was there going to be no endowment left at all?”

Faust said.

The University also put off its capital campaign for several years and cut staff across the

University in order to keep its fiscal house in order.

Some cuts, such as nixing hot breakfast in the upperclassmen houses, have not been restored since.

In the event of a future recession, Hollister said Harvard’s schools have plans in place to make sure operations will not be dramatically constrained.

“From a planning standpoint... I give all the credit to the schools and units. They go through scenario planning of what would we do in 18 months if we have a recession, and how do we act or ready ourselves in case that were to occur,” he said.

“So, I would like to think that the University systematically across the board is doing all the right kinds of thinking and in the event of the inevitable downturn.”

University President Lawrence S. Bacow said in a September 2018 interview that he had “challenged” all the schools to conduct this scenario planning in anticipation of an eventual recession.

“What are we going to do when we have a recession — not if – I guarantee you there will be a recession, I don’t know when it’s coming, but it’s important to think about it in advance,” Bacow said.

Still, Hollister said a future recession might force Harvard to make some cuts despite the University’s planning.

“What I can’t say is that it won’t be painful,” he said.

“What I can say is that we hopefully won’t be unnecessarily surprised.”

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By DEVIN B. SRIVASTAVA CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Senior Associate Director of Athletics Patricia Henry will retire June 30, bringing her 40year tenure to a close, Athletics Director Robert L. Scalise announced in an email to Harvard affiliates Tuesday.

Henry furthered the Athletic Department’s mission of “Education through Athletics and Building Community and Pride in Harvard,” according to Scalise.

He added that she was a tireless advocate for Harvard athletes and promoted the department’s philosophy of offering “Athletics for All.” “She has demonstrated the highest level of integrity and ethics, exercised sound judgement, exhibited respect for others, and embraced the spirit of gender equity in both opportunity for and treatment for all athletes,” he wrote.

Henry established the Harvard Radcliffe Foundation for women’s athletics in 1981, which advanced the programming and financial support of women’s athletics programs, according to Scalise.

Her dedication to promoting opportunities for female athletes culminated in her efforts to bring the 2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four to Boston. ­

From the Law School to Longwood.

She has demonstrated the highest level of integrity and ethics.

Robert L. Scalise Athletics Director

Henry played a key role in the design and construction of the Murr Center, which opened in 1988 and is currently home base for the Athletic Department’s operations.

Scalise wrote in his email that one of the most notable aspects of Henry’s career was her fierce dedication to the wellbeing of Harvard student athletes.

“Pat Henry during her exemplary career has been a strong supporter for student-athlete health and safety,” Brant Berkstresser, the associate director of athletics for student-athlete health and performance, wrote in an email to The Crimson.

The Athletics Department has worked to promote student-athlete health this year, launching a collaboration with Harvard University Health Services’ Counseling and Mental Health Services.

Henry during her exemplary career has been a strong supporter for studentathlete health and safety.

Brant Berkstresser Associate Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Health and Performance

The program, entitled Crimson Mind and Body Program, focuses on mental health screening, education, and care through workshops for students and coaches.

The initiative debuted at the beginning of fall 2018 in response to survey data collected over several athletic seasons.

Henry was integral to forming these sorts of strong collaborations, according to Berkstresser, who played a role in the creation and development of the Crimson Mind and Body Program.

“Under her guidance, the strong health-care model between the Harvard Athletics Sports Medicine Department and Harvard University Health Services is a model for other collegiate institutions to follow.”

Scalise noted Henry’s work extended well beyond Harvard.

She served both on the United States Olympic Women’s Rowing Committee and the United States Olympic Committee Education Council.

She was also the co-coordinator of the 1984 Olympic soccer matches held at Harvard Stadium. devin.srivastava@thecrimson.com

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EDITORIAL THE CRIMSON EDITORIAL BOARD

OP-ED

Mourning a Goat Roast

T

he main event of Dunster House’s annual goat roast — the skinning and barbecuing of a locally sourced goat — has been cancelled this year, ending a decades-old tradition. In doing so, Dunster House Faculty Deans Cheryl K. Chen and Sean D. Kelly have cited health concerns and students’ potential discomfort with the event as the motivations for their decision.

We are saddened to see Dunster’s annual goat roast go. The unique and unconventional event distinguished Dunster from its fellow undergraduate Houses on campus. The goat roast is listed as

Aside from being a quirky part of Dunster’s traditions, the goat roast sparked thought-provoking conversations among students. a “go-to” event in descriptions of the House, showing what future Dunster residents can look forward to in terms of community-building events. This event, alongside the traditions of other Houses, such as Mather Lather, Thursday Lowell House Teas, and Eliot House’s Fête formal, are an essential part of House life, engendering a sense of community and

pride among residents.

Aside from being a quirky part of Dunster’s traditions, the goat roast sparked thought-provoking conversations among students. The selection, transportation, slaughter, skinning, and barbecuing of the goat forced students to confront the reality of consuming meat, and talk about practices like vegetarianism.

The tradition brought to light the production process that goes into every piece of meat we consume, perhaps making students more aware of the usually out-of-sight consequences of their eating decisions. Furthermore, the origins of the event, created by Human and Evolutionary Biology professor and then-resident tutor Daniel E. Lieberman ’86, are rooted in a desire to educate students about how our ancestors once lived, motivating the practice of using paleolithic tools to skin the goat. Events like these, where our horizons are broadened, are part of what make the Harvard experience so transformative and uniquely educational.

While we can’t help feeling a sense of loss in the end of this tradition, we understand that prevailing health concerns and the ensuing safety requirements make it hard to continue in its former state. We appreciate the concerns for students’ safety and well-being that motivated the change. Nevertheless, we

hope to see an equally quirky and creative tradition replace the goat roast that

While we can’t help feeling a sense of loss in the end of this tradition, we understand that prevailing health concerns and the ensuing safety requirements make it hard to continue in its former state. will last for many years to come, and that any new iteration of the event will continue to be a staple of community life in Dunster. Hopefully, Dunster residents in the future will attend the new version of the goat roast and continue to have productive discussions over the evolution of the event, asking: “Did you know that we used to skin a local goat right on this lawn?

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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COLUMN

Alone at a Table For Ten

Jonathan Yuan FOOD FOR THOUGHT

W

hen an image of a Harvard student comes to mind, it’s probably of a confident, determined individual who knows exactly what they want to do to change the world. Harvard students are ready to create companies, write novels, and share their skills wherever life takes them.

That isn’t me. I’m an 18-year-old freshman, faulted with a fear of the future and an inability to make decisions.

I have several interests, ranging from the classics to computer science, biology to animation.

I also have mild social paranoia and a fear of social interaction that has stuck with me since high school.

My overall sense of insecurity was heightened by my sudden arrival into a sea of talented individuals who seem to know exactly what they’re doing and deserve all of the success they have already achieved.

One of the ways that my insecurity has implemented itself, surprisingly, is in the dining hall.

Annenberg, the freshman dining hall, is a huge church-like space with rows and rows of tables, enough for hundreds of students to dine at once.

Being surrounded by so many people those first few weeks, however, and having to put on a smile every moment of every day started to tire me out.

During the first few weeks of fall semester, Annenberg was an exciting space, full of opportunities to meet my fellow classmates and create memories and friendships that would kickstart my amazing four years here at the University.

Being surrounded by so many people those first few weeks, however, and having to put on a smile every moment of every day started to tire me out.

I slowly lost the energy to keep that smile plastered on my face or to even re-

member everyone’s names.

I began to retreat into myself, sleeping early instead of attending events during Opening Days or staying in my room to do those first problem sets alone.

Soon after, I began to walk into Annenberg for every meal and see everyone else sitting at tables with their friend groups. I felt like I had missed my chance to meet people.

Tired and alone, I retreated with earbuds into the back of Annenberg, sitting alone on my phone trying to drown out the constant laughter and conversation.

Some people thrive in that setting, doing work, jamming out, or focusing on more important matters.

But, for me, those moments were a testament to what I was doing wrong.

With every familiar face that walked by without a wave, with every person I failed to speak to, I was reminded of my immense failure to reach out and connect to the people I most wanted to become close with.

My paranoia began to escalate as well, even extending outside Annenberg.

When someone walked by without saying hello, I would analyze every interaction with that person and see if I had done something to offend them.

With every conversation, I began to read a sense of annoyance or judgment in every word. Soon, not only was my ability to meet new people affected, but also my existing friendships. Instead of holding simple conversations, I was always trying to be interesting or relatable or funny, and doing my best to make people respect me.

During the first few months of the semester, I began to hear the term “duck syndrome” a lot, in introductory workshops on mental health or advising, as well as in everyday conversations.

The term refers to the fact that ducks seem to move in the water without any sign of effort, even though their feet are paddling intensely below the water where no one can see.

Harvard students often act in this way, pretending to have everything together while keeping their struggles to themselves.

Campus culture here is very much achievement-based, and this focus on doing as much as possible pressures peo-

ple to act like the best versions of themselves, even if they have other worries weighing them down.

I may not have seen that in the dining hall, but I did in my animation class this semester.

With these gradual realizations, I started to open back up. I didn’t have to pretend to be a person I wasn’t, I didn’t need to make it seem like I had everything together, and I didn’t always have to prove myself in every single interaction.

When I heard that the theme for our final projects was “anxiety,” I immediately thought to portray my experience with isolation, paranoia, and insecurity.

When I discussed my idea with the class, I found that people who I once thought were untouchable had similar concerns and even felt touched by my work.

With these gradual realizations, I started to open back up. I didn’t have to pretend to be a person I wasn’t, I didn’t need to make it seem like I had everything together, and I didn’t always have to prove myself in every single interaction. I feel like a very different person than I was when eating alone in Annenberg for the first time.

The most important thing I’ve learned here at Harvard so far is that I don’t have to act like what I feel is expected of me. In the dining hall, I’ve stopped retreating to the back for every meal.

I’ve begun to sit with people who once intimidated me, people who I wanted to reconnect with after the struggles I had been facing. With help from my new dining strategy, I’m slowly finding a cohort of friends who are more supportive of me than I ever could have imagined.

—Jonathan Yuan ’22 lives in Thayer Hall.

His column appears on alternate Thursdays.

The Value of an Imperfect Harvard

By DANIEL KIM

S

ome people might think of the idea of the college campus as a microcosm of society as flawed, since college students generally face less responsibilities compared to those who have graduated. However, this by no means indicates that a college student’s life is ideal. Even though college is in some regards a safer place than society as a whole, college students still face injustices and struggle to have their voices heard. What I have seen during my time at Harvard has made me realize that although college is not necessarily a microcosm of society, it does teach us important lessons about the world we live in.

Before coming to Harvard, I, like many others, was excited to study in a world-renowned institution that would support its students to the best of its abilities.

Coming from a country in which it is deemed impolite to challenge authorities, I was curious to see how students in American universities are more outspoken about their beliefs and are not afraid to speak against those in power.

Harvard both confirmed and denied my hopes of experiencing what it feels like to be on a campus where students are eager to advocate for what they believe in.

But at the same time, I have also felt disheartened by our tendencies to forget about what our peers are fighting for and the sense of hesitation that students feel that prevent them from being vocal about their arguments.

I have been encouraged by students passionately advocating for issues ranging from the establishment of the ethnic studies concentration to Harvard’s investments in the fossil fuel industry and prison-industrial complex.

But at the same time, I have also felt disheartened by our tendencies to forget about what our peers are fighting for and the sense of hesitation that students feel that prevent them from being vocal about their arguments.

What I have noticed from my life at Harvard is that there is a pervasive culture of desiring perfection and stability. One example of this is choosing classes.

The more time we spend at Harvard, the less we place value on venturing from our comfort zones by taking classes that are unlike what we are accustomed to studying.

I sometimes feel like college is no different than high school — a lot of us aim for perfection in grades and extracurriculars that solely doing something out of passion without regard of its impact on our grades and careers seems foolish.

The same goes with student advocacy. While there are student groups that advocate for various issues, there is also a significant amount of students who choose not to be involved in activism.

Of course, not everyone should be expected to attend protests — after all, we all have different opinions. Yet, we should still be aware of what our peers are advocating for and be ready to support them if we are persuaded by their causes.

We too often neglect the amazing work done by our peers to fight for a better Harvard. Another factor that may prevent students from voicing their opinions is the fear of retaliation.

Students may feel hesitant to speak out or engage in activism if they fear that the University would punish them for their actions. The sense of hesitation to speak out is thus formed both by our own indifference and the fear of being attacked.

Harvard is by no means perfect. It often falls short in taking student opinion into account and creating a safe space for all identities. However, Harvard’s imperfections challenge us to identify them and propose solutions.

We should be vigilant of how changes made by the university can affect our lives and strive to truly take ownership of this campus. This does not mean that Harvard should be satisfied with the status quo — it should strive to create a welcoming environment for students regardless of student protests.

Will we choose to neglect the injustices around us because we think engaging with them would negatively impact us, or will we be vigilant and vocal?

More importantly, it should make sure that no student faces limits in voicing their opinion due to fear of retaliation. The institution that exists to educate the world’s next leaders should not teach its students to submit to authority out of fear.

Even in life after graduation, we will be faced with the dilemma of whether to be vocal about the injustices we see around us or to stay silent and let those that are more passionate do the work.

The fear of retaliation would also be present, this time with even greater risks than what we face as college students. In this regard, our experience at Harvard informs us of what to expect in the real world.

Will we choose to neglect the injustices around us because we think engaging with them would negatively impact us, or will we be vigilant and vocal? The choice is up to us — but the choice we make now could influence how we navigate life after graduation.

—Daniel Kim ’21, a Crimson Associate Editorial Editor, is a Government concentrator in Leverett House.

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By AMIR MAMDANI and JACKSON DELGADO CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

When Kieran Shaw toed the rubber in the bottom of the ninth inning at Fenway Park, Harvard baseball seemed poised to make history. With the Crimson holding a narrow 9-8 lead over UMass in a nail-biting game, Shaw was three outs from securing both the Crimson’s first ever backto-back Beanpot titles and the single-season record for most saves by an Ivy League pitcher.

But in a heartbreakingly cruel twist of fate, the Minutemen stormed back in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 109. The bottom of the ninth began with a ringing double into the left field corner, and a costly wild pitch moved the runner to third, bringing the infield in. A chopper that might have otherwise been fielded made it through the drawn-in infield, scoring one and tying the game at nine runs apiece.

With their backs against the walls, Harvard faltered, despite playing sparkling defense all night. The defense failed to record an out on an attempted sacrifice bunt that bizarrely deflected off of catcher Matt Thomas’ mask, setting the stage for a successful sacrifice on the next at bat. After an intentional walk to load the bases and set up a potential force out at the plate or a double-play, pinch-hitter Logan Greene hit a walk-off fly ball to center field.

The Crimson (18-9, 8-4 Ivy) sought to repeat as Beanpot Champions for the first time in program history, but were ultimately doomed by ineffective pitching throughout the ballgame. Without a formal starter, Coach Bill Decker was forced to go to eight different relievers, and was ultimately unable to find the right combination to defeat UMass (11-18, 5-7 Atlantic-10).

Harvard turned to many of the bullpen arms to take the mound in tonight’s contest, not wanting to disrupt the rotation for Ivy League play this coming weekend. Sophomore Enzo Stefanoni made his 11th appearance on the bump for the Crimson in what was his first start of the season.

If there were any early nerves for Darien, Conn., native, they didn’t show, as he struck out the first batter he faced, Minutemen leadoff man Collin Shapiro.

Stefanoni added another strikeout as he sat down cleanup hitter Anthony Videtto to finish out a clean first frame.

With solid defensive play from junior shortstop Chad Minato, Stefanoni was also able to emerge from the second inning unscathed. The third inning, though, was not as kind to the product of Rye Country Day, as he allowed four consecutive base hits, cutting the Crimson lead to one run. While two of the hits were of the infield variety, the others were smashed into the right-center field gap for extra bases.

The next to enter the fray for Harvard was senior Jake Forte.

Forte, one of the most unique stories on the team, transitioned this season from the field to the mound, featuring an unconventional three-quarters delivery. He had some trouble with command, though, and hit two batters in his second inning of work, loading the bases and bringing freshman Harrison Stovern out to the mound from the pen.

With a full count and facing the cleanup hitter, Stovern painted the inside corner with a fastball for a called strike three — controlling the damage and ending the inning. This clutch strikeout set the stage for a fourrun fifth inning that gave Harvard a lead it would only cede in the bottom of the ninth.

The bullpen’s struggles overshadowed what was an otherwise standout performance from an offensive perfective, for both Harvard and UMass.

Tonight’s contest was a slugfest compared to the Crim­

A FENWAY FINAL Senior first baseman Patrick McColl rounds second base after blasting a homer past the Pesky Pole in the top of the first inning. The Crimson, ultimately, fell to UMass in the bottom of the ninth inning, losing the Beanpot Championship in a truly heartbreaking fashion in Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. RYOSUKE TAKASHIMA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

son’s semifinal matchup against Northeastern, a game in which there were just seven runs and three hits recorded by the two teams combined. When the dust had settled at the Fens, the two teams today had combined for a whopping 29 hits and 19 runs.

Harvard’s offensive tear started with two outs in the top of the first inning, when senior first baseman Patrick McColl wrapped a solo home run past the Pesky Pole in right field, channeling the spirit of David Ortiz and other Red Sox greats.

McColl’s drive was the latest in a series of clutch offensive contributions this season that has helped the Crimson to second place in the Ancient Eight standings. The senior added an RBI single in the sixth to extend

the lead to 8-5.

The power surge continued into the top of the second as freshman Logan Bravo realized a dream of many ball-players can only hope to achieve.

He hammered a two-run shot over the Green Monster, putting Harvard up 3-0. That blast made this the second straight Beanpot championship with a Crimson homer over the Monster, as then-freshman infielder Quinn Hoffman did the same just two years ago.

Bravo rung a double off of the top of the Monster in the top of the seventh inning, to help extend the Harvard lead to four runs. His 2-for-4 performance, including a pair of extra-base hits and three RBI’s, was critical out of the No. 8 spot in the

lineup.

UMass relief pitcher Brad Collins struggled to get through the middle of the order in the fifth inning, and was hurt greatly by a series of defensive errors that resulted in four total runs, three of which were unearned.

The turning point in the top of the fifth came with the bases loaded and one out, when catcher Deven Peterson hit a hard ground ball towards second baseman Eddy Hart, a picture perfect double play ball.

Instead of causing a double play to end the inning, the grounder skipped through Hart’s legs, allowing an additional two runs to score.

The Minutemen would not go down without a fight, however, as a three-run seventh in-

ning cut the Crimson lead to just one run. While Harvard mounted a rally in the top of this deliberate frame, UMass responded with a hit parade of their own.

Coach Decker was forced to use three pitchers to record three outs, with the inning mercifully ending with Harvard still in front, if only for another inning.

The seventh inning expended many of Coach Decker’s high-leverage relievers, forcing Shaw to enter an inning earlier than Coach Decker might have otherwise wanted. The Los Gatos, Calif., native had previously recorded a two-inning save, but might have fatigued slightly over the taxing 36-pitch performance.

Wednesday’s game moved at a pace usually reserved for

Fenway’s more frequently attended draws between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. With a first pitch at 6:03pm, the contest lasted well over four hours, ironically overlapping with a matchup played at Yankee Stadium between the two Major League Baseball foes.

When the final pitch had been thrown, Harvard was left ruing its opportunity to close out the game, and must turn its attention to qualifying for the Ivy League Championship series, one of the only consolations that might ease the memory of tonight’s Beanpot Championship game. amir.mamdani@thecrimson.com jackson.delgado@thecrimson.com