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For Lunch Lemon Chive Crusted Flounder Pork Sausage Sub Potato & Vegetable Casserole
For Dinner Bourbon Glazed Pork Loin Korean BBQ Chicken Harvest Seitan Stew
Tod ay’s Events
P-set to P-set 1414 Mass Ave., 4-5:30 p.m.
Procrastinate on p-sets? Anxious about tests? Stop by P-set to P-set to learn about high impact studying strategies from successful students! Hear from a panel and participate in a workshop to get some tips on how to focus. The event will take place at 4:00 p.m. at 1414 Mass Ave on the 3rd floor.
When the Civil War Went West: On Writing History from Unexpected Places Barker 110, 6:30-8 p.m.
Join the History & Literature department in welcoming Megan Kate Nelson, who will discuss her upcoming book The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West. Stop by to learn about writing history and the Civil War! After a rainy morning, puddles form around Harvard Yard Monday afternoon. ALLISON G. LEE— Cr m ph t r ph r
Daily Briefing
Harvard and its graduate union reached tentative agreements on topics including holidays, employee assistance, and transportation in a mediated negotiation last week. The session marked the fourth time the union and University have met since graduate students concluded a month-long strike in December. In other news, students founded a new advocacy group called Jewish Coalition for Peace in a bid to advocated for Palestinians and combat anti-Semitism on campus.
in The Rea l World
Chinese Military Officers Charged Over Equifax Hack The U.S. government charged four members of the Chinese military with hacking the credit rating company Equifax in 2017. The breach affected 147 million Americans’ data, including causing the release of sensitive information, like names and addresses.
South Korean Film “Parasite” Wins Historic Trophies at Academy Awards For the first time, a movie not in English won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, alongside Best Director, Best International Feature, and Best Original Screenplay. The South Korean film “Parasite” made headlines with its historic wins Sunday evening.
Around the Ivies
Brown The Brown Daily Herald reported that approximately 60 students gathered last weekend to support student group Brown Divest in their call for divestment from “companies identified as facilitating human rights abuses in Palestine.” Several students in Brown Divest gave speeches, demanding that the University President and the Corporation remove endowment funds from companies that assist Israel’s occupation of Palestine. This demonstration was Brown Divest’s first formal action since Brown’s Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies voted to recommend divestment to the Corporation.
Cornell A Cornell student has tested negative for coronavirus after showing similar symptoms, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. The virus — which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and has since spread to more than 20 countries internationally — has not caused any cases in New York as of late. The student is the second Cornellian to have tested negative for the virus and the University maintains that risk remains low, according to the publication.
yale Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate is scheduled to meet on February 20 for a discussion on whether the University has an ethical obligation to divest from fossil fuels, according to the Yale Daily News. This meeting follows Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ decision last Tuesday in which faculty members overwhelmingly voted for the University to divest its endowment from fossil fuels. Yale’s Chief Investment Officer David Swensen, student activists, and notable Yale community members will attend the FAS Senate meeting, according to the newspaper.
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The Harvard Crimson
Aidan F. Ryan President
Shera S. Avi-Yonah Managing Editor
Emily M. Lu Business Manager
Associate Managing Editors Alexandra A. Chaidez ’21 Molly C. McCafferty ’21
Associate Business Managers Jonathon V. Garzon ’21 Andrea M. Lamas-Nino ’21
Editorial Chairs Ari E. Benkler ’21 Isaac O. Longobardi ’21 Arts Chairs Iris M. Lewis ’21 Allison J. Scharmann ’21 Design Chairs Margot E. Shang ’21 Matthew J. Tyler ’22
FM Chairs Andrew W.D. Aoyama ’21 Nina H. Pasquimi ’21
Blog Chairs Ariana Chiu ’22 Sahara W. Kirwan ’21
Sports Chairs William C. Boggs ’22 Joseph W. Minatel ’21 Multimedia Chairs Ryan N. Gajarawala ’22 Allison G. Lee ’21
Technology Chairs Alexander K. Chin ’21 William Y. Yao ’21
Staff for This Iss ue
Night Editor Katelyn X. Li ’21
Assistant Night Editors Meera S. Nair ’23 Ruoqi Zhang ’22
Story Editors Shera S. Avi-Yonah ’21 Alexandra A. Chaidez ’21 Delano R. Franklin ’21 Amy L. Jia ’21 Molly C. McCafferty ’21 Design Editor Yuen Ting Chow ‘23 Emily H. Nguyen ‘23
Editorial Editor Guillermo S. Hava ’23 Isaac O. Longobardi ’21
Sports Editor Nicholas E. Daley ’23
