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The Harvard Crimson THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873 | VOLUME CXLVI, NO. 32 | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS | MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019

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The Crimson takes this opportunity to clarify the rules we live by.

Women’s Week brings open mics and film screenings to campus.

With win over Columbia, men’s basketball earns Ivy League title.

52 Law Profs.

HKS Students Rally in Support of Lecturer Defend Sullivan

By ALEXIS K. BOLNER and JANIA J. TUMEY

By IRIS M. LEWIS and AIDAN F. RYAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Fifty-two Harvard Law School professors signed a letter supporting their fellow Professor and Winthrop House Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. as he faces on-campus scrutiny following his decision to represent Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Law School professors Janet E. Halley and Elizabeth Bartholet ’62 organized the effort, sending a draft to other professors and faculty clinicians early last week. Fifty-two faculty members — including Professor Emeritus Alan M. Dershowitz, former Harvard Law School Dean Martha L. Minow, and Professor Laurence H. Tribe — signed on to the document, and the resulting letter was published in the Boston Globe on Friday.

The letter itself does not mention Sullivan’s defense of Weinstein, though an editor’s note contextualizes Sullivan’s decision to represent Weinstein

UC Votes to Support Union

and the resulting protests on campus.

“We call upon our university’s Administration to recognize that such legal advocacy in service of constitutional principles is not only fully consistent with Sullivan’s roles of law professor and dean of an undergraduate house, but one of the many possible models that resident deans can provide in teaching, mentoring, and advising students,” the letter reads.

On Jan. 23, the New York Post first reported that Sullivan would be joining Weinstein’s legal team as the film producer faces five criminal charges in a Manhattan sexual abuse case, stemming from allegations that he raped a woman and forcibly performed oral sex on another.

Two days after the Post story, Sullivan emailed Winthrop House residents defending his decision to represent Weinstein, saying that defense attorneys have a duty to represent the “unpopular defendant.” Days later, Sullivan and

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Elizabeth G. Gibbons, one of the student organizers of the rally and a student of lecturer Steve Jarding, gives a short speech calling for the University to let Jarding continue to teach. KATHRYN S. KUHAR—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Students at the Harvard Kennedy School gathered to protest the impending termination of Lecturer Steve Jarding — who teaches one of the school’s most popular courses — at the John F. Kennedy Jr. forum Thursday.

In December, Kennedy School Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf confirmed that Jarding could only hold his lectureship through May 2020, according to emails provided by Jarding. This sparked outcry from Kennedy School students and alumni who felt they had benefited from Jarding’s teaching. Organizing efforts since then culminated in Thursday’s rally, at which organizers handed out t-shirts emblazoned with the words “Keep Jarding” and encouraged students to sign a petition in protest.

A spokesperson for Elmendorf declined to comment Thursday, saying that Elmendorf was on vacation until this week, and did not respond to a further request for comment

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Janet Mock Honored at Cultural Rhythms Festival

By KEVIN R. CHEN and LAURA C. ESPINOZA CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

The Undergraduate Council signed a statement Sunday in support of the graduate student union’s efforts to ensure that their new contract with the University includes an option for union members to seek third-party grievance procedures to address sexual harassment issues.

Because Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers represents over 400 undergraduate student workers, Mather House Representative Sanika S. Mahajan ’21, Dunster House Representative Janani Krishnan-Jha ’20, and Ivy Yard Representative Jenny Y. Gan ’22 sponsored a bill to sign a statement in favor of third-party grievance processes. Such processes allow complainants to seek help from organizations outside of Harvard to resolve issues of sexual harassment and discrimination.

“The administration has proposed carving potential protections for harassment and discrimination out of student workers’ first union contract,” the statement reads. “We reject this proposal. We stand united to demand the administration agree to a fair and neutral grievance procedure for harassment and discrimination in this historic contract for HGSU-UAW.” The third-party organization that would adjudicate such issues would likely be the American Arbitration Association, and costs associated with arbitration would be split equally between the union and the University, according to Lisa L. Xu, a staff organizer for the union who attended the Sunday meeting.

Union members who suffer other grievances, such as lack of pay, are eligible to undergo third-party arbitration under the current draft of the contract. Xu said one reason the University has given for opposing the inclusion of sexual harassment and discrimination issues in third-party grievance procedures was that the

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Harvard College Deepam, a classical Indian dance group, performed in the annual Cultural Rhythms show in Sanders Theatre Saturday evening. AMANDA Y. SU—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

By ELIZABETH X. GUO and AMANDA Y. SU CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations held its annual Cultural Rhythms Show honoring Janet Mock, an acclaimed writer, producer, director, and transgender rights advocate, in Sanders Theater Saturday.

Cultural Rhythms show­

cases and celebrates Harvard’s cultural and ethnic diversity, according to the foundation’s website. This year’s show also featured 12 performances by students and cultural groups.

“The vision was ‘Reclamation,’” Hakeem O. I. Angulu ’20, the show’s 2019 director, said in an interview. “Cultural Rhythms has long-been described as like a festival, but I wanted to turn that on its head

this year and refocus on our efforts on making sure that the performers and that students in general feel that this space is for them.”

The day’s programming began in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room with a Q&A with Mock, the foundation’s 2019 Artist of the Year.

Mock made history last year

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Janet Mock received the Harvard Foundation’s 2019 Artist of the Year award from Hakeem O.I. Angulu ’20. AMANDA Y. SU—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Former French President Speaks at IOP

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By ANNIE C. DORIS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

WOMEN’S WEEK

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Azmera Hammouri-Davis sings and Alexa K. Mayer plays at Sing It, Sister!, a Women’s Week open mic event Wednesday night. CAMILLE G. CALDERA—CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Sports 8

TODAY’S FORECAST

Former President of France François Hollande delivered the closing remarks for the 2019 European Conference which took place at the Harvard Kennedy School this weekend, calling for the creation of a “new Europe.”

The European Conference is a seven-year-old tradition and is organized by students from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, the Kennedy School, the Business School, and the College. The theme of this year’s conference was “Europe: Dialogue with Dissent,” and the weekend featured panels and workshops that covered topics ranging from artificial intelligence to European Union elections. The topic of this year’s conference was prompted by the “plurality of crises”

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that Europe has faced in the last year, including an “economic and financial crisis” and “the blurring of traditional political lines,” according to the conference’s webpage.

Hollande, president of France between 2012 and 2017, began his speech by highlighting the “resilience” of the European Union. He referred to the strength of the euro and the ability of the EU to handle its split with the United Kingdom, which Hollande said “could have been the the beginning of the end.”

Hollande then transitioned into Europe’s weaknesses, calling attention to the EU’s “stagnant” state both in terms of its policies and organization of its defense. He also spoke about the rise of divisions — both north-south and east-west —

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For Lunch BBQ Chicken French Bread Cuban Pizza Mediterranean Split Pea

For Dinner Pork Stew Shrimp with Fettucine Moroccan Scented Baked Beans

TODAY’S EVENTS Unearthing the Truth of Slavery by Another Name 6-8 p.m.

IN THE REAL WORLD Ethiopian Airlines Crash Kills Everyone On Board

The 2018 discovery of the bodies of 95 black forced laborers from the Jim Crow era has raised questions about the history of convict leasing in the South. Dig into the history and honor the memory of the lives of these 95 individuals at the Tsai Auditorium.

An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed minutes after takeoff on Sunday. The flight left Addis Ababa in good weather conditions, but could not ascend at a stable speed, losing contact with air traffic control. This latest crash of a new Boeing 737 Max 8 raises further concerns about this aircraft model as victims’ families plan to sue Boeing.

The Pitches & Oxford’s Out of the Blue 9:30 p.m.

Head to Winthrop Standish Senior Common Room to hear The Radcliffe Pitches and Oxford University’s Out of the Blue at their free a cappella concert! The show promises to be a fun, short study break/procrastination excuse as you start your week.

Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Gergen 6-7:15 p.m.

Check out this discussion with Pulitzer-winner and Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Harvard Kennedy School faculty member David Gergen at the Institute of Politics.

Bernie Sanders Stresses Unity of Democrats in New Hampshire A new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences building in Allston is still under construction.

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DAILY BRIEFING Fifty-two Harvard Law School professors wrote an open letter defending fellow law Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.’s decision to represent film producer Harvey Weinstein, who faces charges of sexual assault. Their letter comes in the wake of student outcry over Sullivan’s decision and calls for him to step down from his position as Winthrop House faculty dean. In other news, Harvard Kennedy School students gathered to protest the school’s decision to terminate Lecturer Steve Jarding, who teaches one of the Kennedy School’s most popular courses Democracy, Politics, and Institutions 890: “The Making of a Politician.”

Senator Bernie Sanders held his first campaign event in New Hampshire since he announced his presidential bid in late February. In his speech, Sanders slammed President Trump, saying he “consistently lies” and stressed his progressive proposals, which include criminal justice reform, universal affordable childcare and a mission to make public universities’ tuition free.

President Trump Plans to Demand $8.6 Billion For the Wall

Reuters reported that President Trump plans to request $8.6 billion from Congress in his 2020 congressional budget for the Wall along the Mexico-US border. The money would most likely be drawn from the Department of Homeland Security budget and the Pentagon’s

AROUND THE IVIES YALE

The Yale College Council will implement new guidelines for their upcoming election, according to the Yale Daily News. Some of the new requirements include mandatory interviews for candidates that will be endorsed by student organizations and adding a Council of Representatives meeting requirement for president and vice president candidates. The precampaign period for candidates has also been eliminated.

PRINCETON

Princeton’s Department of African American studies is looking to expand the department by improving course selection and adding programming, such as lectures and panels, according to the Daily Princetonian. The first class of concentrators graduated in June of 2018, and since then, the AAS department is hoping to attract students from different fields to AAS courses. Some course offerings for the AAS department include AAS 235: “Race is Socially Constructed, Now What?” and AAS 367: “African American History Since Emancipation.”

PENN

The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that undergraduates campaigning for student government roles are now banned from approaching voters with laptops so they can immediately cast their votes. Penn’s elections committee put the practice into place following a fall 2018 investigation of two candidates who asked voters to cast their ballots in person.

Before undergraduates vote in an April student government election, the board also plans to implement efforts to increase turnout.

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FESTIVAL FROM PAGE 1

HOLLANDE FROM PAGE 1

Cultural Groups Perform at Festival

Hollande Speaks about Europe, France

as the first transgender woman of color to write, direct and produce a television series.

The show, an FX drama entitled POSE, assembled the largest cast of transgender actors in regular roles for a scripted series ever.

“Her life and career is all about taking up space in rooms and places that were not built for her, or sitting beside people who would prefer to not work with her,” Angulu, who selected Mock, said.

“But she still goes there in those spaces and reclaims those spaces, and that’s amazing work.”

During the Q&A, Mock spoke frequently about intersectionality, specifically the “complicatedness” of her identity as a black, native indigenous Hawaiian, transgender woman and how she reflects that in her art.

“I grew up like so many of us engaging with media, watching

television, watching films, engaging with music, and not necessarily seeing myself in my totality reflected,” she said. “And so, so much of my work has been about telling my own truth, largely out of an act of not being seen or reflected.”

Following the Q&A, FUSIAN, an “East Asian-interest” a capella group, performed at a luncheon in Kirkland Dining Hall, singing a mash-up of Coldplay’s “Yellow” and “Liu Xing” — the Mandarin version of “Yellow.”

At 4 p.m., an audience gathered in Sanders Theater to watch the student performances.

Following each performance, representatives from the performing groups had the chance to speak about the personal significance of their art.

Emmy Semprun ’22 opened the show with a flamenco dance from Spain.

“Cultural Rhythms for me is

not only about presenting your culture but how you identify with it,” Semprun said in an interview after the show. “There are plenty of other Hispanic people who could also dance flamenco but could interpret it in a really different way, so I think it’s really beautiful that I got to share my specific interpretation.”

The other performers included groups who had been in previous Cultural Rhythms shows as well as groups new to the stage, including Abyssinia, an East African dance group.

“The Ethiopian-Eritrean community had some trouble centralizing, and I think this was an event that really brought all of us together,” said Aaron Abai ’22, a Cultural Rhythms Dialogue co-director who also performed with Abyssinia.

Cultural Rhythms concluded Sunday afternoon with an event for all performers and crew in Kirkland Junior Com-

mon Room, where they enjoyed food and heard short speeches of gratitude from Foundation interns.

The afternoon gathering marked the first year that such an event took place. In past years, cultural groups served food for rest of the student body in a buffet-style food festival, according to Angulu.

“I didn’t think that aligned very well with our mission,” Angulu said. “We decided this year to serve the cultural groups instead.”

Abai said he appreciated the opportunity Cultural Rhythms gives students to share and celebrate their culture onstage.

“It gives space and gives a huge visible space to a lot of groups who otherwise would not have the chance to show off their identity and their culture,” he said. elizabeth.guo@thecrimson.com amanda.su@thecrimson.com

Women’s Center Hosts Annual Programs

By ELIZABETH X. GUO CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Harvard College Women’s Center hosted its 13th annual Women’s Week, featuring 10 student-led events with the theme “Power Through,” last week.

Programming included open mic events, film screenings, and discussions with guest speakers, and the events covered topics ranging from “Empowering Women in STEM” to the “10th Annual Feminist Coming Out Day.” “The goal of Women’s Week is to collaborate with students across campus to celebrate women’s achievements, promote dialogue about women’s and gender issues, and highlight the varied and intersectional experiences of women at Harvard and beyond,” Christie A. Jackson ’21, the Women’s Center intern who led this year’s Design and Publicity team, wrote in an email.

The Women’s Center partnered with a number of organi-

zations on campus to host programming. The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations was one of more than a dozen campus groups that hosted or co-hosted events during the week.

On March 4, the first day of events, HPAIR hosted a discussion event titled “Women Throughout Asia: The Gender Experience in IR” featuring Harvard Kennedy School student Victoria Chia as a guest speaker.

This year marked the first year that HPAIR participated in Women’s Week, according to Shivam A. Bhatt ’20, the organization’s executive director of external relations.

“Coming to the steering committee meetings that we have with the Women’s Center through the planning process, you got to see how so many different groups across campus are really trying to contribute to the dialogue and the discussion,” Bhatt said. “We came with the approach of women and international relations, and how the

gender experience plays out there.”

The South Asian Association also hosted a March 5 event entitled “SAA Celebrates South Asian Motherhood,” featuring a call-a-thon, an iPhone polaroid that printed photographs of participants’ maternal figures, and an impromptu discussion.

Rameen A. Rana ’20, one of the group’s co-presidents, cited this discussion — in which a dozen students struck up an unexpectedly personal conversation on the sacrifices and love of their mothers — as one of her favorite SAA events of the year.

“I used to think that a measure of success for an SAA event was how many people were there, and if the room was super full and busy,” Rana said. “But I think this was one of the first events where that was definitely not why I thought the event was a success.”

Rana also said that she appreciated the opportunity that Women’s Week presented for participants to converse freely and “forget all ‘psets,’ forget all

quizzes and tests, and just talk about our moms.”

Other events throughout the week included a screening of “The Devil Wears Prada” hosted by the Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business, as well as a panel about transitioning historically single-gender musical groups on campus to gender-inclusive spaces hosted by the Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard Glee Club, and Harvard Din & Tonics, according to a Facebook page for the event.

Jackson named “the diversity of programming” as her favorite aspect of the 2019 Women’s Week and said she anticipates consistent change and adaptation for this annual event in future years.

“Every year there are new themes, new events, and sometimes new Women’s Center interns leading the programming,” Jackson wrote. “Women’s Week is always changing and evolving to provide the campus what it needs that year.” elizabeth.guo@thecrimson.com

HKS FROM PAGE 1

HKS Students Protest Termination of Lecturer Friday.

Jarding is well-known for leading Democracy, Politics, and Institutions 890: “The Making of a Politician,” in which students are taught communication skills for public speaking, interviews, and debates. Students at the rally said Jarding’s course stands out among the hundreds offered at the Kennedy School.

“When I was applying to the Harvard Kennedy School, I wrote in my application that I wanted to take the class,” said Elizabeth G. Gibbons, a current student of Jarding’s who gave a speech at the rally. “There is no other class on this campus that is so personally tailored to making you a better writer, communicator, someone who can deliver a speech well — there’s nothing like it.”

Jarding — who has taught at the Kennedy School for 16 years — said he was reviewed for a promotion to senior lecturer in 2017.

As part of that process, he was considered by two committees, the first of which voted him forward, and the second of which voted not to advance him to the new role. Jarding said someone “slipped the [first committee’s] report under my door.” The second committee is not known to have produced a report summarizing its findings, and therefore it is unclear why they voted that way.

Typically, if people are not voted in favor of a promotion, they are terminated from their existing lectureship, Jarding said.

In his case, Elmendorf created a special designation that would allow him to remain as a lecturer for a renewed threeyear period without a guarantee of promotion review at the end.

In December 2018, however, Jarding said Elmendorf asked him to depart at the conclusion of the 2019 academic year. Follow-up emails provided by Jar-

ding indicate that he reminded Elmendorf of his allowance to stay through 2020, which Elmendorf confirmed as Jarding’s latest possible departure time and agreed to honor. Elmendorf wrote to Jarding that he would not be eligible for another review in 2020. Jarding said that his termination was untimely, considering the high interest in his course.

“I probably get 50 to 60 students a year who come to me and say, ‘I am here because of you, I came to this school because of you,’” Jarding said. “It’s weird, at a time when there is more demand for this course than ever.”

The Kennedy School uses a bidding system for overenrolled courses. Each student is allotted 1000 bidding points per year that they may use toward classes where the enrollment is above capacity.

986 bidding points were required to enter Jarding’s class this semester, Jarding said.

He indicated that this puts the

course at one of the highest bid levels for any course at the school.

At Thursday’s rally, Kennedy School student Kojo Frempong talked about the positive impact Jarding has had on him.

“I say to people all the time that Professor Jarding changed my life,” Frempong said. “Jarding gives you techniques, he gives you an ability to be able to express what you feel, he gives you an ability to be able to communicate to people, and that’s why I say Jarding changed my life.”

Jarding came to Harvard in spring 2004 as an IOP Fellow before accepting a lectureship that fall. In addition to teaching, Jarding does general campaign consulting and media training with politicians in the United States and around the world.

“The saddest part is that I love this place,” Jarding said. alexis.bolner@thecrimson.com jania.tumey@thecrimson.com

within Europe.

“The risk for Europe now is to be stopped from the divisions inside,” Hollande said in an interview with The Crimson.

The former French president also discussed how the “European dream” has changed over the past century and how the “European dream” of today is somewhat unclear. He said that two generations ago, Europe was “synonymous with peace.”

“In my generation, Europe was democracy,” Hollande said.

“It was the possibility not just to live in peace but in freedom from Portugal all the way to Poland. We reached that dream.

But for your generation, what is that dream?”

Hollande said that the “European dream” of today could be founded on promoting ecology, developing “favorable social model[s],” or encouraging increased citizen involvement in democracy.

The second half of his speech focused on exploring possibilities for the future of the European Union. Hollande said his preferred path would be to create a “new Europe within Europe” which would be founded on a relationship between France and Germany.

“If we want to go forward, if we want to have new objectives and new projects, we must choose [this] way,” Hollande said in an interview with The Crimson. “It is to have a union between Germany and France, the more important countries, and to have new steps in the building of Europe. Among those attempts, we have ecology, energy, security, and defense.”

Hollande said that while in the past, it might have been difficult for France and Germany to agree on political matters, he believes there is greater possibility today for their collaboration.

But without an initial agreement or relationship between France and Germany, Hollande said, it will be “impossible to create a new Europe.”

“The European debate [today] is fundamentally different,” Hollande said in closing his speech.

“It’s no longer about changing such-and-such institution, welcoming such-and-such country, or preserving the ones that are leaving. It’s about defining a new Europe, a new project, and a new ideal for the world.” annie.doris@thecrimson.com

HLS FROM PAGE 1

HLS Profs. Defend Winthrop Dean in Letter co-Faculty Dean Stephanie R. Robinson followed up with another missive — this time outlining “processes” that would be in place going forward, including the appointment of Resident Dean Linda D.M. Chavers as the “point person” for issues pertaining to sexual assault.

In the weeks following Sullivan’s announcement, he has faced sharp criticism from students and faculty alike. More than 50 students toting signs that read “Do Your Job” and “Remove Sullivan” protested outside Massachusetts Hall on Feb. 11, calling for the College to remove Sullivan from his Faculty Dean position.

That same day, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay called his response to students’ concerns “insufficient” in an interview with The Crimson.

On Feb. 25, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced that former Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 would head a “climate review” of Winthrop House in the wake of student criticism.

Harvard’s College of Institutional Research released a survey last week as part of the climate review.

In addition to voicing support for Sullivan’s defense of Weinstein, the law professors’ letter also criticized any potential University pressure on Sullivan to resign.

“We view any pressure by Harvard’s administration for him to resign as Faculty Dean of Winthrop, because of his representation or speaking on behalf of clients, as inconsistent with the University’s commitment to the freedom to defend ideas, however unpopular,” the letter reads.

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain declined to comment.

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Halley said she was motivated to circulate the letter by her disappointment with the University’s response to student criticism. She said she felt that the climate review, specifically, was “shocking in its ridiculousness.”

“The question should not be ‘can Ronald Sullivan continue as House Dean,’ it’s how, as a great university, can we convene a discussion about strongly contested matters like the ones involved here,” Halley said.

“They’ve just shied away from their role as academic leaders.”

Bartholet wrote in an email that she was also concerned with Harvard’s response, especially in light of Sullivan’s history of “representation of victims of criminal and social injustice.”

Sullivan has represented high-profile defendants in the past including former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in his double murder trial and the family of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. in 2014.

“They just can’t accept being associated in any way with the defense of those accused of sexual harassment,” Bartholet wrote of Harvard’s administration.

Halley said she hopes the letter will prompt readers to consider the professors’ perspective.

“For his career to be besmirched by a decision that he’s not fit to be the dean of Winthrop House — it would be such a miscarriage,” Halley said. “I truly hope that’s not the outcome of this process.” iris.lewis@thecrimson.com aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com

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Government Prof., Library Director Sidney Verba Dies At 86

By REBECCA S. ARATEN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Government Professor Sidney Verba ’53 — an expert in comparative politics, a leader in library organization, and a creator of policy compromises — died March 4 in his Cambridge home at the age of 86.

Verba, a prolific scholar who wrote more than 20 books, joined Harvard’s faculty in 1973 and served in a variety of University positions over the course of the next 30 years.

His research spanned the topics of American politics, international relations, and political methodology, with a focus on comparative politics and citizen participation.

Prior to working at Harvard, Verba taught at Princeton, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago.

Verba’s early studies with his mentor Gabriel A. Almond involved interviews in the United States, Germany, Mexico, Italy, and the United Kingdom, resulting in their 1963 book “The Civic Culture,” which “more or less invented the field of comparative political behavior,” according to Boston College Political Science Professor Kay L. Schlozman.

Verba and Almond’s book

explored what they termed “the political culture of participation.”

Verba later went on to co-author “Voice and Equality,” in which he outlined the obstacles in American society that prevented citizens from fully participating in the country’s democracy.

Government Department Chair Professor Jennifer L. Hochschild called his contributions a “foundational teaching,” recalling that one of his works was cited more than 1,100 times in subsequent scholarly writings.

“He’s a Stakhanovite worker,” Schlozman, who collaborated with Verba on a number of books, said.

Schlozman added that her experiences working with him were “fabulous” and a “total privilege.”

“He was the senior collaborator on many pieces for decades, and he always did more than his share, and he never was unwilling to do kind of the nuts and bolts work,” she said. “He wasn’t afraid to do the kind of hands on work that really good research requires.”

Verba launched himself into a variety of different jobs at the University in addition to his political science research, leading

various University committees that made policy decisions.

“Anytime there’s a kind of a complicated bureaucratic or substantive issue in the University, one president after the other would appoint a Verba committee to solve the problem,” Hochschild said.

When the University administration in 2003 wanted to create a more unified calendar that would streamline the schedules of its different schools, Verba chaired the committee. The Committee on Calendar Reform made many of the changes that continue to affect the rhythm of the school year, including the requirement that fall semester final exams take place prior to winter recess.

History Professor Lizabeth Cohen — who was a member of the committee — called it “one of the most contentious committees I ever served on in my twenty-plus years at Harvard.”

Though the discussion involved a lot of conflicting interests, Verba found a way to diffuse the tension, according to Cohen.

“With a large dose of common sense and his irrepressible sense of humor, Sid shepherded a room full of stubborn and resistant committee members toward common ground — and ultimately a common calendar,”

she wrote in an email.

Schlozman — who authored multiple books with Verba — also remembered his use of jokes in other instances to “diffuse any tension” and quotes from Shakespeare to “define the situation.”

“He could understand where everyone was coming from, he made sure that all the voices were heard,” she said.

Verba played a role in some of the University’s initial efforts to investigate the prevalence of sexual assault on campus.

He surveyed undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members in 1983, gathering information about attitudes towards assault, harassment by peers, and harassment by nonpeers.

He included a section about potential remedies to the issue of assault.

“He was more on top of this issue than probably anybody.

Took it very seriously,” Hochschild said.

Verba also served in the position of University Library director for more than 20 years, after his appointment by then-University-President Derek C. Bok in 1984.

Though Verba had used the library system to conduct research, he had not had prior ex-

perience working in and leading the library system. Nevertheless, “he made a very conscious decision that he was going to make the library his prime interest,” according to Deanna B. Marcum, a former associate librarian at the Library of Congress and who worked with Verba in the Council on Library Resources.

Verba was “forward-looking,” according to Marcum, and he assisted in the development of HOLLIS — Harvard’s online library catalogue — and invited workers from Google to digitize some of Harvard’s resources.

“In many ways, I think his most significant contribution to the library world is that he… moved Harvard from an insular organization to be part of the research library community,” Marcum said.

Verba was an advocate for libraries throughout the country, and he testified before Congress about the number of books falling apart in the nation’s research libraries and about the libraries’ need for federal funding.

“He was able to connect with the Congressmen, so I left thinking, Sid Verba can make everyone feel valued and welcome, and important,” Marcum, who observed the testi-

mony, said. “And that’s a pretty great skill to have.”

Verba held his position as University Library director until his retirement in 2007, but he continued to be active in the Government Department.

He retained his office in the Center for Government and International Studies building, meeting with students and working on his book “The Unheavenly Chorus” — which he co-authored with Schlozman and Henry E. Brady.

He sent notes to Hochschild each year, saying that he would be willing to give up his office to newer faculty if necessary.

“Of course, we would never have done that. I would have given up my office before I asked him to leave,” Hochschild said.

“But again, it was just a very thoughtful gesture… Nobody else has done that.”

Hochschild said that Verba’s hospitality toward her and her family made her feel welcome when starting at Harvard.

She remembered how he and his wife invited her family over to celebrate the holiday of Passover.

“He was really important,” she said. “Both his scholarship and his presence.” rebecca.araten@thecrimson.com

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UC Endorses Grad. Union Arbitration Proposal has already worked to strengthen its own offices responsible for overseeing such issues.

“Their stated reason is that they invested a lot into improving Title IX. They don’t want us to bypass their procedures, but we’re not suggesting a bypass at all,” Xu said. “You can simultaneously file a Title IX and a union grievance. We think they are potentially scared of the reputational consequences if students access the system because they might have more confidence in it because it is a neutral third party who is making the decisions at the end of the day.”

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain did not re-

spond to a request for comment Sunday evening.

Previously, the University has argued that Harvard’s investigatory process, unlike third-party arbitration, allows for due process for complaints and has the legal power to punish faculty, students, or other employees who are found guilty of misconduct.

Some UC representatives said they wanted to hear the University’s point-of-view before passing a statement condemning their decisions.

“I just don’t think it’s good practice to vote on statements when we haven’t heard both sides of the argument,” said UC Secretary Cade S. Palmer ’20,

who is also a former Crimson Sports Chair.

The bill also contained clauses calling on the UC to publicize a #TimesUp rally that the union will host Wednesday and to support a union petition to demand more bargaining time with the University.

The union has met with Harvard administrators approximately every two weeks since negotiations began in October 2018. The council ultimately voted to pass the legislation 209-1.

In doing so, they joined dozens of other organizations in signing the statement, including the Harvard College Democrats, Harvard College Disabil-

ity Alliance, Our Harvard Can Do Better, and the Student Labor Action Movement.

The Graduate Student Council also approved a resolution declaring its support for the union’s proposed grievance procedures.

The UC also announced at the Sunday meeting that reduced rates for Lyft rides will roll out to students this week after it spent months planning a partnership with the ride-sharing service.

“We went into this partnership really trying to identify the transportation gaps and see how a pilot program with Lyft, in particular, could help fill in those gaps,” UC President

Harvard, from the Law School to Longwood.

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Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 said.

In the first phase of the partnership, Lyft will offer five rides for a flat rate of $3.50 to a maximum of 2000 students. In the second phase, which will begin in April, Lyft will offer students $10 off on one late-night ride between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. from Thursday through Saturday.

At the end of April, the UC will present data regarding both phases of the pilot program to administrators in the hopes of formalizing an official partnership with Lyft, according to Palaniappan.

The UC also considered issuing a statement in support of rehiring Harvard School of Public Health security guard Joseph

G. Bartuah, who was terminated from his post Feb. 27.

The University has said Bartuah was terminated because he left his post unattended, whereas Bartuah alleges his termination was in retaliation for complaints he sent to his supervisors raising workplace concerns.

The council voted to table discussion of the statement until its next meeting to give its members more time to review the evidence — including interviews with involved parties and email records — surrounding the issue. kevin.chen@thecrimson.com laura.espinoza@thecrimson.com

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hursday morning, the Winthrop House community received an email from Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. admonishing The Harvard Crimson — particularly the content of this Board — and its presentation of opinions surrounding his legal representation of film producer Harvey Weinstein, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct by over 80 women.

Sullivan alleges that our coverage has limited the opportunity for “deep and robust discussions,” limiting discourse to only one perspective of this complex and nuanced matter.

We take this opportunity to clarify the rules we live by.

As journalists, we hold close our commitment to the truth.

As opinion writers and editors, we pursue a host of ideologically diverse perspectives, wielding facts to construct different arguments.

And as students, we are informed by the community we are a part of, holding ourselves and its members accountable to the truth with knowledge that it can effect tangible, meaningful change.

We trust that our readers will critically evaluate our content, place them in conversation with one another and

alongside relevant facts, and come to their own perspectives accordingly.

The Crimson has always striven for a diverse and balanced perspective on the Editorial page.

We will continue to seek out opinions that challenge one another and speak to the expanse of intelligent, critical, and powerful members of the Harvard community and beyond.

For 146 years, we have published a newspaper. For 108 years, we have come together as an Editorial Board, scrutinizing sources and facts to hold those in power accountable for their actions through meaningful commentary.

We have a responsibility as journalists to fulfill these obligations to our readers and to our staff who will move this industry forward long after we leave 14 Plympton St. We must do so with in-

tegrity.

We are disappointed that attacks on journalism nationally have clouded conversation regarding civil discourse, free speech, and diversity of opinion on campus. The role of a newspaper is to foster dialogue among its readers and serve as a jumping-off point for discussion.

It is not to stifle debate, but rather to foster it from a multitude of perspectives.

For 146 years, we have published a newspaper. For 108 years, we have come together as an Editorial Board, scrutinizing sources and facts to hold those in power accountable for their actions through meaningful commentary.

We strive to live up to these ideals every day as we carry on the legacy of this organization — today, tomorrow, and every day moving forward.

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OP-ED

Why I Call Myself a Feminist

By DANIEL KIM

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still vividly remember the first time I openly stated that I am a feminist, during a class in high school. My Theory of Knowledge teacher instructed his students, “If you think you’re a feminist, raise your hand.” The question caught everyone off guard — there was a brief moment of silence when my classmates and I just looked at each other, unsure of what to do. As feminism was not a topic that we often discussed in our daily conversations, we were all taken aback.

To make sure what I vaguely knew about feminism was correct, I asked, “Isn’t feminism essentially advocating for gender equality?”

My teacher smiled and looked at me.

Another student said, “Well, if feminism means that, shouldn’t we all be feminists?” That was when people in the classroom started raising their hands one by one, until every hand was raised.

If this open and step-by-step approach were the attitude that most people held when they talk about feminism, the number of people who identify as feminists would be much larger than it is now. Unfortunately, the reality is that the public often has preformed ideas about feminism, misconceptions that hinder

The world is problematic, and it is just not right for men to sit back and continue the unjust social structure that discriminates against women. them from engaging in informed conversations about this topic. For example, when talking with a group of friends back home in Korea, a peer started to say that he doesn’t really like feminism.

Another friend responded, telling the whole group that we should stray from political conversations.

These two comments struck me as particularly problematic, for feminism is not something that should be simply “liked” or “disliked,” nor should it be strictly defined as a political issue that people can take sides on.

Misconceptions about feminism vary, but some recurring themes are the association of feminism with the perceived

desire of women to bring men down and their ostensible hatred of men. Yet the dictionary definition of feminism is as follows: “The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes; or organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.”

Nowhere in the official definition listed does it say that feminism is a vicious movement led by women who hate men and desire to subjugate them.

If so many of the misconceptions of feminism have to do with the bias associated with feminist women, should feminism be called something neutral like a “gender equality movement?”

Not only does this seemingly neutral term sound a lot more wordy, it also takes out the emphasis on the female identity that has made feminism so powerful.

Yes, some types of feminism such as radical feminism, which emphasizes the patriarchal roots of inequality and aims to dismantle the patriarchy, do have an element of women being angry — not at the entire male population, but at the systems of gender inequality in this world.

Whether people like it or not, feminism originated from women who found existing patriarchal societies problematic, and we need to respect that women are core constituents of feminism.

Yet, this does not at all mean that feminism should only be for women. In fact, there is a dire need for more, if not all, men to become feminists as well.

On the surface, there seems to be less of an incentive for men to be feminists because they do not have much to risk compared to women.

But for the feminist movement to succeed in dismantling patriarchal social systems and giving everyone regardless of their sex and gender equal opportunities, men must become feminist.

I believe feminism at its core is the acknowledgement of the fact that the world is not at all fair.

Gender inequality is prevalent everywhere, ranging from the pay gap between men and women to work-life balance.

This constitutes the first argument for why men should be feminists: The world is problematic, and it is just not right for men to sit back and continue the unjust social structure that discriminates against women.

The next argument is that feminism

actually liberates both men and women from social pressures.

Some may question this argument, thinking that men already have the power to pursue whichever role in society they want. But in reality, gender stereotypes and social conditioning pressure people to take on or avoid certain jobs.

For example, men are told not to be hair stylists or flight attendants, while women are told not to have military careers or take on any “dangerous” work.

Feminism can bring us closer to a society with no gender inequality, in which everyone can choose to take on roles they fit best in, not ones they are pressured into.

Finally, feminism has tangible economic benefits for the world as a whole.

According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, $12 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 by advancing

I think the world today is plagued with gender inequality, and I want this to change. Therefore, I am a feminist. And you, especially if you’re a man, should be one too. women’s equality. If everyone regardless of gender identity can contribute to the economy and occupy various positions in society, the world can truly become a better place.

I’d like to admit that I still have a lot to learn about the history of the feminist movement and what it means to be a feminist.

However, I still believe with confidence that I am a feminist. As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie puts it, “a feminist is a man or a woman who says, ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it. We must do better.’”

I think the world today is plagued with gender inequality, and I want this to change. Therefore, I am a feminist. And you, especially if you’re a man, should be one too.

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

Laura Veira A WILD TONGUE

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aptops opened. Google Docs shared. When2meet links sent. Reminder sent again.

Rooms booked. Canva pub prepared. Agenda set. Ice breaker ready. Google Calendar shared.

Tasks delegated. Grievances aired. Strategies discussed. Ideas proposed. GroupMe made. Emails collected. Grants written. Co-sponsorships found. Food ordered. Recruitment. Community building. Student Involvement Fair. Visitas. Pubs sent. Events put on. Statements drafted. Rallies planned. Board meeting. General meeting. Committee meeting. Administration meeting. Working group. Repeat.

These actions and thoughts have filled my mind and my schedule for the majority of my time at Harvard. Our days are split up into our mornings, where we schedule in our classes, and afternoons and nights, where we schedule in our extracurriculars.

Board after board, I found myself in these scenes that many students find themselves in across campus. The work must get done. The events must get planned.

We prioritize extracurriculars as we take on leadership positions and suddenly find ourselves falling behind in lecture because we had to finalize logistics for an event we were running after class. Homework time is scheduled in around our many meetings. Caffeine keeps us going as we juggle packed schedules.

The fact that we do all of it for free goes unacknowledged. Our passions motivate us to get involved, but it becomes harder and harder to stay motivated as the stress increases and our efforts are met with administrative inaction. We beg administrators to fund our events as we try to fill the gaps in this institution that loves boasting its large number of diverse student-run organizations but fails to provide us with the proper resources to thrive in this space that wasn’t created for us. We carve out space for ourselves and generations to come by getting involved in groups on campus. As we take more responsibility in creating these spaces, it becomes harder to feel the benefits.

Students take on the burden of providing support for other students when Harvard won’t do it.

A prime example of this can be found with the creation of FYRE, the pre-orientation program for students from “historically marginalized communities.” Though students involved in its first year this past August enjoyed the program, it was

Students get overworked as pressure is put on them to run whole organizations. We become the faces of them, and all that is done behind the scenes is rarely acknowledged. ultimately only a consolation prize after Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana rejected a full summer bridge program.

In his statement for the pre-orientation program, Khurana specified that it would be run by “student leaders” who volunteered for the positions as with all the pre-orientation steering committees.

The burden also falls on students involved in peer counseling groups as they try to fill the gaps in Harvard’s Counseling and Mental Health Services despite constant demand for more counselors, particularly counselors of color.

These groups are run by students for free — students who have their own mental health to worry about.

Upperclassmen are tasked with the responsibility of welcoming first-year students and creating community for students from marginalized backgrounds to find space at Harvard.

Black convocation and Latinx convocation have all been put on by students who recognize the need for community to exist on campus — if it weren’t for the students, nothing would get done.

There is no institutional memory to carry on the tradition each year.

Students get overworked as pressure is put on them to run whole organizations. We become the faces of them, and all that is done behind the scenes is rarely acknowledged. We try to balance our time with classes, jobs, and extracurriculars, risking our academics and mental health in the process.

Students get taken advantage of through these programs and it exposes us to how little administrators care about us once we’re here. When it gets harder and harder to keep up, students fall through the cracks. I’ve seen it happen with many of my own friends who were forced to leave campus or did so voluntarily.

Either way, this is part of a vicious cycle as students are taken advantage of by an institution that perpetuates it. We need to see huge changes being made to the way students are compensated for their labor and recognize when Harvard is exploiting us to do the work they should be taking responsibility for themselves.

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

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MONDAY AND TUESDAY ______________________________________

FRIDAY ______________________________________

FRIDAY ______________________________________

Swimming & Diving NCAA Zone A Diving Championships 12 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Dartmouth ECAC Quarterfinal 7 p.m.

Baseball vs. Seton Hall 1:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Harvard Beats Cornell in Delaney-Smith’s 600th Win

By LEV COHEN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Though she had to wait a week longer for it than she would have liked to, head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith’s 600th win proved to be a comfortable one. A barrage of early scoring by sophomore forward Rachel Levy, making just her second career start, gave Harvard an early lead over Cornell, and the Crimson never looked back en route to a 80-38 win at Lavieties Pavilion.

Delaney-Smith, in the 37th season of her iconic Harvard coaching career, downplayed the accomplishment but went on to acknowledge its significance.

“I think if you stay somewhere long enough it is bound to happen,” Delaney-Smith said. “I think it [the 600th win] is great, but I’m never really that caught up in things that I accomplish — I feel much better about how we connected with each other on the court. That makes me really happy. But I am very proud to have 600 wins. I’m sure not everybody does that.”

While Delaney-Smith was quick to shift the night’s focus to the team’s performance, Levy emphasized how special her coach’s 600th win was.

“I think that’s the reason that everyone comes here is for Kathy,” Levy said, “And to be a part of this program that she’s spent so long building and being able to be here for that 600th win means so much more than just basketball. It stands for everything that she’s done in her career, all the lives that she’s affected, all the women she’s stood up for, so just being able to have my name on that 600th win is huge.”

It was a comprehensive performance by Harvard (15-11, 8-5 Ivy), which locked up the third seed in the Ivy League tourna­

ment next weekend in the victory. The Crimson entered the break up 44-13 after dominating on both ends of the court but especially defensively, where it held the Bears’ (11-13, 5-8) unsightly offense to 5-of-25 shooting and forcing 16 turnovers.

Unlike at times in its comfortable home victories over Brown and Yale two weekends ago, Harvard kept its foot on the gas pedal in the second half.

The Crimson pushed its lead over 40 points in the third quarter and held that 40+ point lead throughout the fourth before eventually winning by 42.

After struggling with turnovers last weekend against Penn and Princeton, Harvard took care of the ball much better Friday night, as the Crimson turned the ball over just nine times and finished with a turnover margin of +10.

“If we can play like this we can beat anybody,” Delaney-Smith said. “And I honestly believe that both the Penn and Princeton games could have gone our way had we not turned the ball over.”

On a night in which Harvard was missing sophomore forward Jadyn Bush, its third leading scorer and leading rebounder, the Crimson showed off its depth. With Bush, who is set to miss Saturday’s game but will likely be back for the Ivy League tournament, out, Harvard’s three other average double-digit scorers — captain guard Madeline Raster, junior guard Katie Benzan, and junior forward Jeannie Boehm — combined for 32 points. Benzan led the team with 17, nine of which came in a hot shooting third quarter. But it was the other — less heralded but still crucial — members of the Crimson’s rotation who bore much of the brunt of the scoring load. Levy, making her first start since a game against Rutgers early in the sea-

EYES ON THE PRIZE A week after dropping two heartbreakers, the Crimson put Cornell away early on Friday. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

son, scored 15 points, including 13 in the first half on efficient 5-of-6 shooting, in a team-leading 26 minutes.

She was just as active on the defensive end, particularly in the first half, when she racked up three steals and blocked shots on consecutive second quarter possessions, putting an exclamation mark on Harvard’s excellent defensive second quarter, a quarter in which the Crimson forced as many turnovers (10) as Cornell shots.

“Rachel’s a good defensive player,” Delaney-Smith said.

“That’s a kid who was a

guard her whole life and then fractured her knee before coming here, so basically didn’t play her freshman year. And then she grew an enormous amount of inches and all of a sudden she’s not a guard anymore. That has been a big transition and she has done a great job of learning the game from the inside-out and not the outside-in. She did a nice job tonight.”

Diminutive senior guards Nani Redford and Sydney Skinner also made the most of their second-to-last career home games, scoring 13 points each.

Redford made a number of

tricky shots around the basket and also keyed Harvard’s impressive first half defensive performance, earning three of the Crimson’s 10 first half steals and harassing Cornell’s guards into a number of bad decisions.

Skinner brought her normal energy on both ends, as the 5’7” guard grabbed six offensive rebounds and added three assists in a tremendous all-around performance.

The offensive struggles were nothing new for the Bears, the Ivy League’s lowest scoring team at 57 points per game. Cornell hit just one three on nine

attempts, with an end-of-quarter half-court heave that hit the shot clock serving as a good summary of its performance from beyond the arc.

Harvard was also excellent defensively against junior forward Laura Bagwell-Katalinich, Cornell’s leading scorer. After putting up a then-career high 25 points in the first meeting between the teams, Bagwell-Katalinich was held to 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting as part of a lethargic overall performance by the Bears. lev.cohen@thecrimson.com.

BASEBALL

Harvard Ties Wofford College in Opening Weekend

By EDWARD W. CARR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Harvard baseball team opened its spring season this past Friday in South Carolina, playing four games against the Wofford Terriers and com-

ing back with a pair of wins and losses.

The Crimson began its season with a close 6-5 loss. The game opened well, with Harvard scoring its first run in the top of the first. Junior Jake Suddleson hit an RBI triple, scor-

ing Patrick McColl and putting Harvard on the board. Wofford responded with a run of its own, tallying a run off a wild pitch in the second half of the inning.

After an uneventful second inning, Wofford scored two more runs in the third, taking

the lead. Harvard answered with two more runs of its own, with junior Quinn Hoffman hitting a 2-RBI double, bringing Chase Aldridge and Hunter Baldwin across the plate.

The Terriers came back in the bottom of the inning, scor-

SUDDLE SWING Junior outfielder Jake Suddleson helped secure one of Harvard’s wins with a three-run home run.

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QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOG-

ing another three runs to reclaim the lead.They hit a 2-RBI double of their own, and scored again off another wild pitch.

After a quiet four innings, Harvard was looking to win it in the ninth. McColl hit a tworun-homerun, bringing the game within one run.

To the dismay of the visitors, Harvard failed to score with two outs and a runner on second, ending the game 6-5 in the Terriers’ favor.

“I’ve had a pretty good start,” said McColl, who finished with a homerun and two RBIs. “Just feeling good at the plate and hoping to continue it.”

The first game of Saturday’s double-header was also a loss, the Terriers’ winning 8-0.

Sophomore pitcher McGrory said that it was that game two loss that was the turning point of the weekend.

“We told ourselves that we never want to have that feeling again,” McGrory said. “It’s nice to have a game like that early in the year. I think that helped us play sharper in games three and four.”

However, Harvard came with a vengeance for the second game, beating the Terriers 5-4.

The game opened with McColl hitting a RBI single to left field. The game continued uneventfully until the bottom of the third, when Wofford scoring a run to tie the game.

The Crimson reciprocated a run, as senior catcher Jake Allen hit a RBI single to score classmate Trent Bryan. McColl knotted another in the fifth with a solo homerun, stretching Harvard’s lead.

The eighth inning brought two more runs for Harvard, as Bryan and Allen earned a RBI each. Wofford fought back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning, but

was unsuccessful, as Harvard closed the game out 5-4.

Harvard concluded the weekend with another win, this time 6-1, on Sunday, making it even against Wofford.

“It was great to get off the mound against guys in a different jersey,” said sophomore pitcher Chris McGrory who came in from the bullpen to pitch on Sunday. “Preseason scrimmages are great, but you can’t beat the adrenaline of competing against another team.”

McColl scored the game’s first run, a RBI double to right field to send home Bryan. Harvard logged another run in the sixth, with sophomore infielder Buddy Mrowka hitting a RBI sacrifice fly to bring in Aldridge.

The Crimson sealed the game in the seventh, as Suddleson slammed a three-run homerun to secure the 6-1 win.

“It’s always a good feeling to get a big hit like that,” Suddleson said about his homerun.

“I feel like we’re in a great position to continue doing some damage,” the Pacific Palisades, Calif., added. “...We competed well all weekend and once the guys got a little more comfortable outside the bubble, things started to click.”

Through its opening four games, the team has earned 16 runs with a slugging percentage of .348.

“I think the season is starting off pretty well,” said Patrick McColl, who hit two home runs and five RBIs this weekend, “It’s always tough the first couple series traveling and playing teams who have played a lot of games already, but it’s good to get some baseball under our belts.”

The Crimson continues its slew of games away from Cambridge, taking on Radford in four games this weekend.

SPORTS

WEEKLY RECAP

SCORES

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. COLUMBIA W, 69-56 ___________________________________________________________

WRESTLING EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS 14TH ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S LACROSSE VS. PROVIDENCE W, 9-8 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY VS. COLGATE L, 5-2 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 9-8 ___________________________________________________________ BASEBALL VS. RADFORD W, 5-4 ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Harvard Beats Columbia, Nabs Ivy League Trophy

By HENRY ZHU CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

NEW YORK, NEW YORK —In fitting fashion, the seventh Ivy title in Harvard men’s basketball history was earned through another nerve-wracking, overtime battle.

The Crimson had already played through 20 minutes of extra time this conference season, 15 of those which came against the Columbia Lions in the Feb. 8 triple-overtime classic. Adding five more minutes to the regular season finale only seemed appropriate to a game featuring 15 ties and 13 lead changes — and a season defined by last-minute nailbiters.

Propelled by the individual scoring prowess of junior guard Bryce Aiken — who drilled six triples in a 36-point showcase — as well as three momentum-shifting dunks by sophomore Danilo Djuricic in overtime, Harvard had all but sealed its place atop the Ancient Eight heading into the final seven seconds of the game. Junior wing Justin Bassey was fouled and swished in both of his free throws, giving Harvard a 83-78 lead.

But as is the case across the Ivy League this season, no lead is ever safe.

Columbia sophomore guard Gabe Stefanini sprinted downcourt and knocked in a desperation three to bring the game within two as 2.7 seconds remained on the clock. But Djuricic’s ensuing inbounds to Aiken was mishandled, gifting the Lions one last chance to spoil the party.

And a good chance Columbia had indeed. In what was senior Quinton Adlesh’s final shot of his college career, the threepoint specialist rolled to the left corner and briefly escaped the reach of defender Christian Juzang. But his high-arching triple was a tad too strong, nicking off the back iron as the horn sounded. A well-represented Crimson contingency at Columbia’s Levien Gymnasium could finally exhale and rejoice in the victory.

“I’m at a loss of words for what these guys have been able to do to make it happen, after a loss last night [to Cornell] that we were so disappointed in,” Amaker said. “But now to be able to do it, to say we are Ivy League champions again, backto-back. We’re really proud of

THEIR SEVENTH SUCCESS The Harvard men’s basketball team earned its seventh Ivy League regular season title with a 83-81 victory over Columbia. HENRY ZHU—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPWHER

what these kids have done.”

Saturday’s win, beyond placing the Crimson at the No. 1 seed in the four-team Ivy tournament and booking a meeting with Penn in the semifinals, also preserved Coach Tommy Amaker’s regular-season-title “winning record”.

Over the coach’s 12 seasons in Cambridge, Harvard has either shared or won the Ancient Eight crown outright in seven of those campaigns. The onetime Seton Hall and Michigan coach earned his 400th career win last month and was named the all-time winningest coach in Harvard men’s basketball history in 2016.

“I think when I get a chance to start to look and analyze and reflect a little bit, I think we’ll have a better sense of it,” Amaker said. “But I do feel right now that it does have a special meaning. I don’t know exactly what that really means yet,

but I just know how this road has been with this team and injuries and different things that we are fighting in the league. It is very competitive and incredibly hard.”

Outside of Aiken’s offensive output on Saturday night, freshmen Noah Kirkwood and Mason Forbes provided a combined 19 points. The latter firstyear in particular energized the Crimson offense at the start of the contest, quickly tallying seven points to push Harvard ahead 15-11 in the opening 10 minutes. Forbes had seen just four minutes of game action in the last two contests, but was clearly in demand in order to combat the Lions’ imposing set of bigs including Patrick Tapé, Randy Brumant, and Ike Nweke.

Nweke in particular gave the Crimson some difficulties defensively in the first frame, reciprocating Forbes’ seven

points after similarly coming off the bench around the 13-minute mark. The Lions retook the 2120 lead five minutes later, but the back-and-forth bout would continue.

Before heading to the locker room, the home side threatened with two runs. The Crimson matched the first 8-0 spurt to level the game back at 33, but saw the second swing linger into the latter half, as the home side gained some traction in the final 1:26 with a triple from Adlesh, a Brumant dunk, and a buzzer-beater layup from Tapé who weaved through the Crimson with less than five seconds remaining on the clock.

Columbia built on its seven-point halftime lead, briefly flirting with a double-digit margin in the opening three minutes. But it was the Crimson’s turn — specifically Aiken’s turn — to uplift the languishing offense. The Randolph, N.J.,

A CRIMSON CELEBRATION The Crimson celebrate its second consecutive Ivy regular season title after downing Columbia in an intense overtime battle.

native knocked down two triples and made a astute dish to Forbes who jammed it in for two, narrowing the Lions lead to one-possession within eightand-a-half minutes to play. The point guard then drained another triple while drawing the foul to put Harvard ahead for the first time in 15 minutes, and saw an additional trey go down two minutes later.

The Lions regained its momentum, embarking on its own 9-0 run that was capped off by a three from junior Jake Killingsworth with four minutes to play. The scoreboard read 6559 at that point, but much like the second overtime in the two teams’ prior meeting, Columbia could not close out a late hot streak.

Aiken attacked the basket three times in the next three possessions, scoring twice and finding Lewis inside once.

Down 65-67 still approach-

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ing the final 20 seconds, the 36-point man attempted to provide a herculean ending himself with one more triple, but this time was rescued by Kirkwood who grabbed the offensive board and was fouled on the follow-through. The freshman calmly converted on both despite losing a bit of vision in his right eye, sending the contest to overtime as Adlesh could not convert on the final triple attempt.

Harvard went 26-of-28 from the free-throw line in the contest, including draining critical shots at the free-throw line late in the contest and in overtime.

Outside of the aforementioned three dunks from Djuricic in overtime, a perfect 7-of-7 from the charity stripe in overtime was crucial in the victory.

“Bryce had been telling me to dunk the ball since the last couple of minutes and heading into overtime,” commented Djuricic on his aggressiveness late around the rim. “So that was my mentality, to go up there and go up strong and that’s it.”

Lewis’ two made free throws heading into the final 1:47 gave the Crimson a deceptively-comfortable three-point lead, but the Lions gave one last push with an Adlesh three and two free throws from Maka Ellis with 58 seconds remaining.

Down two, it was the corner shooting accuracy of Juzang this time that put the Crimson back ahead by one. Harvard held on tight at the end, but not before those scary last few seconds.

“You just got to stay resilient and rebound and that’s what we did today,” Aiken said. “It was a testament of our character and our team spirit and we buckled down and we got the job done on a tough road gym.”

As the program will slowly process the significance of this win and title, there are more immediate priorities as the team gears up to play the surging Quakers, coming of a winor-go-home victory over Brown to secure the No. 4 seed. Harvard has swept Penn in the season series, with both games decided within three possessions including an overtime battle.

“We are just coming together at the right time,” Aiken said.

“It’s a total team effort, 1 to 20, and we just need to buckle down, play defense, get stops, we just grind wins out. It’s March now so it’s elimination, win-or-go-home. So whichever way you get the wins we will take it.” henry.zhu@thecrimson.com.