The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLVI, No. 6

The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLVI, No. 6 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | THURSDAY, January 31, 2019

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New Square businesses choose to cater to high-income individuals.

The Faculty Council voted on a new concurrent degree program.

Harvard women’s rugby team has enjoyed great success despite challenges.

Harvard VP Iuliano to Leave

By ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ and aidan f. ryan Crimson Staff WriterS

Harvard Senior Vice President and General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano ’83 has been chosen as the next president of Gettysburg College.

Iuliano — who oversees Harvard’s legal strategy in the midst of multiple high-profile lawsuits — will begin his new role in Gettysburg, Pa. on July 1 after the school’s current president, Janet M. Riggs, retires, according to a statement posted on Gettysburg College’s website.

The Gettysburg College board of trustees unanimously selected Iuliano.

Iuliano told the Harvard Gazette, a University-run publication, that he is “grateful” to Harvard for shaping who he is today.

“It has been a privilege to have served this remarkable institution for the past 25 years,” Iuliano said. “The work has mattered enormously to me, and I have found deep satisfaction in partnering with the faculty, students, and staff who make Harvard what it is and in helping to advance Harvard’s research and educational mission.”

Iuliano graduated from the College in 1983 with a degree in Government before attending University of Virginia Law School. Prior to joining Harvard’s Office of General Counsel in 1994, he worked as an associate at the law firm Choate, Hall & Stewart and later as a federal prosecutor. He became vice president and general counsel in 2003.

Iuliano is departing Har-

vard at a time when the University is facing a slew of publicly salient and high-stakes lawsuits. His decision to leave the General Counsel’s office comes as many of these suits reach critical junctures.

In his role as general counsel, Iuliano has overseen the University’s legal strategy as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging the College discriminates against Asian-American applicants in its admissions process.

The lawsuit was brought by anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions in 2014. The case’s three-week trial ended in November, and federal Judge Allison D. Burroughs is expected to issue a ruling in the coming months. Some legal experts say this case could climb all the way to the Supreme Court.

Last month, a group of parent organizations for national fraternities and sororities, along with one Harvard fraternity and three students, also filed two lawsuits alleging the College’s 2016 sanctions on single-gender organizations are discriminatory and unconstitutional. The sanctions, which took effect with the Class of 2021, bar members of single-gender final clubs and Greek organizations from holding campus leadership positions, captaining varsity athletic teams, and receiving endorsement for prestigious fellowships like the Rhodes.

Harvard has until Feb. 4 to respond to the federal plaintiffs’ complaint and Feb. 8 to respond to the complaint within state court.

In addition to his

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How Harvard Partners with Local High Schools

By simone c. chu and iris m. lewis Crimson Staff Writers

or Ventimiglia as their Man of the Year.

Ventimiglia currently stars with Mandy Moore on the NBC drama “This is Us.” His role as Jack Pearson earned him two Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Lead Actor in

In their 22-page commentary on the new rules, the faculty members presented revisions to the Department of Education’s proposed definition of sexual harassment and live cross-examination requirement. They also denounced the proposals’ new evidentiary standard option for formal investigations.

DeVos released the new rules for enforcing Title IX — a federal anti-discrimination law that underpins Harvard’s policies on sexual misconduct — in November 2018, opening them up to a 60-day comment period that ended Jan. 30. The rules have faced criticism since an earlier version was leaked in August 2018, drawing criticisms for narrowing the definition of “sexual harassment” and introducing live cross-examinations. Many have argued this practice would deter victims of sexual misconduct from coming forward.

The Department had received more than 96,000 comments as of Wednesday evening.

The Law School faculty members’ contribution — submitted independently from the University — came shortly after Harvard offered its own commentary via the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts and the Association of American Universities. The two coalitions published their critiques of the new Title IX rules on behalf of their membership schools last week.

Gersen, Gertner, and Halley wrote they support the new proposals’ mandated live hearings as a method that “allows parties to probe, and decision-makers to assess, the credibility of the parties and of witnesses.” The university coalitions strongly denounced this aspect of the proposal.

In the right environment, Halley said in an interview, cross-examinations are a useful tool, especially when regulated by formal legal proceedings that can prevent issues like duplicative questioning.

“All of those protective rules that govern cross-examinations in a trial keep it from being abuse,” she said.

In their comment, however, the faculty members wrote cross-examinations could cause harm to both complainants and respondents if questioning were to grow too harsh.

Instead, they proposed a “submitted questions” method currently employed at the Law School, wherein both parties can submit questions to a case’s investigator. The

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By jamES s. bikales and oliver l. riskin-kutz Crimson Staff WriterS

Not many high school science classes use thermal cyclers in their experiments.

The cyclers — which can cost more than $7,000 — are too expensive for many high schools to afford. But they are just one of the cutting-edge scientific tools that students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, a public high school a few blocks from Harvard’s campus, can access.

CRLS students use instruments like thermal cyclers as part of the Life Sciences Outreach Program — a Harvard-run initiative in which local students visit University-affiliated labs to conduct experiments. ­

The University has more than a dozen programs and partnerships with local high schools, including the LSOP, that invite students to campus so they can supplement their academic work with some of the University’s resources. Though some programs are open to a range of local schools, many focus just on CRLS. For some local students, the Harvard programs — including initiatives coordinated by University administrators, faculty, and student-run community service groups — have given them a glimpse of research and academics on a college campus.

Some students from groups underrepresented on college campuses say the experience of working with Harvard students and faculty influenced their ac-

ademic plans.

“Just to be sitting at the same benches that Harvard undergrads sit at, I think, is really powerful,” LSOP coordinator Alia Y. Qatarneh said.

But high school students are not the only ones reaping the benefits of these initiatives, according to University faculty members and program coordinators. Harvard affiliates said teaching high schoolers helped them hone their skills in the classroom and proved rewarding.

“You can learn so much from the people you are helping — it’s not just a one-way street,” said Lia Kiam ’21, co-president of College High-School Alliance: A Nexus for Creative

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HPT Announces Man of the Year

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By ISABEL L. ISSELBACHER Crimson Staff Writer

Actor, director, and producer Milo A. Ventimiglia is Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 2019 Man of the Year, the organization announced Wednesday.

The Pudding will present Ventimiglia with his award Feb. 8, the opening night of its 171st production “France France Revolution.”

The Man of the Year festivities will begin with a celebratory roast of Ventimiglia in Farkas Hall, followed by the presentation of the “Pudding Pot” — an award given to both Man of the Year and Woman of the Year honorees — and then a press conference at 8:30 p.m.

Grace C. Ramsey ’19, president of the Pudding, said in a press release Wednesday that the group is “so excited” to hon­

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Members of an IOP panel spoke about how faith impacts their advocacy at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Wednesday evening. Kathryn S. kuhar —Crimson photographer

Bacow Talks Leadership at the School of Public Health By alexis k. bolner Crimson Staff Writer

University President Lawrence S. Bacow offered advice on leadership and defended the importance of a liberal arts education at a talk with Harvard School of Public Health Dean Michelle A. Williams on Wednesday.

The School of Public Health discussion, entitled “Challenging Times in Higher Education,” aimed to provide students with an opportunity to hear lessons about leadership that may not be taught explicitly in school, according to Eric R. Andersen, director of Voices in Leadership, the group that organized the talk.

Bacow shared numerous life lessons and career suggestions, telling audience members that ­

“some of the best career decisions I have made in my entire life are jobs I have not taken.”

He also advised audience members to “take a job because you have an agenda, not because the job is just there,” and “to think about the fit between themselves and the institution.”

Bacow pointed to his Tufts presidency as a key leadership experience that taught him the value of understanding an institution’s culture before attempting to change it.

“I think it’s important when you start out that you think of yourself as a cultural anthropologist who has been parachuted into some remote territory and you don’t speak the language, and you don’t know what the social conventions are, and you have to figure them out

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Milo Ventimiglia is Man of the Year.

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for yourself through careful observation,” he said.

Bacow outlined major leadership challenges to be aware of, particularly in higher education.

“There’s more than one way to organize an institution and you just have to be cognizant of what are the traditions and what people know and understand and are comfortable with and how you get them to appreciate that there might in fact be something different that they could benefit from,” he said.

As the conversation progressed, Bacow shared his goal of changing current social twards higher education.

“It’s the first time in my lifetime that people have

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After the mixed snowfall on Wednesday afternoon, puddles formed along Mass. Avenue and across campus.

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For Lunch BBQ Pulled Pork Beef Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Spicy Nacho Grilled Cheese Sandwich

For Dinner Fettuccine with Chicken, Spinach and Sundried Tomato Fried Calamari RI Style Black Eyed Pea Paella

Today’s Events

in The Real World

Harvard Collections Showcase 1-3 p.m.

Come to Widener Library for a showcase of some of the amazing archival materials from Harvard’s library and museum collections. Who knows, you might get some inspiration for your next project or work of art!

The Gospel According to Andre Screening 8-9:30 p.m.

Dudley House will be hosting a screening of the Gospel According to André, a documentary about legendary fashion journalist and former Vogue magazine editor-at-large, André Leon Talley. environmental activism.

Non-Public Material from Mueller’s Team Used by Pro-Russia Twitter Account

The Charles River is partially frozen over as Cambridge experiences below freezing temperatures. Margaret F. Ross—Crimson photographer

Deadly Cold Snap Hits the U.S.

Daily Briefing Inside Innovation @ The I Labs 6-7:30 p.m.

Interested in innovation and entrepreneurship? Find out how Harvard Innovation Labs can help you find your way through the world of startups and innovations! Follow the link to register for this event.

According to a new filing from the Justice Department, a pro-Russian Twitter account used information from a criminal case that Robert Mueller’s team brought against a Russian social media company as part of a disinformation campaign. Prosecutors claim that while the information does not harm American national security, it should never have reached the public’s view.

Harvard Senior Vice President and General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano ’83 has been chosen as the next president of Gettysburg College. Iuliano — who oversees Harvard’s legal strategy in the midst of multiple high-profile lawsuits — will begin his new role in Gettysburg, Pa. on July 1 after Gettysburg’s current president, Janet M. Riggs, retires. In other news, three Law School faculty members submitted comments praising and critiquing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy D. DeVos’s proposed Title IX rules.

As the arctic weather descends upon the U.S. this week, matters have gotten more serious. Especially in the Midwest, a polar vortex is creating temperatures colder than parts of Antarctica. At least seven people have already perished due to this unusual weather.

Weight Loss Trouble May Be Explained by Immune Cells in Gut Using specially engineered mice, scientists recently showed how certain immune cells in the small intestine can slow down metabolism and convert food into fat rather than energy.

From these findings, experts hope that people with genetically slow metabolisms can change the microbiome makeup of their gut to face more positive consequences from eating.

Around the Ivies Yale Recent lobbying disclosures show Yale spent $140,000 on lobbying efforts between July and September, and a further $110,000 between October and December, according to the Yale Daily News. University President Peter Salovey made three trips to meet with lawmakers in recent months. Among the issues Salovey discussed were the importance of continued federal funding for universities and the tax on university endowments.

COLUMBIA

Members of Columbia’s graduate student union are increasing their efforts to acquire grievance procedures after the university showed a willingness to make monetary concessions in negotiations, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. The graduate student union is seeking clarified grievance procedures, as well as other non-monetary concessions such as protections from unjust dismissal. After agreeing to a bargaining framework in November, negotiations are slated to begin in February. One graduate student member said the students will not sign a contract unless better protections are put in place.

CORNELL Due to dangerously low temperatures, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit will offer free rides on their bus service for all routes on Thursday, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Much of Central New York, including Ithaca, under a wind chill warning until 6 p.m. Thursday, according to The National Weather Service. NWS said wind chill temperatures could drop to as low as minus 29 degrees. TCAT advised that people should stay indoors and protect themselves from the cold by wearing multiple layers.

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Harvard Builds Ties with CRLS

Alia Qatarneh is the Amgen Biotech Experience Program Site Coordinator at Harvard University. Mia b. frothingham—Crimson photographer

Education, which provides SAT tutoring to CRLS students. “For us, as Harvard students, we can forget that there’s a school right nearby, but for them it’s very known that they’re in the Harvard community, “To learn about their experiences is really beneficial to your own,” she said. ­

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES When CRLS biology teacher Paul McGuinness asked Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Peter R. Girguis in 2006 to open up his lab to high school students, McGuinness hoped a collaboration between CRLS and Harvard would give his students the chance to “work on real, authentic, marine science projects,” he said.

Girguis accepted the request with an additional goal in mind: to inspire some students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue studies, and possibly careers, in science.

“As the child of first generation immigrants, I was acutely aware of how students from different backgrounds often don’t have opportunities to learn about science or technology firsthand,” he said. “Having the chance to be in a lab and being afforded a greater degree of autonomy or being in an environment that is very different from their high school course experience is a real moment of growth.

We treat them as colleagues and as peers, and that is very empowering.”

Both local students and Harvard affiliates say one of the greatest strengths of their partnerships is that they provide role models and mentors to some students from demographics underrepresented in higher education.

“I know personally, for me, if I saw a female with an Arabic last name donning a white coat and goggles when I was in high school, I would say ‘Yes! I want to be her,’” Qatarneh said.

Kenneth N. Salim, the superintendent of Cambridge Public Schools, said this exposure to underrepresented groups in academia helps fulfill Cambridge Public Schools’ mission of pro-

moting “equity” and “inclusion” — a mission he said is particularly important for CRLS to achieve.

The Massachusetts Department of Education recently found that 28.1 percent of students in the Cambridge school district are “economically disadvantaged,” while about 60 percent are racial minorities.

“We value tremendously the support and collaboration we have with Harvard,” Salim said.

“There’s a recognition that it’s not just about access for (college-bound) students, but how we can develop a college-going culture, and provide access for those who might be the first in their family to have the opportunity to go to college.”

While participants say many of Harvard’s collaborations with local high schools help support groups that are underrepresented in higher education, one organization’s mission is specifically tailored to meet this goal. High school tutoring program Crimson Summer Academy aims to help underserved students, including some from CRLS, get into and graduate from highly selective colleges.

“The statistics on low-income students who achieve admission into top colleges and universities nationally is abysmal, and their completion rates are similarly rough, so that’s our mission,” Maxine Rodburg, the program’s director, said.

As part of the initiative, a cohort of high school students lives in the Harvard dormitories on weeknights during the summers after their freshman, sophomore, and junior years.

They attend classes and meet with undergraduate mentors who advise them over the summer and during the school year.

“My mentor calls me once a month. You build strong connections. She’s always available when I need help with my academics,” said Destin E. Bundu, a participant in the program and a junior at City on a Hill Dudley Square, a charter school in Roxbury. “It definitely helps in school.”

Bundu said that, because of the program, he is “breezing

through my regular classes.”

Fahedur Fahed ’22, a former CSA student who now attends Harvard, said that participating in the program gave him “inspiration” to overcome obstacles to his education.

“Growing up I used to be really ashamed of my identity as a first-gen, low-income student, but once I learned about CSA and got admitted, I felt more empowered about my identity,” he said. “I always thought of Harvard as this very elitist place that I couldn’t possibly attend, but going to CSA helped me realize that I did have a place here, and it was possible for me to attend.”

Though the program focuses on the success of individual high school students, school administrators say CSA can also help shape schools’ cultures.

“The headmasters of schools we work with say that it’s not only the students who benefit, but the families, the communities, the schools that benefit too because a cluster of our kids at a school can help change the dynamic of the school or reinforce the college-going dynamic,” Rodburg said.

‘THE BEST PART OF HARVARD’ While partnerships with the University provide mentorship to local high school students, Harvard affiliates say the programs also benefit them.

“When I started my freshman fall, I was very nervous to tutor,” Julie O. Effron ’20, co-president of CHANCE, said.

“Seeing how I have been able to refine my own skills in tutoring has been a huge change for me: the tool of being able to relate to someone and figure out why they are getting something wrong and the best way to explain it.”

Other PBHA group leaders said they also think that tutoring helps enhance their understanding of the material they teach.

“Sometimes we can really learn more from teaching other people than just playing our instrument because, especially for brass, it’s so difficult to describe what to do with your mouth and whatnot,” said Eliane S. Grace ’21, incoming di-

rector of HARMONY, a group that provides free music lessons to Cambridge-area students.

“By teaching our instruments we learn more about them for ourselves.”

Graduate students, too, say offering classes to high schoolers has helped them enhance their teaching abilities.

Correna S. Cohen, curatorial fellow for academic and public programs for the Harvard Art Museums, said her experience in the Graduate Student Teacher Program — in which CRLS students visit the Harvard Art Museums several times over the course of a semester to hear lessons designed and taught

by Graduate School of Education students — helped hone her skills in the classroom.

Cohen credits the program, which she now helps oversee, with helping complement her more abstract graduate studies with more practical experience working with high school students.

“Having a place where I could take all that theory and apply it and see if it worked, and have this ongoing lab course, was really great,” she said.

Several Harvard students said they find it gratifying to help local students.

“From my own experience, it’s so rewarding. The best part is seeing faces return week after week,” Effron said. “Forming relationships with these students, and sensing them becoming more confident in their abilities is the best feeling.”

Grace said she values the opportunity to “give people an outlet that they might not have otherwise known they wanted” by teaching local students music. Some students said working with local high schoolers is one of their most important activities in college.

Mentoring for Crimson Summer Academy can be “very, very powerful” for undergraduates, Rodburg said.

“Many mentors say it’s the best part of Harvard for them, a number of them say it has been powerful enough that it has changed their career plans” to teaching, she said. james.bikales@thecrimson.com oliver.riskin-kutz@thecrimson.com

Ventimiglia Named HPT Man of the Year a Drama Series,” along with awards from the MTV Movie & TV Awards in 2017 and the Screen Actors Guild in 2018. He will star in Fox 2000’s feature film “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, which will be released Sept. 27.

The Pudding’s Man of the Year announcement comes one day after the group named Bryce Dallas Howard its Woman of the Year. Both awards honor “performers who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment.”

Previous Man of the Year recipients have included Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert DeNiro, Harrison Ford, James Franco, Justin Timberlake, Chris Pratt, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ryan Reynolds, and most recently Paul Rudd in 2018.

Ventimiglia first gained major recognition for his breakthrough role as Jess Mariano on “Gilmore Girls” from 2002 to 2006. His television career has also included main roles in “Opposite Sex,” “The Bedford Diaries,” “Heroes,” “Mob City,” “Chosen,” and “The Whispers,” along with appearances in shows including “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “Gotham.” Most recently, he appeared once more as Jess Mariano on the Netflix reunion miniseries “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” in 2016.

This year’s premiere of “France France Revolution”

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Grace C. Ramsey ’19 Hasty Pudding President

watching history unfold on the Hasty Pudding stage,” Ramsey said.

Tickets for the Feb. 8 Man of the Year festivities sold out for a price of $250 each, though tickets for tomorrow’s Woman of the Year event are still available. The Pudding initially sold Woman of the Year tickets for $100, but put $20 student tickets up for sale Wednesday afternoon. isabel.isselbacher@thecrimson.com

Bacow Talks Leadership, Higher Ed at HSPH questioned sending a kid to college, whether or not it’s worth it. It’s the first time in my lifetime that people have questioned whether colleges and universities are worthy of pub-

Lawrence S. Bacow University President

Harvard, from the Law School to Longwood.

We hope that [Ventimiglia] will not only enjoy his night as our honoree, but will also enjoy watching history unfold on the Hasty Pudding stage.

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My highest priority is to try and change this narrative about higher education.

Fahedur Fahed ’22 is a freshman who attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin. Delano R. Franklin—Crimson photographer

will mark the first time women have acted on a Pudding stage.

The group announced during a roast honoring last year’s Woman of the Year Mila Kunis that it would admit women to the cast for the first time for the Pudding’s 171st show. That move marked a break with the Pudding’s nearly 200-year tradition of male-only casts.

“We hope that [Ventimiglia] will not only enjoy his night as our honoree, but will also enjoy

lic support. It’s the first time in my lifetime where a significant portion of the population has questioned whether or not these great institutions are even good for the nation,” he said.

“My highest priority is to try and change this narrative about higher education.”

Bacow argued a revival in the humanities would strength-

en higher education, especially as many institutions shift their gaze towards technological advances.

“I’d like to think that we are going to have a renaissance in the humanities as we contemplate, ‘What does it mean to be human?’ in a world increasingly dominated by machines. What is it that’s distinctly human that a machine will never replicate?”

Bacow said.

“A liberal arts education is the most valuable way to prepare us for the future,” Williams added.

As the conversation came to a close, Bacow implored audience members to “always do the right thing” above all else.

“It’s usually not that difficult to figure out,” he said. “It’s often excruciatingly difficult to do and leadership is about doing the right thing especially when it’s very very hard.” alexis.bolner@thecrimson.com

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Editorial The Crimson Editorial board

OP-Ed

Harvard Square Says Goodbye Again to Affordability

Cold Water for Divestment

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ince students wrapped up classes last semester, Harvard Square has said goodbye to Crema Cafe, Chipotle, Tealuxe, Urban Outfitters, Sweet Bakery, and Au Bon Pain. Students have lamented the departure of these stores, a development which follows a pattern of storefront turnover in the Harvard Square.

Rising rents and competition are to blame in part, but the planned construction to the building, which houses Urban Outfitters, Tealuxe, and Sweet Bakery, is also critical in this new wave of closures.

It is unfortunate that stores we have grown to love in Harvard Square are closing. The increase in high-end stores will have an adverse effect on both students and the residents of Cambridge, as affordable options become increasingly scarce.

After all, the food situation in Harvard Square was already dire. Due to the lack of supermarkets in the area, the U.S. Department of Agriculture classifies Harvard Square as a half-mile “low-access zone.”

The University, city of Cambridge, and local developers should expand efforts to provide students and Cambridge residents access to low-cost options in Harvard Square.

A potential approach, piloted by some U.S. cities, to this looming problem could be the introduction of new subsidies and tax relief programs to support business-

es that offer affordable and healthy food options.

Moreover, if this trend of closings continues, Harvard should consider offering more financial support to low-income students.

While consumer choice does play a role in which stores can stay and which are forced out, there are certainly other factors at play.

The increase in high-end stores will have an adverse effect on both students and the residens of Cambridge, as affordable options become more scarce.

Businesses choose what types of consumers to target.

Unfortunately, an increasing number of Harvard Square businesses choose to cater to high-income individuals — whether they be students, tourists, or residents — ignoring the need for affordable food options.

To make matters worse, what little voice might typically be afforded to consumers by the power of their pocketbooks is not afforded to low-income students and Cambridge residents.

Indeed, many of the stores being replaced, like Urban Outfitters and Sweet

Bakery, were already pricey for many students and Cambridge residents. Two years ago, the same worry was present as Tatte replaced Panera Bread and as Pinkberry was melted down into Pressed Juicery. Stores being priced out of Harvard Square does not bode well for the affordability of future developments, as even higher-end options may replace them.

In particular, residents have expressed concerns over the potential effects of a shopping center proposed by Regency Centers Corporation, which would encompass three historic buildings.

If Cambridge does not heed these concerns, then residents would be left largely out of the conversation in these changes.

Like Cambridge residents, we’ve opined on this issue before. We continue to hope that Cambridge and Harvard begin to take more proactive note of the voices advocating for a more affordable Harvard Square.

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.

By Nicholas C. Fahy

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ver two months ago, 2,631 students cast ineffectual, symbolic ballots on an Undergraduate Council referendum asking Harvard to divest from fossil fuels.

The result?

A massive victory for the Harvard Pat Yourself on the Back Caucus.

Fossil fuel divestment “passed” the UC with 71.5 percent of the vote, 71.5 percent more than the percentage of Harvard’s endowment which will be divested from fossil fuels.

Harvard Management Company’s Board of Directors, the body with the power to manage Harvard’s endowment, was bound to take no action as a result of the vote.

Despite the results of the referendum, divestment remains a pipe dream.

I can’t blame or judge those who supported the referendum.

I voted for divestment.

If we’re as serious about fighting climate change as 71.5 percent of us claim to be, let’s take direct action and put our showerheads where our mouths are. Let’s ask Harvard Campus Services to disable hot water in student dorms and martyr ourselves with 50-degree showers for the planet.

I believe that the global reliance on fossil fuels is leading to massive increases in destructive greenhouse gasses, and that Harvard damages its moral standing by affiliating itself with it.

Harvard has already divested from big tobacco in 1990.

And I believe saying that the University has no choice but to invest its endowment in morally questionable industries is logically disingenuous.

Though divestment is an honorable goal, we achieved nothing honorable by voting for it.

If University President Lawrence S. Bacow and Harvard’s Board of Overseers were to act on the UC referendum, it would take a while before the possible effects of increased tuition and decreased University funding impacts students’ Harvard experiences.

The student body would have taken a moral stand without facing any consequences.

If we’re as serious about fighting climate change as 71.5 percent of us claim to be, let’s take direct action and put our showerheads where our mouths are.

Let’s ask Harvard Campus Services to disable hot water in student dorms and martyr ourselves with 50-degree showers for the planet.

Imagine the case that would make for divestment.

Harvard students care enough about climate change to put themselves on cold rinse in February, in the middle of a snowstorm.

With effective messaging, a cold-shower, energy-conserving movement could spread to schools

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OP-Ed

The Threat Against Communication

By Michelle C. Lara

D

uring winter break, I stopped by my freshmen teacher’s geometry class, and decided to stay for a bit.

Class started. Twenty minutes in, only three people gave an effort to speak, with a confidence that was minimal at best.

When my teacher resorted to calling on people, the students boasted an aloofness that bordered on disrespectful. Sure, they’re high schoolers, but I don’t remember anyone in my grade being so unresponsive — was class always like this? I ask my teacher, who has been teaching a long time, how the newest class compares to those from years past, and she echoes what I had already observed.

When I ask her what’s the cause, she smiled knowingly. “Without a doubt, it’s the phones!”

With online communication becoming so normalized in the past decade, we experience less face to-face interaction on a daily basis. The benefits of such medium are plenty as we connect with people regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they do.

More than ever, new generations have mastered the art of communicating online — ­­ in lieu of the more traditional ways.

It has bestowed upon us a virtual world of endless influence and possibilities.Nevertheless, the obvious yet critical difference between online and normal conversation is that the former never requires one to face another person.

More than ever, new generations have mastered the art of communicating online — in lieu of the more traditional ways.

A recent study found teenagers spend-

ing more than a whopping nine hours in one day on media, with tweens aged from eight to twelve spending six hours.

Keeping up with friends, the news, and community is shaping a generation to

The conventions of human empathy and emotion are being switched out for a more widespread but less sympathetic medium. be more capable behind the screen then in person. It’s true that online skills are crucial to a workplace that also wraps itself around an online platform.

However, with the new generation being better versed online than in person, many subtle yet important abilities in verbal communication are jeopardized.

Gestures like reading someone’s reaction and responding appropriately, empathizing with emotions that flash across a face, or even maintaining lively conversation are social actions that future generations are simply having less continuous practice with. The conventions of human empathy and emotion are being switched out for a more widespread but less sympathetic medium.

This shift in social dynamics will be felt when it comes to employees cooperating and making important decisions.

We’re dealing with an incoming workforce that would rather email or message than deal with a problem in person.

We’re dealing with a workforce that doesn’t have the collaboration instincts needed for unexpected situations.

In a world where slacktivism is rampant and social media is as pervasive as ever, our future ability to communicate in favor of change is threatened.

It’s likely that the future Harvard classes will still be more vocal than their

high school peers, so perhaps this generational shift won’t be felt much on campus. However, as future leaders of their field, these classes will have to be well equipped in navigating an unprecedented range of social abilities.

The important skills that are instinctual to some won’t be to others, and it’s going to take time before an adjustment for the differences is made.

There’s no way to change the focus of this epidemic without severely inhibiting online communication, which is certainly not happening soon.

Therefore, this can certainly be seen as another crucial point in the case for the humanities.

Critical reading, listening to others, analyzing a perspective, and directing conversation are all trademarks of the humanities. It’s about getting to the core of what you want to know and building up the ability and confidence to find it,

Who better than the nation’s young people to shock decision makers awake? Who better than the nation’s most privileged than to make some of the first sacrifices?

which is advantageous in diagnosing and solving problems that may arrive from an imbalance in communication skills.

Put frankly, the Harvard classes of the twenty first century need to prepare themselves for a fascinating shift in the way people approach complex problems.

The globalization issues we’re facing are growing more dire by the minute — we can’t afford to depend on a workforce that struggles to look other people in the eye.

around the country.

Instead of agitating for legislators and bureaucrats to make changes, students could be the changemakers for energy conservation ourselves, with Harvard leading the way.

Granted, I like my hot showers as much as the next person.

But they are not a necessity. Military academies sometimes go without.

Some people never take hot showers to begin with.

In an age where the depletion of our resources and the mass consumption of energy are enormous concerns, we should ask ourselves what is necessary, as we ask corporations and other fossil fuel producing industries to do the same.

Hot showers aren’t the only concrete sacrifices we can make to show we’re serious about conservation.

San Francisco in 2015 launched an initiative called “Brown is the new Green,” encouraging residents to stop watering their lawns to conserve water in the midst of a historic drought.

Imagine the statement on climate change we would make if we stopped watering Harvard Yard and let it go brown.

Both of these changes would impact important and visible parts of our days. Some would argue they go further than necessary.

But perhaps drastic action is necessary in a nation whose lawmakers and in a university whose investors delay action on climate issues.

Who better than the nation’s young people to shock decision makers awake?

Who better than the nation’s most privileged than to make some of the first sacrifices?

We have an opportunity to prove that Harvard students are willing to sacrifice for our ideals.

If we take it, we will make a much stronger case when we ask the Board of Directors to do the same.

Alternatively, we can keep voting for vague ideals that cost us nothing and move on with our lives.

We are, after all, liberals.

—Michelle C. Lara ’22, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Pennypacker Hall.

—Nicholas C. Fahy ’22, a Crimson Editorial Editor, lives in Pennypacker Hall.

Put frankly, the Harvard classes of the twenty first century need to prepare themselves for a fascinating shift in the way people approach complex problems.

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HLS Professors Critique Iuliano New DeVos Title IX Rules to Depart investigator, the faculty members recommend, would be responsible for asking all questions, except for those deemed “irrelevant, excluded by a rule of evidence clearly adopted in advance, harassing, or duplicative.”

In addition to their proposed modifications to the live hearing process, the Law School faculty members critiqued the rules’ new definition of “sexual harassment.”

Under Obama-era Title IX policies, sexual harassment was defined as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” that included “requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature.”

The new rules redefine sexual harassment as “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal ac-

cess to the recipient’s education program or activity,” based on Supreme Court precedent.

This definition is “both too narrow and too broad,” the faculty members’ comment reads.

A fair process that cares both about sexual assault and other forms of discrimination should be an important goal.

Janet E. Halley Harvard Law School Professor

Their response contended that the rule should require all hostile environment claims to be “objectively reasonable,” and that a claim should only need

to be severe or pervasive — not both.

In a press release, the faculty members reiterated that their critiques and endorsements of the new Title IX rules are all aimed at improving students’ academic experiences and protecting both complainants and respondents.

“I wish that more advocates would take into account the possibility – the reality, in my view – that men of color, trans students, and people with disabilities are subjected to unfair accusations and unfair processes precisely because of their non-normative status in society,” Halley wrote in an emailed statement.

“A fair process that cares both about sexual assault and other forms of discrimination should be an important goal,” she added. simone.chu@thecrimson.com iris.lewis@thecrimson.com

Panelists Discuss Faith and Activism at Harvard IOP By ruth zheng Crimson Staff Writer

Religious leaders and activists spoke in praise of unity across diversity and tackled questions about the intersection of faith and activism at an Institute of Politics panel Wednesday evening.

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Cornell W. Brooks moderated the event, titled “Moral Resistance: When Faith and Activism Meet in the Streets.” Panelists included Harvard Muslim Chaplain Khalil Abdur-Rashid; the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, professor of the practice of religion and public life at the Kennedy School; Brittany Packnett, vice president of National Community Alliances and Engagement for Teach for America; and Rabbi Jonah D. Pesner, director of the Reli-

gious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

Despite hailing from different religious backgrounds, panelists said they were among friends and colleagues. Several said they had once fought together for causes such as racial justice and gun control.

Referring to a line in the Quran, Abdur-Rashid said inclusion serves as a crucial tenet in Islam.

“When you’re asked to make space in your places, make space in your places,” he said.

Hehir further emphasized, “God is universally inclusive.”

Brooks posed a question about how religious communities can better foster inclusion, especially during a time of growing extremism and rising hate crime rates.He said the panel “occurs at a moment of unprecedented activism, but it

is also a dangerous moment.”

Addressing the issue of division, Abdur-Rashid said he feels strongly about the need to advocate from one’s principles above all else.

“If we try to make connections and stand for what’s right, not what’s convenient, that goes a long way from my experience,” Abdur-Rashid said.

Packnett said she was inspired by the leadership of Reverend Traci Blackmon, a pastor at Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Mo. who was active during the protests in Ferguson, Mo. in 2014.

Blackmon “brought the church out to the streets of Ferguson” when some people did not feel comfortable attending the church, Packnett said.

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The Faculty Council voted to approve a proposal to allow undergraduates to obtain concurrent bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Harvard at its first meeting of 2019.

The Council — the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ highest governing body — first heard the concurrent degree program proposal at one of its biweekly meetings last December.

The proposal follows the Faculty’s recent decision to abolish the College’s Advanced Standing program, a decades-old initiative which allowed students who complete enough advanced coursework in high school to enter Harvard with a year’s worth of college credits.

Students could then choose to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years or both a master’s and a bachelor’s in four.

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Noël Bisson said in 2017 that only a “tiny” portion of the student body chose to pursue Advanced Standing each year, though she declined to specify how many.

Under the proposed system — first presented to the Council

by Comparative Literature Professor Karen L. Thornber — students would be allowed to double-count three courses toward both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, according to Council member David L. Howell.

“This is a proposal for a new way for some students who are well-qualified and highly motivated to get both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in four years,” Howell said. ­

administrative responsibilities, Iuliano has also taught courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the College during his tenure.

This semester, he is teaching Freshman Seminar 70W: “Contemporary Issues in American Higher Education,” which will cover issues like free speech on campus, race in college admissions, and fossil fuel divestment, according to its course listing.

University President Lawrence S. Bacow told the Gazette that Iuliano is a “fabulous leader” and praised Gettysburg College for hiring him.

“Bob Iuliano is one of the most talented leaders with whom I have ever been privileged to work,” Bacow said.

“Gettysburg has chosen well.”

Bacow also thanked Iuliano for his service to Harvard and for his personal counsel.

“Bob has contributed immeasurably to Harvard during his 25-year career here,” Bacow said. “I have come to rely on Bob’s sage advice during my tenure as both a member of the Corporation and now as president.”

“He is not only a great lawyer; he has become a great friend,” Bacow added.

Bacow said he will begin a search for Iuliano’s replacement in the coming weeks.

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The Council’s referendum is purely advisory, however, and the proposal must go before the full Faculty for a vote before it can be approved.

If it passes, students starting with the Class of 2022 would be eligible to apply, and the program would be reviewed during the 2024-2025 academic year.

The Council heard two other proposals — one concerning the Visual and Environmental Studies department and the other about the FAS Standing Committee on the Library — at its “very brief” meeting, according to Howell.

The VES proposal suggests changing the name of the department — which houses classes for the visual arts as well as the “study of the built environment” — to Art, Film, and Visual Studies. Department Chair Robb Moss first presented the proposal at the Council’s Dec. 14 meeting, and Council members voted in favor of the change Wednesday.

The Council also voted to approve a proposal to dissolve the FAS Standing Committee on the Library, Howell said.

The proposal — first presented to the Council by Vice President for the Harvard Library Sarah E. Thomas at the Dec. 14 meeting — relegates the committee’s duties to the University-wide Faculty Advisory Council, which reserves seven seats for professors within FAS. Unlike the votes in favor of the concurrent degree system and the renaming of the VES department, the Council’s decision to dissolve the committee is binding, according to Howell.

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January 31, 2019

Women’s Rugby

Harvard’s Run to the NIRA Championship Game

By Lucy connor Crimson Staff Writer

Harvard women’s rugby team has proven it deserves attention. The program has continuously been among the best in the NCAA, and its 2018 campaign showed no change. The program’s greatness only becomes more impressive when the difficulty in recruiting high school rugby players and walkons is considered.

Harvard’s recruitment of high school rugby players is a complex process. Primarily, since rugby is not exactly an established and common sport for kids to grow up playing, the sheer number of high school players is much smaller compared to other sports, such as soccer or basketball. In addition, the players must be strong academically to be accepted into Harvard.

“The recruiting process is really about finding the right people who are a good fit for Harvard and for our team culture,” Coach Mel Denham remarked. “Ultimately, we cast a large net in order to find the people who want to be at Harvard and who would be a great fit on and off the field.”

The coaching staff scouts all over the world to identify top talent. High schools in California, Utah, Colorado, and some midwest states are regularly scouted, in addition to Canada.

The coaching staff is also developing relationships with high schools around the world to find great rugby players.

“We have also started to work with some English players and are in the process of building relationships with coaches in England, New Zealand and Australia as well,” reported Coach Denham. “Our current team has players from Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, China, Germany and Honduras which is incredible to have such diversity in our culture.”

The team also heavily relies on walk-ons to contribute to the team’s success.

“We try to be really welcoming to walk-ons because they are an integral part of our team,” said senior Akweley Okine. “Without them, we would not have enough people to play.”

This recruitment of walkons consists of multiple challenges for the coach and for the players, including the NCAA clearance process. The NCAA clearance process is time-consuming, complex and at times, discouraging. The team uniquely has a “recruitment chair” whose job is first to convince Harvard students to join rug-

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by, and second to help with the logistics of the NCAA clearance process. Coach Denham suggests this position is incredibly helpful for the success of walkons in this process.

“We are very lucky to have incredible recruiting chairs on the team who have carved out a detailed timeline from start to finish for walk-on recruiting, which has helped make this clearance process very efficient,” said Coach Denham.

The tryout process for walkons differs from other varsity sports. Because the team needs walk-ons to field enough players, the coach looks for crossover athletes.

“Rugby is such an incredible opportunity for cross-over athletes, who weren’t exposed to the sport in high school, to compete and excel,” said Coach Dunham. “A lot of times skill will transfer from other sports they have played which is al-

Sophomore wing Sabrina Kim carries the ball up field against Dartmouth. Kim is a part of a young Crimson core that helped the team reach the NIRA finals under Coach Mel Denham. timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

ways fun to see.”

Since the team looks for these athletes, the focus is more on athletic ability and competitiveness as opposed to particular rugby skills. Furthermore, Coach Denham looks for players who will fit into the rugby team’s culture. The specific skills of rugby can be taught, but the ability to be competitive as well as a good teammate is most important “We bring on the athletes who we believe have the ability to develop in rugby, excel at the varsity level, and thrive within our team culture,” Coach Denham indicated. The rugby-specific trial process for crossover athletes allows the coach to “identify the athletes who are committed to the learning process and have shown athleticism and/or enough crossover skill to develop quickly.”

However, Coach Denham views the initial skill discrep-

ancy for crossover athletes as the second biggest challenge in walk-on recruitment. Similar to the job of the recruitment chair, returning players are expected to play a role in reducing this challenge. Understandably, Coach Denham believes the early stages of becoming a rugby player for crossover athletes can be discouraging, so the advanced, experienced players are called on to offer support.

“Our experienced players also help tremendously,” said the Coach. “We often see them working with walk-ons pre- and post- practice to help get them up to speed. Injured players will also help by taking walkons aside during intense and advanced training sessions to work on fundamentals.”

For walk-on Erica Jarrell, the team’s commitment to helping her understand the game made her feel welcomed and appreciated.

Harvard will return the majority of its roster next season, with only nine graduating seniors on a team of 37. henry zhu—Crimson photographer

“They were just super welcoming and everyone was down to teach me the game which was so nice,” she shared. “I really never felt isolated.”

The team creates a culture that is inviting and exciting, but as an intense, demanding, varsity contact sport, rugby is incredibly physically and mentally taxing.

Senior Caitlin Weigel explained the difficulty in finding women who have the “willingness to put their body on the line.” However, the physicality of rugby does not phase her.

She works to convince potential walk-ons that joining rugby will only enhance their college experience and not limit the opportunities Harvard has to offer.

Perhaps the team’s extensive focus on creating an inviting atmosphere for recruits and walkons contributes to the team’s success. The emphasis on team chemistry was clear from the beginning of this fall season.

The team traveled to Canada during pre-season and the players were able to get to know one another off the field.

“I think it was really helpful in terms of solidifying better team potential,” said Okine.

“Spending a lot of time together, starting to gel and understand each other better as players and people while we were in Canada was really incredible.”

The team also bonded through mindfulness practices early on in their season.

“I think we felt super united this season…we did a whole bunch of mindfulness work at the beginning of the season,” said Jarrell. “At the time we thought it was the most painful thing ever...but we employed all of the skills throughout the season and even throughout exams and the hardest academic stress time we maintained our team unity.”

Okine agreed with her teammate.

“I think a lot of people hit that stride in figuring out what they need to do to be the best teammates they can be, whether that is from the sidelines because they are injured or on the field hyping everyone up,” said Okine. “I feel that was at a level that we have not really been at in a long time.”

The bond between the players off the field clearly carried

over into the rugby season as many players were expected to step up into new positions due to injuries and lack of personnel.

“We had walk-ons who were suddenly starters because someone got injured...and they were able to deliver some really key performances for us,” said senior Caitlin Weigel. “That ability to adapt to new positions and new expectations and grow in those positions really helped fuel us throughout this season, especially in the postseason where we really excelled.”

The team indeed excelled in the postseason. Its historic season culminated in the team’s first ever appearance in the NIRA National Championship in November. Though the game ended in a heartbreaking 1419 loss to Dartmouth, they had beat the Big Green earlier in the season in the Ivy League Championship,12-3. The win was the highlight of the season.

“I think obviously the best part of the season was beating Dartmouth in the Ivy League championship,” said Okine.

“For the past four years, it has been something we’ve wanted to do and we’ve always come up short. I think all of that history and the really hard losses over the last four years culminated in that and it was just a very incredible moment.”

Both Okine and Weigel described the night before the big win in the Ivy League Championship as a very special memory. It was another symbol of the team’s strong chemistry and love for one another.

“We were all in the locker room just blasting music and we had a huge dance party,” said Weigel. “You could look around at everyone’s face and there was just such joy and love. That really defines what this team has meant to me.”

The joy and love was obvious to Okine as well. For her, it was a moment of unity and trust.

“I just remember looking around and being like, ‘this is incredible,’’’ said Okine. “We’re dancing around, we’re about to play this huge game, but we’re just enjoying being with each other and getting hyped for each other. I just remember thinking at that moment, ‘we are going to win, there is no way we are not going to win.” lucy.connor@thecrimson.com

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