The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLVI, No. 56 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | FriDAY, april 19, 2019
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Op-Ed: Harvard should divest from fossil fuels.
The Harvard Book Store is printing copies of the Mueller Report.
Coach Jenny Allard commands Soldiers Field.
Donors Make Up HKS Students Demand Curricular Changes Half of Revenue By jania j. tumey Crimson Staff Writer
By cindy h. zhang Crimson Staff Writer
Forty-five percent of Harvard’s annual revenue comes from donors — either as endowment returns or direct gifts — University Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Thomas J. Hollister said in an interview Wednesday. Hollister said that 35 percent of the University’s revenue each year comes from returns on Harvard’s endowment, currently valued at more than $39 billion. Another nine percent of the annual budget comes from current use gifts, which are donations that may be completely spent upon their receipt. “Harvard is a huge beneficiary of loyal and committed donors from a funding standpoint. It’s probably vital. In many ways, it enables Harvard’s excellence,” Hollister said. The endowment represents the largest single source of revenue for the University. Student income, the second-largest source, makes up just 21 percent of Harvard’s annual revenue, according to the University’s 2018 financial report.
Fiscal year 2018 saw “record totals in current use giving” in part because of the University’s five-year capital campaign, according to the report. Harvard’s capital campaign concluded last June after raising a record-breaking $9.6 billion. Of that, 42 percent has been designated for the endowment, according to Hollister. Endowment donations must be held and only the investment returns on the gift may be spent. Hollister said that current use gifts — comprising 35 percent of the funds collected in the capital campaign — have either already been spent or, if they have not yet been collected, will be spent soon. Non-federal sponsored support, which includes research funding from individuals and corporations, made up 11 percent of capital campaign donations, according to Hollister. “One interesting aspect of campaigns is that the way you count the collection, a lot of it is current,” Hollister said. “Over half of the campaign is money that’s already spent or is
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As part of ongoing efforts to promote greater diversity and inclusivity at the Harvard Kennedy School, student activists recently launched a petition demanding more faculty of color and more attention to issues of race and racism in curriculum. Addressed to the Kennedy School administration, the petition calls for the addition of at least three new tenure-track faculty of color and three new courses that discuss policy issues through the lens of race and racism. As of Thursday afternoon, it had garnered 275 signatures according to Janice S. Tolbert, a Kennedy School student involved who helped organize the petition. The petition was first made available April 5, coinciding with the Kennedy School’s admitted students day. The petition also urges administrators to continue offering Professor Khalil G. Muhammad’s course DPI 391: “Race, Inequality and American Democracy” – or a course similar to it – while he is on sabbatical. Many students who initially organized the petition said they were inspired by the course,
Students hit the books at the Harvard Kennedy School. A group of students started a petition calling for curricular changes at HKS this week. sanjana s, ramrajvel—Contributing photographer
which examines constructs of racial identity and ideology in American history. Tolbert took the class last semester and referred to it in an
email as “by far the most powerful and transformative course” of her academic career. “Many students walked away from Professor Mu-
hammad’s Race, Inequality, and American Democracy course asking why this type of
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Epstein Harvard Graduate Council Launches Advocacy Group Donated to Hasty Pudding By luke a. williams Crimson Staff Writer
The Harvard Graduate Council has created a lobbying body, the External Advocacy Committee, to advocate for local, state, and federal policies supporting graduate student rights. HGC, the University’s most comprehensive student government body, comprises representatives from all twelve of the graduate schools. The EAC will streamline the HGC’s responses to proposed policies — both at the University and in the political arena — that could negatively impact Harvard’s graduate student population. Before the EAC, such a response fell on the shoulders of one member, who then had to draft statements and submit them for voting at HGC meetings. The process could take up to two months, according to Chair of Finance Kelly E. Menjivar. The EAC is Menjivar’s “brainchild,” according to HGC Chair of Advocacy Franklin “Tre” D. Tennyson III. In HGC’s 2017-2018 term, Menjivar led fellow representatives to
By molly c. mccafferty and aidan f. ryan Crimson Staff Writers
A charity connected to convicted sex offender and Harvard donor Jeffrey E. Epstein gave tens of thousands of dollars to the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 and a non-profit linked to a Harvard professor, according to tax filings obtained by The Crimson. Epstein served as president of a private foundation called Gratitude America, Ltd. in 2014. Gratitude America donated $50,000 to the Hasty Pudding — an umbrella organization that includes the Hasty Pudding Club, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and the Harvard Krokodiloes — in 2016. As recently as Wednesday afternoon, the Hasty Pudding website listed Epstein as one of its 2018 donors who have given more than $50,000. In 2016, Gratitude America also gave $110,000 to Verse Video Education, the non-profit organization that funds English Professor Elisa F. New’s television show and digital initiative “Poetry in America.” Gratitude America operates out of the United States Virgin Islands, where Epstein lists his permanent address. Its 2014 filings list Epstein as the president and Darren K. Indyke and Erika A. Kellerhals as the treasurer and secretary, respectively. Tax filings from 2015 to 2017 still list Indyke and Kellerhals as employees for the charity, but Richard Kahn replaces Epstein as president. Kahn and Indyke have also worked on the boards of previous charities tied to Epstein. In addition to being Epstein’s longtime lawyer, Indyke served as vice president of Epstein’s previous foundation, the C.O.U.Q. Foundation. Epstein, a billionaire investor, faces allegations that he ran an underage sex ring out of his Palm Beach, Fla. home from 2001 to 2006, according to a
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create a lobbying- and student advocacy- focused branch. After voting to alter their bylaws in fall 2018, HGC was able to pass the EAC’s governing charter earlier this spring. The EAC will officially start its activities next fall. The new committee will have three boards manned by graduate students nominated from each of the 12 graduate schools. One board will research federal politics affecting graduate students, a second will research local and state policies, and a third will draft response statements. “[The EAC] allows us to have people who are dedicated to filtering all the information coming out of society, and then kind of investigate how these things may impact life here at Harvard,” said Tennyson, author of the EAC’s charter. When a policy is flagged as potentially worthy of response, the EAC will draft a statement, get approval from the HGC’s president and chair of advocacy, and publish the statement on HGC’s website. The EAC will
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With Body Scrubs and Treats, OSAPR Holds Self-Care Events By michelle g. kurilla and tamar sarig Crimson Staff Writers
The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response is hosting events centered on self-care in the undergraduate houses as part of its efforts to increase engagement with students. As part of the initiative — which began on April 10 and will continue through May 2 — OSAPR has held nighttime events in upperclassman house dining halls and other campus locations involving activities to promote self-care. OSAPR has already held events in houses including Mather, Winthrop, Kirkland, Lowell, Dunster, and Cabot. Their most recent event took place in Leverett House Thursday, according OSAPR Director Pierre R. Berastaín Ojeda ’10. The events revolve around a variety of calming do-it-yourself stations, including stress
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balls, drawing, aromatherapy jewelry, body scrubs, “affirmation cards,” gratitude letters, and a discussion board where students can write their thoughts on the importance of self-care. Consent Advocacy and Relationship Education tutors in each of the undergraduate houses have partnered with the Title IX Office and received funding from the Dean of Students office to help carry out the events. Berastaín estimated that more than 300 students have attended the events as of Thursday night. He said he hopes to carry out self-care events more frequently throughout the upcoming academic years. OSAPR Educational Specialist Nina Harris said the office seeks to give people resources so that they can determine what self-care looks like for them. “I think to give people the
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Leverett residents decorate stones, mix custom body scrubs, and write notes about how they relax at an OSAPR hosted study break. jocelyn wang—Crimson photographer
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