The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLVI, No. 65

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The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873  | Volume CXLVI, No. 65  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts  |  Thursday, may 2, 2019

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Graduate Student Council appointed its first liason to the graduate union.

Nine Harvard professors elected to National Academy of Sciences.

See the best sports photojournalism of the spring semester.

Graduate Union Occupies University Hall

Gov Dept Releases Report By jonah s. berger and molly c. mCcafferty Crimson Staff Writers

Several individuals participated in a sit-in at University Hall in support of the Union March happing right outside the building. Amanda y. su — Crimson photographer By James s. bikales and Ruoqi zhang Crimson Staff Writers

As roughly 30 members of the graduate student union marched through Harvard Yard shouting “no contract, no peace,” approximately 30 others huddled inside University Hall, echoing back their chants. Over the course of more than 10 hours, members of the Harvard Graduate Students Union– United Automobile Workers and their supporters protested, calling on the University to include third party grievance procedures, pay raises, and wider ranging health insurance benefits in their contract. At the same time, union organizers

staged a five-hour sit-in at University Hall, an administrative building. The protests marked the first anniversary of the union’s official certification by the National Labor Relations Board — which officially fell April 30. It also coincided with International Workers’ Day, celebrated May 1. Union supporters and organizers started gathering around Massachusetts Hall at 8 a.m., while another group of HGSU organizers entered University Hall for the sit-in. Inside University Hall, Harvard University Police Department officers stood in front of the entrance to the restroom, blocking students’ access to the

bathroom, according to Patricia N. Manos, a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who participated in the sit-in. “It definitely made people uncomfortable,” Saul A. Glist ’22, an organizer for the Student Labor Action Movement who participated in the sit-in, said of the bathroom situation. “And definitely, if we had stayed longer, people would have had to leave for that.” HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano did not respond to multiple requests for comment. This is not the first time HUPD has blocked entrances to bathrooms during sit-ins at University Hall. When fossil fuels

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A protester speaks to the crowd. During the march, protestors sang organized chants. amanda y. su—Crimson photographer

Participants chat as they march in the Union March in front of the John Harvard statue. Amanda Y. Su—Crimson photographer

Nearly 14 months after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Government Professor Emeritus Jorge I. Dominguez resurfaced, the Government committee responsible for scrutinizing departmental culture released a final report concluding it failed to provide a safe work environment for its affiliates. The committee’s 53-page report, sent to department affiliates Wednesday, calls on the University to approve more faculty hiring and to launch an independent review of “failures of communication and reporting” that facilitated Dominguez’s abuse. The committee found that both the department’s and the University’s responses to Dominguez over the past few decades “triggered a crisis” within the department. “We believe the University and the Government Department failed to uphold a

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Harvard Will Pilot Protestors Deliver TPS Petition To Bacow New Title IX System By Camille G. Caldera Crimson Staff Writer

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

Harvard will pilot a new online anonymous reporting system for Title IX complaints starting this July, following months of discussions across the University. The new system is designed to be a resource for students, according to University spokesperson Nate Herpich. “The intent is for the system to be online, as a resource for the Harvard community, in addition to the already existing staff, resources, and trainings available through the Title IX Office,” he wrote in an emailed statement. Herpich did not provide specific logistical details about Harvard’s program. Title IX is a federal anti-discrimination law designed to combat unfair differentiation on the basis of gender, and some schools use anonymous Title IX

reports to record information regarding incidents of sexual misconduct on or around campus. Anonymity allows individuals to report all the details that they are comfortable with reporting right after an incident has occurred. Once an anonymous report is filed, however, different schools have different protocols. Princeton, for example, has an anonymous phone reporting system, which it says it is not confidential and that reports may result in investigations. Northeastern University allows for anonymous reporting, but acknowledges that resulting investigations are necessarily inhibited by anonymity. Cornell, Dartmouth, and Reed College also allow individuals to make anonymous reports. Advocates of anonymous reporting — including the Academies of Sciences, Engineering,

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More than 50 people wielding signs including “TPS Workers Make Harvard Possible” and “Inaction=Oppression” crowded outside Massachusetts Hall on Wednesday, calling for the University to support workers with Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Harvard Students 4 TPS, a student organization formed this semester, called on University President Lawrence S. Bacow to meet the demands of Comité TPS, a local advocacy group. Demonstrators delivered a petition with nearly 600 signatures to President Bacow’s office, though he was not there to receive it in person. TPS is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security designation for foreign nationals from 10 select countries who are unable to return due to safety concerns such as armed conflict or natural disasters. DACA is an Obama-era initiative that al-

Protestors at the TPS Rally presented a petition, signed by over 200 individuals, asking President Bacow to defend the rights of those under Temporary Protected Status. quinn g. perini—Crimson photographer

lows undocumented youth to legally live and work in the U.S. Harvard Students 4 TPS focused their efforts on employment insecurity and driver’s license expirations. The petition

demanded that Bacow protect the jobs of the roughly 150 TPS employees at Harvard and lobby Massachusetts Governor Charlie D. Baker ’79 to permit TPS and DACA recipients to re-

By Shera S. AVI-YONAH and delano r. franklin Crimson Staff Writers

Natara Grey, an assistant director for student diversity and inclusion at the Harvard Kennedy School, spoke about diversity and fostering a sense of inclusion in communities at the HKS Diversity Forum. quinn g. perini—Crimson photographer

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Al Gore To Speak At College Class Day

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Inside this issue

tain driver’s licenses. “President Bacow needs to support the Massachusetts government, specifically the

News 3

Editorial 4

Sports 6

Today’s Forecast

Former United States Vice President Al Gore ’69 will address the graduating Class of 2019 at the College’s Class Day, the speaker selection committee announced Wednesday. Gore, who studied Government at the College 50 years ago, served as vice president under Bill Clinton. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988 and was the Democratic Party’s nominee in the hotly contested presidential 2000 race. Gore comes from a storied American political family — his father served as a United States senator from Tennessee for 18 years. During and after his time

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in office, Gore became a recognized environmentalist and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his activism. The year before, Gore wrote and starred in the Academy Award-winning documentary on climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth.” Senior Class Committee First Marshal Catherine L. Zhang ’19 said in a press release that she hopes Gore’s experience with activism will inspire her classmates as they leave the College. “More than ever, we need people to be inspired to serve, to see a need for change and to work toward progress,” Zhang said. “Al Gore has demonstrated unwavering service

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