The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLVI, No. 53 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | tuesday, april 16, 2019
editorial PAGE 8
news PAGE 7
sports PAGE 10
Gene A. Corbin left big shoes to fill as the assistant dean for public service.
The faculty deans of Dunster House are ending its annual goat roast.
Women’s rugby won the Ivy League 7s final in overtime.
Mayor Harvard Affiliates Conquer Boston Marathon Backs Asylum Policies By Declan J. Knieriem and Katelyn X. Li Crimson Staff Writers
Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and said the city would welcome asylum seekers detained at the border, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. His comments follow various public statements from Trump that have proposed to release migrant detainees from the United States-Mexico border into sanctuary cities, areas where law enforcement do not actively pursue or detain undocumented immigrants living in the community. Though it was reported last week that the administration never seriously considered the proposal, Trump reaffirmed the idea in a series of tweets Friday. McGovern said the president’s statements on immigration “drive wedges” during a Sunday morning segment of “Fox and Friends.” “At the end of the day, we have to have a real conversation and understand that these folks seeking asylum
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After finishing the race in the rain, Boston Marathon runners leave the course on Monday afternoon. Quinn G. Perini—Crimson photographer
A marathon participant has a mylar blanket wrapped around her after concluding the race. Quinn G. Perini—Crimson photographer By aidan b. carey and devin b. srivastava Crimson Staff Writers
Harvard students, alumni, and staff battled wind and intermittent rain to complete the 123rd running of the Boston Marathon on Monday. The 26.2 mile course begins in Hopkinton and concludes in Copley Square after weaving through suburbs west of Boston, with notable features including Heartbreak Hill in Newton. The marathon was the culmination of months of grueling
training for all and, for some, fundraising as well. Race day would turn out to be no easier. Bjarni Atlason ’22, who was running in his first marathon, contracted a 105 degree fever just five days before race day. He was bedridden until Saturday but still came out for the race. The race was a two sided tale for Atalson, who vomited midway through the race and received medical treatment. “The first half I did okay,”
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Early Boston Marathon runners faced good weather on Monday morning. Hayoung Hwang—Crimson photographer
University Health Services Rejects Student Naloxone Plan
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By Michelle G. Kurilla and Tamar Sarig Crimson Staff Writers
Harvard University Health Services rejected two College students’ proposal to make naloxone — a nasal spray used to counter the effects of an opioid overdose — publicly accessible on the University’s campus. After taking a graduate-level course on the opioid crisis in the History of Science department, Kailash Sundaram ’19 and Eana
Students work inside the renovated Littauer Building of the Harvard Kennedy School. Deni Hoxha—Crimson photographer
X. Meng ’19 proposed in December that HUHS make naloxone available to Harvard affiliates and members of the greater-Cambridge area. Sundaram and Meng’s proposal called for naloxone to be placed in every Automated External Defibrillator box across campus and in all Harvard University Police Department cruisers, for a total of approximately 400 units accessible to the public. They projected the total initial cost to be approx-
imately $18,500, with an additional $14,000 maintenance cost every two years afterward. Senior Director of Nursing and Health Promotion Maria Francesconi, who served as the HUHS liaison on the students’ proposal, informed Sundaram and Meng of the University’s final decision in an hour-long discussion, according to Sundaram. Francesconi reached her decision after consulting a
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Serving Facets: Drag at Harvard “Drag is a nexus in the whole sphere of art,” student drag performer Casey R. Goggin ’19 says. A midst st udents’ half-century long fight for a multicultural center and an ongoing legal battle between single-gender social groups and the University, Harvard students have long grappled with creating and finding affirming spaces on campus. For a growing contingent of student drag performers, drag — an art form that tackles definitions of expression, privilege, and identity — has emerged as a way of addressing this need. Though the venues and environments in which students perform vary widely, the central role of drag as community building reverberates throughout campus.
Harvard’s long history has been fraught with challenges when it comes to navigating BGLTQ identity. The Secret Court of 1920 — a secretive ad hoc tribunal consisting of five administrators led by then-Dean Chester Noyes Greenough — questioned and eventually removed a group of gay students and an assistant professor from the University. These removals followed the suicide of Cyril B. Wilcox ’22, who had recently confessed to having an affair with Harry Dreyfus, an older Boston man, to his brother George L. Wilcox ’14. After his brother’s death, George gathered names of other men suspected of participating in homosexual activities and presented his findings to Greenough, who then convened the court. Members of the BGLTQ community at Harvard argue the University still has a ways to go despite its
FILLING IN THE GAPS
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By RICK Li and amanda y. su Crimson Staff Writer
ARTS mireya c. arango—Crimson Designer
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