The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLVI, No. 113 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Tuesday, October 29, 2019
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The University should make FYRE a long-term program
Economist Emmanuel Saez proposed wealth tax at Kennedy School talk
Interceptions were a large part of the loss against Princeton
Provost Mulls HLS Students Call for Dining Reform Donation Policy By Michelle G. Kurilla Crimson Staff Writer
By Aidan F. Ryan Crimson Staff Writer
s Harvard continues to face A scrutiny for accepting donations from controversial figures, University Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 said in an interview Thursday that Harvard must take a “principled approach” to deciding when to return gifts. Garber said Thursday there “may well” be occasions when a gift should be returned, and administrators should be conscious of changing attitudes nationwide regarding certain donations. “As you very well know, we have a Gift Policy Committee — the University-wide Gift Policy Committee — that is charged with interpreting existing policies to questions such as this,” Garber said. “And let me say that for leaders, probably every nonprofit institution, a major challenge is that norms are changing nationwide, expectations are changing.” Garber chairs the Gift Policy Committee, which is made up of faculty members and adminis-
trators who review donations. University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain declined to provide The Crimson with a copy of the gift policy and refused to disclose members of the Committee in May. He again declined to provide information about the committee for this story. Swain wrote in a May statement that Harvard accepts donations in “good faith” that will have a positive impact on research, scholarship, and student experiences at the University. Harvard’s policies dictate that donors cannot try to influence the University’s activities through their gifts, according to Swain. Over the past year, Harvard has come under fire for its financial ties to billionaire donor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, philanthropist and drug marketer Arthur M. Sackler, and the Saudi Arabian government. These donations have spurred multiple protests and in the case of Epstein, a review led by the Office of the General
ore than 300 Harvard Law M School students have signed onto a public letter calling on Law School Dean John F. Manning ’82 to re-institute longer hours at campus cafes and address what they say is chronic understaffing at those foodservice locations. The letter is also addressed to Restaurant Associates General Manager Lauren Williams, whose company contracts with the Law School to provide dining management services. The letter argues that mealtimes are “hectic,” and reduced hours and understaffing inconvenience students who rely on afternoon snacks and meals to get through long class days. The letter also states that reduced hours and understaffing put a strain on dining employees. It includes eight demands, including returning to the Law School’s former dining schedule, scheduling dining staff and catering staff for eight-hour shifts instead of “split shifts,” and ensuring all dining and catering staff are notified of their schedules at least seven days
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Students gather at the Harkness Cafe in Wasserstein Student Center at Harvard Law Schoo to eat and study. Naomi S. Castellon-Perez—Contributing photographer
Scientists Make Lab-Grown Meat By Juliet e. Isselbacher Crimson Staff Writer
Bio-engineering researchers in Harvard’s SEAS department are exploring the possibility of replacing meat with lab-grown alternatives. Jenny M. LU—Contributing photographer
arvard scientists have engiH neered a structural innovation in lab-grown meat that gives it a more palatable, realistic texture, according to a paper published in Science of Food last week. Led by bioengineering research associate Luke A. MacQueen, the team induced cow and rabbit muscle cells to grow on gelatin scaffolds, which lend the product a fibrous “mouthfeel” characteristic of meat. By contrast, the previous method available — which McQueen described as growing an unstructured “pile of cells” — deprives the consumer of a “tender” texture. MacQueen said the technique used to construct the edible scaffolds was “inspired by a cotton candy machine.” “We’re making something that you could consider a bit to be like protein fibers — so pro-
tein candy, or protein fluff,” he said. “In this paper, we use gelatin because it’s a natural part of tissues. And when we make scaffolds based on it, the cells love it, and they crawl inside and organize into tissue that looks and feels a lot like meat.” Postdoctoral research fellow Christophe O. Chantre, who co-authored the study, said that while alternative meat products like the Impossible Burger are currently “wildly popular,” he believes labgrown meat is on the cusp of exploding in popularity. “I think this is really going to become actually a big part of our market of meat as we move forward in the next couple decades,” he said. “And it has these added benefits that it uses a lot less resources and eliminates cruel animal treatments.” MacQueen said such ethical lal implications motivated him
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Groups Host Talk on Hawaii Telescope By Meena Venkataramanan Crimson Staff Writer
ore than 50 people gathered M Monday evening to discuss ongoing protests against the proposed construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the Mauna Kea summit of Hawaii’s Big Island. Speakers at the event debated plans for the telescope, which have come under fire from thousands of Native Hawaiians in part because of Mauna Kea’s cultural and religious significance. The Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies, Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe, and Native Americans at Harvard College co-sponsored the event. Since July, protesters have blocked the single access road at the base of Mauna Kea, preventing construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope and largely shutting down operations at the existing telescopes on the summit. Jocelyn L. Doane, the pubInside this issue
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lic policy manager at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, weighed in via Skype call during the event, arguing that astronomical development on top of the mountain by various universities and research institutions has come at the expense of cultural stewardship. “Many Native Hawaiians believe that Mauna Kea is the home of many gods,” she said. “Mauna Kea’s cultural, environmental, and historic development should inform its use and management.” The University of Hawaii, which is overseeing the project, has stated on its website that the telescope’s construction follows all applicable laws, and the university has received a permit for the telescope’s development. “I would really encourage everyone to learn as much about this issue as possible,” University of Hawaii Communications Director Dan Meisenzahl wrote in an emailed statement. “It’s
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Students attended a talk about the implications of the possible construction of a telescope on Mauna Kea. MyeongSeo Kim—Crimson photographer
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Lawyers Discuss ERA at IOP Talk By Jasper Goodman and Sharon Xu COntributing Writers
A panel of activists and legal experts pushed for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and stressed the importance of political activism at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Monday night. Harvard Institute of Politics Resident Fellow LaTosha Brown, League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase, and former Stanford Law School Dean Kathleen M. Sullivan served as panelists. All three speakers offered their support for the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. The American Bar Association co-hosted the event, which was dubbed “Fighting for Political Power: Women’s Inclusion from the 19th Amendment to 2020.” Sarah Wald, an adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, moderated the talk. Panelists discussed a wide array of issues, including the women’s suffrage movement, voter suppression, and the importance of voter participation. Sullivan said she hopes the Equal Rights Amendment will be ratified in her lifetime. “We are the only industrialized democracy with a bill of rights in the world that doesn’t have a gender equality provision in the Constitution,” she said. First proposed in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was approved by Congress in 1972. It failed, however, to receive support from three-fourths of the states, which is necessary for ratification. The proposed amendment is currently just one state shy of the total of 38 needed. Despite some opposition from legal scholars, Sullivan said she believes that, if another state were to sign on to the proposal now, it could still be
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