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The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume cxlvi, No. 78 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | monday, september 9, 2019

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We must remain aware of the effect immigration policy has on students.

Former Business School Dean John McArthur dies at age 85.

Men’s soccer drops first two games to top-ranked opponents.

Dominguez Candidates Weigh Housing Plan Review to Begin By declan j. knieriem and katelyn x. li Crimson Staff Writers

By jonah s. berger and molly c. mccafferty Crimson Staff Writers

Harvard has appointed a committee to conduct an external review into the circumstances that allowed former Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez to harass multiple women over four decades, University President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote in an email Friday.

The email — sent by Bacow to Government professor Steven R. Levitsky — names the members of the committee and details the scope of its work as charged by the University. The group will begin their work this month.

The committee comprises three academics affiliated with other universities: former Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield; Vicki J. Magley, a psychology professor at the University of Connecticut; and Kenji Yoshino, a law professor at New York University School of Law. Yoshino previously served as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers — the University’s second highest governing body — and worked on Harvard’s Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging.

Hockfield convened MIT’s first Diversity Leadership Congress to foster diversity and inclusion at the school. Magley has contributed to numerous ­

studies of campus climate issues raised by sexual misconduct, including one study with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2018.

Bacow wrote Friday that the three committee members will visit campus this fall. They plan to conduct interviews with Harvard affiliates and review information about Harvard’s current systems for addressing and preventing sexual harassment, as well as specific details of what transpired in Jorge Dominguez’s case.

Allegations against Dominguez were first reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education in February 2018. Since that time, nearly two dozen women have come forward to accuse the former professor of sexual misconduct.

In May, Bacow informed Levitsky — who chaired a departmental climate review following the allegations — that the University would initiate an external review of the Government department’s failure to provide a safe work environment for its affiliates. That came after the conclusion of a Title IX investigation, the details of which remain confidential, that ultimately led Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay to strip Dominguez of his emeritus status and bar him

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Cambridge City Council’s proposed affordable housing overlay has taken center-stage on its agenda in recent months, but as the 2019 election draws near, some candidates are not impressed with the plan.

The citywide zoning overlay — which promises to be a cornerstone issue across campaigns — was introduced before the council in early 2019. It is designed to combat a housing crisis that continues to rank as residents’ number one concern in Cambridge’s biannual surveys.

The zoning overlay would enable affordable housing developers to compete with market rates by streamlining the permitting process for units that are deemed 100 percent affordable. The city defines affordable housing as units for which residents do not have to pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent or a mortgage.

The overlay also incentivizes developing housing units that follow preferred dimensional standards with regard to height, open space, and the distance between buildings and property lines. Implementation would facilitate construction of a greater number of multi-family and townhouse units.

City Council candidate John Pitkin is one of several candidates, however, who harbor reservations. Pitkin said in an ­­

A quiet Cambridge street. Some Cambridge residents are protesting the addition of affordable housing in the city. Naomi S. castellon-perez—Crimson photographer

interview that he agrees with the purpose of the overlay, but aspects of the proposal — such as eliminating development reviews by the city Planning Board — concern him.

“This changes it in too many ways, too abruptly,” he said. “I think there are many things that could be done to improve the supply of housing, not necessarily specifically afford-

able housing. At a minimum, this needs more work than the Council has been able to do.”

City Council challenger Derek A. Kopon — who works at Harvard’s astrophysics center — was also unconvinced that the overlay was the best way to address housing in Cambridge. Among his concerns is the overlay’s timeline, which he described as “rushed.” He

Black Ink Closes Amid Rising Rent By ellen m. burstein and sydnie m. cobb Crimson Staff Writers

Black Ink, the stationery store that has furnished Cambridge residents with greeting cards, art supplies and decorations for almost two decades, is set to leave its Brattle Street location by the end of the year.

Black Ink’s impending departure —a result of rising rent prices — has set off a wave of criticism against the North Carolina-based development company Asana Partners, which owns the property. The closing comes at a time of extensive commercial turnover in the Square; Urban Outfitters, Crema Cafe, and Chipotle, among others, have all closed their doors in the past year.

Susan L. Corcoran, who founded Black Ink with her late ­

Harvard Square visitors stop to read the sign in front of Black Ink, which is shutting down admist rising rent.

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husband in 1994, said she had difficulty negotiating rent prices with Asana Partners. She alleged that Asana representatives were difficult to contact throughout the negotiation process and that she had to hire a lawyer. Her lawyer eventually told her that Asana would only accept a rent price she believed was “unsustainable.”

Representatives of Asana could not be reached for comment.

Ahead of its closing, Black Ink has launched a feedback-based project called “Dear Asana Partners” which has garnered dozens of comments from local residents lamenting the loss of Black Ink and other former Square businesses. Store workers placed large sheets of paper in the shop and invited

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Elm Yard Gets New Resident Dean By sanjana l. narayanan and samuel w. zwickel Crimson Staff Writers

Meghan Lockwood will serve as interim resident dean of Elm Yard, College administrators announced in an email to freshmen Friday.

Lockwood — who has previously served as interim resident dean for Adams, Quincy, and Winthrop Houses — will be taking over for Elm Yard’s current resident dean Jasmine M. Waddell when Waddell steps down Sept. 13.

Lockwood will be one of four freshmen resident deans working under the First-Year Experience Office, a division of the Dean of Students Office that oversees housing and campus life for freshmen.

Nekesa C. Straker, senior assistant dean of residential life ­

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and first-year students, wrote in her email to freshmen Friday that Lockwood has a “depth of experience” at Harvard.

Lockwood previously served as a resident tutor in Adams House from 2009 to 2015 and earned a doctorate from the Graduate School of Education in 2017.

“I’m looking forward to working with students in Elm Yard and being part of the team in the First-Year Experience Office,” Lockwood wrote in an email Sunday.

Straker wrote Friday that Waddell will be transitioning to an administrative role in the Office for Faculty Affairs — a division of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that oversees support and trainings for faculty and researchers. Waddell will

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Sophomore right side attacker Jaimie Rao spikes the ball during Saturday’s 3-1 Harvard win over Rhode Island.

The team went 2-1 overall on the weekend to open the season. Quinn G. perini—Crimson photographer

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also said the overlay fails to adequately address the impact that it would have on the environment, specifically the city’s tree canopy.

“Right now, the overlay proposal has no protections at all for trees,” he said. “This proposal could have a devastating impact on the tree canopy, and

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UC Debuts New Grant By kevin r. chen and laura c. espinoza Crimson Staff Writers

H arvard’s Undergraduate Council voted to establish a Social Inclusion Grant — a central part of the platform advanced

by President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 and Vice President Julia M. Huesa ’20 — at its first meeting of the academic year Sunday.

Sunday’s meeting was the last of the UC’s 2018-19 session; the UC’s attention will now turn toward the process of electing new representatives.

With the creation of the Social Inclusion Grant, students and student organizations will be able to apply to host “socially-inclusive” events and parties with UC financial backing.

Each week, the UC will fund one event thrown by a student organization and another by an individual student, giving preference to applicants that have received Office of Sexual Assault and Prevention training and organizations with limited funds.

The Council allocated $7,500 to support the grant for the Fall semester. Individual grants may be used to fund alcohol, as long as signs reading “21+ only” are present and at least 25 percent of the funding is used on non-alcoholic purchases.

Some council members shared concerns about permitting the funds to be spent on alcohol purchases.

“I think there are people on this campus who are religiously opposed to going to parties or drinking alcohol. In that situation, we shouldn’t be using a stockpile of their money for supplying things that they don’t religiously agree with,” said UC ­

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Harvard has appointed a committee to conduct an external review into the circumstances that allowed former Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez to harass multiple women over four decades, University President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote in an email Friday. The committee comprises three academics affiliated with other universities: former Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield; Vicki J. Magley, a psychology professor at the University of Connecticut; and Kenji Yoshino, a law professor at New York University School of Law. In other news, Cambridge City Council’s proposed affordable housing overlay has taken center-stage on its agenda in recent months, but as the 2019 election draws near, some candidates are not impressed with the plan.

Amid criticism from multiple democractic presidential candidates who failed to qualify for the third democractic presidential primary debate, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez defended the qualification criteria on Sunday. Perez called the criteria — which were stricter than those for the first two debates — a “fair bar” for the candidates to meet.

Peace Negotiations with Taliban Called Off in Wake of Revelations About U.S. Soldier’s Death In a sudden turnaround, President Donald Trump announced that he called off secret negotiations with the Taliban at Camp David. This change comes in the wake of the Taliban’s admission that they were responsible for a recent attack that ended in the death of a U.S. soldier.

AROUND THE IVIES BROWN Brown University placed administrator Peter Cohen on leave after allegations surfaced that he helped secure funding from Jeffery Epstein for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, the Brown Daily Herald reported Sunday. The New Yorker reported that Epstein, a convicted sex offender, secured $7.5 million in Media Lab funding after he was listed as “disqualified” in M.I.T.’s donor database. Cohen was Director of Development and Strategy at the M.I.T. Media Lab at the time; he was hired by Brown in October 2018.

A spokesperson told the Daily Herald that it would be “premature to speak to any potential outcomes” as the university conducts an internal review.

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Dartmouth College officially condemned an immigration checkpoint operated by federal immigration officers on Interstate 89 last Thursday, the Dartmouth reported. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint — the closest to Dartmouth in recent years — coincided with the arrival of freshman international students for pre-orientation activities, including the International Student Pre-Orientation Program.

Dartmouth issued a press release Thursday stating that the checkpoint was “unnecessary” and “sends a message at odds with the open and welcoming values of an institution like Dartmouth.”

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Yale University raised $826.8 million in gifts and pledges during the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the Yale Daily News reported Friday. President Peter Salovey announced the fundraising campaign was the second-highest amount of new commitments in a given year, falling short only of 2011, the final year of the school’s last capital campaign. The funds will be distributed across the university, with 53 percent going toward Yale’s endowment and 12 percent going toward financial aid.

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External Review to Begin Housing Plan UC Draws Concerns Creates New Grant

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Bacow wrote in his Friday email that the University is not directing the external review committee to review the “behavior or decisions” of any individual people in relation to the Dominguez scandal, nor to re-investigate the allegations themselves.

“With the intent of learning from the past, the committee will use the Dominguez case as an example through which these questions can be explored, but though that case will help frame the review, it is important to note that the review will not be a re-investigation of the allegations, nor a review of the investigation of those allegations,” Bacow wrote.

In the months after the allegations first surfaced, a committee created by the Government department undertook a review specific to its own departmental climate.

In its final report, released in late April, the committee called on the University to initiate an external review — a request Bacow specifically referenced in his Friday email.

Levitsky, who is on leave this year, wrote in an in email that Bacow’s announcements made him “hopeful” about the im­

pending review.

“The scope of the review is broadly what we asked for and what the administration pledged last spring,” he wrote.

“I do not know any of the committee members and have thus not yet formed a solid opinion, but at first blush it strikes me as a credible committee.”

Student activists have also lobbied for an external review over the course of the Dominguez investigation, including at a rally in front of Massachusetts Hall in February.

The University had stated they would not initiate an external evaluation until the Title IX investigation concluded, leading many Government graduate students to repeatedly criticize what they said was a protracted timeline for initiating such a review.

Bacow did not specify when the review will be completed, but wrote that the committee will issue a report to “the Harvard community” at the end of its audit.

“This review will examine factors that may undermine our University’s ability to prevent or address incidents of sexual harassment,” he wrote. “It will be one in a series of initiatives to address the issues and concerns that were raised related to the

findings of sexual harassment made against Jorge Dominguez.”

Government Graduate Student Council Co-President Manuel Melendez-Sanchez wrote in an email to The Crimson Friday that while he appreciates that the report will be made public, he feels the committee is “not fully external.”

“While it is disappointing that the team Bacow has chosen is not fully external, it should ultimately be judged by the rigor, comprehensiveness, and objectivity with which it conducts the review,” he wrote. “We will be watching this process very carefully.”

Melendez-Sanchez added he hopes the committee will interview the women who say they experienced sexual harassment at the hands of Dominguez.

“It is imperative that this includes Domínguez’s victims, including those who are no longer actively affiliated with the university,” he wrote. “This review simply cannot provide useful recommendations for the future unless it begins with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the failures of the past.” jonah.berger@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

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Another Local Business Closes its Doors customers to share their thoughts on Asana and the commercial turnover in the Square.

“Harvard Square is now a ghost town,” reads one message.

Another charges that Asana Partners is responsible for “destroying the neighborhood.”

One message signed by “Laurence, Cambridge” pleads, “Please realize that this store is important to the/our community! One more empty commercial space helps no-one!”

When Black Ink closes its doors in December, it will be one of more than 11 businesses to leave the Square this year.

Customers have also used the project as an opportunity to vent their frustration with Cambridge city officials. One message scrawled on the corner of the sheet of paper reads, the “Cambridge City Government has failed us.”

Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern said the city is likewise concerned about the impact of commercial turnover.

“I know that the Cambridge City Council and the city of Cambridge is very concerned about what’s happening to small businesses and local businesses — rents are through the roof and it’s pushing places like Black Ink out,” McGovern said.

The Cambridge City Council ultimately cannot intervene in property transactions as it can-

not tell a property owner how much to charge for rent, according to McGovern. But McGovern criticized Asana’s approach to their real-estate decisions, stating that those decisions could impact the future relationship between Asana and the Cambridge City government.

Rents are through the roof and it’s pushing places like Black Ink out.

Marc C. McGovern Cambridge Mayor

“[Asana] gave a lot of lip service to what good neighbors they were going to be and how they were going to support local businesses. They haven’t done that, and it’s been frustrating — I’m very upset about that,” McGovern said. “I have no intention of supporting an organization or a company that doesn’t support the local community.”

Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, said that more than 70 percent of businesses in the Square are independent businesses.

She added that HSBA is limited in its power to intervene with commercial turnover.

“We can’t tell [Asana] what to do, we can only strongly suggest that there are things that are important to us in Harvard Square and certainly maintaining a district that is unique is part of the draw and part of the experience,” Jillson said.

Corcoran said she plans to continue gathering community input via her feedback project.

Several local residents have said they will miss the store once it closes, though its Beacon Hill location will remain open.

Lilly T. Grossman, a Boston resident and a pediatric neurologist, said the toys sold by Black Ink are helpful for her work.

“The quality of children’s toys here is superior in that they are simpler and made out of wood,” Grossman said. “That’s important for kids’ development.”

Corcoran said she will eventually present to Asana Partners the community grievances she gathered as part of her project. She said the project is an expression of “anger, disbelief” and a means of expression for people who “feel like they’ve lost control of their community.”

“The community did not feel heard or represented,” said Corcoran.

that’s something we should really be trying to protect.”

The City Council has previously sought to deal with the tree canopy loss, most recently passing legislation to achieve this goal in February.

Over the summer, the city hosted a series of drop-in sessions, along with two public hearings, to discuss questions and concerns about the overlay.

The next ordinance committee meeting regarding the zoning proposal is set to take place Sept. 10.

Candidate and former Cambridge School Committee member Patricia “Patty” M. Nolan ’80 said in a summer City Council meeting that the housing overlay was not sufficiently researched. She added that more alternatives should have been considered, and that the lack of further analysis was “irresponsible.”

“Good governance and good management requires a clear process for assessing options for any kind of issue like affordable housing,” she said. “I see no evidence that this best practice was used.”

Other candidates, including Jeffrey McNary, spurn the housing overlay in favor of alternative policies that are better tailored to Cambridge and its particular needs. He also said he considers the proposal “exotic.”

This changes it in too many ways, too abruptly.

John Pitkin City Council Candidate

taken.”

Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern, a fervent advocate of the overlay, defended it in a July interview.

“The housing overlay is a key initiative, I think that we have to make it easier to finance affordable housing projects,” he said.

“I understand that that makes people nervous and change is difficult. But again, it’s about priorities and keeping Cambridge a diverse city, making sure that people with lower incomes can still live here has always been my priority, and that doesn’t come without some degree of sacrifice and change.” declan.knieriem@thecrimson.com katelyn.li@thecrimson.com

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Interim Resident Dean Appointed specifically work at the Office for Faculty Development, a branch of the OFA. Straker also wrote that Waddell, who has served as Elm Yard’s resident dean since 2013, has been a “model and inspiration for her colleagues” throughout her career at the FYE. Brooks B. Lambert-Sluder ’05, assistant director of the Advising Programs Office, also notified Peer Advising Fellows — a group of upperclassmen who mentor freshmen — of Waddell’s departure in an email Friday.

Lambert-Sluder wrote that Elm Yard will be in “wonderful hands” when Lockwood assumes her interim role.

“Dean Waddell advocated for students and fostered a Yard identity among three distinct dorms – Matthews, Grays, and Weld – perhaps because she’s always insisted on adding ‘the best Yard’ to any description of Elm,” Lambert-Sluder wrote.

Waddell did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday afternoon. sanjana.narayanan@thecrimson.com samuel.zwickel@thecrimson.com

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“We just don’t see that as good public policy at this point.

It could be refreshed,” McNary said. “It could be a teachable moment for a lot of us, you know, myself included, and other players here. But I think that there are other more direct and immediate routes that can be

Secretary Cade S. Palmer ’20, a former Crimson Sports Chair.

Palaniappan noted that money from the student activities fee — an optional annual sum attached to tuition payments — is already used to fund House committee purchases of alcoholic beverages for steins and other House events.

In addition, Quincy House representative Rushi A. Patel ’21 said the UC had precedent for using its budget to fund events that some students on campus did not support.

“For example, the events that [Palestinian Solidarity Committee] held, there was an entire segment of the student population that did not like the event, but we funded it,” Patel said.

In April, the UC allocated $2,050 from its Grant for an Open Harvard College to fund the PSC’s Israeli Apartheid Week, an event that drew criticism from some cultural and religious groups on campus.

We shouldn’t be using a stockpile of their money for supplying things that they don’t religiously agree with.

Cade S. Palmer ’20 UC Secretary

Beyond the Social Inclusion Grant, Palaniappan and Huesa sponsored two of the other four bills proposed at Sunday’s meeting, despite the fact that their ability to sponsor legislation remains ambiguous.

Last semester, some representatives questioned whether the president and vice president had the power to vote and sponsor legislation because of an ambiguity in the UC’s constitution.

At its last spring meeting, the council voted to establish a new committee with the power to interpret the constitution with respect to this rule.

That committee decided to strip the president and vice president of their voting rights and ability to sponsor legislation.

Enough representatives changed their votes after the meeting, however, to nullify the committee’s establishment, leaving the president’s and vice president’s powers in the council uncertain.

UC members voted Sunday to allow the president and vice president to temporarily vote and sponsor legislation. kevin.chen@thecrimson.com laura.espinoza@thecrimson.com

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Uncertain Immigration Policy Jeopardizes Students

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Laura S. Veira-Ramirez A WILD TONGUE

wo weeks ago, an incoming student’s arrival at Harvard College was put in jeopardy when United States border officials denied him entry into the country. Despite having applied for and secured the necessary and proper permissions to enter the country, his visa was cancelled.

The student — Ismail B. Ajjawi ’23 — has fortunately since arrived on campus.

Ajjawi received legal aid from Harvard’s immigration lawyers and non-profit organization AMIDEAST. His story also sparked outcry from Harvard affiliates and the attention of the international media.

But Ajjawi is by no means the only student whose ability to study has been impeded by restrictive immigration policies. It’s important to remain conscious of the many students whose international and undocumented status limits their ability to work and learn in our country and on our campus.

Concerns about their immigration status weigh heavily on the minds of students around the country.

Across the U.S. there are over a million international students and thousands of undocumented students, every one of whom — and some more than others — live with the knowledge that at any moment, they or their families could have their place in this country taken away.

This fear is corrosive, fundamentally detracting from their ability to learn and to contribute to their campuses.

Non-citizen students undergo the same admissions processes and meet the same standards their peers do. Yet they are faced with a burden of uncertainty their peers can never understand. In the case of undocumented students, this uncertainty extends beyond their immigra-

tion status — it implicates the future and security of themselves, their families, and their communities.

Day in and day out, many students are burdened by the possibility that they will not be allowed to arrive in the U.S. or return home.

Indeed, the number of international students is declining, as U.S. policy becomes less open to their presence.

For example, a policy memorandum issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service in August 2018 threatened to restrict the future of inter-

It’s important to recognize that the widespread and proactive response the incoming freshman received just last week hinged largely on the fact that he was admitted to a prominent university like Harvard. national students by changing the way in which “unlawful presence” is calculated, though a judge issued a temporary injunction on the order in May. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to threaten the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, leaving young undocumented students in a state of vulnerability and uncertainty.

It is important to recognize that the widespread and proactive response the incoming freshman received just last week hinged largely on the fact that he was admitted to a prominent university like Harvard.

Across the country, many other international students and undocumented students in less public circumstances will face the same challenges, but may not be afforded such support.

Moreover, the xenophobia and Islamophobia potentially at the root of the student’s deportation does not vanish with his arrival.

Though officials gave no reason for his deportation, the act is indicative of a broader culture of prejudice against Muslim and Middle Eastern individuals that has arisen, leaving many in fear. We must remain critical of the anti-immigrant rhetoric and public policies perpetrated by the Trump administration, and work to promote its end.

We praise Harvard for its swift defense of this student and its continued vocal acknowledgement that the Trump administration’s immigration policy is a detriment to scholarly excellence and intellectual freedom. But more work and action is needed. We call on Harvard’s leadership to work harder to create a positive and safe space for international and undocumented students, and to continue to push for public policy that creates a more open and welcoming country.

That’s not only paramount for the production of globally rooted knowledge, but also for Harvard’s leadership in creating a more ethical world.

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.

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ollowing the reality of President Donald Trump’s election, a divisive separation opened between two sides of American society, whereby extensive bashing of political opinions and disregard for rational discussion ensued. As two liberals living in America, in our experience this disregard is primarily directed at conservative Americans or conservative belief systems. In our view, this disregard has always existed, but its effect has been amplified as politics becomes more divisive than ever before.

The realities of such a situation are no less present at Harvard. In dorm entryways, at campus protests, from friends and teaching fellows and professors. In all these spaces, constantly, conservative opinions are misunderstood or even mocked.

Witnessing this relentless political criticism becomes tiresome, with many of the most vocal critics being misinformed or simply joining a perceived anti-conservatism.

With a lack of conservative opinion on campus, commonly perpetuated liberal beliefs are reaffirmed by many, establishing perpetual criticism without opposition.

With a lack of conservative opinion on campus, commonly perpetuated liberal beliefs are reaffirmed by many, establishing perpetual criticism without opposition.

With a self-proclaimed mission of “educating the citizens and citizen-leaders of our society,” the atmosphere at Harvard must promote multiple perspectives in order for this education to be truly valuable.

As controversial as this may seem, that includes conservative thought. Students here should be amenable to considering the political beliefs of others, even if entirely opposite their own, or in

the direction of conservatism. Students must understand that refusing to consider opposing viewpoints runs directly counter to Harvard’s mission and the self-proclaimed open-mindedness that many students tout. By outright rejecting opposing viewpoints, these liberal students are no different from some of the more “close-minded” conservatives they deplore.

Neither of us arrived at Harvard maintaining conservative positions.

However, after establishing deep friendships with conservatives, we’ve had the opportunity to learn from and consider their opinions.

This is an experience that we are fortunate enough to have experienced. Before arriving in Cambridge, our communities, teachers, families, and friends were mostly liberal.

In our respective predominantly conservative states, our social communities acted as self-proclaimed liberal “safe-havens.”

As a result, we never experienced much contact with nor heard the beliefs of conservatives.

Because of this lack of exposure to viewpoints, we became misinformed about opposing perspectives. We had been told that conservatives held certain adverse qualities. Upon coming to Harvard, we expected the campus to be dominated by negative remarks about Republicans and continuous declaration in opposition to the president. And this has mostly held true.

However, the conservatives we’ve met here have taught us a lesson that many others should heed: Don’t disregard contrasting beliefs for the basic nature of their existence. Doing so results in a shielded perception of the world.

Harvard claims to desire a diverse body of students, but can that goal truly be accomplished if the class isn’t well-represented politically or ideologically?

While there are certainly students at Harvard who maintain open-mindedness, there persists a strong tendency to dismiss conflicting perspectives.

As a result, those few conservatives often feel as though they have to hide their beliefs at an institution that supposedly encourages open political di-

No longer being undocumented for me could mean a path to citizenship, but it could also mean leaving the United States, either willingly or forcibly, due to inhumane immigration policies or continued inaction.

“Do you think you would do things differently if you knew?” My co-leader followed up with her own question.

“Yea,” the question caught me off guard because it opened up what paths I might take if I had the privilege of more stability in this country and the possibility to leave knowing I’d be able to return.

“I think it would help me form a plan for graduate school and could give me a better idea if I could do something with international studies.”

I thought more about what even knowing would mean. It would provide a sliver of stability because nothing is guaranteed. ***

OP-ED

By NOAH D. DASANAIKE and ALEC N. KENNISON

“N

umber 13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?”

I read the question out loud from the New York Times’ “36 Questions That Lead to Love,” as a bonding exercise for our small group of leaders.

As we prepared to welcome freshmen to campus, some of us prepared to enter our last year of college. Reality was hitting that we were now seniors and we’d have to figure out post-grad plans.

I looked around the group to see if anybody else had an answer.

I knew mine immediately, but I had to think about how to accurately phrase it. A few others responded before I gave my answer.

“I would want to know when I’ll no longer be undocumented.”

The first thought that came to my mind was when I would get my green card but I held off on saying that because I honestly don’t know if I ever will get a green card or a path to citizenship.

No longer being undocumented for me could mean a path to citizenship, but it could also mean leaving the United States, either willingly or forcibly, due to inhumane immigration policies or continued inaction.

alogue. This directly contradicts Harvard’s mission of free thought and open dialogue.

The open-mindedness of truly listening to and understanding conservative thought is a practice that many liberals believe they follow, but in actuality rarely practice.

Our opinions have generally not changed, but listening to the ideas of our conservative friends has allowed for a greater understanding of contemporary society. We are able to better understand the intricacies of the differences between our own liberal arguments and those of our conservative friends and peers.

The open-mindedness of truly listening to and understanding conservative thought is a practice that many liberals believe they follow, but in actuality rarely practice.

By considering the reasoning of those with differing political opinions, students’ arguments can become strengthened as they understand and are able to dissect opposing angles. Some may even change their own stances — which, at such a critical point for personal development, is ideal.

At Harvard, students must remain wary of becoming ensnared within the bubble of conservative criticism. To avoid such a trap requires a willingness to listen to and hear political opinions different from one’s own.

All too often, we find comfort in surrounding ourselves with like-minded individuals, excluding the opportunity of expanding awareness in other schools of thought. By instead opening ourselves to opposing political thought, we may all learn and benefit from a profound diversity of thought Harvard should encourage.

—Noah D. Dasanaike ’22, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Adams House. Alec N. Kennison ’22, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Adams House.

One of the first things I learned to do when looking for scholarships, jobs, fellowships, etc. was to find the section for eligibility requirements.

That’s how I knew if I should even bother reading the rest of the ad or website.

I had to make sure I qualified first — before I got my hopes up, before I got too excited about the opportunity.

When you’re undocumented you put up your own walls to daily conversations that remind you of what you can’t do.

Put your walls up to friends’ vacations or trips abroad.

Train yourself to respond without showing too much emotion when people ask you if you’ve been back to visit your home country since you came.

Keep a smile on your face when they find out where you’re from and try to connect with you by telling you about the time they visited the country you can’t go back to.

At Harvard, it means being met with constant advertising for studying abroad. It means not knowing what to respond when asked if you’d like to register to vote.

It means hearing about all the great things your friends are applying for that you convince yourself you weren’t interested in anyway.

It means people assuming every door will be open for you once you get your diploma. But you can’t find the door.

You don’t see an opening.

All you see is a wall.

My undocumented community has thrived in this country with the scraps that we have worked so hard for. We find ways to survive and take our lives into our own hands. We learn to find a home

The future remains unknown. My future is still uncertain as I feel the pressures around me to have a plan for what to do after I graduate. Time is ticking for seniors everywhere, but the anxiety about the future hits differently for us. in our liminality.

We find ways to take control when everything feels so out of control. This is our reality that often feels very lonely and hopeless.

The future remains unknown.

My future is still uncertain as I feel the pressures around me to have a plan for what to do after I graduate.

Time is ticking for seniors everywhere, but the anxiety about the future hits differently for us.

—Laura S. Veira-Ramirez ’20, a Crimson editorial editor, is a joint concentrator in History and Literature and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays.

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John McArthur, Former Dean of HBS, Dies at Age 85

By ELLEN M. BURSTEIN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

When Angela Q. Crispi, the Harvard Business School executive dean for administration, had her first child, then-Business School Dean John H. McArthur arrived at her house with a present: a Polaroid camera.

“I remember him saying that being a parent was so important and every parent wants to take pictures of their child and all he wanted to do was drop that off,” said Crispi.

McArthur’s gift was yet another personal touch in a career defined by close relationships with faculty, students, and administrators.

McArthur — who served as dean of the Business School from 1979 to 1995 and engineered the creation of the Partners Healthcare network, ­

which transformed healthcare administration in Boston — died on Aug. 20. He was 85.

Even after retiring from his position at the Business School, McArthur remained active, serving on a number of corporate boards and acting as a patron to the arts.

He also served as an adviser to the president of the World Bank.

Current Dean of the Business School Nitin Nohira wrote in an emailed statement that McArthur was a dedicated leader who made significant contributions to the school.

“John’s vision, passion, and unparalleled gift for building consensus transformed the School,” wrote Nohria. “He cared deeply about every member of the HBS community and believed in the School’s ability to transform lives. By encour-

aging us all to dream big dreams — in effect, spurring our intellectual ambition — he set the School on a remarkable trajectory.”

McArthur, who was born in Vancouver, Canada and grew up in a nearby suburb, received an MBA from the Business School in 1959 and a Doctorate in Business Administration in 1963. He began teaching at the Business School while he was a graduate student and became dean at the age of 46.

As dean, McArthur oversaw the physical transformation of the Business School’s campus, including the construction of three new buildings and 16 renovation projects.

During McArthur’s tenure, members of his graduating class donated the Class of 1959 chapel — a fixture of the Business School’s campus. McArthur

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Hall, a residential hall on campus, was also named after him.

While serving as dean, McArthur became known for sending handwritten notes to faculty, staff, and students, offering praise for academic and professional success and thanks for their hard work.

“He was both incredibly smart, a visionary, but really an incredible leader from the standpoint of being so caring and genuine with people,” Crispi said.

McArthur also played a key role in the creation of the Partners Healthcare system, the physician network that merges Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mass General Hospital.

He served as the founding chairman of Partners before retiring in 1996.

Ron M. Walls, the executive vice president and chief

operating officer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, called McArthur “a mentor and advisor…without peer.”

Walls recalled how McArthur, who formerly served as the chair of the board of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, could find resolutions when other board members struggled with an issue.

“When the time was just right, and John’s sense of persuasive timing was unmatched, he would lean forward in his chair, and in a low, unemotional tone, ask the question. He often began his comments with ‘It seems to me that,’ or ‘What I am hearing is that’ and he would fold this into a question that invariably went right to the heart of the matter,” Walls wrote.

“Invariably, a light bulb would go on for all, or most, in the room, and the issue would

move quickly to resolution, without any further commentary or coaching from John,” Walls added.

Crispi said the length of McArthur’s tenure is a testament to the impact that Harvard had on his life as well as the impact that he had on Harvard.

“I’m very mindful with him that he came to Harvard when he was 23 years old, and then he stayed for 60 years,” Crispi said.

“The institution shaped him and then he helped to shape it.”

McArthur is survived by his wife, as well as his two daughters, his brother, and his four grandchildren.

A memorial service for McArthur will be held in Memorial Church on Oct. 30 at 2 p.m with a reception at the Business School to follow. ellen.burstein@thecrimson.com

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SPORTS

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SCORES

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. SACRED HEART W, 3-2 ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S GOLF RYAN T. LEE MEMORIAL 1/17 ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S SOCCER AT NO. 20 NORTH CAROLINA L, 6-0 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. COLGATE L, 3-1 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S RUGBY VS. ARMY WEST POINT L, 34-10 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. RHODE ISLAND W, 3-1 ___________________________________________________________

CROSS COUNTRY FORDHAM FIASCO 1ST (W), 6TH (M) ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S SOCCER

Men’s Soccer Drops Season Opener vs. Duke, UNC

By MAHTAB SHIHAB CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Harvard men’s soccer team (0-2-0) opened its season with the formidable task of facing two of the best teams in the nation.

Indeed, ACC powerhouses No. 20 UNC (1-1-1) and No. 5 Duke (4-0-0) were too much for the Crimson to handle.

Harvard had a tough opening weekend as it fell to the Tar Heels 6-0 in Chapel Hill on Friday and lost to the Blue Devils 3-0 Sunday afternoon.

DUKE 3, HARVARD 0 Harvard put up a valiant defensive effort against the fifthranked team in the country.

The game was a tale of two halves as the Crimson managed to stave off the potent Duke offense in the first, before letting up three goals in the second.

Rookie goalkeeper Bobby Harraka registered an impressive performance against the competition by having six saves and holding the Blue Devils scoreless in the first half.

Unfortunately, Harraka’s performance was not enough to outlast a strong attack from Duke in the second period. The momentum of the game shifted early in the second half.

Until then, the Crimson had played stalwart defense that stifled the Blue Devils’ attack and rendered them scoreless.

However, in the 52nd minute Duke was able to score and quickly followed it up with another goal in the 54th minute.

Despite a 2-0 deficit, Harvard continued to play relentless defense.

The team did not let up a goal for the rest of the game until the 88th minute, where it conceded a penalty kick that would seal the contest at 3-0.

UNC 6, HARVARD 0 The season opener against UNC was dictated by pace and aggressiveness.

From the outset of the game, the Tar Heels controlled the matchup’s momentum and the Crimson could not recover. In the first minute of the game, UNC junior forward Alex Rose scored a header from the sixyard box and Harvard was already behind.

UNC did not relent and continued its assertive attack. The Tar Heels scored their second goal in the 11th minute off a shot from outside the box by senior midfielder Jack Skahan.

The Crimson defense needed to make critical adjustments if it wanted to chip away at UNC’s lead.

Two quick goals in the season opener would phase most goalkeepers, let alone a rookie.

Nevertheless, Harraka kept his composure and made six saves in the half that would keep the Tar Heels at bay.

Harvard would go into the half with a 2-0 deficit after holding off UNC for the rest of the period.

However, the Tar Heels returned to their dominant offense in the second half, scoring in the 53rd minute off a shot from the near-post from junior forward Santiago Herrera.

With a 3-0 lead, UNC seized the momentum and continued its onslaught.

After a tap-in in the 67th minute by sophomore midfielder Antonio Lopez, UNC wrapped up the game with additional goals in the 75th and 82nd minutes.

Scoring opportunities came few and far between for the Crimson, which had zero corner kicks the entire game as opposed to the 12 that UNC had.

Even though the scoreboard shows two lopsided defeats for

SEEKING SCORES The Crimson found itself goal-less on opening weekend as it took to the road to face two opponents ranked in the top-25. HENRY ZHU—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

the Crimson, there were several positive takeaways from the opening weekend.

Critical saves made by

Harraka depict a promising future for the rookie goalkeeper.

The defensive performance against Duke’s attack also indi-

cated the potential the Harvard had to stop elite offenses.

Next Friday, the Crimson will face Vermont on the road as

it hopes to secure its first victory of the season. mahtab.shihab@thecrimson.com

FIELD HOCKEY

No. 6 Field Hockey Opens Season Against Top-25 Teams

By CONNOR J. WAGAMAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

­ or the first time this decade, F the Harvard field hockey team’s first two games of the season came against two top-25 opponents. The Crimson (1-1, 0-0 Ivy) emerged victorious from

a hard-fought season-opener against No. 22 Albany that required extra time to determine a winner, before falling to No. 4 UConn two days later after giving up a trio of goals in the first half.

“After last year, we wanted to have a tougher schedule

[and] have more challenges for ourselves,” Harvard coach Tjerk van Herwaarden said. “I think that is exactly what we got this weekend.”

The Crimson is coming off a record-breaking season, which included a program-high 14game win streak on the way to

OT, OT Junior Hannah Pearce gave Harvard the winning shot against Albany. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

a program-best ranking of sixth in the nation and its first ever NCAA Quarterfinal game.

Harvard still had some rust to shake off, though — rust that opponents have already had time to work on. Albany came into its matchup against the Crimson with two official games and two exhibition matches under its belt; UConn entered with three games — all wins, all against top-25 opponents.

UCONN 3, HARVARD 0 After a nail-biting win in Albany, Harvard traveled cross-border to face No. 4 UConn (40, 0-0 Big East), a perennial NCAA tournament team that, although less world-renowned than the same school’s women’s basketball team, has also won three national championships in the past six years.

“We started off really well,” team captain Bente van Vlijmen said. “We had our front set up really well, and we were very dominant, and then we let [in] a kind of stupid goal against us. I think that ripped us apart a little bit, and we weren’t really playing as a unit anymore.”

Fifteen minutes after that initial goal in the second minute of play, a pair of scores only five minutes apart dug Harvard even deeper into the hole. Then, the digging stopped.

The Crimson matched the Huskies for shots in the remaining 35 minutes, and although Harvard was unable to find the net in its four shots on goal, UConn was also held scoreless.

“I think we played a lot better in the second half, and that’s because in the second half... we told each other, ‘Guys, this is not a league game, we have nothing to lose, this is a top four

program,’” van Vlijmen said.

“It didn’t seem like we wanted to score, that we wanted to win — and after we had that talk... we played a lot better, we just couldn’t get it in the goal cage.”

HARVARD 2, ALBANY 1 (OT) The Crimson opened the season against a top-25 opponent, offering no opportunity to ease into its first competition since last November’s NCAA Quarterfinal exit against Princeton.

Albany (1-2, 0-0 American East) is a team rightfully renowned for its defense — the Great Danes allowed 12 goals over the 2018 regular season, only twice yielding more than one score. played with tremendous defensive pressure for the whole of the game.

Albany (1-2, 0-0 American East) played with tremendous defensive pressure for the whole of the game. The Great Danes allowed 12 goals over the 2018 regular season, only twice yielding more than one score.

“When you look at Albany… they have one of the best goalkeepers in the NCAA,” van Herwaarden said. “They are really good on defense, so you know you’re not going to get that many chances.”

After going down at the tail end of the first half after the Great Danes’ third shot of the match found its mark, the Crimson resolved to step up its game.

“We were like, ‘[Are] we gonna really lose our first game?’”

Harvard captain Bente van Vlijmen said. “Then, in the second half, we really start fighting.”

Nine shots into the second half, the Crimson got its chance. A penalty corner for Harvard saw the ball find sophomore midfielder Kiley Allen,

who passed to sophomore forward Rachel Greenwood and sent it home. The game was tied.

The remaining eight minutes of regulation played out with only one shot per side, and the match headed to overtime. Three minutes later, another Crimson penalty corner.

Senior forward Casey Allen passed to junior back Hannah Pearce, who struck true for the game-winner.

“You need to trust your attack … — 17 shots, I believe, 12 on goal — and eventually they fell,” van Herwaarden said.

Harvard returns to play for its home opener on September 12 at 4 p.m. against No. 21 Stanford, its third-consecutive game against a ranked opponent.

“It’s another non-league game,” van Vlijmen said. “We always expect to play well against them, because we absolutely love playing against teams like that, but I can’t tell you if we’re going to win or not… We really need to stick to our plan and try to get that first goal so we can dominate the game instead of our opponents.

I think that’s something we’re going to focus on.”

In the meantime, the Crimson has some strategies to adjust, and some positives to hold the same.

“One of the big things is starting that first half with a lot of energy — playing it how we want to play it, not so much how our opponent wants to play it,” van Vlijmen said.

“I think we need to respect ourselves more and give ourselves the confidence to play our own game in the first half,” van Vlijmen added. connor.wagaman@thecrimson.com

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MEN’S WATER POLO VS. CAL LUTHERAN W, 16-7 ___________________________________________________________

MEN’S SOCCER AT NO. 5 DUKE L, 3-0 ___________________________________________________________

FIELD HOCKEY AT NO. 4 CONNECTICUT L, 3-0 ___________________________________________________________ WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. NORTHWESTERN W, 2-0 ___________________________________________________________ MEN’S WATER POLO VS. MCKENDREE W, 20-8 ___________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S RUGBY

Army Dominates Rugby in Season Opener 34-10

By LUCY CONNOR CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

After a dominating win against

Quinnipiac in its season opener, the Harvard women’s rugby team suffered a decisive loss against Army West Point on

Saturday, falling 34-10.

Though the Crimson (1-1) controlled the tempo for the first ten minutes with multiple

opportunities for a try, Harvard came up short and the Black Knights (1-0) scored the first

OH THANK HEAVEN The Crimson will look to regroup this week for its home opener against Dartmouth after this weekend’s loss. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA— CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

two tries of the game to make the score 10-0.Shortly after, Army scored two penalty picks to further extend its lead by six points.

“It was definitely a very physical game. We knew that going into it. We started out pretty strong in the first few minutes, but we just had a hard time simply playing our style of play,” said co-captain Emily Prentice. “Army is a very tough and physical team, and we ended up getting behind early on so we had to keep fighting to try to get back in it throughout the whole game.”

The Crimson eventually did respond with senior Virgina Miller’s first try of the season, which made the score 16-5.

However, this hopeful Crimson momentum was short lived, halted by another Black Knights try, making the halftime score 21-5.

“We went into the game with the mindset that it was going to be a hard, physical game and that we would take some hard hits,” said co-captain Robyn Beese. “We expected the physicality but did not necessarily adapt.”

Though Harvard continued to fight to get back into the game, Army scored two tries in the beginning of the second half to push its lead to 31-5.

Though hopes of a comeback were fairly far fetched at this point, the Crimson did not give up.

“We did a really great job of keeping up the positive chat throughout the game and encouraging one another,” said Beese. “We continued to display confident body language and we maintained positive attitudes even if the game wasn’t going particularly well for us.”

Harvard did maintain its composure after 25 points and eventually came up with a re-

sponse. Freshman Brogan Mior scored her second try in two games to make the score 31-10.

After the Black Knights scored a penalty kick in the final few minutes, the final score came out to be 34-10.

“We graduated eight of our seniors and got eight freshmen to replace them. You can imagine how this shifted the team dynamic. I think this game gave them the intense college rugby experience they’ve never really seen before,” said Beese. “So it was a good learning experience.

We will come back stronger.”

Prentice also suggested the intensity of the game will be particularly helpful looking forward.

“I think this was a really valuable game to have early on in the season. It was really good to experience that pressure and have a big challenge of a game,” said Prentice. “It will be really beneficial to see how we are securing our own ball, how we are defending, and how to play under that kind of intense pressure.”

While this game was a tough loss early on in the season, the Crimson will use it to prepare for its first home opener this weekend against Dartmouth.

The Big Green and Harvard have gone back-and-forth with over the past few years. Both teams met in the NIRA National Championship last November, where Dartmouth emerged victorious.

“We try not to focus on a rivalry with teams and just try to control what we can do. However, we are very good at coming back from a loss, and I think this game will actually really give us the fight we need to beat Dartmouth,” said Beese. “We just need to focus on what we can do and control the controllable.” lucy.connor@thecrimson.com

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Women’s Volleyball Opens Season at Harvard Invitational

By DAVID MANIKAS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Women’s volleyball opened its season hosting the Harvard Invitational, as Colgate, Rhode Island, and Sacred Heart made their way to Cambridge for the weekend. The Crimson returned 11 letterwinners to the squad, looking to bring an experienced mentality to games and mentor the four freshmen joining the team. While the squad hit a stumbling block against Colgate, it bookended the season’s first loss with wins.

HARVARD 3, RHODE ISLAND 0 Looking to bounce back from its first loss of the season, Harvard faced off against Rhode Island (1-5), a team which had yet to find a win in the invitational.

A back-and-forth first set saw both teams hitting above .300 with the Crimson recording 18 kills and the Rams tallying 14. Coming down to a score of 23-23, Rhode Island edged out the set win, taking a 1-0 lead in the match.

Yet the story of the weekend for Harvard has been the response to a set loss. Once again, the squad rallied back to win not only the second set, but the next two as well to end the match in four. The Crimson recorded at least 14 kills and a .300 percentage in all four sets of the match, displaying its dominance over Rhode Island in the final game of the invitational.

As she had all weekend, junior Sandra Zeng led the team in digs with 14, helping her earn all-tournament team honors.

Senior Sope Adeleye’s 12-kill game solidified her all-tournament team selection. In the final match of the weekend, freshman Ava Rauser led the team

in blocks with seven and junior co-captain Evelyn Gray led in kills with 13.

HARVARD 1, COLGATE 3 Colgate (5-1) entered the match seeking to extend its threegame win streak against Harvard.

Both teams came out strong, combining for 30 kills in the first set, which was separated by four points in Colgate’s favor.

Both teams hit over .400, percentages not repeated for the error-plagued remainder of the game.

The Crimson found itself down two sets to none going into the third. With its back against the wall again, the squad was able to put on a dominant performance, holding Colgate to a .000 percentage and tallying 14 kills against the Patriots.

However, the third set’s surge was not enough, as Colgate bounced back to finish the job and win the fourth set. The Patriots’ .252 hitting percentage and 55 digs in the match propelled them past Harvard’s .183 percentage and 38 digs.

Despite the loss, several players put on good performances.

Zeng led the team in digs again with 12. Gray recorded a career-high in kills with 14, and Adeleye tallied seven blocks, showing the same defensive impact as the day before.

HARVARD 3, SACRED HEART 2 The Crimson began its season facing off against Sacred Heart (2-4), which came into the Harvard Invitational following a 1-2 outing in the previous weekend, when the Pioneers travelled to the nation’s capital to play in the Georgetown Invitational.

Harvard came out hot against the Northeast Confer-

KILLER INSTINCT Junior co-captain Evelyn Gray recorded a record 14 kills in the Crimson’s loss to Colgate this weekend. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

ence preseason favorites, securing a victory in the first set after hitting .282.

Sacred Heart quickly responded, however, winning the next two sets while hitting .290 and .424, respectively. The Pioneers combined for 34 kills during the second and third sets, quickly slowing the Crim-

son’s roll.

Facing a loss in the match, Harvard quickly rallied back.

Led by Adeleye’s 14-kill performance — both a team and career high — the Crimson won the next set to force a decisive fifth.

Tallying 12 kills and hitting .455 while holding Sacred Heart to a whopping .000 hit-

ting percentage, Harvard won the fourth 25-12. In the final set, the Pioneers were held to hitting .100, where they lost by two points to drop the match.

Alongside an impressive performance from Adeleye, freshman Ashley Wang added 22 helpers and Zeng led the way with 12 digs. The squad left the

first night of the tournament victorious.

Looking forward to the next weekend, the Crimson will be travelling to the West Coast for the UC Santa Barbara Invitational, facing La Salle, San Diego, and the host, UCSB. david.manikas@thecrimson.com

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