The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 92

The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLV, No. 92 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | friday, september 28, 2018

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The Fox Club’s decision reveals problems with the sanctions.

Harvard Square plaza is in the midst of several construction projects.

Football preps for game against no.

20/22 Rhode Island.

Kavanaugh Hearings Fixate Campus By jamie d. halper and aidan f. ryan

Faculty Talk Shopping Week

Crimson Staff Writers

By angela n. fu

With pink pins and handmade signs, Harvard students gathered in viewing rooms across the University to watch Thursday’s historic U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing featuring Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a Palo Alto psychology professor who has accused him of sexual assault.

Students on campus joined millions of others across the country riveted by what many have described as the most contentious Supreme Court confirmation process in decades. For Harvard Law students in particular, though, the day-long proceedings hundreds of miles away hit close to home.

Kavanaugh has taught at the

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HLS students toted signs proclaiming “We Deserve Better” on Thursday. kathryn s. kuhar—Crimson photographer

HLS students demonstrate against Kavanaugh’s sexual assault case in front of the Law School. kathryn s. kuhar—Crimson photographer

Dean Davis Leaves Post Assoc. Dean for Diversity Davis will step down for “personal reasons” after one year on the job

By Caroline S. Engelmayer Crimson Staff Writer ­

Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Roland S. Davis will step down from his role at the end of September for “personal reasons,” Dean of Students Katherine G. O’Dair wrote in an email to students Thursday.

Davis is leaving Harvard one year after he started the job.

During his tenure, he advocated for a multicultural center on campus and helped students process the controversial arrest of a black undergraduate in April that prompted allegations of police brutality.

In her email, O’Dair praised Davis’s contributions to the College.

“In his time at Harvard, Dean Davis has helped the College better understand the social, cultural, and psychological factors that impact many communities on our campus, and we are all deeply grateful to him for his work,” she wrote.

Davis’s time as associate dean was not free from controversy. He stumbled into trouble when administrators placed Christian fellowship Harvard College Faith and Action on a year-long “administrative probation” after the group removed a female student from her leadership position following her decision to enter into a samesex relationship.

Soon after the probation took effect, Davis told a small

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Students wore buttons in support of Christine Blasey Ford during Thursday’s hearings. kathryn s. kuhar—Crimson photographer

The Faculty Council voted Wednesday to move one step closer to eliminating “shopping week,” a Harvard scheduling quirk popular among undergraduates.

The Council — the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ highest governing body — approved the creation of a committee to develop a proposal for early registration at its biweekly meeting Wednesday afternoon, according to the Harvard Gazette.

An early registration scheme would eliminate shopping week, the current course registration system that allows students to try out courses during the first week of the semester before officially enrolling.

The Wednesday vote is the latest development in an ongoing discussion to alter the way students enroll in classes.

The subject was first broached at a March meeting of the entire Faculty, when Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana introduced the subject without putting forward an official proposal. Multiple professors spoke in favor of an early registration system at the meeting, stating that such a system would allow professors and graduate students to better plan their courses.

Many undergraduate students, however, have praised shopping week for its flexibility in allowing them to try various

options before finally selecting their courses.

Though an official proposal did not exist at the time of the March discussions, the Council heard a proposal to switch to early registration from Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda J. Claybaugh at its last meeting on Sept. 12. The proposal advocated replacing shopping week with a system that would require students to enroll in courses prior to the beginning of the semester. Students would then have time to add or drop courses if they wished. Under Claybaugh’s proposal, the new system would be introduced in the fall of 2020.

The Council typically votes on proposals the second time it hears them; the first meeting is reserved for discussion only.

It is unclear if the Council voted directly on Claybaugh’s proposal at its most recent meeting. Regardless, the decision to create a committee to develop a proposal for early registration indicates the Faculty is taking formal steps to alter the current course registration system.

The Council also voted Wednesday to change the wording of the undergraduate foreign language requirement, the Gazette reported. This vote follows a proposal introduced by former Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris at the Council’s last meeting, in which he advocated broadening

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Kirkland Mourns Ahmed Gondal ’18 By lucy wang Crimson Staff Writer

A round 40 Harvard students and administrators gathered in Kirkland House’s Senior Common Room Thursday night to honor Ahmed S. Gondal ’18, who died suddenly earlier this week.

In an email sent over the House mailing list Wednesday evening, Kirkland’s faculty deans Thomas C. Conley and Verena A. Conley wrote that Gondal “passed away unexpectedly at home in Pakistan.”

Gondal, whom close friends and family members called “Shujju,” graduated from Harvard in May with a concentration in Government and a secondary in Economics. During his time at the College, he served on the Honor Council for three years and was a mem­

ber of both the Cricket Club — leading the group as its captain in 2016 — and the Debate Team.

On one side of the room Thursday stood a table with pens and stationery. Administrators encouraged attendees to write remembrance notes, which they promised to send to Gondal’s family in Pakistan.

Those in attendance spent most of the evening sharing stories about Gondal, often tearing up as they spoke.

Many fondly remembered Gondal’s ever-present smile.

“He had this radiant smile that he would have on his face every time I saw him,” Kirkland resident dean Soha Bayoumi said.

Friends said Gondal had plans to pursue a career in public service in Pakistan. During

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Kirkland House holds a community gathering for those mourning the loss of Ahmed S. Gondal ‘18. caleb d. schwartz—Crimson photographer,

Students Affected by Typhoon Mangkhut

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By alexandra a. chaidez and cecelia r. d’arms Crimson Staff Writers

Juan Carlos Varela, the President of Panama, responds to an audience question at an IOP event. caleb d. schwartz—Crimson photographer,

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Today’s Forecast

As Typhoon Mangkhut — so far labeled the most powerful storm of the year — struck the Philippines, Hong Kong, and southern China, Harvard students from the affected regions checked in with their loved ones more than 7,000 miles away and kept an eye on the reports of widespread destruction.

The typhoon hit the Luzon region of the northern Philippines as a category five hurricane and reached Hong Kong last Sunday as a rare Signal 10 on a 1-10 scale.

The typhoon also hit China’s southern Guangdong Province before it was downgraded to a tropical depression on Monday afternoon once it moved into the neighboring Guangxi Prov-

rainy High: 59 Low: 53

ince.

Romnick L. Blanco ’22 is from a province three hours away from Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

Upon learning about the typhoon, he said he read news reports of the damage to his home country.

According to the Filipino police, an estimated 66 people have died as of last Monday.

“I saw a picture of a sick child being transferred from an ambulance which was stopped behind a boat that fell,” Blanco said.

“It made me really sad that it could be in the condition of this, that the Philippines are going through right now.”

Blanco said he was used to typhoons after having lived his entire life in the Philippines, but

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Today’s Events

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S.E.C. Sues Tesla’s Elon Musk

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After Tesla’s Elon Musk sent out a tweet claiming he had the funding to take the company private (which turned out to be misleading at best), the S.E.C. has decided to sue Musk. They are seeking to bar him from ever running a public company again.

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Top Minimum Wage in U.S., $19, Approved for New York’s Airport Workers

An audience member asks a question to Juan Carlos Varela, the President of Panama, at an IOP forum event. caleb d. schwartz—Crimson photographer

Daily Briefing

A Visit by Ali Cherri 24 Quincy St., 7-9:00 p.m.

Check out the Harvard Film Archive at 24 Quincy St. for a talk by Lebanese visual artist Ali Cherri, who will be in conversation with Lucien CastaingTaylor. If you’ve ever wanted a reason to wander the Carpenter Center, this is definitely it. This event is ticketed.

Donning pink pins and hoisting handmade signs, Harvard students huddled at viewing parties across the University Thursday to watch the Senate hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto psychology professor who has accused him of sexual assault. Some Law School students have called for Kavanaugh to be barred from teaching at the school, as he is slated to in January. In other news, the Faculty Council voted Wednesday to move one step closer to eliminating “shopping week,” a Harvard scheduling quirk popular among undergraduates.

New York’s airport workers just received the highest minimum wage set by any public agency for the country. Opposition to the measure dissolved when New Jersey elected a democrat to be their governor. It was supported by New York Governor Cuomo.

The Kavanaugh Hearings These hearings were dramatic and moving — no matter your view on the accusations. Dr. Blasey Ford emotionally described the allegation.

Kavanaugh fiercely defended himself. One thing is for certain: We are witnessing history in the making.

Around the Ivies Yale Yale undergraduates marched Wednesday to protest the nomination of alumnus Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, per the Yale Daily News. Kavanaugh is facing accusations of sexual misconduct from three women, including alleged behavior during his time at Yale. At the rally, students called for Yale’s administration to take more concrete steps to address sexual harassment and assault on campus, including releasing a statement against Kavanaugh.

PENN According to the Daily Pennsylvanian, starting with the Class of 2024 Penn will require all sophomores to live in college housing. The decision marks the culmination of an effort to create a more community-focused sophomore experience, according to administrators. Under Penn’s current policy, roughly 60 percent of sophomores, juniors, and seniors live in off-campus housing, including in houses for Greek institutions.

princeton The Daily Princetonian reported that the university’s newly-minted Asian American Studies program is suffering from low enrollment numbers. The program — which was the result of decades of student advocacy — was approved

by Princeton’s administration in April. Several courses offered by the department saw fewer than 20 interested students this semester. Advocates of the program say low enrollment may endanger its existence.

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Out of Town News in Square Slated for Restoration

By Paul D. Tamburro Crimson Staff Writer

The plaza at the heart of Harvard Square will soon be under construction to both renovate the elevator outside the Harvard Square T station and restore the historic Out of Town News kiosk.

Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, said the elevator construction project is intended to make the Square and T station more accessible for people with disabilities. Additionally, In 2006, the MBTA settled a lawsuit in which it promised to update the elevator.

Cambridge Vice Mayor Jan Devereux said she was satisfied with the MBTA’s work on the elevator so far.

“The MBTA elevator is very welcome. The elevator had lots of different problems and getting the MBTA to take on a capital expense is always a heavy lift, and it’s appreciated,” Devereux said. “It, of course, does somewhat disrupt the foot traffic around the entrance to the headhouse, but I think they’ve done a pretty good job of containing it.”

Devereux said the MBTA will also be renovating the tunnels of the station’s underground bus terminal starting in the summer of 2019.

Concurrently to the MBTA updates to the plaza, the Cambridge City Council is in the process of planning the restoration of the Out of Town News kiosk, a long-time Square staple.

“In 2011, the Harvard Square Business Association developed with principle, of course, an idea for the restoration of the kiosk,” Jillson said. “The basis of that is if you actually go over there and look at it — I mean really look at it — you will see that this little building that we all love and revere so much is basically falling apart.”

Devereux said a working group is currently developing plans to repurpose the current building, which has served as a news stand since 1984, but dates back to 1928, when it was the entrance to the subway.

“It will no longer be a commercial newsstand as it is now,” Devereux said. “The city owns the building and has been leasing it all of this time to the Out of Town’s operator, and it was decided that it should serve a more public purpose.”

Despite this, the city plans to maintain the kiosk’s recognizable appearance.

“You can’t change a brick.

Nobody would want to,” Jillson said.

Devereux added that Cambridge will also be modifying other parts of the plaza. In par-

ticular, the current information kiosk will be removed. These changes are intended to make the plaza a more open place for visitors, Devereux said.

Suzanne P. Blier, a Fine Arts and African and African American Studies professor and director of the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association, wrote in an email that the MBTA should also redesign the entrance to the Harvard T station while construction is underway in the plaza on these other projects.

“Since the redesign of the kiosk plaza is about to get underway, now would be an ideal time to replace the MBTA entry as well,” she wrote.

Devereux said she too wants to see both the T station headhouse and the escalators into the T station restored in the future.

“It’s like fixing your house and doing everything but repainting the front door and front porch,” Devereux said. “It’s like ‘Yeah, but we have beautiful bathrooms upstairs and look at our kitchen, it’s really sexy, and out in the backyard, we planted a bunch of trees. Well how come you didn’t fix your front porch [if ] it’s got a hole in the steps and the door doesn’t work?’” paul.tamburro@thecrimson. com.

Panama Pres Visits HKS, Briefly Meets with Bacow By alexandra a. chaidez Crimson Staff Writer

President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela spoke at the Kennedy School’s Institue of Politics and met with Harvard faculty and students from Central America — as well as University President Lawrence S. Bacow — Thursday.

Before the Forum event, President Varela met in “a closed door session” moderated by History of Science Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga with Central American students and faculty at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, according to Paola Ibarra Deschamps.

Deschamps is the assistant director of programs at the David Rockefeller Center.

Varela also “met briefly” with President Bacow, according to University spokesperson Melodie L. Jackson.

Varela was joined on his visit by Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla, the Panamanian ambassador to the U.S., Melitón Alejandro Arrocha Ruíz, the Panamanian ambassador to the United Nations, and Luis Alejandro Posse, the consul general of Panama to New York.

This is Varela’s first visit to Harvard since taking office in 2014.

Varela, a Georgia Tech trained engineer, won the election against the handpicked successor of former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is now awaiting trial for charges of using his office to enrich himself and wiretapping his political opponents.

In his speech at the Forum, Varela emphasized his dedication to advancing anti-corruption and transparency within the government.

“At night, when I was announced the winner of the elections, I promised myself and made a commitment to work towards two essential goals — first, transforming the use of politics as a business to politics as a service and rebuilding our democracy, making it functional for future generations with power only to use to serve the people and not ourselves.”

He described his last four years as president as “a com-

I would take the red line train from my little apartment on Beacon Street to come to Harvard Square.

Juan Carlos Varela President of Panama

plicated surgical procedure to remove the tumors of corruption” from Panama.

“We fought the infectious corruption — at the same time protecting 40,000 jobs and more than 10 million dollars invested in public works by recovery of over 500 million dollars from stolen money without hurting the innocent,” Varela said.

Varela also spoke about his life in Boston 30 years ago as a

student learning English and experience a vastly different system of government from Panama’s dictatorship.

“I would take the red line train from my little apartment on Beacon Street to come to Harvard Square,” Varela recalled.

“I saw people’s freedom to express their opinions, enjoy freedom of the press and open criticism of the government — something that at that time, was punished in my country.”

Varela did not mention President Donald Trump in his speech or in an interview with student media before the event.

However, he said in the interview that Panama has a “good relation with the United States institutions, all of the agencies” but that the countries “could coordinate more in specific areas.”

“It is a friendship of 115 years,” Varela said.

Gabrielle Salvado ’22, who asked Varela the last question of the night, said she could relate many of the topics she is learning about to the president’s speech.

“I was also really happy that I got to ask my question because I actually ended up skipping my gov section for this, and so I’m writing an essay relating this to my American foreign policy class,” Salvado said.

“He actually had a lot of very interesting strategies that had to do with engagement and things like that that I could draw back to my class, which was really cool.” alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson.com.

The Harvard Square kiosk and T station elevator in front of Out of Town News are slated for construction.

Hayoung Hwang—Crimson photographer

HBS Raises Nearly $1.4 Billion in Univ. Capital Campaign

By Grace A. Greason Crimson Staff Writer

H arvard Business School raised close to $1.4 billion in the University’s recently concluded capital campaign, surpassing the school’s original goal by nearly $400 million, according to Business School Spokesperson James E. Aisner ’68.

The University-wide fundraising effort, which began in 2013 and ended in June, it brought in a grand total of $9.6 billion for Harvard, a record high for U.S. higher education fundraising.

The campaign —the Business School’s second-ever — brought in $225 million des­

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Nitin Nohria Harvard Business School Dean

ignated for financial aid and $346 million for faculty and research.

The inaugural campaign, which concluded in 2006, raised $600 million, at that time a record for business schools.

In an email to campaign donors, Business School Dean Nitin Nohria said he was grateful for their “commitment to this remarkable institution.”

“Your generosity fueled our efforts to deliver a transformational educational experience that develops leaders of competence and character,” Nohria wrote.

“These leaders — people like you who create real value for society — truly make a difference in the world.”

The Business School also reported “significant strides” in alumni engagement throughout the campaign.

Nearly 27,000 individuals contributed to the campaign, including 59 percent of MBA alumni.

Additionally, first-year reunion attendance has increased 65 percent since 2013, according to Aisner.

Aisner wrote that 45 percent of the campaign funds will be allocated to the endowment. Thirty-eight percent will be for “current use.” Thirteen percent reserved for capital projects.

A remaining four percent is currently to be determined or undesignated. Aisner identified development at Tata Hall, Chao Center, Esteves

Transformative coverage.

Hall, Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, and Klarman Hall as “key campus projects.”

Over the course of the campaign, the School has used funds to develop and strengthen many signature programs.

Your generosity fueled our efforts to deliver a transformative educational experience that develops leaders of competence and character.

Nitin Nohria Harvard Business School Dean

Among these programs are the online extension school HBX, as well as a joint MS/MBA degree with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Funds from the campaign will also support 27 associate professorships at the Business School, Aisner wrote.

In his email, Nohria added the School will publish more details about the campaign in its upcoming December alumni newsletter. grace.greason@thecrimson. com.

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hearing From Page 1

HLS Students Gather to Watch Kavanaugh and Ford school for years as a visiting lecturer, and students watched as Ford described him attacking her when the two were teenagers in suburban Maryland decades before.

Thursday’s intense and highly scrutinized hearing lasted for more than eight hours, as senators and a prosecutor hired

by Republicans questioned first Ford — and then Kavanaugh — about the night in the early 1980’s on which Ford says Kavanaugh assaulted her while his friend, Mark Judge, watched and laughed. Senators pressed Ford about details of the alleged encounter, Kavanaugh about his teenage drinking habits, and each other about their partisan motivations.

Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, seemed all but certain to be confirmed to the Court up until about two weeks ago, when an anonymous letter accusing the nominee of sexual assault leaked to the press.

Ford came forward as the author of the letter, saying to the Washington Post that Kavanaugh pushed her onto a bed, pressed his body to hers, and attempted to take off her clothes at a party both attended while in high school.

Just a few days later, another woman — Deborah Ramirez — told the New Yorker that Kavanaugh had exposed himself and pushed his penis in her face at a party both attended while freshmen at Yale College.

Kavanaugh had repeatedly denied the allegations in the press since they first emerged, and asked to defend his integrity in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

After several days of negotiations over the terms of such a hearing, Ford agreed to fly across the country to answer questions in person.

Seated before the committee Thursday morning, Ford once again relayed her story of the assault, saying that though she was “terrified” to go public with her allegations, she felt it was her “civic duty.” When senators asked her if she was completely sure Kavanaugh was the man who attacked her, she replied that she was “100 percent” certain.

In his testimony, Kavanaugh continued to vehemently deny the allegations, growing teary and agitated as he called the hearing “a circus” and accused Democrats of being motivated by partisan bias.

In Cambridge, Harvard Law students gathered to watch the hearing at the school where Kavanaugh has taught since 2008.

The Kavanaugh controversy has sparked emotional reactions — and protests — over the past week, as students have called on Law School administrators to bar the visiting lecturer from teaching at the school.

Law School administrators have refused to indicate whether they will permit Kavanaugh to teach his course on the Supreme Court this winter.

“It is our longstanding pol-

HLS students watch Christine Blasey Ford testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her sexual assault claims against Kavanaugh. hayoung hwang—Crimson photographer

icy not to comment publicly on personnel matters,” Law School spokesperson Robb London wrote in a statement Tuesday.

Hundreds of Harvard Law students walked out of class Monday to show support for Ford and Ramirez — the two women who had gone public with their stories at the time — and to protest Kavanaugh. At the College, the Harvard Democrats and anti-sexual assault advocacy group Our Harvard Can Do Better criticized the Law School’s silence on Kavanaugh at a meeting Tuesday evening.

The Harvard International Socialists held a rally in the Yard on Wednesday, at which protesters reiterated calls for Harvard to sever ties with the embattled nominee.

The day of the hearing, the Harvard Law Student Alliance for Reproductive Justice held a screening in a classroom closed to the press. Haley R. Adams, a second-year Law School student who attended the screening, said in an interview during a break in the proceedings that she empathized with Ford.

“I don’t want to speak for all women but I think that most of us can probably see ourselves in that experience,” Adams said.

“Maybe not in quite as formal as a setting, but in a situation in which we are trying our best to convey an experience and being doubted and questioned, and it’s really horrifying to watch and it’s exhausting.”

The Law School Dean of Students Office also held a separate

screening in the school pub.

Shortly after 11:30 a.m., a group of Law School students demonstrated outside of Pound Hall — the same location where students held the walkout and rally Monday — wielding posters reading “We Deserve Better” and “I Still Believe Anita Hill.” Some of the posters directed more pointed criticisms at Law School Dean John F. Manning ’82; one, referencing

I just did not want to experience that without a support community.

Sarah Kinney MPA Candidate

his statement declining to comment on Kavanaugh’s position at the school, read, “this ‘personnel matter’ is PERSONAL to us.”

The group of roughly 20 to 25 students stood outside for pictures during a break in senators’ questioning of Ford.

As students at the Law School have loudly voiced their outrage at Kavanaugh in recent days, faculty members have made no organized effort to oppose his nomination.

At Yale, Kavanaugh’s alma mater, law school faculty members sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging

the senators to “conduct a fair and deliberate confirmation process” that includes investigation by a “neutral factfinder.”

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) formally submitted the letter for the record during the hearing Thursday.

Second-year Law student Sejal Singh — one of the four authors of a Harvard Law Record letter calling for the school to ban Kavanaugh from teaching — said she was disappointed not to see a letter sent to the Senate from Harvard professors.

“My understanding is that the letter from Yale Law professors calling for a real, full, fair investigation was entered into the record today,” Singh said.

“And I really wish there had been a similar letter from our professors here at HLS.” Kavanaugh’s teaching days did not only factor into the discussions in Cambridge, they also featured in Kavanaugh’s own opening testimony in front of the Senate committee and thousands watching live across the country.

Before the allegations emerged, 80 of Kavanaugh’s former students sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee extolling the judge’s character and teaching abilities. More than 200 current and former students signed a rebuttal over the summer opposing his nomination.

“In a letter to this committee, my former students — male and female alike — wrote that I displayed ‘a character that im-

pressed us all,’” Kavanaugh said Thursday. “I loved teaching law.

But thanks to what some of you on this side of the committee have unleashed, I may never be able to teach again.”

According to several Law School students, some classes at the school “applauded” and “burst out in cheers” when Kavanaugh said he might not return to the classroom.

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) also pointed to the praise from Kavanaugh’s former students to defend Kavanaugh’s character.

“His clerks love him. His students love him. His colleagues love him. This man is not a monster,” Hatch said.

Across campus, students also gathered at screenings at the Institute of Politics, though attendance petered out over the course of the afternoon.

Alexandra S. Norris ’21, who attended the viewing event in the afternoon, said she came to the IOP to experience the hearing with an engaged group.

“I always like to watch things like this and it’s nice to do it around other people who are interested,” she said.

In the conference room where the hearing was shown, specific moments drew a range of reactions from those who had gathered to watch.

When Ford mentioned the GoFundMe campaigns that her supporters have set up to solicit donations to cover security costs, Rachel Mitchell — the prosecutor Republicans brought in to question Ford —

appeared confused about the online fundraising site, drawing laughs.

The proceedings more frequently drew sober reactions from the crowd, though. When Ford said she had received a polygraph testing the veracity of her allegations the day of her grandmother’s funeral, the audience reacted with groans of disbelief.

Upstairs from the IOP conference rooms where undergraduates gathered to watch, a group of Harvard Kennedy School students took in the hearing in a student lounge. At the viewing — hosted by the school’s Gender Policy Union and Women in Power organization — Sarah Kinney, a mid-career MPA candidate, said cheers erupted when Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) voiced support for Ford.

The community viewing provided a source of support on an emotionally fraught day, Kinney said.

“I think that there’s a lot of power in having people around you to do difficult things,” she said. “I didn’t really want to watch it, I wasn’t interested in watching it by myself and I just did not want to experience that without a support community.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Friday morning on whether to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate. jamie.halper@thecrimson.com. aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com.

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Kirkland Mourns Gondal h is time at the College, he served on the Honor Council for three years and was a member of both the Cricket Club — leading the group as its captain in 2016 — and the Debate Team.

On one side of the room Thursday stood a table with pens and stationery.

Administrators encouraged attendees to write remembrance notes, which they promised to send to Gondal’s family in Pakistan. Those in attendance spent most of the evening sharing stories about Gondal, often tearing up as they spoke.

Many fondly remembered Gondal’s ever-present smile.

“He had this radiant smile that he would have on his face every time I saw him,” Kirkland resident dean Soha Bayoumi said.

Friends said Gondal had plans to pursue a career in public service in Pakistan.

During his four years at Harvard, Gondal maintained a steady and serious interest in his childhood home.

He rose through the ranks of the College’s Pakistani Students Association to become its president.

He wrote his senior thesis on ­

the cybersecurity of the Pakistani electoral system. And he served on the board of the Harvard Pakistan Forum.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, members of the Pakistani Students Association wrote that the group plans to hold its own memorial service for Gondal “in the coming weeks.”

Farhan U. Javed ’18, who served as co-president of PSA with Ahmed, spoke at the memorial service Thursday.

He detailed one of his favorite memories of Ahmed, describing the time the two of them drove across Cambridge to pick up desserts for a club dinner.

Javed and Gondal had ordered “gulab jamun,” a dessert consisting of fried dough covered in a sugary syrup that Javed said is very popular in South Asia.

Javed said Gondal could seem somewhat formal — but that he had a playful side and his playfulness was on full display during the car ride.

“We were just blasting Pakistani music, driving 400 gulab jamun through Cambridge back to Harvard Square,” Javed said. “But when we got back, we opened the trunk and the syr-

up from the trays had fallen all over the car.”

Rida Qadri, who coached Gondal through a successful debate career in high school, also attended and spoke at Thursday’s gathering.

Qadri is now a graduate student at MIT and lives in Cambridge with her husband, Feroze H. Shah.

The couple has known Gondal since 2011.

Qadri and Shah, who Gondal used to call his “adopted parents,” said Gondal loved McDonald’s chicken nuggets, barbeque sauce, and Coca-Cola.

Wherever he went, they said, he was always looking for a can of Coke.

Qadri remembered travelling to Ireland and Mexico with Gondal as he competed in international debate competitions.

She said Gondal always jumped forward to lend a hand, no matter what was going on.

“He was very tiny but always wanted to help,” Qadri said.

“We did a lot of moving around, and he called himself ‘muscle man.’”

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the ways students could fulfill the foreign language requirement.

The Harvard College Student Handbook currently requires that students prove competency in a “language with a written component that is taught at Harvard” or a language for which “an appropriate examination with a written component can be given.”

The new wording deemphasizes the writing component, allowing students to meet the requirement using languag-

was surprised when he read reports of its intensity.

A category four super typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013, is the deadliest storm on record in the Philippines, killing 7,000 people.

“What surprised me was the fact that the news articles described it as something that was like Hurricane Florence which happened in the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S.,” Blanco said.

“If it’s that strong, then that’s terrifying, because that’s really terrifying in the sense that there will be a lot of damages, and a lot of people will die.”

Noah B. Ramos ’21, who has family in Manila, said that most College students with

es such as American Sign Language and Ancient Greek.

The basics of the foreign language requirement, however, remain essentially the same.

Students will still be expected to either take a year of foreign language classes or demonstrate competency in the language through test scores.

Activists have long advocated that Harvard allow students to use ASL to fulfill the requirement.

Since Harvard first started offering ASL two years ago, the

courses have attracted significant undergraduate interest.

Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 was present at Wednesday’s meeting and answered questions from the Council about general FAS affairs.

The Council also had the opportunity to preview the Dean’s Annual Report to the Faculty Wednesday.

The next full meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will be Tuesday, Oct. 2. angela.fu@thecrimson.com.

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Diversity Dean Steps Down group of students that Harvard was reluctant to punish HCFA in part because the school did not want to be seen as waging war on Christianity, the students told The Crimson. Davis later apologized for his remarks, writing in an email that he had spoken “off-handedly and flippantly.”

In an interview Thursday, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana said he is grateful for Davis’s work and is “really sad” that he is stepping down.

As administrators search for a permanent replacement for

Davis, Associate Dean of Student Engagement Alexander R. Miller will take over three of the four divisions that comprise the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion — the Office of BGLTQ Student Life, the Office of Diversity Education and Support, and the Women’s Center, according to O’Dair’s email.

The Harvard College Title IX Office will report to O’Dair and Associate Dean Joan Rouse will continue serving as the Interim Director of the Harvard Foundation, O’Dair wrote.

Separately, the College will

also “conduct a formal review of the administrative structures of the EDI Office and the Harvard Foundation” with the goal of integrating the organizations more effectively, O’Dair wrote.

She wrote administrators will offer more details about the search process for Davis’s successor in November.

Davis could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

family in the Philippines are from the Manila area, where he said the typhoon “only hit the edge.”

Ramos and Blanco said they were not aware of any Philippines relief efforts from on-campus organizations.

Hong Kong student Cedric H. T. Li ’21 said the storm was “the strongest typhoon [to hit Hong Kong] in recorded history” and that many of his friends back in Hong Kong are still struggling to get to school or work.

Li said the Harvard community has been “loving and caring” in the wake of the storm.

“My resident dean Amanda reached out this morning,” Li said.

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Li also said the Hong Kong Society and Asian American Association plan to hold a fundraiser to support rebuilding efforts in Hong Kong.

“This shows a lot of attention and a lot of love here from Harvard in terms of international issues and how they are affecting the students,” Li said.

“It’s very nice to know that we are all looking out for each other and we are all caring for our city. That spirit of Hong Kong is still there.”

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The Fox Club’s actions demonstrate serious flaws in the enforceability of the sanctions.

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n Sept. 18, the Fox Club was reported to be once again an all-male final club. Now, this would come as no surprise if the club had not signaled to College administrators, less than two weeks prior, that the group would admit women into their organization and become co-ed.

Many final clubs and other unrecognized single-gender social organizations have taken steps to comply with the sanction policy enacted by the College and become co-ed, and the Fox Club seemed to have decided to do the same.

Yet, the club’s turnaround and decision to remain all-male speaks volumes about the perception of the sanctions.

The Fox Club’s actions demonstrate that the sanctions have been unsuccessful in changing Harvard’s social scene.

In choosing not to participate in the College’s program for gradually transitioning to co-ed membership, the Fox seems to believe their lack of recognition from the College will not deter sophomores from joining this punch season.

Without an enforcement policy, there will likely be no change; the Fox will operate as they have been for the past century, practicing the same exclusivity that in part prompted the sanctions in the first place.

While we reaffirm our support of the sanctions in

theory, we would be remiss to not be critical of their rollout. The blatant unenforceability of the sanctions is a loophole of which final clubs can and have

Without an enforcement policy, there will likely be no change; the Fox will operate as they have been for the past century, practicing the same exclusivity that in part prompted the sanctions in the first place.

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been taking advantage. If the administration does not make efforts in the future to create an effective system to hold these clubs accountable for not following the sanctions, then it is likely that situations like these might echo in the future with other final clubs.

Moreover, the Fox Club’s regression back to an all-male final club highlights the disproportionate effect the sanctions have had against female clubs.

Many all-male final clubs have extensive alumni

networks, vast financial resources, and property in Harvard Square tied to their deep roots at Harvard, allowing them to withstand the crackdown from the College better than their newer, all-female counterparts.

None of the all-female groups have attempted to avoid becoming recognized; they have all succumbed to the policy and have gone co-ed. As we have opined in the past, we believe that female clubs have their purpose, and that the sanctions, as they have been enacted, have unintentionally affected more female groups on campus than male groups.

We support the intentions of the sanctions, but as they are currently being practiced, they are not serving their purpose.

The Fox Club’s track record of admitting women in their clubs and a year later rescinding their membership, then going co-ed and immediately doubling back on that shows that they feel free to act on their own accord, without paying much credence to the repercussions from the sanctions.

This staff editorial 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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t Harvard, many of us don’t watch TV regularly, so we’ll be mostly immune to the barrage of political ads that will flood screens across the country in the coming month.

We won’t entirely miss it — every time you watch a YouTube video or scroll through your Facebook feed, we’ll probably run into an ad, but we’ll experience nowhere near the level of advertising swing districts are getting.

All this campaigning has a cost: nearly $4 billion.words As one writer put it, the money spent on this year’s races will likely total more than what it cost to produce 19 Marvel superhero movies.

If you’d rather compare it to something a little more tangible: it will cost more than One World Trade did. It’s enough to pay the tuition, room, and board of every student at Harvard College — nearly ten times over.

The number that is most often tossed around is the cost of the presidential campaign cycle.

But while that figure has also grown, it has stayed a lot closer to what it was 60 years ago than the congressional side.

Adjusted for inflation, Richard M. Nixon’s campaign in 1972 and Barack

Our representatives need to spend more time representing us and less time fundraising from us. Maybe then their accomplishments will speak for themselves, and we won’t need as much campaigning to convince us in the first place.

H. Obama’s in 2012 were not all that far off from each other. In fact, Donald J. Trump’s 2016 run cost less in inflation-adjusted dollars than either candidate spent in 1960.

It’s Congressional races that have seen the bulk of the growth. According to official figures, our $4 billion cost today represents more than 16 times what was spent on the 1960 Congressional races.

Even though other metrics like health care spending, GDP, and even income have grown considerably since 1984, campaign spending has far outpaced them.

While income a little more than doubled between 1984 and 2012, campaign spending ballooned an astounding 555 percent. It’s grown more since then.

What that dollar amount translates to is hours and hours of fundraising.

And though we at Harvard may not feel these effects every day, they make a real impact.

The non-partisan U.S. Term Limits group estimates that members of

Congress spend anywhere from four to eight hours of their day fundraising.

It’s no wonder that they have to spend this much time though.

For 535 people to raise those $4 billion in two years, each member of Congress needs to be raising over $70,000 every week, or more than twice the median income in this country.

It’s a lot of money, and it’s a lot of even more valuable time.

But it’s not just constituents that should be and are worried about the time and effort Congress dedicates to this fundraising.

Recent Institute of Politics speaker and former Florida Congressman David W. Jolly ruffled quite a few feathers back in 2016 when he introduced The Stop Act, barring federal office holders from soliciting funds while in office.

Though it received bipartisan support (notably from Democratic party sweetheart Robert F. “Beto” O’Rourke), party leadership failed to let it into committee hearings.

Our professors have recognized this issue, too. Law School professor Lawrence Lessig in 2015 declared a campaign for president focused solely on the issue of passing meaningful campaign finance reform.

He argued that solving this issue would be the first step to easing our political challenges.

Our country faces pressing issues every day, but if our elected representatives allot less than half their time to solving them, it’s no wonder many of our issues are passed from election cycle to election cycle.

While elections continue to get more and more costly, the time dedicated to solving them will continue to decrease so long as fundraising and campaigning needs increase.

Because big money favors party leadership, it is unlikely that such a change would come from the top down.

As Harvard students, many of us will leave this campus and emerge as our nation’s leaders.

Whether we become business leaders with the power to control corporate donations, political leaders considering campaign finance reform, or just voters choosing between candidates, remember to preserve the integrity of our political system.

We must demand campaign finance reform. Not necessarily because money isn’t a form of speech or because the money makes our representatives beholden to special interests — while those are two valid points, this one is more straightforward.

Our representatives need to spend more time representing us and less time fundraising from us.

Maybe then their accomplishments will speak for themselves, and we won’t need as much campaigning to convince us in the first place.

—Patrick C. Barham ’21 is a Government concentrator in Pforzheimer House.

n the past few weeks, multiple women have come forward alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh harassed, assaulted, or even raped them. The accounts begin from when Kavanaugh was a high school student, just 17 years old.

They continue into his subsequent college career at Yale At Yale, Kavanaugh’s behavior was part of a larger “boys will be boys” culture that was furthered by aggressive drinking games and secret societies.

This reality does not surprise me. But I am disappointed — not only were the (lack of ) morals which informed Kavanaugh’s abhorrent behavior left unchallenged at Yale, but his treatment of women seems to have been accepted as the reality of that time and place.

This article is not about debating Kavanaugh’s guilt or innocence. I consider the women who have come forward brave beyond measure. I respect them. I believe them.

And their allegations make clear that Kavanaugh’s alleged behavior was a pattern, one that continued and even thrived at Yale, and one that certainly did not change for the better.

So, this article is about one simple question.

Why didn’t Kavanaugh change?

And why don’t more students at these institutions change?

I am not naive; I do not think everyone is destined to embark upon a lifelong journey culminating in moral enlightenment. But I do believe that people, especially 17-year-olds, are capable of change. And more importantly, I believe it is the mission of institutions like Yale — institutions whose goal is to create the next generation of leaders — to serve as environments where students grow into better people.

You don’t have to take my word for it. Yale College clearly states its mission as one to “educate [students] ... to develop their intellectual, moral, civic, and creative capacities to the fullest … to lead and serve in every sphere of human activity.”

And as a student at a peer institution, this statement reminds me of our own mission here at Harvard, which is “to educate the citizen-leaders for our society … through our commitment to the transformative power of a liberal arts and sciences education.”

And so, I wonder, at institutions which profess not only to create the world’s leaders, but also to develop the “moral capacities” of these leaders, how is it acceptable that students who enter do not change for the better?

I ask this because, in my experience, Kavanaugh’s case is not unique. At elite universities such as ours, it is rare to see students change positively.

In fact, most of my peers entered Harvard not at all interested in transforming into better people, but rather, focused on transitioning into the next elite echelon.

For some, the transition is to another elite university, and four years are spent working by the book in pursuit of an elusive medical school or law school acceptance letter.

For others, the transition is to an elite six-figure job, with fall semester spent in a flurry of pantsuits and blazers, and jobs secured before college is even halfway over.

For students who come from excellent high schools and wealthy families, the transition is simply being funneled into even higher levels of privilege, through final clubs, exclusive social networks, and easily secured finance

internships.

For students who are interested in politics, the transition is being funnelled into an all-encompassing belief system.

These students enter college attached to a political ideology, and then quickly solidify their stances by joining partisan political groups and interning with powerful politicians.

Instead of questioning or critiquing their beliefs, students entrench themselves in their political opinions as quickly as possible so as to maximize professional success.

There is no space to transform here.

There is only time to move, and to move up, and to do it fast. There is only a script: Finding an internship, joining a final club, studying, partying, repeat.

And far too often, this script includes hurting others. Sometimes that means picking a problem set over a friend in need of help.

Sometimes it is more harmful, like participating in exclusive and sexist social spaces without any qualms.

And sometimes, as we see in the accusations brought against Kavanaugh, it can be extreme. Assault. Rape.

Driving a peer to trauma, and not even caring.

The complete disinterest in change, coupled with the supremacy of individual ambition which enables harmful behavior, results in a culture defined by moral carelessness.

Following the script becomes an instinct, and no part of the script is devoted to self-interrogation. No space is given for the discomfort that comes with self-critique. Thus, there is no possibility of changing for the better.

Harvard, Yale, and our peer institutions must combat this.

The administrations should work against this mentality of transition, whether by strengthening advising networks so that students are more comfortable with exploration and failure or by promoting a liberal arts education which emphasizes moral reasoning beyond ancient Chinese philosophy or Greek mythology.

But most importantly, we as students must lean into discomfort.

This means engaging outside of our silos and interrogating the assumptions behind our beliefs.

It means looking out for others, which includes both the friend who is overwhelmed during midterms season and the stranger at a party who needs help.

It means being self-critical and conscious of how we ourselves engage in harmful behavior and uphold power structures.

It means choosing to change and improve ourselves and the spaces we are part of.

When we step out of Harvard Yard, we depart to better serve our kind. But by furthering a culture of transition and carelessness, we have been unable to serve even our own peers here in the Yard.

And as long as we remain unwilling to change, our institutions will never create true leaders. Instead, we will continue producing men like Brett Kavanaugh — those who, instead of changing for the better, act to further the worst.

So if we wish to change the world, we must learn to change ourselves first.

—Shireen Younus ’20, a Crimson Editorial Comp Director, is a Government concentrator in Pforzheimer House. Her column appears on alternate Fridays.

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‘La Reine de Saba’: [A CONTEMPORARY 18TH CENTURY FEMINIST STORY] Kalos K. Chu AND Calla M. Bai CONTRIBUTING WRITERS “La Reine de Saba,” a grand five act opera composed

by Charles Gounod in 1862, reentered the stage for its American premiere on Sept. 22 at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. This tale of love, betrayal, and envy lost its place in common operatic repertoire in the early 1900s, only to be revived by the toils of the Odyssey Opera’s music director, Gil Rose. After traveling to countless libraries across the US and Europe to conduct research and rummage through old scores, Rose resurrected the lively work which features a grandiose 70-piece orchestra, a 60-piece chorus, and eight Boston-based singers.

Though it lacked a traditional set and direction, this opera captured both the strength and vulnerability that is central to the themes of the work.

This opera follows the heartbreaking drama of a scandalous love triangle between King Solomon (Kevin Thompson), Queen Balkis of Sheba (Kara Shay Thomson), and an architect called Adoniram (Dominick Chenes). Though the Queen is betrothed to Solomon, Adoniram quickly falls for her. At the same time, the story focuses on three of Adoniram’s workers: Amrou (Matthew DiBatistta), Phanor (David Kravitz), and Methousael (David Salsbury Fry), who are full of scorn after being denied higher wages. They seek to sabotage the casting of one of Adoniram’s latest bronze works. Things only get more complicated when Balkis begins to fall for Adoniram and becomes caught between her feelings for him and her duty to Solomon.

The plot is a complex mixture of romance and violence that is perfectly encapsulated by the music.

There is a stark contrast between the subdued background of the third act and the tempestuous chromatic swells of the fifth act. At times, the music pivots entirely, becoming soft and emotional like when Solomon uses a pained vibrato to curse Balkis

for leaving him.

The show’s set is very minimalistic, with Jordan Hall largely left alone. Lining the back of the stage is the chorus, a massive contingent that not only adds depth to the music, but whose presence, especially when they all stand up at once, adds a sense of visual grandeur.

Because the performance is staged like a concert, the show lacks the traditional layer of dynamism afforded by opera’s acting, props, set design, etc. This does not limit the performance — in fact, its simplicity only serves to accentuate the passion and skill of the performers. Kevin Thompson’s bass solos are sonorous and powerful, uplifted by the orchestra’s accompaniment, but still able to stand on their own a capella. Chenes’ tenor serves as a wonderful contrast — just as beautiful but embodying a different, more emotional and impulsive tone.

Kara Shay Thomson is the obvious star of the show.

When she first appears onstage, dressed in stark magenta amid a sea of muted costumes, she shines.

She is able to express the most peaceful contentedness when singing with her servants in the woods. This piece is pure, unbridled happiness, accentuated by a playful English horn and clarinet duet reminiscent of Edvard Grieg’s iconic “Morning Mood.” She can also be antagonizing, a match for King Solomon’s impassioned fervor. She manages to invoke a sense of primal sadness in response to Adoniram’s death with a raw cry that leaves the viewer with a deep remorse and an overwhelming urge to applaud.

Against 19th century conventions, the female character Balkis is the true heroine of this story.

The story hinges on her bravery and her ability to break arbitrary social convention to attain her own happiness. Despite this superhuman bravery and passion, she remains grounded and humble. In spite

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of her little known existence, the Queen of Sheba should join the ranks of famous female icons like Helen of Troy and Wonder Woman — the figure we need in today’s contemporary feminist society.

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Extend Your Antennae: Watch Out for These Fall TV Premieres Claire n. park Crimson Staff Writer

Fall is upon us. For some, that may mean pumpkin-spice everything, while others are excited for peak sweater weather. The best part about fall, however, is clearly the massive slate of new shows! Here are five of the best new and returning shows.

“Forever”

A surreal, uncanny new series from “Master of None” impresario Alan Yang and “30 Rock” veteran Matt Hubbard ‘00, “Forever” drags with it an undertow of melancholy, palpable in every slow-boiling scene strung with tension. Those with short attention spans or those who look askance at shows that don’t trade in glamorous subjects or stimulating music will find themselves unexpectedly enthralled by the show’s ponderous silences. It peddles an optimism about humanity along with sobering meditations on passing time, regret, and roads not taken. The show’s somberness is counterbalanced by the larksome dynamic between the chameleonic impression experts, “Saturday Night Live” alums, Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen, who struggle to redeem their insipid marriage in the afterlife. The show is a contingency to the happily-ever-afters dealt us by too many romantic comedies, and dares to be different without being gimmicky. Prepare to be unsettled by the intriguing rituals of the restless ghosts living out forever together. All eight episodes of the first season, which premiered on Sept. 14, are available on Amazon Prime.

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Amy Sherman Palladino, creator of the beloved “Gilmore Girls,” reprises the bracing dialogue that has become her signature in this sharp, wisecracking comedy. Rachel Brosnahan delivers a bravura performance as Midge Maisel, a woman who is very much a product of her time — the 1950s — which is to say, an overachieving student of housewifery. She encounters an opportunity to strike out on her own as a stand-up comic after organizing her casual notebook witticisms into a riotous and revolutionary routine. It’s refreshing to see a mother who sometimes shirks familial responsibility in favor of glorious independence, and to break a mold she has selfconsciously but dutifully adopted to traffic in impropriety, especially to the chagrin of her traditional and equally entertaining parents (Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle). You can come for a gorgeous, romantically nostalgic 1950s New York (the costumes and dive bars!), but you’ll stay for the raunchy jokes and brilliant heroines.

The first season is available on Amazon Prime, and the second is set to premiere sometime this fall.

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

In this zany dramedy by Aline Brosh McKenna and Rachel Bloom, who stars as the titular character, the distinguished lawyer Rebecca Bunch leaves her cushy New York life for the suburban nothingness of West Covina, California in the hopes of rekindling a relationship with her summer camp boyfriend of many moons ago, Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III). It’s a show that is obsessed with love but isn’t

schmaltzy about it; every seemingly happy ending has a caveat, and it isn’t triumphant or simplistic about relationships on Rebecca’s addled interiority that resists classification, her troubled past, and her quest to battle her demons and find selfawareness. It boasts a repertoire of madcap musical numbers, from the silly “Sexy Getting Ready Song,” to the mocking “Let’s Generalize About Men.” They’re selfeviscerating, hilarious, raunchy, and catchy all at once. Bloom, who has discussed her own mental health struggles as well as ensured that Rebecca’s psychological tendencies have been well-researched, enacts a nuanced performance of jealousy, rage, guilt, and self-loathing, making her Rebecca relatable, flawed, and endlessly fascinating. The first three seasons are available on Netflix, and the fourth and final season will premiere on Oct. 12 on the CW.

“The Good Place”

“The Good Place” is brought to you by Michael Schur, known for his work on “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” Despite the availability of frozen yogurt flavors like “Unmitigated Joy” and “Unexpected Hotel Upgrade,” there’s something offkilter about the Good Place which is presided over by a roguish godlike figure (Ted Danson). Good people are paired with soulmates, provided with tastefully but clinically furnished homes, and get ranked routinely on a neighborhood goodness scoreboard. Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), by all accounts a bad person, has inexplicably found herself in the Good Place. After a lifetime of selfishness and an anticlimactic death, she remains impressionable under her barbed armor, and eager for moral tutelage. Schur, by employing a host of lovable characters both good and bad, suggests how unreliable those distinctions are. “The Good Place” abounds with absurd plot twists, daffy puns, and second chances. The first two seasons are available on Netflix, and the third premiered on Sept. 27.

“Speechless”

In this charming sitcom from Scott Silveri of “Friends,” the DiMeo family grapples with everything from financial difficulty to the daily indignities that JJ (Micah Fowler), the oldest son and a teenager with cerebral palsy, faces. Minnie Driver plays his charismatic mother, Maya, who valiantly and humorously crusades against the shortsighted. His younger brother, the neurotic Ray (Mason Cook), tries to ground his family with his punctuality and self-consciousness. The brassy younger sister, Dylan (Kyla Kenedy), wise beyond her years, and Jimmy (John Ross Bowie), their impish father, round out the wacky ensemble. Together, the DiMeos learn to care less about what other people think, and their chemistry makes each scene spark with manic energy. The children are, after all, normal teenagers making new friends, pursuing their crushes, and casually schooling those who make a spectacle out of JJ. Watch this on a Saturday morning or Sunday night; it’s a family sitcom that has the throbbing heart of “New Girl,” that’s reminiscent of, but bubblier than “The Middle,” and is as reliably heartwarming as comfort food. The first two seasons are available on Hulu, and the third will premiere on ABC on Oct. 5.

Staff Writer Claire N. Park can be reached at claire.park@thecrimson.com.

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No. 20/22 Rhode Island Challenges Unbeaten Harvard

By JACK STOCKLESS Crimson Staff Writer

One week ago, the Harvard football team walked into Brown Stadium, leapt out to a 24-3 lead at halftime, and cruised toward the finish line. With the momentum gained from that 31-17 win, especially on the heels of a 36-14 drubbing of San Diego in week one, it would be difficult to bet against the Crimson. That is, if Harvard were playing just about any other opponent this weekend.

On Friday night, the University of Rhode Island will make the trek up from Kingston, marking the second game in a row that Harvard will play under the lights. Just as the Bears were underdogs on their home turf, so too will be the Crimson (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) this week. Harvard has a chance to prove that it can hang with a team that is considered the cream of the FCS crop, but this is no simple task.

The No. 20/22 Rams (2-1, 2-0 CAA) are a juggernaut, replete with size, physicality, and athleticism. Just last week, Rhode Island went on the road to face FBS member UConn and fell merely one touchdown short, 56-49. The Rams started a lastditch drive on their own 33 yard line with 57 seconds remaining and proceeded to march all the way to the Huskies’ 16 in 46 seconds. That is as far as Rhode Island would advance, but the series showed just how dangerous the team’s passing game can be.

According to coach Tim Murphy and his players, one of the keys to this game will be reining in the Rams’ impressive team speed.

“You can tell that fundamentally and otherwise this is a team that you’re going to have to play four quarters to beat,” Murphy said. “You can’t give them anything, and you’ve got to keep the ball in front of you because of their team speed.”

This observation comes not only from review of game tape, but also from real-life experience. Last season, the Crimson opened its campaign on the road at Meade Stadium and lost, 17-10, in what many would have considered an upset at the time.

Just over a year later, it is clear that Rhode Island was on a rapid upward trajectory. Wrong ­

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place, wrong time for Harvard.

Last year, however, there was a completely different group donning Crimson uniforms.

“We couldn’t get those explosive plays from our guys,” said senior defensive back Wes Ogsbury. “I don’t know what it was, but this year it seems like it’s all starting to click, and it’s showing up in our record right now.”

Though San Diego’s Anthony Lawrence and Brown’s Michael McGovern each showed flashes of solid quarterback play in the first two contests, Harvard’s defense was able to contain each and limit them to a combined 45-for-89 passing (50.6 percent).

The same cannot be expected this Friday.

“He’s a better quarterback than those guys,” Murphy said.

“You’re going to see a guy that can really sling it, and he’s slinging it to some guys that are legitimate Division I scholarship kids. [It’s] certainly going to be more pressure on our defense in general and our secondary in particular this week based on what we’ve seen on film.”

That guy is none other than JaJuan Lawson, a redshirt senior in his second season leading the Rams’ offense. In three starts this season, Lawson has thrown for 838 yards and has completed 69.9 percent of his attempts, while also racking up 122 rushing yards. He has 11

touchdowns, nine of which he threw and two of which he ran in on his own.

“He’s a dual threat,” Ogsbury said. “I think his biggest strength is his receivers, so we’ve really been locked in this week preparing for what’s ahead of us.”

In Harvard’s first game last season, Lawson did not factor in much, tallying just one pass attempt and one carry.

On the Crimson’s side, Murphy is counting on sophomore Jake Smith to counteract Lawson.

Last week, Smith threw for 251 yards and completed 23 of his 30 tries. Despite throwing two picks, the second-year field general looks well-prepared to

challenge Rhode Island.

“I like the phrase, ‘You’re either getting better or you’re getting worse. You never really stay quite the same,’” Murphy said. “He’s getting better, he’s learning, and he’s gaining confidence. What hasn’t changed is his poise and his ability to throw the football. He’s had that since he walked in here.”

Not enough can be said about the impact a trio of sophomore running backs has had complementing Harvard’s ability to succeed in the air.

Devin Darrington, Aaron Shampklin, and B.J. Watson have a combined 513 ground yards on 65 carries. Though when he was asked about the group, Smith opted to keep it

simple.

“If I can just stand there and give the ball to one of them, I’m just chilling,” Smith said.

“That’s alright.”

Facing off against one of the most complete teams on paper in recent memory, the Crimson will need to limit mistakes in order to keep this game competitive. Notably, San Diego failed to force a single turnover in Harvard’s home opener.

“I always tell my own children, ‘Please try to learn from other people’s mistakes and then you don’t have to make them yourself,’ and I say that to my players as well,” Murphy said. jack.stockless@thecrimson.com

Golf

Crimson Tallies Fifth-Place Finish in Quechee Challenge

By COULSON RICh CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A fter an underwhelming start to the season two weeks ago at the Doc Gimmler, the Harvard men’s golf team traveled to ­

Quechee, VT., looking for an improved showing at the Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge.

After two rounds of play Saturday and Sunday, the Crimson came away with a fifthplace finish out of a field of 12

teams.

Bucknell emerged with the victory after a stellar second round of play, cementing a final tally of 583.

Fellow Ivy League schools Cornell and Princeton tied for

second place, with Drexel besting Harvard by 10 strokes for fourth place.

After not being able to travel with the team in Harvard’s last tournament, sophomore Grant Fairbairn led the way for Har-

APPROACH SHOT Out of a field of 12 teams, the Crimson finished last weekend’s Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge with a fifth-place result. Bucknell emerged as the tournament champions, with Cornell and Princeton tied for second place. RYOSUKE TAKASHIMA—Crimson photographer

vard in his season debut.

The California native shot a 70 on Saturday, good enough for two-under par and third place on the leaderboard. Sunday saw him turn in a solid 73, which slid him back three spots to end the tournament in sixth place in a field of 74 competitors.

He was also able to compile seven birdies over the two rounds, a number topped by only six other competitors in the tournament.

Host school Dartmouth finished in the middle of the pack only one stroke behind Harvard, with 600 total to the Crimson’s 599.

Another member of the Ancient Eight, Brown, came home with a disappointing finish after what looked to be a promising start.

When Saturday’s round ended, it found themselves locked in a three-way tie for second place with Princeton and Harvard.

While the Tigers and the Crimson were able to stay near the top of the leaderboard after Sunday, the Bears tumbled down to 10th place after a poor second round.

Harvard’s level of play improved from the first to second round, with four out of five players shooting a lower score on Sunday than Saturday.

Sophomore Peter George was able to improve on a dismal 82 by four strokes in the second

round, leaving him with a total of 160 and tied for 66th place in the Challenge.

The sole freshman competing, Brian Istzwan, was not able to repeat his team-leading performance from the Doc Gimmler, and his total of 157 left him tied for 54th.

Comprising the remainder of the field was, in order of finish, Holy Cross, Hartford, Siena College, Fordham, and Bryant.

Along with Fairbairn, junior Rij Patel had a strong weekend for the Crimson.

His scores of 75 on Saturday and 73 on Sunday were good enough to place him in a tie for 12th with John Bowen of Holy Cross and Jeffrey Cunningham from Drexel.

Captain Aurian Capart had a commonplace showing, leaving Vermont tied for 24th after a final tally of 151.

Also present at the tournament was Harvard’s Ollie Cordero, who competed as an individual and finished one stroke behind Capart.

The Crimson will compete next weekend at Yale in the MacDonald Cup, held Sept. 2930.

This will be the team’s penultimate tournament of the fall season, as it concludes the year in Long Island, N.Y., at Ivy Match Play on Oct. 13. Last year, Harvard place third out of 14 teams at The Course at Yale, tied for its highest season finish.