The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLV No. 3 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Monday, January 22, 2018
The Harvard Crimson “I experienced what I thought it must be like to be less advantaged for the first time in my life.” op-ed PAGE 6
Men’s hockey ties Clarkson following back-and-forth drama on the ice. SPORTS PAGE 4
Faust Writes to Congress on DACA
Stanford Provost Talks Pres Search
By CAROLINE S. ENGELMAYER and JAMIE D. HALPER
By IDIL Tuysuzoglu Crimson Staff Writer
Crimson Staff WriterS
University President Drew G. Faust sent a letter Thursday to House and Senate leadership asking for “immediate attention” to protections for undocumented youth as legislators debate that issue in an effort to stave off a government shutdown tomorrow. Democrats and some Republicans have indicated they will not vote for a bill that leaves out long-term protections for immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era program that grants protected status to individuals brought illegally to the United States as minors. The Trump administration announced in September it would end DACA and imposed a March 5 deadline for legislative action. Faust’s letter, addressed to House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer says that—as time passes without a permanent solution for the program—“anxiety grows” for the thousands of people who rely on this program to remain in the United States. “On our campus and across the country, these are the students, innovators, professionals, small-business owners, and dedicated workers we see in our everyday lives, as well as the service members we depend on to protect us,” Faust wrote of DACA recipients. “Their contributions benefit us all.” A budget must be passed by midnight tonight to avoid a government shutdown. A temporary iteration of the budget was finalized in the House yesterday but still needs Senate approval. DACA is expected to be a significant obstacle to passing the budget, given Democrats may require its inclusion before they agree to the legislation. Though the legislators Faust addresses in her letter fall on opposite sides of the issue—McConnell and Ryan want to pass a spending bill without addressing DACA, while Pelosi and Schumer maintain they will not vote for a bill that leaves out DACA protections—Faust said she commended the legislators for their work so far. She also called on them to create a “compassionate and lasting path forward.” L ast week, the Ninth Circuit
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John Etchemendy, Provost of Stanford University and former candidate for Harvard’s presidency, offerred his opinion on the current search for Harvard’s 29th President. Idil Tuysuzoglu—Crimson photographer
By Simone C. Chu Crimson Staff Writer
On Saturday—one year after the inauguration of President Donald Trump— Cambridge Common flooded with men and women clad in pink hats as part of a nation-wide weekend of Women’s Marches. The 2018 Cambridge and Boston Women’s March marked the first anniversary of the Women’s March movement, born last year in protest of Trump’s election. By 1 p.m. Saturday, roughly 13,500 people had indicated on Facebook they planned to attend the march. The gathering took place in the 16-acre park across Mass. Ave. from Harvard Law School. The co-sponsors of Saturday’s march included activist groups like Boston Persists, Human Rights Festival, March Forward Massachusetts, and Massachusetts Peace Action.
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The Cambridge/Boston Women’s March drew thousands of women, men, and children to Cambridge Common in support of women’s rights Saturday afternoon. Amy Y. Li—Crimson photographer
Senator Warren Says She Is Endorsing Student Union By Shera S. AVI-YONAH Crimson Staff Writer
Massachusetts Senator and former Law School professor Elizabeth Warren endorsed Harvard’s graduate student union Friday, weeks ahead of an election that will determine whether eligible University teaching and research assistants may unionize. “For generations, graduate students have done hard work that keeps universities running. It’s past time for them to be treated with respect and past time for them to have their own elected representation in the decisions that affect their lives,” Warren wrote in an emailed statement to The Crimson Friday. “Grad students are organizing and I stand with them.” Warren’s statement follows a Jan. 9 Facebook post by the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers that shared photos of Warren and her signature on a pro-unionization petition. Warren, along with Mass. Senator Edward J. Markey, U.S. Representative Katherine M. Clark, and U.S. Representative Michael E. Capuano, previ
By JAMIE D. HALPER Crimson Staff Writer
Tamara E. Rogers ’74, the University’s vice president for alumni affairs and development and the force behind Harvard’s record-breaking capital campaign, will step down at the end of the calendar year. University President Drew G. Faust announced Rogers’ departure in an email to alumni Thursday. Rogers, who assumed the role in 2007, helped oversee the first University-wide capital campaign, which launched in Sept. 2013 and is set to conclude at the end of June. The campaign had raised over $8 billion as of June 2017. In an email to alumni and University affiliates, Faust thanked Rogers for her work and called her a “model steward”
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Harvard Today 2
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Marchers Protest Trump In Cambridge
Alumni Affairs VP Rogers to Step Down
Inside this issue
John W. Etchemendy, former Stanford University provost and a contender in Harvard’s last presidential search, knew how to ensure Stanford presidential search committees kept the names of candidates confidential. Etchemendy would sit down with searchers and relate the “horror story” of how, in a previous search at some unspecified university, one candidate—a sitting president at a different school—ended up losing his job after the shortlist of finalists leaked to a student newspaper. “That person, it turned out, did not get the job and was fired from his current position, because he showed a lack of loyalty to his current position,” Etchemendy said. “So that’s the kind of horror story in the back of your mind.”
Tennis Triumph
News 3
Logan Weber ‘20 celebrates after he and partner Kenny Tao ‘18 won their doubles match at SMU on Friday. Timothy R. O’Meara—Crimson photographer
Editorial 6
Sports 4
Today’s Forecast
Rainy High: 38 Low: 37
ously wrote a letter in May 2016 asking Harvard to voluntarily cooperate with the unionization effort. The Massachusetts senator’s endorsement comes as Harvard prepares to hold a second unionization election. The National Labor Relations Board on Jan. 11 certified the results of the University’s Nov. 2016 unionization election—which showed 1,526 votes against unionization and 1,396 in favor. Per a previous ruling, this finalized result means Harvard must hold a new election due to inconsistencies in the Nov. 2016 voter rolls. Harvard administrators were not immediately available for comment Sunday evening. Law School student and union organizer Rachel J. Sandalow-Ash ’15 said she thinks Warren’s message should encourage eligible students to vote in favor of unionization. “Her support is a sign that voting for the union is the right thing to do for people who believe in Senator Warren’s vision of an economy and a politics that works for everyone,”
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HARVARD TODAY
Monday | January 22, 2018
FOR Lunch
FOR DINNER
Smoked Turkey Panini on Wheat Flatbread
Mussels in White Wine and Local Tomato Sauce
Steak and Guinness Stew
Roast Turkey Breast
Four Cheese Macaroni and Cheese
Gnocchi with Butternut and Sage
around the ivies Penn Students Reflect on Trump, One Year After Inauguration According to the Daily Pennsylvanian, students at the University of Pennsylvania reflected Sunday on the election of Donald J. Trump, the first Penn alumnus to become President of the United States. According to Dylan Milligan, a sophomore at the Wharton School of Business and President of the Penn Democrats, 120 new students, 100 of which were freshmen, joined the club this fall. Michael Moroz, co-director of College Republicans Editorial Board, said that he believed the election made Penn’s political climate more restrictive. “There is generally an environment where you can get ostracized for holding a different opinion than the majority; issues that previously were calmly discussed are now harder to talk about,” he said.
Amazon Rules Out New Haven as Location for Newest Headquarters
balling out Point guard Katharine Benzan ‘20 looks to pass the ball to a teammate against Dartmouth on Saturday. Benzan was Harvard’s co-leading scorer en route to a 76-65 win. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
Happy MONDAY, harvard! Welcome back, Harvard, and happy Monday! We always love that shopping week feeling of blank slates and little homework. Be warned: This feeling won’t last forever, so savor it. In the Atmosphere… Throw on those boots for morning
showers (luckily, we’re talking rain, not bomb cyclone part two). It won’t be too frigid, with temperatures in the mid 30s. EVENTS Auditions Galore Get your Shakepseare on and audition for As You Like It for the Hyperion Shakespeare Company from 9 p.m. to midnight. Or show off your humorous side and audition for
Sketch, the comedy show. Both are at the Loeb Drama Center. Ice Cream and Petting Zoo: Continuum in Allston is offering up free Roxy’s grilled cheese, ice cream and fluffy animals first come first serve. Sophie G. Garrett & Stuti R. Telidevara Crimson Staff Writers
Amazon eliminated Hartford, Stamford, Bridgeport, and New Haven as possible locations for its newest headquarters when it whittled the list of candidates from over 200 to 20, the Yale Daily News reported. According to Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Connecticut did not have a large enough metropolitan area compared to the finalists. Community Development Commissioner Catherine Smith said that while residents are sad that Amazon did not ultimately select the state for its second headquarters, officials “knew from the beginning that this was an uphill climb and that scale could be an issue.”
Pusshat Creator Discusses Importance of Female Friendships at Columbia Pussyhat creator Krista Suh stressed the importance of creating supportive environments for females in a talk at Barnard last week, according to the Columbia Spectator. She visited the college to discuss her new book, “DIY rules for a WTF World,” which lists tips to empower women. Suh’s pink “Pussyhat” became a symbol of the women’s marches in 2017 and 2018. In response to criticism of the pussyhat from transgender women, Suh said, “It’s important to me to let people use the symbol for what they’re passionate about. Their criticism is not about the pussyhat. It’s about white cisgender feminism and the need to be more intersectional.”
in the real world Fempowered The Government is Broken, Still Last night marked the ending of the second full day of government shutdown—for you non-policy wonks out there, a shutdown means that all non-essential services (museums, natural parks etc) are on pause. Not everyone is willing to let Americans suffer without park access, however, and a bipartisan group of senators are talking compromise.
A demonstrator holds a sign expressing a sense of empowerment during the Women’s March in Harvard Square on Saturday. AMY Y. LI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
White Feminism Reprimanded at Women’s March The President of Planned Parenthood called on white women to “do more” for the feminist movement. She cited women of color as the main trailblazers. Tom Brady, Boston’s Hero He came through again for the Patriots fans among us—the man, the myth, the legend, Tom Brady. The New England Patriots are on to the Super Bowl, their eighth under Belichick/Brady leadership. Maybe there’s another dramatic Boston W coming our way?
WAIting at the dot
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“It basically doesn’t hurt anybody to be mentioned as a potential candidate for the Harvard presidency.”
Night Editor Joshua J. Florence ’19
John W. Etchemendy, former Stanford Provost
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Design Editors Morgan J. Spaulding ’19
Assistant Night Editors Editorial Editor Truelian Lee ’21 Cristian D. Pleters ’19 Luke W. Xu ’20 Photo Editors Story Editors Amy Y. Li ’20 Mia C. Karr ’19 Timothy R. O’Meara ’20 Hannah Natanson ’19 Claire E. Parker ’19 Alison W. Steinbach ’19 Brian P. Yu ’19 Phelan Yu ’19
Sports Editors Cade Palmer ’20 Jack Stockless ’19
The Harvard Crimson | january 22, 2018 | page 3
MLB Executives to Speak at Harvard By Jack r. Stockless Crimson Staff Writer
Five Harvard baseball alumni who now occupy top spots in Major League Baseball front offices will return to Harvard for a question-and-answer panel Monday. The event, co-sponsored by Friends of Har vard Baseball and the Har vard Varsit y Club, will be held at the Har vard Club of Boston. According to the Ha r va rd Varsit y Club website, the session will be a cha nce to hea r about “how Har vard baseball helped get [the former players] to where they are today” and “their insider information on their teams and the industr y.” The panel will include Michael Hill ’93, David Forst ’98, Peter Woodfork ’99, Jeff Bridich ’00, and Ben Crockett ’02.
Harvard’s a special place, but Harvard baseball is too. Dave O’Connell ‘90
Chair of Friends of Harvard Baseball Hill is the current president of baseball operations for the Miami Marlins, Forst is the general manager of the Oakland Athletic, and Bridich is the senior vice president and general manager of the Colorado Rockies. Crockett is employed closest to Harvard’s campus as the vice president of Player Development for the Boston Red Sox. Woodfork is employed directly by Major League Baseball as the senior vice president of baseball operations. According to Dave “Doc” O’Connell ’90, chair of the Friends of Harvard Baseball, the event was created in an effort to raise funds for Harvard’s baseball team. “We want to raise enough funds that we can be competitive, give coach [Bill] Decker what he needs, but certainly as a former player and someone who loves Harvard,
I’m just happy to see more people… [participating] in the community,” O’Connell said. The Friends of Harvard Baseball tapped Jon Paul Morosi ’04, a former Crimson sports editor, as moderator. Morosi currently reports for MLB.com and MLB Network. “He’s also got Harvard connections, and he’s one of the guys that speaks and presents for a living,” O’Connell said. “We think he’ll do a great job sort of acting as master of ceremonies.” Forst said becoming involved in the sports industry was a natural extension of his Harvard education and the time he spent as a member of Harvard baseball. “I didn’t really know what else to do when I graduated, to be honest,” Forst said. “I wanted to keep playing, first and foremost, so I played a couple years of independent ball after graduation. I didn’t grow up wanting to be a GM or wanting to work in a baseball front office. I grew up wanting to play in the big leagues, and when that didn’t happen I figured this was the next best thing.” Forst said his resume was unique when he broke into the industry. These days, though, professional sports front offices are flooded with former Ivy League athletes and those without any playing experience alike, Forst added. “The game has progressed to the point where you don’t have to have played the game, really to any extent, to be successful,” Forst said. “So it’s opened up the field to a much more diverse group of candidates, which is great. But it’s made it incredibly competitive for anyone wanting to get into sports.” Like Forst, other members of the panel said they leveraged their Harvard education and baseball experience into roles at the forefront of the sports business. “Harvard’s a special place, but Harvard baseball is too, and we have a really unique distinction with so many former players working for Major League teams and in the Major League front office,” O’Connell said. “So it’s just pretty special to have that sort of insider level of knowledge, and we think the community will like it.”
SEAS Artwork Appears in Yard By Luke W. Xu Crimson Staff Writer
W hen students pass through Harvard Yard on their morning commutes this week, they’ll see a new visitor sitting next to the John Harvard statue: a man in a suit, his legs crossed and his body composed of colorful plastic straws. In his hands, he holds a sign reading: “Create the Future You Want.” This installation, titled “Straw Man,” is the brainchild of David A. Edwards, a professor of idea translation in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and his teaching fellow Alen Agaronov, a doctoral student in the School of Public Health. Edwards said he found “Straw Man” moving because of his “ambiguity.” Nonetheless, the installation has at least one clear purpose: to encourage viewers to ref lect on how they pay attention to information, Edwards said. “Particularly today, in the rush of information and decisions that we face each day and kind of the mindless f low of contemporar y life, it is easy to become a straw man. And a challenge we have… is to pay attention to our moment and to actually exist in that moment,”
he said. “Straw Man” also doubles as an advertisement for Edwards’s course, “Engineering Sciences 20: How to Create Things & Have Them Matter.” Edwards and Agaronov first designed “Strawman” while they were planning for the semester in December. “We began to imagine an installation on campus. Initially, I had an idea of an installation of plastic straws and then Alen had this idea of actually making ‘Straw Man,’” he said. One of the themes of the course is the ocean and sustainability. Plastic straws represent an increasing percentage of the eight million tons of plastic that are dumped into oceans each year. The construction of “Straw Man,” Edwards said, relates to the course through the theme of ocean pollution. “I’m intrigued by this notion of a straw man that kind of doesn’t go away. It’s made of plastic straws; as you know, they resist recycling in many instances, just a massive problem in the ocean. The creation of straw man, this plastic refuse, is really provocative for me,” he said. Edwards said the theme of environmental sustainability is a leadin to the larger issue of “things that last for a long time.” He add-
ed “Straw Man” has broader implications in the context of President Donald Trump’s environmental policy.
I’m intrigued by this notion of a straw man that kind of doesn’t go away. David A. Edwards
Professor of Idea Translation “I think that mindlessness in governance, mindlessness from the government of the United States to our own lives is something we all really need to battle against. And today, particularly, the consequences are just enormous,” he said. “Straw Man” has already had a brush with authority. Edwards and Agaronov first set up the installation on Friday night only to discover hours later it had been removed by Yard Operations. Edwards said on Saturday they plan to set “Straw Man” up again on Monday.
Abraham To Lead Summer Program By WILLIAM S. FLANAGAN and Katherine E. WANG Crimson Staff Writers
Sadé Abraham will serve as director of a new summer program geared toward f irst generation, low-income, and under-resourced freshmen after much campus-wide debate about developing such a program. Abraham, who is currently pursuing a second degree from the Graduate School of Education, will oversee the yet-to-be-named program, with its pilot launch planned for the summer of 2018. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday evening. The new pre-orientation option— which Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced in August—followed Khurana’s rejection of the
First Year Institute, a program designed specifically for low-income students, in March 2017. The First Year Institute was modeled closely after the First Year Enrichment Program, presented to the Undergraduate Council by Savannah N. Fritz ’17 in spring 2015. The First Year Enrichment Program proposed that low-income students arrive early to campus to facilitate their adjustment to Harvard. Fritz’s initiative suggested these students sit down with College administrators, speak with representatives from the Financial Aid Office and Office of Career Services, and meet with academic counselors before starting school. Though the Freshman Dean’s Office has yet to announce the details of the new program, it is looking to utilize a student-run steering com-
mittee to “help shape and create the pre-orientation program in a way that matches the needs of the students,” according to an email from pre-orientation program chairs James A. Bedford ’20 and Andrew Perez ’20. The steering committee will meet weekly with Abraham and 20 student leaders will be selected in late August 2018 to help run the new program. In its pilot, the four-day program is expected to serve approximately 100 incoming freshmen, according to Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ‘67. It will be the sixth pre-orientation program available to incoming students, joining Dorm Crew’s Fall Clean-Up, the First-Year Arts Program, the First-Year International Program, the First-Year Outdoor Program, and the FirstYear Urban Program.
Sports
The Harvard Crimson | January 22, 2018 | page 4
Harvard Ties Clarkson Following Overtime Drama Men’s Hockey By Spencer R. morris Crimson Staff Writer
As dramatic a game as it was, Friday night’s clash between the Harvard men’s hockey team and No. 2/3 Clarkson ended in anti-climactic fashion. After three lead changes, five advantages erased, and 12 goals altogether, the Crimson and the Golden Knights skated to a 6-6 draw. “Both teams can feel good about their perseverance,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “Our guys didn’t hang our heads. I thought we kept coming and had a chance all the way down to the last second of overtime.” The Crimson (8-6-4, 7-3-3 ECAC) thrust the game into overtime after junior forward Lewis Zerter-Gossage leveled the score with under a minute remaining in regulation. With the net unguarded and the extra skater on, a puck popped out of a pile-up around Clarkson net-minder Jake Kielly, and Zerter-Gossage was there to bury the equalizer, his second of the night. Despite the Golden Knights’ plea to the referees, the puck was deemed loose and Kielly unimpeded. The goal stood. “I just saw a big scrum in front of the net,” Zerter-Gossage said. “My job there was to jump in if I see any scrums…. It just trickled out and I just flicked it in.” Horton, scorer of his team’s fifth goal, seemed confident that the last-minute equalizer was coming. “We just kept getting pucks in behind them, funneling pucks to the net with traffic there, and eventually we got what we needed,” Horton said. “It was a little nerve-racking because it came so late, but that’s what happens when you stick with the process and don’t cheat the game.” Don’t let Harvard’s late-game heroics fool you—the visitors owned a twogoal lead at one point in the third period. But a flurry of shots and a favorable bounce allowed Clarkson (18-3-2, 10-0-1) to even the contest by the midway point of the final regulation frame. Five minutes after notching the score, the Golden Knights seized the lead. Crimson junior Adam Baughman slipped with the puck in the defensive zone, and the home team ultimately capitalized on this misstep. Junior forward Marly Quince ripped a one-timer from the high slot, which beat junior goaltender Michael Lackey. And just like that, Harvard’s 5-3 lead over a top-five team had not only vanished, but it had also been overtaken with little time to spare. “We didn’t think we were done at all,” Horton said. “When we went down, nothing changed. We were happy with the way we were playing…. We had been kind of dictating play, at least we felt, most of the game.” While Lackey finished the game between the Crimson’s pipes, he did not start it. Coach Donato yanked Har-
STALEMATE Friday night’s clash between Harvard and Clarkson featured three lead changes, five ties, 12 goals, and ended in a 6-6 deadlock. PHOTO COUrTESY OF cLARKSON aTHLETICS
vard’s usual backstop, tri-captain Merrick Madsen, after he allowed his fifth goal of the evening on a slapshot from beyond the blue line. “Everybody has nights where they would like to be better,” the bench boss said of Madsen. “He’s been a great performer for us, and he’s a great kid, so I’m sure he’ll bounce back.” The overtime period saw multiple chances for both teams but concluded in an indecisive draw nevertheless. In this theatrical game, the third period was more so the final act—the culmination and climax of all earlier drama. Each frame contained its share of backand-forth action, which further escalated the emotion. Friday’s bout got off to a thrilling start, as the teams traded goals within the first five minutes. By comparison, however, the opening frame was simply the calm before the storm. Almost three minutes into the second period, the Harvard icemen captured their first lead of the night when junior forward Ryan Donato broke the 1-1 tie. The Boston Bruins prospect and future Olympian entered the zone with speed and soon found himself one-on-
one with Kielly. A quick deke to Donato’s backhand was the last thing the sophomore backstop saw before the puck crossed his sacred threshold. The Crimson enjoyed a 2-1 advantage for 10 minutes before Golden Knights sophomore Heralds Egle snuck a tough-angle shot past Madsen. The goal was good for the Latvian forward’s second strike of the season. But just when Cheel Arena had settled down from the equalizer, the visitors spoiled the fun. It was Donato’s linemate, Zerter-Gossage, who found twine just two and a half minutes after the Egle snipe. After the post bailed out Madsen on a Clarkson odd-man rush, Zerter-Gossage picked up the puck and led a counter-attack toward Kielly. At the right circle, the junior fired a wrister and snapped a seven-game goalless stretch by beating the tender top-shelf. “That was a crazy momentum swing,” Horton recounted. “[Madsen] made a big-time save on that, kicked out to Lewis, and then he goes end-toend and just rips it in. That’s just kind of the story of the game right there, where it’s back-and-forth.” The next play epitomized this back-
and-forth play. Harvard skated with the lead for all of 17 seconds before the Golden Knights responded. This time, rookie forward Josh Dickinson buried his 11th of the year. The late-period frenzy sent the two teams into their locker rooms notched at three after 40 minutes. Despite most of the drama occurring in the final two thirds of the game, the early stages of Friday’s clash resembled the latter portion’s score-andresponse style. The Golden Knights wasted little time giving their home fans something to cheer about, as they lit the lamp just a minute into the contest. With a mere 50 ticks off the clock, forward Jack Jacome received a breakout pass at his own blue line from senior defenseman Terrance Amorosa. The shifty 5’7” freshman strode along the boards and split two Harvard defenders on his way into the Crimson zone. Jacome slowed and looked to pass before ultimately calling his own number. “We knew it wasn’t going to be a 1-0 game,” Horton admitted. “The whole game was just back-and-forth, managing ebbs and flows, trying to stay with-
in ourselves.” The early strike was just the start of a productive night for the first-year forward, as Jacome finished with three points (2–1—3) and a plus-three rating. Finding itself already trailing in a game just a minute old, Harvard ramped up the intensity and struck back three and a half minutes later. During an effective shift for the Crimson featuring extended zone time, Horton regained the puck at the corner boards and slipped it to freshman linemate Benjamin Solin. The rookie fed junior Michael Floodstrand, who bowled toward the cage and punched it home despite getting leveled from behind after the play. “That goal kind of epitomizes the way we try to play the game,” Horton noted. “Floody knew he was going to have to take a hit to make a play…. That’s the kind of stuff that guys on the bench can feed off of.” After Floodstrand’s goal, both teams locked in and proceeded to play out an instant classic. And it’s not every day that you can say that about a tie. Staff writer Spencer R. Morris can be reached at spencer.morris@thecrimson.com
Crimson Drops Matches to Both St. Lawrence, Clarkson woMen’s Hockey By jACK STOCKLESS Crimson Staff Writer
Continuing a difficult stretch of games against top opponents, Harvard women’s hockey dropped consecutive contests to No. 10 St. Lawrence and No. 2/2 Clarkson this weekend. The pair of home losses pushed the Crimson’s losing streak to six games. “Although we didn’t get the four points for the two games, I think we were playing our best hockey this year,” junior defender Kaitlin Tse said. “But we also need to recognize that it wasn’t a win, and down the stretch we’re looking for as many points as we can to make the playoffs.” ST. LAWRENCE 3, HARVARD 0 In Saturday’s match up, the Saints (147-3, 10-3-1 ECAC) pitched a shutout, holding Harvard scoreless for just the second time on the season. The Crimson (8-10-1, 6-7-1) tallied more shots on goal and won more faceoffs than St. Lawrence, but the Saints took advantage of several prime scoring opportunities and corralled Harvard’s offensive attack all afternoon. “Sometimes we have possession of the puck in the offensive zone, but we’re playing too much on the perimeter of the zone instead of taking the puck directly to the net,” junior forward Bradley Fusco said. St. Lawrence senior forward Hannah Miller assisted linemate Kennedy Marchment twice, once in the opening period and once in the third. The goals marked the third straight game that Marchment found the back of the net twice. Waiting 14 minutes into the first period, Miller slung a pass across the crease and Marchment redirected it off the back crossbar. Initially, the play was not ruled a goal, and Miller scored
SLIDING IN Senior defender Chelsea Ziadie slaps a shot toward the goal earlier in the season. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—Crimson photographer
20 seconds later. Upon review, however, Marchment was given scoring credit. The duo reconnected 7:18 into the closing period to put the game on ice for the Saints. Marchment’s first goal was the difference-maker, but St. Lawrence kept the pressure on in the second frame.
Just 1:57 after the intermission, sophomore defender Dakota Golde secured a pass from sophomore forward Kayla Vespa. Golde fought her way to the net and snuck a shot past Crimson sophomore goalie Beth Larcom. “We need to find a way to put the puck in the net, and hopefully that’ll come, but we did have a tough stretch
with a bunch of good teams that we were playing,” Fusco said. CLARKSON 3, HARVARD 1 On Friday night, Harvard showed some resistance against ECAC powerhouse Clarkson (21-3-1, 12-2-0), but the Golden Knights got out to an early lead and would not relinquish its advantage
all game. “It’s been a trend for the past couple of games where we’re down 1-0, 2-0 and then we start scoring, so we need to come out right from the start ready to go and attack the net,” Tse said. “We battled with Clarkson, we battled with St. Lawrence, but they capitalized and they just found a way to score.” Early in the third period, the Crimson had its best chance at a comeback. Clarkson had built a 2-0 lead with a goal in each of the first two periods, but it had not scored in over 18 minutes. Harvard battled for possession in the neutral zone and eventually controlled the puck behind the net. Co-captain Haley Mullins dished the puck to Tse in front of the crease, and Tse poked the puck in for her second goal of the season. Though the Crimson had quickly launched itself back into contention after a sluggish start, the Golden Knights silenced any doubts just as quickly. Only 2:33 after Tse’s tally, sophomore forward Michaela Pejzlova received a backhanded pass from junior forward Loren Gabel and laced a shot past Larcom’s blocker to put Clarkson up, 3-1. Pejzlova and Gabel were the Golden Knights’ standout performers, as they collectively earned five points. Pejzlova picked up assists on Clarkson’s other two scores, and Gabel scored the visitors’ second goal at the 7:08 mark in the second frame. The Golden Knights had many chances to make the game a blowout, but Harvard’s penalty kill held the visiting team in check. The Crimson faced six shorthanded situations and shut down Clarkson’s attack each time. “They have one of the leading power plays in the country right now…so to not have them score I think that gives us confidence,” Tse said. “But also we’ve got to stay out of the box.” Staff writer Jack Stockless can be reached at jack.stockless@thecrimson.com
Sports
The Harvard Crimson | January 22, 2018 | page 5
Amaker Hits 200 Harvard Victories in Win Over Dartmouth Men’s basketball By henry zhu Crimson Staff Writer
HANOVER, N.H.—It would take 45 minutes—not 40—for Harvard coach Tommy Amaker to earn his 200th career win for the Crimson on Saturday night in a road contest against Dartmouth. Despite holding a commanding 4124 lead at the 12-minute mark of the second frame, Harvard (7-10, 2-0 Ivy League) went stone-cold for the ensuing five minute stretch and saw the hosts (4-11, 0-2) turn a previously one-sided game into a nailbiter. The Big Green scored 10 unanswered points in that span and continued a dominant 22-5 run to even the game with 2:03 remaining. The Crimson, however, was able to temper the raucous Hanover crowd to finish regulation. Sophomore forward Seth Towns, who matched a career-high with 26 points during the game, was fouled driving to the basket with just 2.6 seconds left to play and his team trailing by two. Unfazed by the clamorous roar of the Dartmouth fan base, Towns knocked down both shots to force overtime. “I shoot free throws every day,” Towns said. “I went to the line and said this was no different from any other free throw I shoot. That is always my mentality.” In extra time, Harvard regained its shooting stroke and appeared re-energized on the defensive end. Critical interior field goals by sophomore forward Chris Lewis and triples from Towns and classmate Justin Bassey were sufficient to close out a 62-57 final game score. Bassey tallied a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while also snatching four steals. “We talk about three things in terms of the C words for us: concentration, composure, and confidence,” Amaker said. “We got into a drought there and couldn’t score but we needed
to maintain composure and at the end of it, you got to have confidence to finish it. I thought we did those two things incredibly well.” The Crimson limited the Big Green to just 18 points in the first half while forcing nine turnovers. Much like Harvard’s second half scoring drought, Dartmouth had its own extended stretch of blankness in the first frame. For a eight-minute stretch beginning with 12 minutes to play, the Big Green missed six consecutive field goals and two free throws, and consistently had difficulty bringing the ball into the painted area. Harvard’s impressive first half defense dipped slightly in the final minutes of the first frame and the Big Green appeared rebooted after a powerful two-handed slam by freshman forward Chris Knight at the four-minute mark. From there, Dartmouth strung together two consecutive baskets in the paint and then denied two straight shot attempts on the other end. The Big Green still trailed 27-18 at the half, but those eight points in the final four minutes were enough to bring the Dartmouth crowd to its feet leading up to intermission. “Give them a whole lot of credit for regrouping,” Amaker said. “I thought the shot at the end of the half was a big momentum shot for them…The game is 40 minutes. I was just pleased and proud of our kids for making the necessary plays to gut out a win on the road.” Both teams appeared sluggish coming out of the locker rooms, combining for just five points in the first four minutes of play. The next four minutes, however, were all Seth Towns. Until the Big Green’s massive run starting at the 12-minute mark, the Crimson’s high point man on the evening demonstrated his finesse from a variety of spots, including a step-back three, crossover deuce, and a drive-in to the basket. Another player who played a critical role in the Harvard victory was sophomore forward Henry Welsh, who
BOUNCING BALLS Sophomore Justin Bassey finds classmate Chris Lewis open underneath the basket. lU sHAO—Crimson photographer
logged six points, six rebounds, and two blocks in a season-high 16 minutes of action. With Lewis in foul trouble, Amaker turned to Welsh in the final few minutes of play. Beyond the numbers, Welsh also created important opportunities for his teammates through setting screens and commanding the paint on the defensive end. “I thought Henry was tremen-
dous,” Amaker said. “I don’t think we were able to come away with this victory without his solid, savvy play…He is so unselfish and certainly played a big role for us this evening for how he came in and gave us moments on the glass [including] offensive rebounds, just keeping the ball alive.” The victory on Saturday moved the Crimson to 2-0 in overtime games.
While sophomore point guard Bryce Aiken—who was inactive on Saturday with a knee injury—led his team to a 70-67 win over UMass on Nov. 12, it was a balanced and resilient attack on Saturday that willed Harvard to victory. Staff writer Henry Zhu can be reached at henry. zhu@thecrimson.com
Crimson Drops Two, Wins One in Three-Match Weekend woMen’s tennis By jackson M. reynolds Crimson Staff Writer
With a promising start against Howard University in the books for the Harvard women’s tennis team by Friday evening in Washington, D.C., the squad looked to be firing on all cylinders. But after the weekend was completed, the Crimson (1-2) proved that it was unable to capitalize on its fast start. Competitive losses against Maryland (1-0) and George Washington (1-0) took away the momentum generated during Harvard’s 7-0 sweep of the Bison (0-1). The top three spots of the lineup are where the Crimson put forth its most promising results over the matches. Playing at the top slot for the first time in her dual career for Harvard, sophomore Jenna Friedel posted a winning record over the weekend, 2-1. Sophomore Irene Lu and captain Annika Ringblom played to similar finishes at the second and third positions, respectively. While the Crimson’s returners tended to shine brighter in the nation’s capital, the squad’s rookies still played significant role in the first set of dual match action of their college careers. “We have had a lot of good hitting this weekend, especially from the freshmen for whom this was their first team match,” Lu said. “I am excited to watch our team improve from week to week and see what is in store for us in the future. I think this weekend was a good test for the team and gave us a taste of close matches we may have during the rest of the season.” MARYLAND 5, HARVARD 2 Upon completion of its contests against the Colonials and Bison, Harvard traveled to College Park, Md., to face off against the Terrapins. Maryland demonstrated that it was the Crimson’s most difficult opponent of the weekend road trip, barreling its way to a decisive 5-2 victory. While the final score was the more definitive result of Harvard’s two losses, the individual games were quite contested. Unlike any of the previous two days’ matches, two of the Crimson’s singles contests against the Terrapins went the full distance. Ringblom fell to Maryland junior Millie Stretton in a third-set tiebreaker, while freshman Neha Gupta won her bout against Terrapins sophomore Kate Yemelyanenka, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Gupta and fellow rookie Jenna Moustafa were in fact the only two members to earn points in their singles matches on the day. Similar to Ringblom, Friedel and Lu suffered losses against their Maryland counterparts. Friedel’s defeat was more contested than that of Lu given that she was able to force two tiebreakers in her two-set match. Freshman Anna Li also fell in
EYES ONTHE PRIZE Ivy League Champions in 2017, the women’s tennis team has began the season 1-2 against non-divisional opponents. Matthew w. deshaw—Crimson photographer
straight sets to her opponent. On the doubles side of things, the Crimson lost two of its three bouts. The duo of Ringblom and Li failed to complete their match given that the ultimate doubles result became obvious before its conclusion. The Ringblom and Li partnership has proven to be successful for Harvard with the pairing having tallied a 9-2 record so far between the dual and tour seasons. GEORGE WASHINGTON 4, HARVARD 3 George Washington winning two out of the three doubles matches to collect the event’s first point proved to be crucial in its matchup against the Crimson, as the two squads split the singles portion of the contest, 3-3. Sophomore Natasha Gonzalez and junior Isabel Jasper were unsuccessful against the Colonials’ pairing of Kamilla Beisenova and Diana Kussaino-
va. They fell quite decidedly, 6-1. Lu and Moustafa were closer to victory in their own 6-4 defeat, but Ringblom and Li were ultimately the only duo win in the meet and did so in tiebreaking fashion, 7-6 (5-0). In singles, Harvard triumphed at the top three spots of the ladder with Friedel, Lu, and Ringblom each winning in straight sets, while the Colonials proved victorious at positions four through six. Given that Ringblom is the only senior on the squad, the strength of Friedel and Lu’s play at the top will be crucial for the Crimson going forward. According to Ringblom, the duo is off to a good start. “Irene and Jenna are great role models to the incoming freshmen on how to run down every ball and support all of their teammates even during big points,” Ringblom said. “Since they are only sophomores, I am very excited to see them grow as players this season
and the next two years.” HARVARD 7, HOWARD 0 In its first competitive action of the spring season, Harvard put forth a strong performance against Howard. By the end of Friday, the Crimson claimed its first sweep since its victory over Providence in March of last year, 7-0. That sweep, while a significant Harvard achievement, was aided by two Bison forfeitures. In the singles portion of the event, Ringblom kicked off her winning weekend with one of the more dominant victories of her Crimson career. Playing at the third position, the Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. native blanked Howard senior Sajela Harlow, 6-0, 6-0. “Annika started this weekend with a bang,” Lu said. “She opened with a strong win over Howard, the first singles win of the season for the team. Annika continued to play at a high lev-
el throughout the weekend against George Washington and Maryland. She has been moving and hitting some of the best balls I have seen from her, and I am excited to see this momentum carry through the rest of the spring.” Friedel, Gonzalez, Gupta, and Lu continued the trend for Harvard, each cruising to straight set victories against their respective opponents. The squad also collected its doubles point without much fuss, as it was undefeated in that portion of the match, as well. The duos of Ringblom and Li and Mustafa and Lu both bested their Bison opponents, 6-2. Harvard’s final doubles match was a non-event as Jasper and Gonzalez won by forfeit. Moustafa’s singles victory was also a forfeiture and helped the Crimson pick up its seventh and final point of the contest. Staff writer Jackson M. Reynolds can be reached at jackson.reynolds@thecrimson.com
EDITORIAL Letter to the Editor : Governance Issues at the College By Joan M. hutchins and timothy e. wirth
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s Harvard graduates and former Overseers, we write to state our concerns with steps taken over the past two years by Harvard administrators and the Harvard Corporation to limit the First Amendment rights of free association of the Harvard undergraduate student body. Our concern is on two levels: the governance of Harvard College, and the threats of academic and other punishments for students who exercise their legal rights in a manner not approved by the Corporation and administrators. Regarding governance, the Statutes of Harvard University, which are essentially the Corporation’s bylaws, clearly state that the responsi-
bility for College student discipline belongs to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Appropriate rules are included in the Handbook for Students, which is approved annually by the Faculty. When the Corporation and When the Corporation and administration issued their final statement on Dec. 5, 2017 regarding students who join “unrecognized” single-gender clubs, they did not have the approval of the Faculty. Nor did they indicate that they planned to seek Faculty approval to put the policy in the Handbook for Students. The punishment for joining a single-gender club is ineligibility for academic endorsements such as the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships and the Fulbright Program, as well as ineligibility for leadership positions in “recognized”
student organizations, including varsity captaincies. We cannot imagine a system of policing or informants that would effectively identify club members that would also be consistent with the basic values of the University. It is clear that the Corporation has It is clear that the Corporation has usurped the power of the Faculty. We regret the precedent this sets. Next it could be the Faculty who are told what to teach and with whom to associate. Anyone familiar with McCarthyism knows how quickly government and corporate overreach can happen. Joan M. Hutchins ’61 is a former president of the Board of Overseers. Timothy E. Wirth ’61, a graduate of the Graduate School of Education, is a former Overseer and former United States Senator from Colorado.
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Boys Go to Jupiter By Elijah T. Ezeji-Okoye
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mfg my dad just asked if we were dating.” The message, which followed a string of crying emojis, flickered onto the screen of my iPhone as I sat at a stoplight on my way home from my friend’s house. While there, we had sat on her couch under a blanket watching a Netflix documentary. We had shared in laughs, gossip, and commentary, but there was no reason to presume intimacy between us, except for that I am a man, and she is a woman. This presumption is not new to me. As someone who predominantly surrounds myself with female friends, the extent of my friendships has always been scrutinized. The idea that a boy and a girl can simply be friends is perplexing to our society. “I was like, uh, well, he’s gay, dad,” my friend said she responded. Since coming out as queer, my sexual orientation has exempted me from assumed relationships with my female friends. Though valid, the response suggests that the only reason we are not dating is because I identify as gay— as if in an alternate universe in which I were straight, the narrative would be different. Often, we do not realize that we are scripted into espousing heteronormativity even when we try to avoid it.
The idea that a boy and a girl can simply be friends is perplexing to our society. In schools, rhymes circulate about boys and girls from different planets. Though seemingly harmless, they construct boys and girls as polarized beings. Parental influences further exacerbate this primitive assumption by heavily gendering their children’s lives. Sleepovers are segregated by gender to stunt budding sexualities. Cross-gender schoolyard bullying is excused as a signal of male affection. Parents gossip about their children’s “crushes” and “significant others” even when their children are at an age too early to understand the complexi-
ties of romantic relationships. Heteronormativity is cyclical and often operates subconsciously. Because we are raised among these assumptions, we are liable to reproduce them. When the gendered demarcations we hold true become blurred, we automatically assume there must be a romantic or sexual interest between the two parties. Marriage is seen as the paragon of male-female relationships. All other forms of relationships are seen as subpar. The hegemonic marriage narrative is vehemently perpetrated through all facets of society. In the media, opposite-gender leads often fall in love, regardless of the overall plot of the movie. We employ the term “friend zone” to categorize friends of the different genders who will never be of romantic interest. We say people are “just friends” as if being friends does not realize the full potential of a relationship. We assume a friends-with-benefits relationship will ultimately result in one partner, or both, “catching feelings” because we have a hard time fathoming sex without romantic undertones. By overemphasizing marriage, society ultimately devalues friendships. The devaluation of friendships extends beyond straight people. By constantly, automatically assuming that male-female friendships are relationships, we assume that heterosexuality is the norm, and anything deviating is abnormal. While I knew I was gay from a young age, the internalized homophobia this type of thinking breeds stunted my coming-out process. It delayed my coming out by multiple years because thinking in terms of heterosexual structures was (and largely remains) ingrained in me as a byproduct of my socialization. Though identifying as LGBTQ+ may seemingly exempt people from the assumptions we make about relationships, queer people are actually typed into a modified version of the relationship norms that police straight people. As with straight people, the media plays a large role in perpetuating this assumption. Movies with same-sex gay leads rarely resolve without the leads falling in love. Following the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision in 2015, many openly gay people of the same gender are now assumed to be in roman-
tic relationships. As with straight people, we have a hard time looking at two queer people without scripting them onto a pathway to marriage. The marriage model is also extremely exclusionary to those who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming. Because contemporary understandings of marriage rely so heavily upon the heterosexual (and, more recently, same-sex) couplings, non-binary people can often be forgotten from the narrative and impact of this issue altogether, or they can be typed into cisgender roles that do not reflect their true gender identity.
We live in a world that tells us boys should befriend boys and girls should befriend girls. Our strong emphasis on marriage results in a reduced social importance of friendships with those of the preferred gender. By treating marriage as life’s ultimate goal, society stunts the networks and the learning possible through interpersonal interactions. By treating boys and girls as separate entities at a young age, before questions of sexuality arise, we allow for gendered behavior to become cyclical and subconscious. For example, by excusing boys who tease and bully girls on the playground as “having a crush,” we allow boys to grow up thinking that they can disrespect female bodies and use affection as a scapegoat rather than being respectful of boundaries and responsible for their behavior. Typing behaviors and friendships as romantic is not only pervasive but dangerous. We live in a world that tells us boys should befriend boys and girls should befriend girls. But by diminishing the value of friendships between boys and girls, we stunt the learning that can be done from befriending those with different experiences and identities. What’s more, not everyone wants to marry, so we should avoid trying to fit everyone into that narrative. Elijah T. Ezeji-Okoye ‘20, a Crimson Editorial Comp Director, is a Sociology concentrator in Lowell House.
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Between Harvard and Home By Robert Miranda
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’ve often been in the middle. My family is middle-class—as middle-class as you can get in America. My mother, the daughter of immigrants, went to college and got a bachelor’s degree, the first in her family to do so. My father, a Mexican immigrant, didn’t. I’ve always been aware of labels—especially “first-generation,” with all its meanings. Does my background make me a first-generation American? Through my father, I have many of the experiences and stories that come with having a parent who directly faced the struggles of immigrating to and navigating this country. But practically, I’m not first-generation. I’ve received many of the benefits of having a parent who was born here, speaks English, and was college-educated. It has made a difference in my upbringing, especially in my majority-minority, lower-middle-class Los Angeles suburb, where I often felt advantaged as compared to my peers. Many of my friends’ parents spoke only Spanish, Chinese, or Vietnamese. They were often the first to go to college in their families, relying on friends, the occasional older sibling, or teacher guidance in navigating the college admissions process. But despite my mother’s experiences, my understanding of the college admissions process was not perfect. I ended up relying on many resources, especially as I made my way through high school. Friends and especially teachers often were the ones to recommend higher-level courses to me, suggest which tests to take, and which colleges to look at. In retrospect, I wasn’t all that advantaged in the college application process, because my mother and peers could not tell me everything I wanted and needed to know. For example, I did not visit many of the schools I applied to beforehand, Harvard included. I was often left alone to seek a path no one I knew had trod. And then I came to Harvard, and I experienced what I thought it must be like to be less advantaged for the first time in my life. I had lived in a bubble—one where no one went to private school, people did not regularly vacation in Europe, and squash and sailing were not typical sports. My high school did not offer courses in computer science, much less Latin, ethics, or any of the courses commonplace in my peers’ transcripts. Even now, I still gape at some of my classmates’ backgrounds, their casual stories about skiing vacations, trips to the Cape, or far-flung gap years. Even with a mother who was college-educated, who could tell me about experiences and mistakes she made growing up, I could not prepare for what Harvard presented. Like the child of immigrants who struggles to understand his place in society, I’ve often wondered where I stand in relation to others. I wrote once about how different life and expectations are in my hometown, compared to at Harvard. Yet when I returned home last May, my mother chuckled after I used a certain word in conversation. I don’t remember the word, but it was sufficiently polysyllabic (though I thought it unassuming enough) for her to remark: “Every time you come back, you talk differently, and slowly, it goes away.” And like that, the ice-cold feeling of falseness I thought I had shed crept back, consuming me. I was an imposter in my own home, in front of someone I had always known. It was something that had been growing for a while, but I hadn’t wanted to face it: I felt a different person in Massachusetts than in California. A daunting question now crossed my mind: How could I reconcile the two worlds I walked? Would I choose one over the other? Would I halve myself, or merge? ***
Late one seasonably warm January night, I walked down the main street of Alhambra, California. A street band played songs in a diner’s open patio, which caught my attention. I tried to remember where I had first heard the song playing, when it hit me—it was from “The Fantasticks,” a musical I had discovered at Harvard. I cast my mind around, and my thoughts landed in Cambridge, and Pforzheimer House, and the Charles River, and the Barker Center, and all the images that fill me when I think of my snowy home away from home. That late-night diner was so far away from it, and yet so close—a simple song could make those three thousand miles taper into a single vanishing point. In that moment, Cambridge and Los Angeles were one, and my memories were one—and I was one. I got home, and stayed up late thinking about my two worlds. I understood now—I can, and have a right to, feel equally at home at both. I love both Harvard and home fiercely, for all they’ve given me. I do not have to give up one to accept the other. I can use what I learn in one to appreciate the other, for nothing exists in a vacuum. For those of us who struggle with belonging at Harvard, we need to be honest and comfortable with reconciling our many sides—we just need to be comfortable in the middle. We can only do that by finding the vanishing point on the horizon between our two worlds—sometimes as simple, and elusive, as a song. Robert Miranda ’20, a Crimson Associate Editorial Editor, is an English concentrator in Pforzheimer House.
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Etchemendy Offers Rogers Announces Retirement Pres. Search Clues ROGERS From Page 1
ETCHEMENDY From Page 1 Etchemendy—who served as the vice chair of Stanford’s 1998 presidential search committee and who said he has consulted Harvard search committees—said this story helps explain Harvard’s desire to keep candidate names private in its ongoing search for the successor to University President Drew G. Faust. The University has been seeking the next president since Faust announced over the summer she plans to step down in June 2018. Harvard presidential searches are known for their secrecy; searchers have sometimes gone to extreme measures to keep candidate names confidential, even sneaking contenders up back-service stairways and through garages to evade reporters. This year’s iteration of the search has been no different. The committee seeking Harvard’s 29th president—comprising all twelve members of the Harvard Corporation and three members of the Board of Overseers—has repeatedly declined to comment on the search. In an interview last week, though, Etchemendy offered some clues to how Harvard’s search is likely progressing. Drawing on his own experience leading scores of administrative searches at Stanford, Etchemendy described a monthslong, intense process involving hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and exhausting travel meant to bring searchers together. Etchemendy also drew on more personal experience of Harvard’s search process; in the University’s last presidential search, Etchemendy made the search committee’s shortlist, The Crimson reported in Jan. 2007. Search committee members typically spend the first two months gathering information about candidates as well as the state of the university, Etchemendy said. This timeline matches with Harvard’s current search; senior fellow of the Corporation William F. Lee ’72, who chairs the University’s search committee, has said the committee spent much of July and August doing this kind of “information-gathering.” Etchemendy said this kind of research is necessary to find the right set of candidates—he said top contenders are almost never people who would apply for the job. “So obviously you advertise the opening, but the applicants you get are generally not really qualified, which is kind of odd,” Etchemendy said. “So you have to actually do an active search and figure out who is out there, who we might be interested in.” Following that research period, committee members begin travelling around to meet people—usually top administrators at universities across the country—to gather their input on the search, according to Etchemendy.
He said this input-seeking phase generally lasts for another two to three months. He added that, sometimes, higher education experts interviewed by search committees end up as candidates themselves. “So it’s funny, you meet with a person, and ask about, ‘What is your opinion of Harvard? What should we be looking for in a president, who is out there that we should be looking at?’” Etchemendy said. “And it might well be that the person you are talking to is also someone that you are interested in.” After wrapping up these meetings, committees work to pare to a shortlist, Etchemendy said. Committee members then bring in a select handful of finalists for day-long interviews, “maybe even day and a half” interviews. Searchers typically prepare a list of questions for the candidate to answer, but only tell contenders some of the topics in advance. Candidate interviews take place in a variety of settings: at more formal meetings as well as over meals like lunch and dinner. Etchemendy said this is meant to test how candidates behave “socially,” as well as how they would interact with top donors in social settings. The constant travel and the hours and hours of interviews are also meant to bring searchers together, Etchemendy said. He said the search process “bonds the committee.” “That is really important because you don’t want to get to the end of the search and have committee members either not trusting each other or really violently disagreeing about who are viable candidates,” he said. “And so there’s a kind of community building exercise that goes on.” Another element that fosters a sense of camaraderie is the total confidentiality of the process, Etchemendy said. He noted that no candidate knows who any of the other candidates are until the very end of the search. Even searchers’ closest family members are kept in the dark. “I tell search committee members, don’t even tell your spouse what’s going on in the search,” Etchemendy said. Etchemendy said he is unsure who is likely on Harvard’s shortlist this time around, though he said he thinks it is an “absolute incredible privilege and honor” to hold the University’s top job. Nonetheless, he said he was never seriously interested in the position in 2007. He said he made his disinterest clear to the 2007 search committee “early on.” But he said he did not mind reading his name as a potential candidate in The Crimson. “So you know, it doesn’t hurt—basically it doesn’t hurt anybody to be mentioned as a potential candidate for the presidency of Harvard,” he said.
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of the school’s interests over her tenure. “Almost from the day I was appointed dean of the Radcliffe Institute seventeen years ago, I have benefited from Tamara’s dedication, professionalism, friendship, and wisdom,” Faust wrote of Rogers. Rogers started her Harvard career in the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, eventually becoming the head of international admissions before transitioning to fundraising. She said one of her favorite things about working at Harvard was the connections between her different roles over time. “[Harvard] really is a community when it comes to our alumni, and I work with people now who are volunteers where I maybe interviewed them for the college or read their application.” Rogers said. “Seeing that connectivity of people who you know come as very young people and then re-
ally never depart — they stay connected — is just immensely gratifying.” Rogers will continue to hold her current position into the beginning of the next president’s term. Faust announced in June that she plans to step down at the conclusion of the academic year. A presidential search committee has spent the past nine months searching for a new leader. Rogers said she chose to announce her departure now so it would not appear related to the presidential transition. “The timing of the announcement was very deliberate—I wanted it announced before I had any sense of who the new president would be, and before I even had any sense of when it would be announced,” she said. “I just wanted to be sure it wasn’t contiguous, so it didn’t look like in some way that the new person and I didn’t want to work together.” The conclusion of the capital campaign was a natural moment to consid-
Before Shutdown, Faust Marchers Requests DACA Fix Protest Trump in Cambridge DACA From Page 1
Court of Appeals issued a temporary injunction that stopped plans to end the program. That injunction ordered the government to continue renewing DACA and work authorization for eligible individuals. In light of the Ninth Circuit ruling, Harvard informed students Wednesday that it will begin assisting with renewal applications. In an email to students, Jason Corral, the staff attorney for Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic, said DACA renewal applications have been posted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website. The University currently has around 65 undocumented students, administrators estimate. Corral invited students with DACA status to contact the clinic for help with the process and wrote that individuals with protections expiring in 2018 will be prioritized. The clinic has conducted more than 100 legal consultations for undocumented students in the past year. The University also created a website with information for undocumented students and hired a fellow to support them. Corral wrote in an emailed statement that students have started submitting applications. He added that the department expects to receive more applications
once more people return to campus for the start of the semester. He also said that, while the Ninth Circuit Court ruling was encouraging, he is concerned federal legislators making compromises on DACA policy will jeopardize the program. “I worry that immigration hardliners will ask for too much of a compromise that may negatively affect immigration law and policy in the long run,” Corral wrote. “With all of this political wrangling going on the best that we can do is look for remedies beyond DACA,” he wrote. “And for that I am available to meet with people to look for longer term solutions while assuring that people receive up to date information concerning DACA.” The U.S. Justice Department has requested a Supreme Court review of the Ninth Circuit ruling, which, if approved, might allow the case to be heard by the Supreme Court before it has been tried in the lower court. There were 690,000 immigrants with DACA status when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced months ago the government plans to end the program. —Staff writer Caroline S. Engelmayer can be reached at caroline.engelmayer@thecrimson. com. Follow her on Twitter @cengelmayer13. —Staff writer Jamie D. Halper can be reached at jamie.halper@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @jamiedhalper.
Warren Writes to Endorse Grad Student Unionizing Warren From Page 1 Sandalow-Ash said. Sandalow-Ash said she spoke with Warren after a chance encounter in a Cambridge restaurant. While there, she asked her to support the union’s organizing efforts earlier this month. “[Warren] said it was really important for ordinary people, not just pol
iticians, to be working for social and economic justice and to be involved in combating the Trump agenda,” Sandalow-Ash said. “She talked about how her grandfather had been in a union, and how the work that we are doing is great.” —Staff writer Shera S. Avi-Yonah can be reached at shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson. com.
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er her next chapter, Rogers said. “I’ve had this very, very, very long career here and so I would say certainly the end of the campaign was a marker that made me think about sort of the next step, the rest of my life so to speak,” she said. Over the course of her more than 40 years at the University, Rogers said the nature of fundraising has shifted. “A long time ago, well before my time, Harvard’s fundraising originated in the College with the creation of the Harvard College Fund and then each school had their own enterprise as well—and that’s still sort of the case, but we do much more collaboration,” she said. “Like so much that happens here, we’re building on the work of other people and we’re really fortunate to be able to do so.” Rogers, who began her Harvard career as a History and Literature concentrator, said she expects to spend time volunteering, consulting, and reading 19th century novels.
Women’s March From Page 1 Like in marches last year, participating activists, including politicians like Massachusetts Attorney General Maura T. Healey ’92, denounced the President’s treatment of and attitude toward women. “Let me be clear: We have a president who demeans and insults women,” Healey said to the crowd Saturday. “He actively lowers our standing in the world. He is an embarrassment and certainly no role model for our young girls and boys.” Issues of sexual assault drew increased national attention in 2017, bolstered by anti-sexual harassment movements including #MeToo and #TimesUp, among others. Jennifer N. Baker ’21, who marched on the Common on Saturday, said she felt encouraged by the increase in activism that took place in 2017. “I once heard someone say, ‘Maybe this isn’t the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb,’ which I found really powerful,” she said. “Although 2017 was a pretty rough year for a lot of different groups of people, it definitely has sparked a lot of participation and passion.” Zachary D. S. Schnall ’21, who also participated Saturday, said he felt similarly inspired by the various marches last year. “[They] all demonstrated that people are willing to rise up and rise to the challenge, and I think that demonstrates the...potential for the future in terms of the next wave of elections in 2018,” Schnall said. Healey said she agreed. “If there’s one thing to take away from today, it’s that we’re still here, we’re still marching, and—you better believe it—we are winning,” she said. Scattered among the sea of cateared pink hats—a symbol of the Women’s March that emerged last year in response to Trump’s comments about inappropriately touching women— were blue hats meant to inspire hope for a “blue wave” for Democrats in midterm elections later this year. Speakers at the event highlighted a wide spectrum of issues, ranging from the treatment of incarcerated women to transgender rights to the plight of Puerto Rican families who came to Boston to escape damage caused by a recent hurricane. Amelia Y. Goldberg ’19, another attendee, said she felt “uplifted” to see marchers advocating for a wide variety of causes Saturday. Some observers alleged last year’s march focused too much on white, cisgender women. This year’s list of speakers included people of color and transgender women. “They were really talking about racial justice, economic justice, peace, environmental justice, trans justice, as things that all come together and that we can agree upon,” Goldberg said. “I think that coalition is never easy, and solidarity is never easy, but it’s always worth it,” she added. Nonetheless, some participants said they wished the Women’s March movement reached further across the aisle to include people with other political ideologies. Around 20 members of Boston-based political group Resist Marxism—a group that includes libertarians and Trump supporters—attended the March. Members of the group said they wanted to start conversations with other marchers to better bridge ideological divides. Samson Racioppi, a libertarian candidate running for office in Massachusetts’ sixth congressional district, said Resist Marxism reached out to the march’s organizers to participate but received no reply. Organizers of the march did not immediately respond to requests for a comment about Resist Marxism.
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