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HARVARD ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL

SFFA Supporters Rally in Copley Square

College Advocates Gather in Harvard Square

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Crowds Gather for Dueling Rallies What to Know Ahead of the Trial By the Crimson News Staff

Less than 24 hours before a lawsuit challenging Harvard’s admissions policies goes to trial, demonstrators took to the streets in Cambridge and Boston to hold two dueling rallies — one pro-Harvard and one pro-Students for Fair Admissions, the group suing the University.

Demonstrators began showing up to the Harvard rally — held close to campus in Harvard Square — around 11 ­

a.m. Some sported beads, others “#notyourwedge” buttons adorned with images of cheese, and still others donned blue t-shirts decorated with University seals and the motto “Diversitas.”

The protest in the Square lasted for roughly two hours and saw speeches from students, alumni, and locals — all of them arguing in favor of the College’s race-conscious admissions policies. SFFA is suing Harvard over allegations that it discriminates against

SFFA President Edward Blum talks to media during a pro-SFFA rally held in Copley Square Sunday. Brendan J. Chapuis—Contributing photographer

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Meet the lawyers who will defend Harvard in court.

Alumni Receive Talking Points By shera s. Avi-Yonah Crimson Staff Writer

T wo days before the start of a trial in a high-stakes and high-profile lawsuit alleging Harvard’s admissions practices are discriminatory, Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 had some thoughts he wanted to share with the College’s alumni interviewers.

“In case you haven’t been closely following along, I want to take this opportunity to remind you of some key points of Harvard’s narrative,” Fitzsimmons wrote in a Saturday morning email to alumni obtained by The Crimson. “Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans or any race or ethnic group and does not use quotas of any kind in the admissions process.”

Harvard is currently battling ­

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Asian-American applicants, a charge the University has repeatedly denied.

In Cambridge, it all started with music: 21 Colorful Crimson, a band made up of 21 Harvard students, sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” as onlookers and members of the press snapped photos. Participants — including students, faculty, alumni, and activists — swayed to the music and lofted signs reading “#DefendDiversity” and “Equality Opportunity Solidarity.”

Four miles away in Copley Square, it was a different, if parallel, universe.

Plastering themselves with heart-shaped SFFA stickers, participants in the Copley rally spent the afternoon loudly affirming their belief that Harvard’s admissions system is discriminatory. That demonstration — which kicked off at noon and stretched on for four-anda-half hours — also saw speeches from Harvard students,

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Pro-Harvard protestors wield signs in support of affirmative action at a rally in Harvard Square Sunday. Allison G. Lee—Crimson photographer

By delano r. franklin and samuel w. zwickel Crimson Staff Writers

The wait is finally over.

After months and months of anticipation, lawyers for Harvard and anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions will face off before a federal judge at 10 a.m. Monday morning in a weeks-long, high-profile trial that could impact the fate of affirmative action in the United States.

The trial will investigate allegations that the College discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.

SFFA charges that Harvard systematically rejects qualified Asian-American applicants in order to maintain illegal racial quotas in its classes.

Harvard has repeatedly denied SFFA’s allegations. Administrators as high up as University President Lawrence S. Bacow have strongly defended the school’s consideration of race in the admissions process as key to fulfilling its educational mission.

Over the past year, court filings have unearthed many previously unknown details about the College’s famously secretive admissions process.

And the revelations are like­

ly to keep coming — as the trial proceeds, lawyers will present evidence and witnesses will give testimony that could offer the public unprecedented insight into how the world’s topranked university selects its students.

The Crimson breaks down what you need to know before the trial officially kicks off Monday — and what you can expect to learn before it ends.

Will new information about Harvard admissions come out during the trial?

In a word: yes.

Documents that may become public include private messages sent between Harvard admissions officers and students’ individual application materials. Both types of filings will likely offer new insight into how the College judges whether high schoolers are Harvard material.

At least four students’ files are guaranteed to become public. Four current College students and alumni witnesses have agreed to submit unredacted portions of their admissions files in court. One of these students, Thang Q. Diep ’19, already submitted part of his

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UC Defends Harvard Admissions Policies

By Jonah S. Berger Crimson Staff Writer

The Undergraduate Council voted to release a statement broadly defending Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policies at its Sunday meeting — but called for more transparency in admissions decisions and for the College to take a more holistic view of Asian-American applicants.

The vote came the day before the University faces off in court against advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions in a case that could decide the fate of affirmative action in the United States. SFFA, which is led by conservative activist Edward Blum, filed suit against Harvard in 2014, alleging that the College discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process. Harvard has repeatedly denied all allegations of discrimination.

The UC’s statement, drafted in part by its black and Asian-American caucuses, acknowledges students’ “various views” on the lawsuit, but argues that the Council’s core val-

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ues as outlined in its Constitution — democracy, inclusion, education, equity, and service — necessitate a public affirmation of support for affirmative action.

“Banning the consideration of race from the admissions process is to attack what is central to Harvard’s mission, and to thereby prevent Harvard from pursuing the diversity necessary to ensure educational equity and fulfillment,” the statement reads. “At the core of a liberal arts education is diversity: in thought, in background, and in race.”

“We also recognize that race continues to be a defining factor of social and personal experiences in the U.S., and therefore cannot and should not be erased from consideration in admissions practices,” it adds.

Education Committee Chair Sruthi Palaniappan ’20, who helped form the Asian-American caucus last year, said she firmly supports race-based affirmative action, but called on the Admissions Office to

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Zhi Jiang from Los Angeles protests Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy at a Boston rally Sunday. Amanda Y. Su—Contributing photographer

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TODAY’S EVENTS

IN THE REAL WORLD

Audition for a Short Film Emerson 106, 7 p.m.

Docs Suggest Kushner Paid No Tax

Ever wanted to fulfill your dream of being an actor? Today is your last chance to audition for the Harvard Undergraduate Filmmakers Association’s two short films this semester. No experience necessary!

Documents show that Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, may have avoided paying federal income tax from 2009 to 2016.

Kushner apparently generated millions of dollars in losses on paper, which did not translate to reality. Known as a depreciation provision, this maneuver allows real estate developers to pay very little taxes without explicitly breaking any laws.

Diversity Dialogue Series #2: “Being In & Of the World” Grays Hall (Ground Level), 7 p.m.

Undoubtedly, political and social changes have greatly influenced our social lives. Discuss with the Diversity Peer Educators how recent topics such as the Kavanaugh case have shaped our lives. Snacks will be provided.

West Wingers: Personal Stories of Public Service Sanders, 4:00 p.m.

Come and watch the first of many lectures on cinema sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center in Sanders at 4 p.m. Monday’s lecture concerns Documentary Film and is being given by Frederick Wiseman.

Trump Hints Pentagon Chief May Quit

SFFA supporters hoist a pro-Trump sign in Copley. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

DAILY BRIEFING A high-profile lawsuit challenging Harvard’s admissions race-conscious admissions policies goes to trial in a Boston courtroom Monday. We tell you what to watch for — and who is defending Harvard in court. Meanwhile, demonstrators took the streets of Boston and Cambridge ahead of the trial Sunday in dueling rallies, the Undergraduate Council issued a statement supporting Harvard, and Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 sent a letter to alumni interview containing talking points about the lawsuit.

In other news, Harvard’s newly-formed graduate student union and the University begin negotiations Monday.

According to President Trump, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who Trump described as “sort of a Democrat” may have plans to leave his administration. Although Mattis was one of Trump’s first cabinet picks after the 2016 election, Trump’s attitude towards him has shifted ever since it was speculated that Mattis has been privately critical of the President.

Hurricane Michael Recovery Starts Slow Although the Florida Panhandle is recovering from Hurricane Michael, hundreds of thousands still lack electrical power. The number of residents without electricity or running water has halved from its original peak of 400,000, and FEMA has stationed 23 food and water distribution points.

Recovery is slow, however, and it will be a while until residents are able to get back onto their feet.

AROUND THE IVIES DARTMOUTH Dartmouth will hire an external investigator to probe hazing allegations against 13 student groups, including Greek houses, athletic teams, and other student organizations, The Dartmouth reported. The investigation began as a result of numerous anonymous and official reports, which have spiked this fall. The external investigator will focus on forced drinking, sexualized behavior, and other health or safety-concerning behavior while Dartmouth will conduct an internal investigation into less serious allegations. The local police department is also looking into any potential criminal activity, according to The Dartmouth.

CORNELL Cornell is investigating reports that a private group chat of male, first-year law students ranked female first-years, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Cornell’s Title IX office is investigating to see if the messages would constitute sexual harassment, discrimination, or other prohibited behavior. In the past few years, inappropriate private group chats have resulted in severe repercussions for students, including one instance in June 2017 where Harvard rescinded acceptances for at least ten prospective members of the Class of 2021.

YALE Though activists have called for a separate office for Title VI complaints, Yale administrators said they will not create one at this time, according to the Yale Daily News. Title VI is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin at institutions that receive federal funding. Students most recently called for a Title VI office in an open letter to University administrators in May, after a white graduate student called the police on a black graduate student for napping in a common room.

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IOP Convenes Young Politicians

By CAMILLE G. CALDERA and LUKE A. WILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

The Institute of Politics hosted young politicians serving across the country on Friday to emphasize the importance of millennial involvement in politics.

The panel, entitled “Millennials and the Future of American Politics,” featured five state and local public officials who discussed their experiences and difficulties navigating politics at a young age. They also emphasized the potential millennials have as political outsiders.

Elected at age 28, Michelle Wu ’07, the president of the Boston City Council, acknowledged that many voters are hesitant to support young candidates.

“When you’re young, you could be too ambitious, or rash, or not ready,” Wu said.

Of all the barriers to her candidacy — including her gender, race and age — she said youth was “the most salient.”

Yet, Eric P. Lesser ’07, a Massachusetts state senator first elected at 29, pointed to what he called “the single most powerful argument in politics right now” as a unique advantage for millenials with political aspirations: “that it is time for a change.”

“As a young person right now, you are perfectly poised ­

to make that argument that you are not part of that entrenched structure that got us in the mess we’re in,” he explained.

Lesser and Wu were joined

by Lange P. Luntao ’12, the youngest board member of the Stockton Unified School District; Svante L. Myrick, the mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., elected at age 24, after serving on city council since he was a junior at Cornell; Ryan F. Quarles, the

Students are starting to care about issues and are moving away from party titles.

Eloise T. Kaehny ’19 Chair of the IOP National Campaign

Kentucky agriculture commissioner, elected at age 34 and the youngest elected statewide official in the nation.

Eloise T. Kaehny ’19, the chair of the IOP National Campaign, talked about her recent initiative working with students nationwide to increase voter participation at universities.

“Students are starting to care about issues and are moving away from party titles,” Kaehny agreed. “[We] are re-

The Institute of Politics hosted six young politicians from around the country who talked about the future of American politics. They include Eric Lesser ‘07, a Mass. state senator, and Michelle Wu ‘07, member of the Boston City Council. ALLISON G. LEE—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

alizing how much potential we have as a bloc and are ready to step up.”

The panelists also focused on state-level politics and urged budding politicians to pursue opportunities in local politics.

“I get to work everyday for people who feel, and frankly,

Dunster Hosts Memorial Honoring Courtney Blair

By CAROLINE S. ENGELMAYER and MICHAEL E. XIE CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

R emembering the senior’s kindness, compassion, and humor, more than 75 students, faculty, and friends gathered in the Dunster House courtyard Friday afternoon for a memorial service honoring Courtney S. Blair ’19.

Blair, a Dunster House resident, died suddenly in July at her home in Georgia. Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana described her as “a beloved member of the College community” in a July 6 email sent to undergraduates.

At the memorial, students took turns sharing memories of Blair, ranging from late nights spent with her in the Dunster dining hall to chance encounters with her on the street that turned into close friendships.

Their stories revealed the lasting impact that Blair had on everyone she knew.

Above all, speakers remembered her kindness. Multiple people recalled her bright smile, and infectious laugh.

They said Blair always knew what to say to cheer them up when they were having a tough day, and could transition seamlessly from a serious philosophical discussion to cracking a hilarious joke.

In a written statement, Honey A. Holman ’19, one of Blair’s blockmates, said she is “grateful to have had the opportunity to remember and celebrate Courtney in Dunster House, where we built our friendship.”

Blair’s parents also attended ­

the service and her mother, Fiona Anderson-Blair ’88, spoke about Courtney. She shared stories about Courtney’s empathy and humor, and urged attendees to feel grateful that they got to know Courtney rather than dwelling on their sadness about her death.

Her freshman proctor Dean Lee recalled that she always found a way to bring the entryway together during her first year at Harvard — even when

Courtney was a good friend to many Dunsterites, and her loss is keenly felt.

Sean D. Kelly and Cheryl K. Chen Dunster Faculty Deans

she mimicked his gestures and got her friends to do the same.

He recalled that, after a few minutes of her impression, the whole entryway was in hysterics, and he couldn’t help but laugh, too.

Midway through the service, some of Blair’s friends performed an emotional rendition of the Fleetwood Mac song “Landslide.”

Inside a common room at Dunster, more than 50 pictures of Blair lined the walls. A slideshow of photographs of her played on repeat. Guests circulated around the room before and after the speeches, exchanging memories of Blair, and a guestbook for the event garnered more than 75 signa-

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An Economics concentrator, Blair worked at the Harvard Shop, was a member of the Spee Club, joined the boxing club, and served as an economics and statistics tutor for College students. Over the summer, she interned for the Boston Consulting Group in Georgia.

Sean D. Kelly and Cheryl K. Chen, Dunster House faculty deans, organized the event along with some of Blair’s friends. In an email announcing the service, Kelly and Chen wrote the goal of the memorial was to help the House community feel “supported and sustained” in the aftermath of Blair’s death.

“Courtney was a good friend to many Dunsterites, and her loss is keenly felt,” they wrote.

“This will not make the event any less of a tragedy; it is awful and will remain so. But it may allow us nevertheless to become stronger and closer than we otherwise would have been.”

This service was not the first memorial held for Blair at Harvard this fall; last month, students and friends gathered at the Spee to remember her and celebrate her life.

A light drizzle fell Friday morning, but about an hour before the service began, the sun began to shine and a light breeze blew through the courtyard. Blair’s mother said she could sense Courtney’s presence in the change of weather — Courtney’s optimism, her vitality, and her sunny personality. caroline.engelmayer@thecrimson.com. michael.xie@thecrimson.com.

are invisible to decision makers,” Lesser said. “That’s a feeling you’d never get working in national politics.”

Students left the event saying they felt inspired.

“The humor, the people, just the optimism — it was really great,” Evelyn R. Cai ’22 said.

“Millennials right now are organizing around issues, as [the panelists] said, so they have to be optimistic about the outcome of their efforts.”

“It’s really great to see how low the barrier is for young people to make an impact on the front, in jumping in leading the

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organizations instead of just working quietly in the background,” Chris T. Cantwell ’22 said.

As for entering politics himself, Cantwell added, “it’s something I saw that maybe I’d do years down the line, but maybe I don’t have to wait so long.”

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Alumnus Gifts $100 Million to Advance the Sciences

By LUKE W. XU CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

A $100 million dollar donation from an anonymous College alumnus and his wife will support the sciences at Harvard, the University announced Friday.

According to the press release, the donation — the largest to date during University President Lawrence S. Bacow’s tenure — will primarily support ­

renovations and improvements to the Science Center’s labs, technologies, and classrooms.

It will also fund two mathematics programs, including an academic exchange with universities in Israel and a postdoctoral fellowship in mathematical finance. The remainder of the donation will finance Faculty of Arts and Sciences initiatives.

Friday’s gift marks the first nine-figure donation made to Harvard since the re-

cord-breaking capital campaign concluded in June, raising $9.6 billion in total and shatting higher education fundraising records.

In the press release, Bacow wrote the gift will “provide powerful momentum” for Harvard’s science initiatives.

“This is a critical investment in ideas that will create exponential value not only for Harvard students and faculty, but also for society as a whole,” he

wrote.

The donation comes as FAS continues to face the challenges of an increasingly tight budget, caused in part by multiple years of feeble endowment returns. Budgetary concerns have forced FAS to struggle with priorities such as faculty hiring and undergraduate House renewal.

Dean of FAS Claudine Gay wrote in the press release that the donation will impact “the

lives and scholarship of students and faculty for many years to come.”

“Having a significant fund of flexible resources gives us critical capacity to sustain our core mission, embrace new innovation, and prepare our students for lives of leadership and service to the world,” Gay wrote.

According to the press release, the alumnus, who graduated in the 1990s, made the donation in honor of his father,

Bacow’s new presidency, and the leadership of former FAS Dean Michael D. Smith.

“I have truly admired Mike’s thoughtful leadership, and I have great confidence in Larry’s vision. But I especially want to show the love, respect, and admiration I have for my dad, who sacrificed so much to make my education possible,” the alumnus wrote. luke.xu@thecrimson.com.

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Panelists Talk Tech and Public Interest

Dozens Misled by Fake Bush Event

By SAHAR M. MOHAMMADZADEH and MATTEO N. WONG CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

An all-star panel hosted by the Institute of Politics featuring professors, corporate founders, and public servants discusses public interest technology on Friday evening. ALLISON G. LEE—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

By PETER E. O’KEEFE and RUOQI ZHANG CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

High-profile leaders in the fields of public service, technology, and academia discussed corporate and public responsibility in an era of public-interest technology at an Institute of Politics event on Friday evening.

The four panelists, former Secretary of Defense and Kennedy School professor Ashton B. Carter, Government professor Latanya A. Sweeney, former head of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department Vanita Gupta, and co-founder of LinkedIn Reid G. Hoffman spoke before the packed John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

They shared both personal experiences of being public interest technologists and their ideas on how to best address the regulation of technology firms during the hour-long conversa­

tion.

Sweeney, who also served as the Chief Technologist at the Federal Trade Commission, began by recounting her “simple experiment” on a health dataset that had led her to testify in front of Congress and “ended up having worldwide impact.”

“Technology is the new policy-maker,” Sweeney said later, referring to the life-changing but arbitrary decisions imposed by technology companies.

She said technology companies’ fiduciary responsibilities to their stockholders may supersede their responsibility to the public.

Hoffman remarked that there are a lot of other factors in tech companies’ decisions in addition to their responsibilities to shareholders.

“The idea that the shareholder value is the only purpose of a corporation would be completely lost on corporate culture not

only thirty years ago, but four hundred years ago,” Carter, the Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, said, “It’s cracking.”

Sweeney responded that a company’s stated social consciousness is not enough, pointing out the power of arbitrary decisions made by companies such as Google.

“It is in fact a technocracy,” Sweeney said to applause from the audience.

The panelists discussed potential reforms needed to address issues with technology by government, civil rights organizations, nonprofits, and tech companies themselves. Following the event, audience reactions were largely positive.

“I thought it was really great.

I thought it was too short, honestly. I wish it was two hours instead of one,” Aaron T. Altabet, a student at the Graduate School of Education, said.

Harvard, Grad Students Union Will Begin Negotiations Monday

By SHERA S. AVI-YONAH and MOLLY C. MCCAFFERTY CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Harvard and its new graduate student union will face each other across the bargaining table for the first time Monday, University Provost Alan M. Garber ’77 announced in an email to Harvard affiliates Friday afternoon.

The opening session marks the culmination of a years-long push by Harvard’s graduate students to negotiate their own wages and benefits with the University. In 2015, The Crimson reported that a small group of students had begun organizing behind closed doors to form a union on campus. That push took off rapidly, culminating in two contentious unionization elections over the past two years.

The first saw more students vote against unionization than for — but, on April 18 and 19, 2018, the results of the second of those elections fell firmly in favor of Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers.

The University announced its intention to bargain with HSGU-UAW 11 days later, ensuring the official installment of a graduate student union on campus for the first time in Harvard history.

Both the University and the union have spent the intervening months preparing to bargain. ­

The union formed a 13-member bargaining team whose members surveyed HGSU-UAW’s membership and produced a list of bargaining goals. Kenneth Lang, a United Automobile Workers organizer, is advising the committee. Lang came to Harvard from Columbia, where graduate students are currently considering a second strike in a bid to force administrators to negotiate.

The University’s bargaining team includes several faculty members, outside legal counsel and representatives from the Provost’s Office, the Office of Labor and Employee Relations, Financial Administration, the General Counsel’s Office, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, according to Paul Curran, director of labor relations and employee relations.

In his email, Garber outlined key positions University administrators plan to take during negotiations. Chief among them is maintaining a strong dividing line between issues related to labor and issues related to academics.

Which issues are open for negotiation may become a point of contention in the coming months as HGSU-UAW members argue for expansive contract proposals drawn from their initial 80-item list of bargaining goals.

“Because there is so little legal precedent involving a student union at a private university, the boundaries between

terms and conditions of employment and issues of involving academic activity are not clear,” Garber wrote. “I also want to emphasize that, throughout this process, our responsibility is first and foremost to provide the best possible education to all students and to meeting our fundamental commitments as an academic institution.”

“We are not under any obligation to negotiate with the United Auto Workers about academic matters, and will not do so. We will not agree to terms that will compromise our educational mission,” he added.

Garber also wrote that the University anticipates the bargaining process will be lengthy, as is typical of a fledgling union’s first contract negotiations.

“Initial collective bargaining agreements are inherently time-consuming, and this will be especially true for a bargaining unit of this size and heterogeneity,” Garber wrote.

In anticipation of the first hours of bargaining, HGSU-UAW plans to rally in Harvard Yard on Monday morning before the session starts.

The event, titled “Bargain Fest” on social media, will feature “signs, Solidarity Cider, and lots of festive cheer,” according to an HGSU-UAW Facebook event.

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Lucas Lagos, a technical fellow at InternetLab in Brazil and researcher at the University of São Paulo, appreciated the opportunity to personally witness such prominent panelists discuss the issue.

“They’re kind of role models for us. So to hear them, to be near them, it’s a great opportunity for us to get a little bit more energy like they’ve said to fight this fight that’s terribly hard,” he said.

Speaking after the event, Gupta emphasized the challenge of addressing public interest technology in the future.

“This isn’t an academic set of questions,” she said. “These questions are having real-life impact on people and on communities, and I think it’s incumbent on us to increase the level of conversation and dialogue about these, about the intersection of technology and the public interest.”

Nearly three dozen undergraduate students travelled to Sanders Theatre anticipating a lecture from former President George W. Bush on “Consulting and Greed” on a chilly Saturday afternoon, only to be met with Harvard Alumni Association security guards, disappointment, and for some, embarrassment.

Harvard undergraduates received an email advertising the event a week earlier on Sunday, Oct. 7, from an unknown source posing as the Harvard College Consulting Group.

“Join HCCG and President Bush as we explore consulting’s ethical position in society and learn best practices from President Bush’s illustrious presidential terms and political career,” the email read.

“I thought it was a really cool opportunity,” Alexander Koller ’22 said. “My friends applied to do this. A lot of people got rejected, so it seemed legitimate.”

After signing up for the event, accepted students received a follow-up email informing them that they were fortunate enough to be one of 900 students selected from an applicant pool of 2,000.

They were told to report to Sanders Theatre early for “security lines” and “media presence.”

Upon arrival, students were quick to realize that not only was Bush absent, but also that the Theatre was previously booked for a private Harvard Alumni Association event.

“A Securitas Guard with a bright yellow jacket told us, ‘Sorry folks! It’s a hoax. You can’t go in,’” Hannah A.J. Eckstein ’21 said.

Shortly after the fake event was scheduled to begin, students received a final email from the pranksters.

“Look, we get it. You’re upset. The event was fake, and we wasted your time. But how do

you know consulting isn’t a bigger waste of time?” they wrote.

“Sign out of LinkedIn. There’s so much more waiting for you.”

In an emailed statement, Anton Ulyanov ’19, the president of Harvard College Consulting Group, denied affiliation with the event and said he was frustrated that it caused “confusion.”

“HCCG is disappointed that an unknown party attempted to impersonate the organization and misuse its name,” Ulyanov wrote. “We understand that consulting isn’t for everyone.”

Students had mixed reactions to the prank and its success, with some praising the pranksters and others laughing in self-deprecation.

“I did not have any suspicions that it might not be real,” Michael C. Huang ’20 said.

“Honestly, this is kind of cool. I have a certain respect for somebody who can pull off a stunt of this caliber. I’m kind of okay that I got punked.”

Duha H. Alfatlawi ’21 had a different perspective.

“It’s embarrassing. We’re fools,” she said.

Other students wondered who might be behind the prank and what motives they may have had.

“Not many people came,” Alfatlawi observed. “Even I was thinking, ‘Are you sure it’s today?’ when we were getting off of the bus.”

Students speculated that the Harvard Lampoon or Satire V, two campus humor outlets, were the culprits.

The Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, did not respond to request for comment.

Editor-in-Chief of Satire V Catherine Y. Zhang ’19 wrote in an emailed response, “lol.”

A spokesperson from the Office of George W. Bush did not respond to request for comment.

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MEET THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING HARVARD Felicia H. Ellsworth

By ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ and MOLLY C. MCCAFFERTY CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Felicia H. Ellsworth both ran a marathon and had a child while clerking for Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, a “very impressive” feat according to fellow Roberts clerk Paul J. Nathanson.

Nathanson said Ellsworth brings extensive experience as a trial and appellate litigator, as well as a “brilliant legal mind,” to Harvard’s legal team. ­

This is a small, small close-knit group of people who clerked together and are very well-equipped to litigate these types of complicated constitutional issues.

Paul J. Nathanson Former Clerk for Chief Justice John G. Roberts

Currently, Ellsworth serves as a partner in WilmerHale’s Boston office with Lee. She began her law career — after graduating with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School — with clerkships under Roberts and Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Ellsworth joined Wilmerhale in 2008. Early in her career, she worked with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to argue against the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. She was pro-

moted to partner in 2014.

Since then, she has been regularly ranked as one of the top attorneys in Massachusetts. She was named to the 2017 “Top Women of Law” list of the Massachusetts Lawyers

It’s not the normal trial lawyers you would find in litigation.

Paul J. Nathanson Former Clerk for Chief Justice John G. Roberts

Weekly and a “2016 Trial Rising Star” by Law360.

Ellsworth, like many of the lawyers for both Harvard and SFFA, has a good deal of experience litigating before the Supreme Court.

In 2014, she represented the beverage brand POM Wonderful in a suit against Coca-Cola before the Court. And in 2015, she co-authored an amicus brief with a team of WilmerHale lawyers on behalf of 303 conservative activists and politicians in Obergefell v. Hodges, arguing that the government should legalize same-sex marriage.

“By and large, people on both sides are big minds, constitutional lawyers,” Nathanson said. “It’s not the normal trial lawyers you would find in litigation.”

“This is a small, small close-knit group of people who clerked together and are very well-equipped to litigate these types of complicated constitutional issues,” he added. alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

William F. Lee ’72

By SANJANA L. NARAYANAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

William F. Lee ’72 is not only the lead trial lawyer representing Harvard in the lawsuit: He is also the first Asian-American to lead one of the nation’s foremost law firms and to gain a seat on the Harvard Corporation, where he now serves as the senior fellow.

Lee served as Managing Partner of Hale & Dorr for four years and continued in that role after the firm merged to become WilmerHale in 2004.

He has litigated over 200 cas­

He’s one of the top trial lawyers in the country, not just one of the top Asian trial lawyers.

Paul W. Lee William F. Lee’s classmate at Cornell Law

es involving intellectual property, including representing Apple in their lawsuit against Samsung over patent rights to the smartphone, a years-long battle that culminated in Samsung paying Apple for patent infringement.

Lee has also served as lead trial counsel for several other technology-related cases at the federal level and argued before the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He contributed to investigating the Iran-Contra affair as associate counsel.

In April this year, Lee wrote a public letter criticizing the United States Justice Department’s demand that Harvard unseal admissions data and

applicant information that was previously confidential. In his letter, he questioned why the Department intervened in the lawsuit and waited until April to request that the data become public.

“The Department’s belated interest in this case, and its submission on this confidentiality issue in particular, cannot help but give pause,” Lee wrote in his letter to the federal judge presiding over the case.

After graduating from Harvard magna cum laude in 1972, Lee continued his studies at Cornell, where he received both an MBA and a law degree in 1976.

His classmates from Cornell Law School praised his academic success as well as his friendly personality.

“As one of three Asians in the class, we knew each other very well,” said Paul W. Lee, also a member of the graduating class of 1976 at Cornell Law. “He is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. Everywhere he goes he makes friends… He was incredibly bright and a terrific law student.”

“He’s one of the top trial lawyers in the country, not just one of the top Asian trial lawyers,” Paul Lee added.

Bill Lee served on Harvard’s Board of Overseers starting in 2002, prior to becoming the Corporation’s senior fellow.

Last year, Lee chaired Harvard’s presidential search committee in the wake of former University President Drew G. Faust’s decision to step down. sanjana.narayanan@thecrimson.com

Seth P. Waxman ’73

By SHERA S. AVI-YONAH and CINDY H. ZHANG CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

A seasoned appellate lawyer, former Solicitor General, and former member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, Seth P. Waxman ’73 will bring with him a host of experience when he steps into the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse Monday.

Waxman is currently a partner in WilmerHale’s Washington, D.C. office. He has a long record as a litigator before the U.S. Supreme Court, having delivered more than 65 oral arguments before the Court.

Waxman’s colleagues say he brings a sharp mind to the courtroom. In a 2012 interview about his legal strategy, he said his success rests on his ability to explain his case in terms simple enough for his young children to understand.

Former Solicitor General Paul D. Clement wrote in an email that, while he has argued both with and against Waxman before the Supreme Court, he “much prefer[s] the former.”

“Harvard has hired one heck of a great lawyer in Seth,” Clement wrote. “He will know his case and the case law inside out.”

Walter E. Dellinger III — who directly preceded Waxman as Solicitor General — wrote in an email that Waxman is uniquely positioned to argue the admissions case, combining “a commanding presence at the podium” with “a real understanding of how universities work.”

Perhaps most directly relevant to the suit brought by Students for Fair Admissions is Waxman’s involvement with another case related to universities’ admissions practices: ­

Fisher v. University of Texas.

In the 2016 case, plaintiff Abigail Fisher alleged the University of Texas’s admissions practices violated the Equal Protection Clause. Like SFFA, Fisher was supported by litigant Edward Blum.

Harvard has hired one heck of a good lawyer in Seth.

Paul D. Clement Former Solicitor General

Waxman was the lead counsel of an amicus curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court on behalf of Harvard and 13 other universities disputing Fisher’s claim.

“When a university considers which applicants will best contribute to a vibrant learning environment intended to prepare citizens and leaders for a heterogeneous society in which race remains a salient social factor, the university need not ignore the communities from which its students come,” he wrote in the brief.

Walter F. Pratt, Jr., a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who edited the Yale Law Journal alongside Waxman, said Waxman knows the Supreme Court “impeccably well.”

“Seth is easy to work with and conscientious, a good friend and superb lawyer. [This is] the sort of case that is almost certainly going to the Supreme Court and Seth’s record as Solicitor General puts him in an elite group of people,” Pratt said. shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com cindy.zhang@thecrimson.com

UC FROM PAGE 1

UC Votes to Defend Harvard employ a more holistic assessment of Asian-American applicants.

In documents released in June, SFFA presented an analysis of Harvard’s admissions data that showed that College admissions officers consistently scored Asian-American applicants lower than applicants of

At the core of a liberal arts education is diversity: in thought, in backround, and in race.

UC Statement

other races on “personal traits” like “kindness,” “positive personality,” “likability,” and “humor.” Lawyers for the University rejected this interpretation.

“There is a lot of diversity within the Asian-American community,” Palaniappan said.

To that end, the statement calls for changes to the College’s admissions process, specifically bias training for admis-

sions officers and more transparency in how the College evaluates applicants.

“We push the Admissions Office to increase transparency within current admissions procedures, hire more diverse admissions counselors, hold their staff accountable for any potential biases, include diversity training regarding the Asian American community, and increase data disaggregation for sub-racial groups in recognition that our community is not a monolith,” the statement reads.

A College spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment Sunday evening.

Sunday’s vote was far from unanimous, with eight members voting against releasing the statement. The identities of those eight representatives are not public, as the Council uses an anonymous voting system for most pieces of legislation.

Oak Yard Representative A. Blake Barclay ’22 argued that by considering race at all, the College is treating the Asian community as a bloc, as opposed to as individuals.

Protesters listen to speeches while hoisting signs at a pro-SFFA rally in Copley Square Sunday. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

“How does the College knowing and taking into account purely whether you are Asian or not help contribute to a more diverse Asian community?” he asked. “How is that not treating Asians as a monolithic body?”

Multiple UC members also held out the possibility that the

Council — or an individual caucus — would file an amicus brief in court to support the University’s admissions practices, either on its own or as a signatory to one that dozens of Harvard student groups submitted in late August.

Also at the meeting, finance committee members

announced they would have to make a 27 percent acrossthe-board cut to this week’s grants, a sharp uptick from the 8 percent cut the committee imposed last week, which was the lowest cut since Fall 2016.

The high cut to grants comes just weeks after the UC passed an annual budget that includ-

ed a $50,000 increase in funding for the finance committee — from $295,000 last year to $345,000 — that UC leaders hoped would prevent a similar budget shortfall as the one that the finance committee saw last year. jonah.berger@thecrimson.com

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RALLIES FROM PAGE 1

INTERVIEWERS FROM PAGE 1

Crowds Gather for Dueling Rallies Alumni Recieve Talking Points a lumni, and locals.

And there was music, too.

At one point, a five-and-a-halfyear-old girl mounted the stage to offer a quavering rendition of “Edelweiss,” drawing extended cheering from the crowd.

Just before 3 p.m., SFFA President Edward Blum took the stage, spurring applause and scattered cheers of “Thank you, Edward!”

“Let me be clear: The mission of Students for Fair Admissions is to end racial classifications and preferences in college admissions,” he said. “When you treat and judge individuals differently because of their race, it frays the social fabric of a college campus, which will ultimately fray the social fabric of a nation.”

Blum spearheaded SFFA’s suit against Harvard four years ago, though it wasn’t the first time he sought to radically alter the way American universities admit students. Since 2008, Blum has litigated a series of cases meant to cancel the consideration of race in college admissions.

None of those were successful. But Blum is hopeful he’ll have better luck this time around.

The Harvard admissions trial — which launches in a Boston courthouse Monday — will likely last for three or four weeks.

Either way Judge Allison D. Burroughs ultimately rules, the disappointed party will likely appeal the decision. Experts have said the case could well wind up before the Supreme Court.

If it reaches the Court, the decision probably won’t fall Harvard’s way, analysts say — particularly given the recent confirmation of conversative justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, whose appointment cemented the court’s shift to the right. A ruling in SFFA’s favor from the nation’s highest court could reshape the fate of affirmative action in the country.

Despite the high stakes, speakers and attendees at both rallies largely left the subject of the Court and the destiny of America’s race-conscious admissions policies untouched.

Instead, demonstrators on both sides drew on their personal experiences to make their respective cases.

Protesters pointed to their upbringings and racial identities, their own paths through the college admissions process, and their families.

Copley Square protester Sunny Zhao, who is of Asian descent, said he was demonstrating on behalf of his children. He wants them to be able to go to ­

Harvard one day.

“Look at my children,” Zhao said. “Look at the people here’s children. Our children study so hard. Their hard work is not as appreciated. Why? It’s just because we are Asian. That’s unfair.”

For fellow demonstrator Ally Wang, though, it wasn’t about sending her kids to the world’s top-ranked university.

Wang, who said she is married to a Harvard Medical School professor, said she traveled from New Haven, Conn. to attend Sunday’s demonstration.

Wang said she has two sons, one five-year-old and one 10-yearold.

“I don’t really care if my children go to Harvard or not — we probably even kind of have legacy because my husband works for Harvard — but the way Harvard is doing it really hurts,” Wang said.

Over in the Square, Sally Chen ’19 — who supports Harvard and will be testifying in court in coming weeks on behalf of the University — said she is hurting, too.

Chen said she feels “personally unsettled” by the way the media has portrayed Asian-Americans in the leadup to the trial, calling the representation “one-sided.” She decided to testify in court because she wants to tell her story in order to offer a fuller picture of what an Asian-American Harvard student looks like.

Chen, who is Chinese-American, grew up in San Francisco as the daughter of “Chinese immigrants who are working class,” she said.

“My dad’s a cook and my mom took care of me and my three sisters — there are four of us total — and when I reviewed my admissions file, that was really picked up on by admissions officers, that I balanced humility and humor and that I understood the view of an outsider,” Chen said.

Still, some speakers Sunday eschewed family background for Harvard history. Protesters pointed to the University’s well-documented discrimination against Jewish students in the early 1900s — and to this summer, when internal Harvard documents published as part of the suit revealed that College admissions officers appear to give Asian-American applicants lower scores for their personal traits.

Zoey Lee, a high school student in ninth grade who is of Asian descent, said she finds it appalling that Harvard would give applicants like her poorer marks for personality. She said she hopes “equal opportu-

a four-year-old suit brought by anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions that alleges exactly that. The University has repeatedly denied SFFA’s charges and has insisted it must consider race in order to fulfill its educational mission.

In total, Fitzsimmons offered the alumni — who volunteer to interview applicants each year as part of the College’s admissions system — six bullet points that may come in handy should they encounter extra-inquisitive high schoolers.

Harvard crafts “an extraordinary and diverse class” by “recruiting broadly” across the globe, Fitzsimmons reminded alumni. It “carefully reviews” each applicant’s materials. It pursues a “whole person evaluation” by searching for “excellences of all kinds” that go beyond mere grades and test scores. Its admissions process has been “cited as a model” by the United States Supreme Court.

And “Harvard believes that its students benefit from learning and living with peers from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives in order to prepare them as citizens and leaders for the complex world that awaits them,” Fitzsimmons wrote.

The dean’s email repeats rhetoric previously employed

by Harvard lawyers in pre-trial filings. Beginning Monday, those arguments will face scrutiny from SFFA’s lawyers, United States District Judge Allison D. Burroughs, members of the press, and a nation eager for a behind-the-scenes look at how the world’s top-ranked university selects its students.

Harvard and SFFA will argue their respective cases in a Boston courthouse in a public trial expected to last for at least three weeks. If it reaches the Supreme Court, the case could reshape college admissions in the United States.

Whether or not the University’s line of reasoning will convince Burroughs remains to be seen — but it proved less than effective for at least a few alumni interviewers.

SFFA supporter Lee C. ­

Thang Q. Diep ‘19, who filed his marked-up Harvard application in court in an effort to help the University, is interviewed by Boston 25 News in Harvard Square. ALLISON G. LEE—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

nities” will be available to her when she applies to college.

“There are many young Asians who are gritty and determined,” Lee said, referencing the fact that the College scores applicants on traits including “humor” and “grit.”

“There are many young Asian-Americans who have a great personality,” she added.

Blum said he thinks Harvard has “systematically discriminated” against Asian-Americans for years.

He mentioned yet another summer revelation that stemmed from the suit: the fact that the University’s internal research arm conducted a private study in 2013 that concluded the College’s admissions practices produce “negative effects” for Asian Americans.

“Not only did our experts conclude that Harvard’s admissions practices harm Asian Americans, but so did Harvard’s own internal experts,” Blum said. “Rather than address the study’s results, Harvard’s leaders killed it and then buried it.”

The University never made the internal study public and did not appear to take any significant action based on its findings. In court and in interviews since the existence of the 2013 review became public knowledge, Harvard lawyers and administrators have insisted the study was incomplete, based on limited data, and not meant to definitively evaluate whether the College discriminates.

In addition to taking issue with the way things work now, some offered novel solutions for the future.

Undergraduate Kelley A. Babphavong ’20 stepped behind the microphone in Copley Square to float possible alternatives to race-conscious admis-

sions. Specifically, she suggested Harvard adopt a race-blind admissions system that heavily weights applicants’ socioeconomic status.

“It is not mutually exclusive to advocate for diversity while also openly criticizing Harvard for discriminating against a specific racial group,” she said.

“Being Asian at Harvard is not easy, and I hope that the eradication of Harvard’s current admissions policies will allow Asians to no longer be discriminated against.”

Shiva Ayyadurai took it several steps further.

Ayyadurai, who is currently campaigning against Elizabeth Warren for a seat in the U.S. Senate, sharply criticized the University in a speech in Copley Square that lasted several minutes. He called the school “the center of the military-industrial complex” and “a hedge fund.”

“If there’s a swamp in Washington, I’d argue Harvard is the sewer that feeds that swamp,” he said. “Perhaps we should make Harvard a community college.”

The rallies Sunday follow several weeks of student activism on campus, most of it held in support of Harvard’s admissions policies. In the past month or so, undergraduates have organized demonstrations, hosted panels, and even set up pro-affirmative action photoshoots.

Several Harvard affiliates have also intervened directly in the lawsuit. In late August, 25 student and alumni organizations filed an amicus brief arguing for the educational value of race-conscious admissions practices.

Eight students and alumni will be allowed to testify during the forthcoming trial.

Cheng ’93, a lawyer for the Asian American Legal Foundation who said he has interviewed Harvard applicants for 25 years, sharply criticized the wording of Fitzsimmons’s email in an interview.

Cheng called the dean’s “choice of language is striking.”

“Wouldn’t you say ‘The truth’ or ‘This is the unassailable and only truth’ if you really believed it?” he said. “I think that Harvard’s public responses have been incredibly offensive and something that many Harvard administrators will come to regret because they’ve taken such a hard line.”

“Maybe not in the trial, maybe not in five years, maybe not in 10 years, but someday,” he added.

Cheng added he thinks the trial and Harvard’s alleged discrimination against Asian-Americans will “absolutely” come up in interviews with prospective members of the Class of 2023.

Former Crimson editor and prospective alumni interviewer Kevin A. Hazlett ’16 said that, while he supports affirmative action and Harvard’s commitment to diversity, he thinks the College’s admissions policy falls short in other ways.

“There have been very well-publicized lawsuits against affirmative action in recent years, and to see them succeed would be very troubling.”

Hazlett said. “But, at the same that the College is championing its diversity and financial aid policies, it’s propping up a system of legacy admissions that serves to have the opposite effect on the institution.”

University representatives did not respond to a request for comment.

And, though Harvard is encouraging alumni to chat with high schoolers about the suit, there’s at least one group administrators would rather the alumni avoid.

“Any press inquiries you receive can continue to be referred to” Harvard Public Affairs and Communications, Fitzsimmons wrote. “As always, we are deeply grateful for all you do on behalf of Harvard.” shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com.

ADMISSIONS FROM PAGE 1

What You Need to Know Ahead of Trial admissions file in an effort to help Harvard fight charges of discrimination.

Three others — Sally Chen ’19, Itzel L. Vasquez-Rodriguez ’17, and Sarah F. Cole ’16 — will do so in the coming weeks.

Diep’s filing — peppered with comments and scores from admissions officers and alumni interviewers — revealed Harvard reviewers’ focus on the candidate’s personality, Vietnamese background, and immigrant status.

Will everything discussed or submitted in court become public?

Yes and no.

The vast majority of information canvassed in court will likely become public. In a final pre-trial hearing on Oct. 3, U.S District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs — the judge presiding over the case — ruled that any documents that lawyers for Harvard or SFFA “rely on” in court must become part of the public record.

But she agreed to grant certain exceptions. For example, Burroughs indicated she is amenable to redacting sensitive information such as students’ names.

And, given the trial is open to the public, anything said in the courtroom is also public.

What evidence do lawyers for Harvard and SFFA plan to present in court?

It’s not entirely clear — yet.

On Oct. 1, lawyers for both Harvard and SFFA each submitted exhibit lists identifying thousands of documents the lawyers may choose to bring as evidence in court.

But it’s hard to tell what each document contains just from its name.

A typical — and tantalizing — sampling: “Applicant File from Stuyvesant High School.”

“Legacy List.” “Fitzsimmons Email to McGrath re: stats.”

Broadly, the evidence seems to fall into the two categories listed above: communication between College admissions officers and applicant materials.

Who will testify in court?

Several of Harvard’s current and former top administrators — including former University President Drew G. Faust, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana, and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith — are scheduled to testify in court in coming weeks.

Other University officials who will face cross-examination include Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, former Director of Financial Aid Sally C. Donahue, Director of Admissions Marlyn E. McGrath ’70, and several admissions officers and staff researchers.

Harvard and SFFA will also rely on the testimony of expert witnesses Peter S. Arcidiacono and David C. Card — economics professors employed by SFFA and the University, respectively.

Arcidiacono and Card analyzed Harvard admissions data before the trial and reached opposite conclusions: the former found the College discriminates based on race in its admissions process, while the latter found it doesn’t.

In addition to the four College students and alumni who

are submitting their own application files in court, an additional four have offered to testify in support of Harvard and on behalf of affiliated organizations. These individuals include Catherine H. Ho ’21, Margaret M. Chin ’84, Cecilia A. J. Nuñez ’20, and Madison A. Trice ’21.

SFFA President Edward Blum will not testify.

Who makes the final decision in the trial?

Burroughs is overseeing the case. It will be heard without a jury, meaning she alone has final power to decide.

Experts have said that, whatever she rules, the disappointed party — whether Harvard or SFFA — is likely to appeal the decision.

Legal analysts say a cascading series of appeals could well bring the case before the Supreme Court.

If it comes before the nation’s highest court, the ruling probably won’t go Harvard’s way.

The current set of justices skews conservative and skeptical of race-conscious admissions policies — especially after the contentious and tortuous confirmation of conservative justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.

If the Court favors SFFA, it could mean the end of affirmative action as we know it in the United States.

How will the trial run on a day-to-day basis?

The trial — which is expected to last at least three weeks — will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. It will take place in Courtroom 17 at the

John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston.

Lawyers for Harvard and SFFA will take turns presenting evidence and quizzing witnesses called by both sides. Participants will typically break for a long lunch in the middle of the day each day.

The spectacle is likely to draw serious crowds. Burroughs has already arranged an extra courtroom to accommodate anticipated overflow.

Who will defend Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policies in court?

Harvard and SFFA have retained some of the nation’s top legal minds in anticipation of the battle ahead.

William F. Lee ’72 — the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing body — is Harvard’s lead trial lawyer.

SFFA’s trial lawyers — hailing from the firm Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP — include Adam K. Mortara, J. Scott McBride, Krista J. Perry, John M. Hughes, Katherine L.I. Hacker, and Meg E. Fasulo.

When will this all be over?

The trial is set to end by mid-November, but it may take Burroughs several months to issue a final ruling. Experts have said a decision in the case will likely come in spring 2019.

Still, Harvard and SFFA’s desire to appeal — and the looming threat of the Supreme Court — all but guarantee the trial won’t really end anytime soon. delano.franklin@thecrimson.com. samuel.zwickel@thecrimson.com.

Students march from Harvard Square to Cambridge Common to show their support for the College’s race-conscious admissions policies. ALLISON G. LEE—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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A Cleaner Sweep

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t a public hearing Tuesday, the City of Cambridge announced that it had made significant progress towards achieving its so-called “Zero Waste” goals and other sustainability initiatives pertaining to recycling and composting, aiming to drastically cut the amount of waste that Cantabrigians send to landfills.

The success of this program should serve as motivational evidence that local efforts to protect the environment can pay great dividends. We hope that our fellow Cantabrigians also appreciate their direct impact, such as the million-plus pounds of organic trash diverted from landfills in the first six months of this program alone.

We’re similarly glad to also see Harvard’s own progress in minimizing waste. According to the 2017 Harvard Sustainability Report, per capita waste decreased 44 percent from 2006 levels. Given that conservation is a common interest of both the city and the University, these twin successes are a strong testament to what can be accomplished when the two work together. Since high levels of waste are harmful to all community members, it is of tantamount importance to ensure widespread participation from city residents to make sure that our progress is sus-

tained and built upon in the future.

Nevertheless, given that seven of 20 state landfills in Massachusetts are closing, we must also keep in mind that waste reduction going forward will be a necessity, and not simply a lifestyle choice. In order to create this mentality shift, the next generation must

While Harvard and Cambridge’s progress to date deserves praise, we must not rest on our collective laurels be aware of environmental protection efforts’ global importance. Widespread educational programs in public schools and other city-sponsored programs would go a long way in ensuring that young Cantabrigians are equally committed to waste reduction.

Such programs have proven effective in Hong Kong, and could potentially result in similar mindset shifts in citizens here. Additionally, since schools themselves can be a major source of waste, educational programs specifically targeted at public schools may reduce waste immediately.

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Occupational Inquiry Testing When we ask “What do your parents do?”, what are we really trying to find out?

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uickly into my Harvard career, I learned that Harvard students do things differently. Here, handshakes are not reserved for business deals; they’re the customary greeting upon meeting another 18-year-old college kid. Across campus, you’re just as likely to find kids passing blunts as business cards. After meeting someone, you can expect a request to connect on LinkedIn in place of a follow-up text. Think you’d never get asked about your SAT or Advanced Placement scores after completing the college application process? That’s a cute aspiration.

At worst, I find these modes of communication mildly irritating, mostly off-putting. At best, I appreciate the explicit signal warning me that I should never be friends with their proponents.

As a senior, I’ve become accustomed to the student body-wide obsession with social climbing and status as reflected in everyday conduct. But one common question has unwaveringly irked me: What do your parents do?

Growing up, the question only ever surfaced in school documents rather than in peer-to-peer discussion. Back home in Philadelphia, we make conversation about the weather, perennially late public transportation, and the Eagles’ Super Bowl prospects. My schooling placed me alongside kids with parents in both blue-collar and white-collar professions, but nobody cared about how other people’s parents made their money.

I can’t recall the first time at Harvard I was asked that question because it’s happened so many times. I learned to dress up my father’s occupation of “truck driver” as “My dad works at a hunger relief organization.”

Both are true, yet the second meets the dignified expectations of upper-middle-class culture. Growing up without a mother forced me to be aware of the assumptions inherent in other people’s questions, particularly that everyone has two parents. I usually ignored the plural case and hope the inquirer would get the hint. Recently, to my response I’ve added “My mother’s dead, so she doesn’t do anything,” because I revel in making people justifiably uncomfortable.

I don’t carry shame about my socioeconomic status or how I grew up — at least not consciously or as much as I used to. I dislike this questions so much because being asked about what my parents do feels like I’m being put on trial. It’s like I’m going to be judged based on a host of factors out of my control: how much money my parents make, and the activities, experiences, and lifestyle made possible or unimaginable because of that income.

As if how people with whom I share DNA spend their nine-to-five is supposed to dictate whether I am a good person, whether I am worthy of the time and attention of the person asking this question. Typically, the only people quizzing others about parental employment are people who have “appropriate” or “impressive” answers.

As a freshman, I attended a three-

day social justice organizing workshop at Harvard during January break. The leaders, all “conscious” and “intentional” lefty grad students, introduced themselves with their parents’ professions. Every single one of them followed their name with some two-parent, high income response like “My dad is a professor,” or “My mom is an astrophysicist.” I wondered how the room would react to responses reflective of some populace beyond our ivied gates, like “My mother does drugs,” or “I’ve never met my father,” or “My parents are in prison.” When we broke into small groups and told our life stories, my group leader told me I was defining myself too much by things my parents had done.

Of course what our parents do has an affect on us. If my parents were professors, I wouldn’t have made the observations that led me to write this article.

Worth noting is why we might prioritize some information over others. Perhaps we’re just class obsessed. Maybe we believe knowing what one’s parents do will allow us to make assumptions that will help us best to understand the respondent. While income and industry might reveal a lot about how someone grew up, the most telling aspect of the conversation might be our own judgements about the answer.

Most of us don’t ask about what traumas our peers’ childhoods created.

We don’t request to know how adults in their lives managed their emotions or reacted to life’s stresses. But such queries will tell us just as much about others as the “What do your parents do?” question. Parents of all socioeconomic classes do a host of things: lie, neglect their children, drink too much, cheat on their spouses.

Take their kids to the park, read bedtime stories, work extra hours so their children can have easier lives than their own. Why aren’t we interested in those things?

My demand is simple: Don’t ask people what their parents do. If your verbal and mental itch to inquire into their occupational past overwhelms you, ask yourself why! How would not knowing the industries in which someone’s parents work affect your life? Would lacking that knowledge affect your ability to connect with them? Would knowing alter your judgement of them? If “What do your parents do?” feels like an indispensable question in your conversational toolkit, it’s time to learn new ways of relating to and understanding people.

You can ask some more innocuous questions instead. How do you hang toilet paper rolls? Have you ever tried saying “Bloody Mary” three times with your bathroom lights off? Do you put ketchup on hot dogs?

These questions will tell you all you need to know about the respondents’ values, respect for law and order, and sense of basic human decency. No parental occupation required.

—Jenna M. Gray ’19 is a Sociology concentrator in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays.

tivated citizens. While Harvard and Cambridge’s progress to date deserves praise, we must not rest on our collective laurels. Going forward, we should do our best to effect change on the state, national, and even global scale. Given the number of Harvard alumni who go on to serve in national leadership, we believe that a greater focus on the importance of waste management and environmental protection from the University might impact some of those future leaders.

We hope that residents across Cambridge learn that they have the capability to create change on a local scale. Climate change often feels like a hopelessly insurmountable problem, and this may paralyze us.

Yet when we start small, by composting or recycling more, we can build a measurably greener and cleaner city — and perhaps world.

This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. It is the product of discussions at regular Editorial Board meetings. In order to ensure the impartiality of our journalism, Crimson editors who choose to opine and vote at these meetings are not involved in the reporting of articles on similar topics.

Fellow Asian Americans, Back Off of Affirmative Action

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By ELYSE D. PHAM

It’s incredible you got into Harvard — especially with its racist admission policies!”

I heard the sentiment of this impassioned exclamation all too frequently in the months following my acceptance. Everyone guilty of saying it meant well. They probably even believed that the last bit — the one that never failed to provoke an internal grimace — strengthened the compliment, elevating the gravity of my achievement. Of course, I’d happily accept the praise if the sentiments fueling it didn’t have the potential to harm other equally-deserving Harvard hopefuls. Unfortunately, that potential remains strong, more so now than ever. During this important political moment, I implore, from one Asian American to another: Back off of affirmative action.

Race-based admissions policies have sparked conflict for as long as they’ve existed, but the controversy surrounding Harvard has recently thrust them back into the spotlight.

In 2014, Students for Fair Admissions filed a closely-watched lawsuit accusing Harvard of discrimination against Asian-American applicants. The case, which cites practices such as the newly-discovered use of “personal” ratings as an admissions factor, has just been given the go-ahead to proceed to trial.

As an Asian American who recently completed the college applications process, I’m tempted to join the angry throngs of my fellow peers, calling for an end to a system that we believe is rigged against us. After all, the case — at least on a surface level — appears perfectly reasonable, even deserving of serious consideration: Indisputable data shows that Asian-Americans were consistently rated lower than other students when it came to “positive personality” traits, and far fewer of them are admitted than would be if academics were the sole criteria. However, despite the movement’s emotional appeal and personal significance, we need to look past our own myopic perspectives and withdraw our collective support.

The sinister truth is that while the lawsuit in question only targets Harvard explicitly, its controversial nature and past behavior of its litigator means it’s likely to be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. There, the conservative majority would likely dismantle the architecture of race-conscious admissions policies — something that any diversity- and equality-valuing community should defend at all costs. In fact, destroying affirmative action writ-large has long been the end goal of Edward Blum, who leads Students for Fair Admissions. This white conservative activist is spearheading the lawsuit against Harvard — a fact that on its own should generate skepticism towards its merits, especially in an audience of color like ours.

Blum’s logic was wrong when arguing a similar case in Fisher v. University of Texas, and it’s wrong here, too. The allegation of “racial balancing,” or rejecting more qualified Asian-American applicants in favor of less qualified black or Latinx ones, can only be compelling to someone with a naively idealistic conception of the school system, and of equal opportunity in America more generally. While a complete meritocracy sounds like a good idea, it necessitates the equality of all other factors, especially resources. This couldn’t be further from the truth — a study of the 2011-2012 school

year found that while 81 percent of Asian-American students had access to college-preparatory math and science courses, only 57 percent of black students enjoyed the same privileges.

Such disparities exist throughout the educational sphere, problematizing the very idea of a world without racial considerations. If college admissions were based on merit alone, black students would have a disproportionately mammoth task ahead of them: not only ensuring that they meet Harvard’s standards, but overcoming unfair resource distribution to do so.

That would undoubtedly cause their level of representation to plummet at elite universities, recalling an era of near-segregation as prestige becomes an excuse for racism.

A common source of confusion for Asian-Americans — at least many within my own community — is that we’re also people of color and have our fair share of negative experience stemming from that identity. Therefore, our logic goes, affirmative action should intuitively benefit us, too. However, it’s important to recognize the

It’s important to recognize the complicated intersections of privilege and oppression. They aren’t mutually exclusive complicated intersections of privilege and oppression: They aren’t mutually exclusive. While the model minority myth does generate plenty of negative stereotypes and place an undue burden on Asian Americans, it also provides us with a sense of legitimacy in society that isn’t often afforded to other minorities. The structures of white supremacy view us as smart and hardworking, a perception that harms us in some ways, but translates into material benefits when it comes to employment and education. For example, the unemployment rate for Asian Americans is over 30 percent lower than that of the black community. Moreover, Asian Americans’ median household income is 39 percent higher than the national average.

This isn’t to paper over the trials of the Asian-American experience. The “personal” rating factor definitely raises some questions about how the model minority myth can work to our disadvantage. Obviously, judging the personality of applicants is an intrinsically subjective — and therefore, inevitably flawed — practice. Given its adverse effects on Asian Americans, it’s important for admissions officers to confront their subconscious biases: We can be smart and we can be hardworking, but we shouldn’t be reduced to those traits. However, recognizing that racism can affect how Asian Americans are perceived in college admissions cannot, and should not, be a referendum on the entire structure of race-based admissions policies. The overwhelming tendency to conflate the two simply feeds white supremacy by dividing people of color.

I know as well as anyone how draining the college admissions process is. The sting of rejection makes it tempting to find a scapegoat, and affirmative action presents itself as the obvious choice. But we, as a people that both enjoy privilege and lack it, have a responsibility to ourselves and other communities of color.

Affirmative action needs our support. It’s time that we give it.

—Elyse D. Pham ’22, a Crimson Editorial comper, lives in Canaday Hall.

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SPORTS

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

PREVIEW

THE HARVARD CRIMSON |

FRIDAY ______________________________________

SATURDAY ______________________________________

SUNDAY ______________________________________

Women’s Golf v. Stanford Invitational 9:00am at Stanford Invitational

Women’s Rugby v. Brown 11:00am at Mignone Field

Men’s Water Polo v. Fresno Pacific 12:20pm at Blodgett Pool

Women’s Ice Hockey v. Dartmouth 6:00pm at Bright-Landry Hockey Center

Field Hockey v. Princeton 12:00pm at Princeton

OCTOBER 15, 2018

FOOTBALL

Walk-Off Field Goal Propels Harvard over Holy Cross

By CADE PALMER CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Harvard led by 16 points heading into the fourth quarter. Seven minutes later, Holy Cross led by one — its first and only lead of the night. As the clocked ticked down to two seconds, that lead remained.

At the eight-yard line, Crimson coach Tim Murphy sent out his kicker to attempt the do-ordie field goal. The Crusaders’ called a timeout to ice junior Jake McIntyre. It didn’t matter. The junior booted the ball through the uprights.

As he watched his kick sail between the posts, McIntyre turned toward the Harvard sideline, holder Tom Stewart threw his helmet, and the Crimson bench stormed the field, piling up the kicker.

“On the sideline obviously I thought about the fact that they’d ice me, and I never really considered that a big factor,” McIntyre said. “But when you hop on the field and you can trust and rely on everyone else out there, whether it’s Jack Stansell or Tom Stewart, or everyone else blocking on the line, it makes everything else a hell of a lot easier. So I don’t really know what was going through my mind at that moment, but they set me up in a good position and I’m glad the way it turned out.”

The 33-31 victory by Harvard (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) was anything but smooth. The team’s fourth-quarter woes began with a read option left to Holy Cross’ Domenic Cozier and the ensuing two point conversion that cut the lead to eight.

The Crimson’s special teams inefficiencies then reared their ugly head as the Crusaders (16, 0-2 Patriot) sent a tumbling kickoff towards Harvard’s two back returners. The ball bounced directly between them and hobbled down to the Crimson two-yard line before senior Adam Scott fell on it.

Senior Tom Stewart set up to receive the snap to open the drive, feet planted squarely in his own endzone. The snap sailed over the waiting quarterback’s head and out of the back end zone — the team had allowed its second safety of the season.

With its offense taking the field only one play after scoring

KICKERS ARE PEOPLE TOO Junior kicker Jake McIntyre and holder Tom Stewart look up as McIntyre’s game-winning field goal clears the uprights.

a touchdown, Holy Cross captured all the available momentum. This time, the Crusaders earned a single first down and nothing more. The ensuing punt sailed 47 yards to Scott, landing in his arms before bouncing out and into the awaiting Holy Cross defenders, another special teams falter.

The visitors capitalized. On the first play from scrimmage, senior quarterback Geoff Wade found wideout Martin Dorsey on a back shoulder fade over the top of his defender. With the successful extra point, the visitors took their first lead of the night — erasing the 16-point fourth quarter deficit in only seven minutes.

“I thought Geoff [Wade] did an unbelievable job,” said Crusaders coach Bob Chesney.

“Martin [Dorsey] obviously did an unbelievable job with all the other guys out there. We ran the ball better. We distributed the

ball better. We did a lot of things better. Special teams was better.

Everything was better, which is good. It’s just not enough.”

Coming up big for Harvard were players whose gametime had been thus far limited. Until this week, few had heard of sophomore wideout Tyler Adams. Then he caught two of the biggest passes of the night.

The Crimson began its game-winning campaign from its own 29 with 3:34 remaining to play. At the visitors’ 41, Harvard faced fourth and four.

Rather than rely on the legs of his backfield, Murphy trusted Stewart’s arm and Stewart trusted Adams’ hands, tossing the pass to the sophomore who pulled it down despite his defender, John Smith, laying on his back.

With a new set of downs in hand, Stewart went back to the sophomore, this time deep. Stepping into the oncom-

ing blitz, the senior play caller got hit as he threw, tossing the pass short to an Adams in double coverage. Adams planted his foot, came back to the ball and caught the pass despite pass interference from Smith. First down the Crimson at the fiveyard line. From there, McIntyre stole the show.

Adams concluded his career night with a career best seven receptions for 84 yards.

Tonight’s challenge represented Stewart’s second career start for Harvard after he spelled sophomore quarterback Jake Smith in last week’s Cornell game. The senior’s only previous start was also against Holy Cross in 2016, a 27-17 Crimson loss.

“That definitely left a bad taste in my mouth,” Stewart said. “[I] definitely wanted to get a little bit of revenge and I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out.”

TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

While Stewart has been the backup through the first four contests, he played like a veteran starter tonight. The senior completed 20 of his 36 attempts for 272 yards and two touchdowns.

Overall, Harvard rushed for only four yards less. Senior and 2017 first team All-Ivy running back Charlie Booker returned to play this week, earning 31 yards on 10 attempts. Supplementing this performance was sophomore Aaron Shampklin with 128 yards on 13 carries, sophomore Devin Darrington with 32 on three carries and Tyler Adams with 33 on two attempts.

The Crimson came out of the gates hot on the chilly night.

In the game’s first drive, sophomore running back Aaron Shampklin waited until just the third snap to break a 57-yard sprint down the left sideline for six.

The drive concluded in an

incompletion, however, as Harvard opted for a two-point conversion. The effort fell short as the backwards pass hit the hands of the receiver and then the turf.

The Crimson’s second twopoint effort compensated for the loss. Following sophomore wideout James Batch’s 35-yard touchdown reception, Stewart went to the air again. This time he tossed a high pass to sophomore tight end Adam West cutting across the back of the end zone. The second-year bobbled it once and pulled it down just before his knee landed out of bounds.

While in football the red zone is any point within 20 yards of the endzone, tonight the “Crimson zone” seemed to lie anywhere beyond the 20.

None of Harvard’s touchdowns came from within that 20-yard mark.

The Crimson has struggled in the red zone all season. Only twice this season has Harvard entered the final 20 yards and left with six points — both these instances occurred against San Diego in week one of the season.

However, the Crimson’s four appearances in the red zone netted 12 points total, as McIntyre nailed four of his five tries — scoring from 34, 21, 30 and 25 yards, respectively. His only miss came on a 42-yard attempt — the same yardage as his career long set last week at Cornell. The kicker currently sits at sixth in program history for career points as a kicker.

The Harvard defensive front held strong for the majority of the game, totalling four sacks for 24 lost yards and allowing only 148 rushing yards.

In fact, the game was only at a nine-point spread up until the last 40 seconds of the third quarter. The Crusaders’ Wade took his drop and was enveloped by a mass of blockers and defenders. Sophomore linebacker Andrew Irwin and senior defensive tackle Stone Hart punched the ball out.

Crimson sophomore Jordan Hill recovered the fumble.

Stewart found sophomore receiver Tyler Adams two plays later for the 28-yard score. The 16-point lead was Harvard’s largest of the night.

“Bottom line is our kids really came together today as a team,” Murphy said. “They really showed their true character, their true grit. And that was just a tremendously gritty win over a good football team, a football team that gave us all we could handle and then some.”

FLY THE FLAG On one of the most important plays of final drive was Tyler Adams’ catch, which drew a pass interference penalty that was declined. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

cade.palmer@thecrimson.com

SPORTS WEEKEND RECAP

SCORES

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY VS. MCGILL W, 4-0 ________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S SOCCER @ BROWN W, 3-2 ________________________________________________________

MEN’S WATER POLO VS. CLAREMONT-M-S W, 12-8 ________________________________________________________

MEN’S WATER POLO VS. NO. 15 BUCKNELL L, 17-16 ________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL @ BROWN W, 3-2 ________________________________________________________

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL @ YALE L, 3-0 ________________________________________________________

RUGBY VS. NOTRE DAME COLLEGE (OHIO) W, 43-12 ________________________________________________________

MEN’S SOCCER @ BROWN L, 1-0 ________________________________________________________

FIELD HOCKEY VS. CORNELL W, 8-0 ________________________________________________________

MEN’S WATER POLO VS. NO.18 WAGNER W, 13-12 ________________________________________________________ TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

BASKETBALL

WOMEN JOIN CRIMSON MADNESS

By HENRY ZHU CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Harvard men’s and women’s basketball teams opened up Lavietes Pavilion Saturday night for the annual Crimson Madness fan event. This year’s festivities featured the women’s side for the first time in the event’s history at Harvard College.

Coaches Kathy Delaney-Smith and Tommy Amaker delivered opening remarks, expressing optimism for the 2018-2019 season and thanking the Harvard community for their support of both programs.

Delaney-Smith enters her 37th season at the helm of the women’s team, while Amaker prepares for his 11th campaign with the Crimson.

“The theme for this year is the word sacrifice,” Amaker said. “If we can adopt that word and embrace that word, I think we have a chance to be really successful.”

A slam dunk contest, threepoint shootout, and men’s intrasquad scrimmage were

among the activities featured in the fan event. Junior Robert Baker captured the slam dunk title, highlighted by a lob from classmate Seth Towns halfway up the Lavietes Pavilion bleachers. Sophomore guard Rio Haskett finished second.

Both the men’s and women’s sides participated in the threepoint contest. Captain Sydney Skinner’s impressive string of converted shots landed her the women’s crown, while junior guard Christian Juzang bested classmate Justin Bassey for the men’s title. Numerous alumni returned to Lavietes Pavilion to support their former teammates, including Zena Edosomwan ‘17 and Chris Egi ‘18.

The night was capped off by a scrimmage from the men’s team, although the highlight of the night was arguably the knockout contest between student-athletes and fans. Junior big Henry Welsh was the sole Crimson representative remaining but was outlasted by a fan, who was immediately inundated by the two teams.

The intrasquad men’s scrim-

mage ended in a 41-41 tie after Juzang drained a buzzer-beater triple for the White team.

Bassey was the high man of the night with 15 points with firstyears Spencer Freedman, Noah Kirkwood, Mason Forbes, and Kale Catchings suiting up in a Crimson uniform for the first time.

Among those not in action and recovering from knee injuries were juniors Bryce Aiken and Seth Towns. Captain Corey Johnson and senior Tommy McCarthy were also in sweatpants for the event.

The women’s side opens up their season on Nov. 9 against one of the nation’s top teams, defending national champions Notre Dame. Delaney-Smith exuded confidence in this opening matchup as part of her opening remarks.

“I think if any team that I’ve coached can compete with [Notre Dame], it’s this team we have here at Harvard this year,” Delaney-Smith said. “We are trying to bring our 12th Ivy banner back to Lavietes and I can tell you that...the atmosphere you

create is incredible.”

On the men’s side, the season begins on Nov. 6 with its

annual intra-Cambridge contest against MIT, before hosting Northeastern three days later at

Lavietes Pavilion. henry.zhu@thecrimson.com

CATCH 24 Freshman forward Kale Catchings dunks in the dunk contest. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

FIELD HOCKEY

Harvard Builds Momentum Heading into Princeton

By CONNOR WAGAMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For yet another game last week, a team with its home turf in Boston scored a decisive victory over a squad from New York.

Unlike the Red Sox, No. 11 Harvard field hockey delivered an undisputed sweep of the visitors to set a program-best nine game win streak, smothering Cornell with eight goals while allowing a stunning zero shots

from the Big Red on Saturday at Berylson Field.

As would be familiar to any reader of The Odyssey, Ithacans have a tough time on the road.

Cornell (3-9, 0-4 Ivy) holds a 1-6 record for away games, against its even record at Dodson Field.

However, like that epic’s namesake which earned early victories over the Trojans before his trying trek, the Big Red put together an impressive start to its outing.

Cornell goalkeeper Maddie Henry kept the first 21 minutes of the game scoreless, despite 11 shots from the Crimson (121, 4-0). However, a virtual line change by the Big Red in the 22nd minute saw four new players enter and brought a bend, then a snap, to the solid Cornell back line.

The 12th shot of the match, an up-close jab by junior midfielder Grace Geiger, ricocheted off the left leg of Henry and was

DIVINE NINE Victoria Boylett sung the national anthem before play. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

collected by sophomore midfielder Tessel Huibregtsen at the top of the arc. Huibregtsen drew back her stick and fired, burying the ball in the back of the net and handing Harvard a 1-0 edge in the 26th minute.

From there, it was the Crimson all the way.

“I think Cornell did a good job in defending [near] the goal cage,” coach Tjerk van Herwaarden said. “I think that once the first goal fell, especially after the second one, they have to then push out, which gave us a little more space, and then we were able to just keep going. The first one was a pretty important one for us.”

The rest of the half’s points came hard and fast. The initial score of an eventual hat trick by junior forward Maddie Earle came in the 29th minute and was followed closely by an unassisted bouncer from freshman forward Olivia Hoover in the 34th.

A minute later, a whistle signalled the end of the offensive onslaught — and a 3-0 Harvard advantage going into the second half.

Although a 48 degree steady rain chilled the fans, the Crimson’s sticks remained hot after the break. A set of goals by junior midfielder Bente van Vlijmen in the 44th minute and

Earle in the 45th preceded a cluster by Huibregtsen and junior midfielder Casey Allen in the 57th and 59th.

“We keep telling each other, ‘Next five minutes, next five minutes,’ or, ‘Next two minutes,’ just to keep focusing on the process and not the result,” van Vlijmen said. “So I guess that’s how we really kept our momentum after every goal.”

The final snipe, in the 68th minute, completed Earle’s second hat trick of the season, earning her a league-leading 12 goals, and topping off a dominant 8-0 Harvard victory — a program-best ninth consecutive win.

This topped the Crimson’s eight-game win streak of 2016, a season that saw Harvard reach the NCAA playoffs before falling to Syracuse in the first round.

For van Vlijmen and senior midfielder Victoria Boylett, posting a win against the Big Red was far from their only pregame concern. The duo performed the national anthem before the game’s opening whistle.

“Yeah, we were both very worried about doing it justice and stuff, because I’m from England and [van Vlijmen] is from the Netherlands, so we wanted to make sure we were re-

specting it and all that,” Boylett said. “I think it went well. It was amazing to have our teammates over as we hit the sort of more difficult notes that are renowned for being troublesome.”

The team saw six of its starting 11 against Cornell hail from outside the United States.

“In terms of culture and stuff, we love how we’re all very different,” Boylett said. “I think we can all learn a lot from each other by being from different places and having different experiences, in field hockey and in life in general.”

Van Vlijmen echoed the sentiment.

“This anthem, this sport, this school connects all of us,” van Vlijmen said. “That’s, like, a beautiful thing to represent, to be represented by.”

A playoff berth for this already-historic team lies heavily on the outcome of Saturday’s de-facto Ivy League championship game at third-ranked Princeton (11-3, 4-0).

“It’s a huge game, and I think the team knows that,” van Herwaarden said. “The last couple years, the Harvard-Princeton game has been the game of the season, and it’s going to be the same this year. Right now, after today’s win, we’re going to take the day off tomorrow and then get ready for Princeton.”