The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 32

The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLV No. 32 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Monday, March 5, 2018

The Harvard Crimson The final clubs’ move to lobby Washington for protection is hypocritical. Editorial PAGE 7

Harvard women’s basketball beats Columbia, Cornell over the weekend. Sports PAGE 8

Dominguez On ‘Leave’ After Sexual Harassment Allegations Faculty of Arts and Sciences Disciplines Dominguez

Chronicle Sexual Misconduct Reports Spur Student Anger

Harvard Calls On Victims of Harassment to Speak Up

By ANGELA N. FU and lucy Wang

By ANGELA N. FU and Lucy Wang

By Jamie D. Halper

Crimson Staff Writers

Crimson Staff Writers

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has placed Government Professor Jorge I. Dominguez on “administrative leave” days after The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that at least 10 women are accusing Dominguez of sexual harassment over the past 30 years.

FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced the decision to put Dominguez on leave in an email sent to FAS affiliates Sunday evening.

“I write to announce that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has placed Jorge Dominguez on administrative leave, pending a full and fair review of the facts and circumstances regarding allegations that have come to light,” Smith wrote. “I want to state

1979

November 5, 1981

According to the Chronicle article, Terry Karl wrote in her journal that Dominguez harassed her in his private hotel room at a conference.

Crimson Staff Writer

G overnment concentrators—some in tears—said they were frustrated and upset by alleged sexual harassment perpetrated by Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez at a department-wide meeting held Friday.

The meeting followed a Feb. 27 article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education that reported at least 10 women are accusing Dominguez of various acts of sexual harassment perpetrated over the past 30 years. Government department chair Jennifer L. Hochschild sent an email to concentrators Thursday inviting them to the Friday meeting talk about the allegations and the “general climate” of the Government department regarding gender ­

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Events Leading Up to Dominguez’s Administrative Leave

1985

Harvard is asking undergraduate and graduate students who have experienced “inappropriate behavior” to come forward following new sexual misconduct allegations against Government Professor Jorge I. Dominguez, whom administrators disciplined for similar actions in the 1980s.

The University’s request comes three days after the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that at least 10 women are accusing Dominguez of various acts of sexual harassment over the past 30 years. Many of the allegations had not been previously reported.

In an email to University affiliates Friday a fternoon, University Provost Alan M. Garber ’77 directly referenced the Chronicle of Higher Education

1983

The University places sanctions on Dominguez after Karl filed complaints against him.

The Crimson publishes an article that 5th year grad student Sylvia Maxfield files complaint of sexual misconduct against Dominguez.

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Dominguez receives tenure at Harvard.

February 27, 2018 March 4, 2018 Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announces in a message to members of FAS that Dominguez was placed on “administrative leave.”

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Chronicle article published online with sexual harassment allegations against Dominguez, including an allegation from Nienke Grossman dated to 1998, and a 2006 allegation from Suzanna Challen.

SIMON S. SUN—Crimson Designer

Harvard Men Win Regular Season Title MEN’S BASKETBALL

By TROY BOCCELLI Crimson Staff Writer

Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker has always been partial to the phrase, “our conference is won on Saturday nights.”

Playing against Columbia with the conference title on the line, Amaker’s words rang truer than ever.

Behind a season-high 63 percent shooting from the field and 61 percent shooting from three, the Crimson (1712, 12-2 Ivy) handed the visiting Lions (8-19, 5-9) a 93-74 loss at Lavietes Pavilion. The win gave Amaker his sixth conference title since arriving in Cambridge and assures Harvard the No. 1 seed heading into next weekend’s Ivy League tournament.

“I’m really proud of the journey this team has been on, to close it out here at home,” Amaker said. “You don’t get many chances to come around like that, with Senior Night at home, for the Ivy League Championship, to play for ­

Harvard Men’s Basketball coach Tommy Amaker celebrates Harvard’s regular season Ivy League title with his team following a 93-74 victory against Columbia. Timothy R. O’Meara —Crimson photographer

it like that. We can call ourselves Ivy League Champions and we can put a banner up.”

Though Saturday’s contest began with the Crimson leading by as many as 17 in the first half and ended with a lead as high 25 late in the second, a 13-0 run from Columbia between the first and second frames put the Harvard lead at just seven one minute into the second half.

Much like it had in the first half— the Crimson began the night shooting a blistering 9-of-13 through the first sixteen minutes of play—Harvard stormed back by shooting lights out. Over a six-minute stretch from the 17:13 mark to 11:10, the Crimson went on a 17-6 run to give itself a 20-point lead.

The Crimson finished the night with 17 made threes—tying the program record set in 2002. Headlining the Harvard effort was junior guard Corey Johnson. The junior finished the night with a season-high 17 points on

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Faculty to Discuss Sanctions, Discipline

UC Asks for Prison Education Program

By JONAH S. BERGER Crimson Staff Writer

The Undergraduate Council voted Sunday to endorse a proposal to establish a prison education system at Harvard.

The proposed program, which would give currently incarcerated individuals who qualify the ability to take classes from University faculty, would be modeled on similar initiatives at Columbia, Cornell, and Yale.

The legislation also calls on Harvard to do away with a question on its admissions application that asks applicants if they have a criminal record.

Leah S. Yared ’19, the chair of the Crimson’s magazine, said the application question serves as a “deterrent” for prospective applicants who have a criminal record.

By Angela N. Fu and Lucy Wang

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Harvard Today 2

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Solange Knowles accepted the Artist of the Year Award from the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations Saturday evening in Sanders Theater. Krystal K. Phu — Crimson photographer

News 3

Editorial 7

Sports 8

Today’s Forecast

CLOUDY High: 43 Low: 31

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will discuss the addition of the College’s controversial social group policy to the student handbook at its monthly meeting Tuesday, less than a week after the College released its implementation plan for the sanctions.

Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana will present the College’s proposed changes to the handbook on behalf of the Administrative Board as part of the Faculty’s annual review of handbook changes. Harvard’s social life policy bars members of single-gender final clubs and Greek organizations from holding leadership positions in clubs or on athletic teams and from receiving

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HARVARD TODAY

Monday| March 5, 2018

FOR Lunch

FOR DINNER

Tomato Beef Macaroni

Beef Stew

Pepper, Tomato, Black Bean, and Monterey Jack Quesadillas

Turmeric Cod with Rice Noodles, Scallions, and Dill

French Fries

Ultra Grain Penne with Wild Mushroom Ragout

CUltural rhythms

around the ivies

Dancers in the Harvard College Deepam Organization perform at the Cultural Rhyhms festival Saturday evening at Sanders Theater.

University of Pennsylvania to Increase Tuition to Over $70,000

Krystal k. phu—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees has announced that tuition will increase by 3.8 percent next year for undergraduates, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. For the first time, total costs (including tuition, room and board, and additional fees) are expected to exceed $70,000.

In conjunction with the price increase, the university will also announced an increase in its financial aid budget of 5.25 percent.

Rape Trial of Yale Student Saifullah Khan Continues The alleged victim in the rape trial against Yale student Saifullah Khan left the witness stand last Wednesday following three days of crossexamination and testimony, the Yale Daily News reported. On both Tuesday and Wednesday the alleged victim, who is referred to as Jane Doe in court documents, was questioned by Khan’s lawyer about the events leading up to and on the night of the alleged rape, including the details of her makeup, Halloween costume, and amount of alcohol she consumed, according to the News.

The prosecution also called five other witnesses to the stand, including Doe’s former boyfriend and several people who were with her the night of the alleged rape. A 10-person jury will decide whether Khan is guilty of any of the three felony or the single misdemeanor charges brought against him.

Iiiit’s Monday, folks!

Three days until Housing Day and your last week until spring break.

Push through, you can DO THIS. In the Atmosphere…

We’re waking up to a fresh layer of snow, but it’s going to be sunny out!

Not too sunny though; temps will stay in the mid 40s for most of the day.

Princeton Hosts Third Annual Ivy League Mental Health Conference

EVENTS Writers Speak with Jenny Erpenbeck Go to Sever 113 at 6 p.m. to hear award-winning author Jenny Epenbeck speak with Claire Messud about her career. Open to the public but with “limited seating.”

Second Chances: Life After Prison 4-6 p.m.

A roundtable discussion exploring the obstacles faced by those who have been incarcerated, featuring leading activists who have served been imprisoned. This is the first event in the Beyond the Gates conference and is happening at Memorial Church.

Lorenzo F. Manuali STAFF WRITER

Student delegates from Princeton hosted the third annual Ivy League Mental Health Conference on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Daily Princetonian. Students from across the Ivy League gathered for discussions on increasing awareness around and fighting stigma against mental health. The Daily Princetonian reported that the conference’s major goal was to prepare student delegates for conversations with both fellow students and administrators about positive changes that can be made. The conference included policy proposals, large presentations, small-group discussions, and panels.

in the real world The Oscars Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know the Oscars finally happened last night, and you probably watched. TL;DR for those who didn’t: Jimmy Kimmel hosted, “The Shape of Water” won Best Picture, and everyone was talking about #MeToo. What’s in a Name?

Midterm election szn is starting, and in the wake of the 2016 election, the Democratic party is facing internal struggles regarding their political identity. Tensions between long-term representatives and younger, more progressive voters threaten to keep the party from regaining the 24 seats needed for control of the House.

Dorms for Grown-Ups If you’re moving to San Fran but aren’t working in tech (apparently people do this?), get ready for more n-1 housing!

Development company Starcity plans to have thousands of units open in the next year, which sounds absurd, but there are already over 8,000 people on the waitlist. The real question is, will they have Stein?

drama at the ballet WAIting at the dot

Ballet dancers perform a piece titled “Released” Friday night at the Jose Mateo Theater, near Harvard Square.

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Solange, Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year

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Dominguez Put On ‘Leave’ By Faculty Leave From Page 1 unequivocally that the FAS will not tolerate sexual harassment. I encourage anyone who has witnessed sexual harassment in the FAS, recently or in the past, to come forward and share their experiences with our Title IX coordinators.”

This leave is effective immediately.

“We will use every means at our disposal to ensure that we create a safe and healthy community,” Smith wrote.

Dominguez’s lawyer wrote in an email that Dominguez was informed of the decision “a couple hours before” Smith sent out the email.

In an email to Harvard affiliates Friday, Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 did not say whether Dominguez would suffer consequences, but affirmed the University’s commitment to creating a “safe and healthy educational and work environment.”

The email followed a Friday morning meeting held to allow Government concentrators to discuss the allegations and to share their thoughts on gender and harassment issues within the department. At the meeting, students questioned the University’s lack of action on the issue.

The Weatherhead Center, where Dominguez is a a Senior Advisor, also released a statement on Friday in response to the Chronicle article. Center Director Michèle Lamont wrote that the Center is “unambiguously committed to the policy and practice of zero tolerance of sexual harassment or gendered disparity of treatment.” She also encouraged Harvard affiliates to reach out to her, Title IX officers, and other administrators.

“The Weatherhead center leader-

ship continues to respond to this developing situation,” Lamont wrote.

The decision to place Dominguez on leave comes nearly 40 years after he sexually harassed a junior in one of his classes, according to a second article by The Chronicle published Sunday.

Dominguez has suffered consequences for sexual harassment once before. The University first took action against the professor in 1983 when it barred him from administrative duties following multiple reports from former assistant professor Terry Karl and another graduate student that he made sexual advances towards them.

Since the 1983 sanctions, Dominguez has served in multiple high-up administrative positions. He served as director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs from 1995 to 2006 and was Harvard’s first vice provost for International Affairs from 2006 to 2015.

As Dominguez rose through the ranks, he continued to sexually harass over a dozen women, according to The Chronicle. The victims ranged from students at the College to other junior faculty, and the most recent incident reported in The Chronicle took place in 2015.

It is unclear when the University last placed a faculty member on “administrative leave.” Smith did not mention in his email what privileges Dominguez will lose while on leave.

A professor’s position last came under public investigation by an internal FAS committee in 2011, when a committee found psychology professor Marc Hauser guilty of scientific misconduct.

Ultimately, Hauser resigned from Harvard.

Frustration Over Gov. Allegations meeting From Page 1 a nd harassment issues.

Junior faculty member Terry Karl alleged that Dominguez, chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, made sexual advances to her over the course of two years starting in 1981, according to the Chronicle. Karl said she had repeatedly asked him to stop and had informed multiple Harvard administrators about his behavior. Other women told the Chronicle Dominguez had sexually harassed them around the same time and in years since.

Elena D. Sokoloski ’18, a Government concentrator who attended the meeting, said she started the social media campaign “#DominguezMustGo” in response to reading about allegations. Sokoloski said she believes Dominguez should be fired.

“Ideally, he would be removed,” Sokloski said.

Another attendee, Carla E. Troconis ’19, said that she felt like she had no choice but to study under Dominguez because he’s one of only three professors specializing in Latin American studies in the Government department.

“It can’t be a reality that someone like this would be allowed around students, somebody to be admired,” she said.

Dominguez declined to comment via a spokesperson.

The University placed sanctions on Dominguez in 1983, barring him from administrative duties. But Dominguez has since remained active as a professor in the Government department and has held numerous leadership roles since the 1980s, such as vice provost for international affairs.Senior faculty members and administrators, including Hochschild, Dean of Social Sciences Claudine Gay, Dean for Faculty Af­

fairs and Planning Nina Zipser, and Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris came to the Friday meeting.

In an interview before the event, Hochschild said the department was hosting the event in order to answer questions that students may have and give them a chance to talk to faculty.

“I think most of the meeting ought to be letting students ask questions, tell us things, express outrage, express support if they want to, say whatever they want,” Hochschild said.

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Kwok W. Yu and College Title IX Coordinator Emily J. Miller also attended the meeting to inform students of the University’s Title IX policies. The first student to speak, Emily E. Bergquist ’18, said she and other Government concentrators chose to organize a protest after hearing about the meeting.

Bergquist and several other attendees wore black during the event in honor of the “Time’s Up” movement, started Jan. 2018 by Hollywood celebrities in response to sexual assault and harassment allegations sweeping the entertainment industry. Multiple students asked faculty memberswhy the University has not taken any public disciplinary action against Dominguez since the 1983 sanctions.

Though administrators have not commented on whether they will take official action in the wake of the Chronicle article, Leverett House Faculty Dean Howard M. Georgi ’68 wrote in an email to Leverett residents that he and Faculty Dean Ann B. Georgi had revoked Dominguez’s membership to the Leverett Senior Common Room.

The Georgis also wrote they were previously unaware of any allegations.

“Whatever the legal definition, sexual harassment is a crime, an unconscionable theft of dignity that poisons our relationships and our institutions,” Howard Georgi wrote.

University spokesperson Anna Cowenhoven wrote in an emailed statement Friday that Harvard is committed to creating an “environment that values the dignity and well-being” of all school affiliates.

“We take seriously the concerns about Prof. Dominguez’s conduct that were recently brought forward by former students,” Cowenhoven wrote.

“Upon learning of them prior to the Chronicle’s story, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) immediately began reaching out to students and post-docs who have worked closely with Prof.

Dominguez to ask about their experiences.”

At the meeting Friday, students recounted the personal toll allegations against Dominguez had taken on their studies. Troconis spoke about a class she took last fall taught by the professor. Troconis said her mother called her last semester when she found out about the previously reported 1983 allegations against Dominguez—not the new allegations—in the middle of class.

“She expressed concern, but I couldn’t drop the class,” Troconis said, noting she needed the class.

Sara S. Fellman ’18 said that while the event Friday answered some of her questions, she wants to see the University take more definite action.

“We were hoping to get a commitment to action on the power dynamics, to prevent this from happening again in the Government department, and at Harvard,” Fellman said.

Because Dominguez is a tenured professor, the Government department does not have the power to remove him. A copy of Harvard statutes revised in 2004 states that only the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, can dismiss a permanently appointed faculty member for “grave misconduct or neglect of duty.”

Harvard Implores Assault Victims to Contact Administrators Statement From Page 1 article and wrote that this is “a difficult moment for our community.”

“It was heartbreaking to read the accounts of former students and faculty who report having suffered inappropriate and unwelcome behavior,” Garber wrote. “Harvard takes seriously the concerns recently brought to our attention by former students.”

Faculty of Arts and Sciences spokesperson Anna Cowenhoven wrote in an emailed statement to The Crimson Friday that the University is actively seeking the stories of Harvard affiliates who have interacted with Dominguez.

“Upon learning of [the allegations] prior to the Chronicle’s story, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) immediately began reaching out to students and post-docs who have worked closely with Prof. Dominguez to ask about their experiences,” Cowenhoven wrote.“We encourage any member of our community who has experienced inappropriate behavior to come forward.”

Harvard’s central administration also called on affiliates with concerns to ­

contact Title IX administrators.

“We encourage any member of the Harvard community who has been directly impacted by conduct that may be in violation of Harvard’s Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment Policy to reach out to their local Title IX Coordinator, the University Title IX Office, and/or the Office for Dispute Resolution,” spokesperson Melodie L. Jackson wrote in a statement Friday. She said Harvard works to determine cases where alleged actions have contributed to a “hostile environment.”

In his email, Garber acknowledged that students and faculty can sometimes be afraid to speak out because they fear negative ramifications for their academic career. He wrote the University is working to create an atmosphere in which people who have experienced sexual harassment feel comfortable coming forward.

“The only way to create and sustain a safe and healthy educational and work environment is to work constantly to improve, refine, and strengthen how we respond to—and prevent—sexual or gender-based harassment, including sexual

assault,” he wrote.

Garber also affirmed the University’s commitment to investigating allegations of sexual harassment.

“I want to say unequivocally that Harvard is committed to creating and sustaining a safe, healthy and non-discriminatory educational and work environment for our community, and we can and will promptly and fairly pursue any claim of sexual harassment or assault brought forward to the full extent of our policies,” he wrote. “We are grateful to the members of our community who make the courageous decision to come forward.”

Garber pointed to the University’s policy that allow any Harvard affiliate— current or former—to file formal complaints, request resolutions, and access resources meant to help them continue their academic program after experiencing harassment. Garber noted that resources available to Harvard affiliates include counseling and mental health services as well as chaplains.

One of Dominguez’s accusers, Nienke C. Grossman ’99, told The Chronicle of Higher Education she contacted the

University Title IX Office in Nov. 2017.

Jackson confirmed Friday that Grossman had reached out to Harvard’s Title IX administrators.

Dominguez, a Latin American specialist who has taught at Harvard for decades, held posts as the vice provost for International Affairs from 2006 to 2015 and the director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs from 1995 to 2006. He has also overseen graduate dissertations and taught undergraduate courses throughout his decades-long tenure at Harvard.

Most recently, Dominguez—who is on sabbatical this semester—taught a freshman seminar in fall 2017 entitled “Mexico: Revolution, Authoritarianism, and Democracy: 100 Years.”

Administrators formally disciplined Dominguez for sexual misconduct toward Karl in the 1980s, when he stepped down as chairman of a Latin American studies committee.

The Chronicle article detailed Karl’s allegations, in addition to making public the allegations of nine other women.

These include several graduate students at Harvard from the mid-2000s, during

the time Dominguez was serving as Vice Provost for International Affairs.

The Government department held a meeting for undergraduate concentrators Friday to address the article and discuss concerns about gender and sexual harassment issues in the department, wheree some students called for Dominguez’s removal.

Leon H. Kesten, a lawyer representing Dominguez, declined to comment.

The allegations against Dominguez come as women in professions across the country have begun to air allegations of sexual harassment against men in positions of power, beginning with film producer Harvey Weinstein.

University President Drew G. Faust wrote in a community message in Dec. 2017 that Harvard is working to ensure people feel comfortable seeking assistance.

“At Harvard, we are committed to ensuring that every member of our community can thrive, and we are endeavoring to create the kind of environment in which incidents are prevented entirely or surfaced and addressed appropriately and effectively,” Faust wrote.

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Pinker HBS Adds Papers to Study: Gun Violence Up Honored Permanent Collection During NRA Meetings With Speeches

By ANNA KURITZKES Crimson Staff Writer

Harvard Business School’s Baker Library has added the accumulated works of Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer, a prominent economist, the first African American federal reserve governor, and a former HBS faculty member, to its permanent Special Collections.

The papers, donated by Brimmer’s wife after his passing in 2012, include scholarly work spanning his entire career. Brimmer’s research career kicked off when he was a Fulbright scholar in India in 1951. He later served as a governor of the Federal Reserve system, a professor at HBS, and an employee in the private sector.

During his time in the private sector, he worked as a consultant and served on the boards of multiple prominent companies, including Dupont and United Airlines, according to his daughter Esther.

A press release from Baker Library stated that the collection includes “subject files, correspondence, research files, teaching records and files,” and other forms of written and audiovisual documentation. Senior Director of Baker Special Collections Laura A. Linard said the works amount to 500 boxes of material, or 17.3 gigabytes digitally. “[The collection] includes 50 years’ worth of research on the structure of the American economy,” Esther Brimmer said. “It includes his actual published papers and also the notes and documentation that show up underlying the articles and other work.” ­

By CASSANDRA LUCA and RUTH ZHENG Contributing Writers

Psychology professor Steven A. Pinker received the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism at a ceremony administered by the Humanist Hub and the Harvard Community of Humanists, Atheists and Agnostics Sunday afternoon.

Over 100 people gathered in the Science Center for the ceremony, which recognized Pinker for his scholarly research and publications around themes of humanism.

Pinker, who recently released a book titled “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress,” has worked with HCHAA and the Humanist Hub for years.

Jeyna Doshi ’20, President of HCHAA, said Pinker is a long time friend to both organizations, having introduced the first Cultural Humanism award twelve years ago.

The Harvard Square-based Humanist Hub and the undergraduate organization HCHAA both aim to bring together atheists, agnostics, and other non-religious individuals around the philosophy of Humanism.

Humanist Chaplain Greg M. Epstein, who hosted the event, defined Humanism similar to the way Pinker defined the philosophy in his recent book.

“The goal of maximizing human flourishing—life, health, happiness, freedom, knowledge, love, richness of experience—may be called humanism,” he said.

Pinker said he drew heavily from enlightenment philosophy for his new book, praising the idea that we can “use knowledge to enhance human flourishing.”

In an hour-long presentation after receiving the award, Pinker outlined four themes of enlightenment: reason, science, humanism, and progress.

Optimism about our time pervaded Pinker’s presentation.

Seeking to combat what he called some of his colleagues’ pessimism, Pinker said, “I have discovered that intellectuals hate progress.”

Pinker presented a few of the 75 graphs in his book, showing what he called an upward trajectory of human progress as measured through various metrics.

The graphs showed a consistent uptick in GDP per capita, longevity, and prosperity, as well as a decline in war, infant mortality, and violent crime.

Pinker attributed our society’s “gloomier and gloomier” future projections to the nature of news, which “does not cover graduate developments.”

He also attributed it to a negativity bias, which he said results in bad news resonating more than good news does.

Pinker is the author of 16 books and has won a number of awards for his work from various organizations.

The groups that have given Pinker awards over the years include various organizations like the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Sciences.

Though he was unable to attend the ceremony, University president-elect Lawrence S. Bacow sent his praise, which a HCHAA member read aloud to the audience. Bacow wrote he has read almost all of Pinker’s books.

“He is a brilliant writer and scholar,” Bacow wrote. ­

Linard said the collection was incredibly comprehensive, covering a large span of time in meticulous detail, and will provide “wonderful” in-depth data for researchers at HBS. “It really adds to the resources we have in terms of financial history,” Linard said. “Brimmer was an expert on international monetary policy, and so the extent of materials that cover this area in terms of international trade, et cetera, is really helpful.”

In addition to his macroeconomic research, Brimmer also studied the status of African Americans in the national economy as reflected through wage statistics and other economic indicators, Linard said. The press release asserted “several items” from Brimmer’s collected works are currently being highlighted in an exhibit at Baker Library as a part of the African American Student Union’s 50th anniversary celebration.

“We very much wanted the collection, and then we knew when we were doing the exhibit that we wanted to highlight some portion of this,” Linard said.

Linard said she was excited to see the ways in which HBS students and faculty, as well as academics around the globe, will use the collection.

“There’s so many ways that the collection could be used—so many different arenas,” Linard said.

“I think that being able to contribute to a larger intellectual debate on that is something that would have made my father very proud,” Esther Brimmer said.

By LUKE W. VROTSOS Crimson Staff Writer

A professor at Harvard Medical School has that gun injuries decrease by roughly 20 percent during the National Rifle Association’s annual conventions.

The finding comes as debate over gun control continues to rage throughout the country in the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Fla. last month.

Anupam B. Jena, an associate professor of health care policy at the Medical School, and a colleague at Columbia published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday, and their research quickly garnered national media attention.

The researchers analyzed private insurance claims from 2007 to 2015, comparing gun injury rates during the weeks before and after the convention to rates during the convention. They found the largest decline in gun injuries among men in states with high rates of firearm ownership.

The NRA Annual Meeting is a gathering that attracts about about 80,000 people each year.

Jena said there are multiple possible explanations for the decline.

“We started off with the hypothesis that just attending the meeting alone might lead to reductions in gun use,” he said.

He also said owners of gun ranges and stores could close their businesses while at the convention, bringing down the number of people using guns during that time.

The study has earned national and ­

international press attention from ABC News, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, Vox, and CNN, among others.

The NRA responded to the publicity with a post on its website that criticized the researchers’ methodology and disputed their findings.

“Whatever nonsense they conducted with the data and their methods, this finding flies in the face of common sense and logic,” the site reads. “It would be laughable if not so completely absurd.”

Asked about the extensive media coverage of his research, Jena said it was mostly accurate, but urged caution in the precise interpretation of the results.

“The answer may not be a 20 percent reduction. Remember, this is just one estimate,” he said.

Still, Jena said, it is likely there is a decrease in injuries during the convention, even if the exact magnitude is unclear.

The study’s release comes at a time when gun control is in the national spotlight. Last month, a shooter opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people. In the wake of the shooting, activists across the country have stepped up efforts to push for stricter gun control legislation.

Harvard affiliates have waded into the national conversation in recent weeks.

Students on Harvard’s Longwood campus have protested gun violence.

Meanwhile, the College faced criticism for its “lackluster” statement that applicants would not be penalized for protesting gun violence.

HLS Prof. Sander, Pioneering Scholar, Dies at 90

By SOFIA W. TONG Crimson Staff Writer

Busy penning holiday cards in 1975 at his home in Cambridge, Law School Professor Frank E. A. Sander ’48 started in surprise: He had received a telegram from Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.

The Chief Justice had telegramed to say he was impressed with Sander’s newly circulating ideas about alternative dispute resolution. In the coming months, Sander would pioneer this form of dispute resolution as an entirely new method of legal mediation.

Sander, the Bussey Professor Emeritus at the Law School, died on Feb. 25.

He was 90.

At the Law School, Sander taught taxation and family law until the seventies. While in Sweden on sabbatical, Sander noticed that disputes in labor arbitration were often resolved inexpensively and effectively, whereas family law disputes often ended poorly.

From this observation, Sander eventually formed the concept of alternative dispute resolution, proposing a “multidoor courthouse” where a court official would determine the best resolution process to use.

What Sander initially saw as mere “musings” about Swedish court proceedings ultimately became common practice in community law organizations around the country through the work of federal judge and attorney general Griffin B. Bell.

Harvard law lecturer David A. Hoffman credited Sander with almost single-handedly creating field of dispute resolution.

“It’s surprising now to think about the fact that negotiation was not widely taught in the years that he spent in the Law School,” Hoffman said. “It rep-

resents a very big change in the legal culture and the legal curriculum that negotiation is now considered a vitally important part of a legal education.”

In addition to a professorial career that spanned more than 40 years, Sander served as the Law School’s associate dean for 13 years. He also founded the Harvard Clinical Mediation Program and other programs meant to involve law students in the field.

“I think he loved the fact that he could reinvent his career,” Sander’s son, Thomas H. Sander, said.

In the early 1950s, Sander served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. During his time under Frankfurter, the court heard the famous case Brown v. Board of Education.

Sander always dedicated himself to the goal of making education accessible to everyone, Thomas Sander said.

In 1965 and 1966, Sander launched a summer program that allowed 40 African-American college students to come to the Law School to learn about careers in law. The program provided the model for the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, a national organization aimed at expanding law school opportunities for students of color and low-income students. Sander served on the board of CLEO for its first two years.

“He was very egalitarian,” Thomas Sander said. “I don’t think he believed there was anyone who was above or beneath him. He really humanized Harvard Law School and he made it a more friendly place.“ Sander didn’t hog his ideas, Thomas said, but loved to co-author books and was always happy to collaborate and share his theories with others. He was as eager to chat with students and colleagues as he was to catch up on weekend sports with a mailroom employee or a stewardess on a plane.

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Sander was someone who carved time out for his students as well, former law student Michael L. Moffitt said.

“A lot of people describe him like their grandfather,” Moffitt said. “And the thing with that is, I bet not so many of us actually have a grandfather like Frank Sander. We wish we had a grandfather like Frank Sander.”

Moffitt said he named his daughter Sander because Sander had been such an influential mentor in his life.

“He was gentle and persistent, he was creative and stubborn, he was kind, he was so many things I would associate with a life well-lived,” Moffitt said.

“What parent doesn’t want a life well lived for his or her child?”

Many also wremembered Sanders for his ability to work well with people.

“In spite of his many far-reaching accomplishments, there was nothing self-aggrandizing about him. Quite the opposite, he was really notable for his humility and also his wit,” Hoffman said.

“He was a team player in the best sense of the word, and really rejoiced in the success of the people that he helped.”

Born in Germany in 1927, Sander escaped to Boston after Kristallnacht when he was 11 years old, and enrolled at Harvard in 1944. Sander initially considered studying for a Ph.D. in mathematics after concentrating in math, but his sister Dora suggested he try law.

On a whim, Sander applied to the Law School, later graduating in 1952.

Thomas Sander said his father’s diverse interests resulted in a multidisciplinary approach to his work. For example, he said his mother’s job as a psychiatric social worker at Mass.

General Hospital prompted his father to incorporate many social science concepts into one of his textbooks.

Sander was a lover of music, playing flute as president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and piccolo in the U.S. Army Band during a year spent at West Point.

Law Professor Martha L. Minow, who played violin and piano with Sander in chamber music events he organized, said Sander’s talents as a musician helped define who he was as a professor.

“To play chamber music, you play alongside other people,” Minow said.

“You pay close attention to where others are, and when you do, you can actually make something better than what you could do by yourself.”

Sander loved food—he even printed a homemade restaurant guide called “Frank’s Selected Guide to Good Eats,” which he distributed to students and colleagues in something akin to an early version of Yelp. Sander not only hunted for interesting new culinary experiences, but also sought to share them with others, Thomas Sander said.

Thomas Sander recalled the time his sister brought home bread from a Baltic bakery in Chicago. His father loved the bread so much he began collecting requests from his colleagues, friends, and students and distributing mail-ordered loaves monthly.

Minow said Sander had an unparalleled commitment to creating a sense of community.

“This is not a typical thing for a law professor to do,” Minow said.

Sander is survived by his daughter Alison, two sons, Thomas and Ernest, and four grandchildren.

A memorial will be held for Sander at Harvard in the fall.

“The Quakers have a saying, ‘Let your life speak,’ and I think my dad was someone who, in a very quiet way, did speak,” Thomas Sander said.

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Some representatives opposed eliminating the question, arguing it is needed to give the College a fuller view of each applicant.

“I mean, they ask so many things.

They ask about your religion, your gender, everything,” UC Treasurer Nadine M. Khoury ’20 said. “Depriving the admissions office of information that is relevant to experiences as a human being, I think it misinforms.”

The Council also passed legislation calling on President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow to “continue in its predecessor’s footsteps” in supporting undocumented students.

Mather House Representative Eduardo Gonzalez ’18, who co-sponsored the resolution, added an amendment recognizing that “no undocumented immigrant is illegal” and deserve “freedom from a life of fear and uncertainty,” prompting some opposition from Coun­

cil members.

Some representatives objected to the expanded purview of the amendment, as the legislation as originally written only encompassed immigrants who qualified for DACA. “I think there’s consensus on DACA,” said Kirkland House Representative Parth Thakker ’18, who abstained from voting. “But I don’t want to us to conflate DACA with all illegal immigration.”

Also at Sunday’s meeting, the Council failed to pass a piece of legislation that would have funded Mental Health Matters week. The initiative, a similar version of which the UC funded last year, would have funded two petting zoos, a smoothie study break, and massages.

Multiple representatives said they believed that the money should be used in more substantive ways.

“The way that you can address mental health concerns is by giving more money to therapy, and to making sure people have access to genuine mental health resources,” UC Parliamentarian Sonya Kalara ’21 said.

Though a majority of representatives voted in favor, with 18 of 35 in support, the legislation needed a two-thirds majority to pass.

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Researchers Develop Genomics Startup

By AMY L. JIA and SANJANA L. NARAYANAN Crimson Staff Writers

Researchers at Harvard have developed a new company that aims to give individuals full ownership over their personal genomic data through the use of blockchain technology, which allows for secure storage and easy sharing of encrypted information.

Harvard Medical School Genetics Professor George M. Church, Ph.D. student Dennis Grishin, and former Google Project Manager Kamal Obbad ’16 founded Nebula Genomics. The company hopes to address challenges facing the field of personal genomics, a discipline that maps individuals’ genetic blueprints.

The co-founders say the company’s name reflects the basic premise of blockchain technology, which Obbad described as a “decentralized, trustless database” that “essentially everyone owns.”

Information added to the database must be approved by all members. “‘Nebula,’ as you know, is Latin for ‘fog,’ which is kind of the idea behind blockchain,” Grishin said. “It’s very decentralized, and there’s no central point that controls everything—just a network of independent participants that just interact with each other. And that’s what Nebula is.”

After conducting consumer surveys and speaking to companies, the team found a disconnect between data owners and data buyers they say inhibits the exchange of useful genomic data.

“Right now, there are middlemen that exist between actual data owners, like you and me, and the pharma and biotech companies that would like to get access to that data.

Those middlemen are pretty much all of the personal genomics companies that exist right now, like 23andMe, Ancestry, and others,” Grishin said. “In the end, their objective is to keep your data and sell your data to those pharma companies. And that’s actually what they’re making their profit with.”

Grishin said the presence of these middlemen introduces several prob­

lems. On the one hand, individuals lose ownership and control over their personal data and do not profit when that data is sold to buyers, sometimes for hundreds of dollars per individual.

On the other, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies must go through slow data acquisition processes and are limited in what they can do with the static information they receive, as they cannot ask the data owner additional questions.

Nebula Genomics thus seeks to connect data owners directly with data buyers.

Grishin explained that individuals can use the Nebula app to grant a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company of their choice access to their data for research purposes, hopefully expanding the frontiers of genetics research and scientific advancement.

Grishin emphasized user privacy will not be compromised.

“One important aspect in regards to data sharing is that you never actually sell your data, meaning you never really lose ownership of your data, but rather you’re just lending it to those buyers,” Grishin said.

“We’re using certain encryption technologies that enable data buyers to just temporarily get access, compute on the data, get some results, but actually never see the input data. After the computation is done, they lose access.”

Another problem with current personal genomics companies is that they only offer genotyping of “a fraction of a percent of the whole genome,” according to Obbad.

The team hopes to launch Nebula within the next few months in partnership with a pharmaceutical company that could benefit from their services. In the long term, they plan to grow their database and work closely with third-party apps to discover new uses for genomic data.

“I think for me and Kamal, and certainly for George, our vision is to create something that will fundamentally transform health care and science,” Grishin said. “And blockchain is a tool that we think is very suitable for addressing this challenge.”

Law School Hosts BGLTQ Conference

By PAULA M. BARBERi and SIMONE C. CHU Crimson Staff Writers

Hundreds gathered at the Law School for the fifth annual Harvard BGLTQ Conference Friday and Saturday to discuss inclusion, representation, and BGLTQ activism in today’s society.

The conference—titled “Resilience Through Love and Resistance”—drew students from across the College and Harvard’s graduate schools, as well as activists from around the nation. Conference events included panels, a film screening, and even a ‘vogue-ology’ workshop across the weekend.

Travon Free, a comedian and actor who has written for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”—and who is currently producing “Him or Her,” a comedy series about the dating life of a bisexual black man—spoke about the issue of representation in his opening keynote address.

Free said that, while he was growing up, he never saw people like him represented in the media.

“I had been looking for so long for an example, a role model,” he said.

“And suddenly I realized, ‘Holy shit, it’s me. I’m the example.’ In that moment, I saw the hardship I’d experienced in a whole new light.”

“It’s then that I realized these things didn’t happen to me, they happened for me. And I have been walking through darkness, but I can be someone else’s light,” Free added.

In previous years, the conference has been organized entirely by graduate students—though the event itself has always been open to undergraduates—but this year Haley C. Curtin ’18 joined as the first undergraduate organizer in the conference’s history.

The organizing team primarily included students from Harvard Law School, the Graduate School of Education, the Kennedy School, and the Business School.

While Curtin is officially on the operations team, she said she also acted as a “quasi-liaison” to the College.

Curtin said she did notice an increase in undergraduate interest, especially on Facebook, following pubbing of the event via various queer student organizations on campus.

“I think it’s really great that College students are becoming more involved,” Curtin said.

“I would hope that overall, it just inspires people to continue to have these conversations and to recognize that in a lot of different fields, there are queer people,” she added.

“In a lot of different spaces, there are voices that have stories to tell.”

Arthur Lipkin ’68, a consultant to the Mass. Safe Schools Program for ­

LGBT Students, spoke on reaching the youth in a panel discussing resilience across BGLTQ communities.

Lipkin referenced New York’s Harvey Milk High School, a school specifically designed for BGLTQ youth.

Lipkin said he thought the program comprised a good “emergency measure,” though he wants to see more structural changes to curricula in all schools.

“I’m happy to say that, after 30 years of hoping, we might have some queer content in our curriculum in Massachusetts. We finally have been accepted to post a number of curriculum units in social studies and language arts for high school students,” Lipkin said.

“We’re trying to be deliberately intersectional and inclusive and have an impact not just on the kids in the Harvey Milk program.”

The conference also featured a panel entitled “Bridging Communities: Faith-Based Leadership,” which focused on the relationship between religion and sexuality.

Panelists discussed their own experiences within their respective religious communities and urged attendees to remain resilient.

“They’re not angry at you. They’re angry at what they fear, and you need to understand what they fear, because otherwise you will never get the conversation going,” Rabbi Steven Greenberg said.

Curtin said she found the religion panel especially relevant because of how much recent attention has been focused on BGLTQ inclusion in religious spaces.

“It’s a really tough one because a lot of different traditions have certain things to say about LGBTQ issues, but that’s not to say we should shy away from those conversations,” Curtin said.

The conference closed with an address from Wash. Supreme Court Justice Mary I. Yu. Yu spoke about her experiences as the state’s first Asian, Latina, and openly gay justice, as well as her journey to get to that position.

“The very presence of me is political,” she said.

Yu said the visibility of her identity has caused her some self-doubt over the course of her lifetime, but bringing her experiences to the judge’s bench helped change the opinions of others around her.

“I believe being there makes all the difference,” she said.

“It wasn’t too long ago that it was also my court when I wasn’t there, that denied us in the state of Washington the right to marry the person that we love.”

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HLS Responds to Race Incidents

By AIDAN F. rYAN Crimson Staff Writer ­

Race-related activism is re-emerging at Harvard Law School after a group of Law students wore pink armbands and hung posters last month to “stand in solidarity with people of color” following incidents of racism at Stanford Law School in the fall.

The events at Stanford included recruitment letters posted by a white supremacist group and the placement of anti-immigrant mail in a student’s mailbox.

First-year Law student Felipe D. Hernandez, along with 11 other students who chose to remain anonymous, wrote a Feb. 2018 letter published in the Harvard Law Record arguing the Law School also struggles with racism.

A photo of Law Students holding a sign spelling out “#RacismLivesHereToo” accompanied the letter.

Hernandez said his co-authors, who he said were mostly first-year Law students, wished to remain anonymous in order to preserve their relationships with administrators.

“People are organizing different things on campus and so they are still developing their relationships with the admin so we’re always careful about releasing anyone’s name tied to any particular event or organizing because that’s how institutions of power have traditionally used that method to identify activists and activism,” Hernandez said.

The group also put up posters around the Law School’s campus, highlighting instances of prejudice they said they had encountered at the school and calling out “‘-isms’ of subordination on campus.” The posters include statements like “My name is continually mispronounced despite correcting people multiple times” and “Classmates have said ‘your English is so good I didn’t know you are an international student.’”

While the campaign was not offi-

cially organized by any formal affinity groups, president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association Jazzmin A. Carr praised it in an emailed statement, writing her group “stands in solidarity” with its organizers.

“Our organization remains firmly committed to charging our administration and the greater society to confront the racism, prejudice, discrimination, profiling, victimization, objectification, micro-aggressions, and marginalization that members of our community often face,” she wrote. “This campaign reflects that mission and has emboldened members of our community to speak out and to act. We thank all the organizers and students who bravely shared their experiences, and we will continue to advocate alongside them.”

The Harvard Law Record letter specifically criticized the structure of the financial aid system, the perception that the school is not geared toward public interest, and the first-year curriculum.

Law School Dean of Students Marcia L. Sells emphasized the school takes these issues seriously and is working to improve the school’s culture.

“The student financial services office advisory group is looking at the Loan Income Protection Plan. LIPP is something that is always being looked at,” Sells said in an interview last week, addressing criticisms of the school’s financial aid and public interest programs.

LIPP is a program designed to help Law graduates who enter into public service careers pay back their student loans.

Students in the LIPP program pay back a portion of their loans based on their income and LIPP covers the remaining amount.

In recent years, Law School affiliates have debated the efficacy of the program and the perception that the Law School pushes students toward corporate law.

Sells also mentioned the school has created 1L reading groups, discussion circles, improved faculty advising, and

set aside time for open office hours with the deputy deans.

Sells suggested the majority of the students involved in the “Racism Lives Here Too” actions are first-year students and may not have been exposed to all the resources the Law School provides, particularly those geared towards promoting public interest.

“As a first-year student—and this is a student who just finished first semester—there are some things that we aren’t doing in terms of public interest advising right away because it is also about for first-years to study and feel at ease,” Sells said. “There’s lots of opportunities.”

Race-related issues are not new to Harvard Law School; two years ago, the school saw a wave of activism after an incident in which black tape was placed over the portraits of black law professors.

Reclaim Harvard Law—the activist movement that emerged in the wake of the incident—occupied a student lounge for weeks, calling on administrators to create a more welcoming environment for minority students and faculty.

The school made took several steps in the spring of 2016 to address concerns about diversity and inclusivity on its campus, including removing the Law School’s seal, which bore the crest of a slave-owning family.

The Reclaim movement died down by fall 2016, but students and administrators say they are still thinking about diversity and inclusion at the Law School.

“Universities, I think, higher ed, are looking at the issues of belong, inclusion, at large and Harvard University and Harvard Law School is no different,” Sells said.

“It did not just begin just this year, I think it’s, for most of them around diversity it’s been an ongoing thing probably for a number of years but from the time that I have been here on campus it’s been work. We’ve been working since I arrived.”

OHCDB Supports Grad Student Union

By SHERA S. AVI-YONAH and MOLLY C. MCCAFFERTY Crimson Staff Writers

A nti-sexual assault group Our Harvard Can Do Better endorsed Harvard’s graduate student unionization movement Thursday, arguing allowing students to collectively bargain would mean better support for those who suffer sexual harassment.

The endorsement comes ahead of a fast-approaching second unionization election—slated to be held April 18 and 19—that will determine whether eligible graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, as well as graduate research assistants, may form a union to negotiate with Harvard.

Though it did not consider endorsing the union ahead of the Nov. 2016 unionization election, Our Harvard Can Do Better called for the University to drop its appeal to the National Labor Relations Board in 2017. Following the Nov. 2016 vote, the University and Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers engaged in legal proceedings over the validity of that election before the NLRB, which in December 2017 mandated that Harvard hold a second election.

Sarah S. Fellman ’18-’19, an orga­

nizer for Our Harvard Can Do Better, cited gains made by unions at the University of Michigan and University of Connecticut as proof that a graduate student union could help change how sexual assault cases are handled at Harvard.

“The great thing about HGSU is that it’s a democratic way that student workers can vote to include contract provisions that would structurally support survivors of sexual assault,” Fellman said. “We’re really thinking about ways that students can unite to take back some of that power.”

The endorsment also comes alongside reports of abuse in the Government department, which resulted in one professor being placed on leave.

“We are encouraged to see the university take seriously the history of sexual harassment perpetrated by Dominguez, and we are reassured that the administration is taking action to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community,” Our Harvard Can Do Better representatives wrote Sunday. “The problems this case laid bare neither start nor end with Dominguez, and we’re looking forward to turning this victory into a call to action to address persistent rape culture, ambient sexism, and problematic power dynamics in the

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Administrators at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have sent several emails to students pointing them to Title IX resources if needed.

Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Emma Dench sent an email Wednesday to graduate students encouraging them to use GSAS resources and to come forward.

“I believe it is important to reaffirm GSAS’s commitment to creating an inclusive community free of harassment and discrimination,” Dench wrote.

“Every member of our community— students, faculty, and staff—deserves to thrive, and as a consequence, sexual harassment and sexual assault have no place here.”

History graduate student and HGSU-UAW supporter Aaron T. Bekemeyer wrote in an email he is excited about the endorement.

He also said union members would have access to support from union representatives; neutral, third-party arbiters; and contractual provisions about sexual assault.

“Collective bargaining allows the survivors to have a say in these policies and procedures, to make sure that their needs are met,” Bekemeyer wrote.

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Campus Hosts Women’s Week Harvard Foundation

By CASSANDRA LUCA and MEENA VENKATARAMANAN Contributing Writers

With 12 events ranging from “Unlearning the Language of Misogyny” to “Making Gender and Music,” the Harvard College Women’s Center hosted its twelfth annual Women’s Week—this time with student groups in a larger planning role—from Feb. 26 to March 2.

After months of planning beginning at the start of the fall semester, Women’s Week organizers produced the weeklong initiative to promote gender equity through a series of discussions, panels, and open microphone events dedicated to women’s empowerment and gender issues.

For this small group of people, they’re really benefiting and loving this.

Tajrean Rahman ‘20 This year’s theme was “Breaking Barriers.”

The programming has expanded since the initiative’s inception in 2007, said Gabriella “Gaby” A. Germanos ’18, who is an intern at the Women’s Center and who co-organized Women’s Week. Germanos said the Women’s Center changed how the event was organized this year.

“We used to have interns and liaisons who were running it—this was supposed to make everyone’s lives easier, but it ended up being a redundant step, and stuff was lost in communication.

This year it was us and the student groups,” Germanos said, noting that the Women’s Center partnered with student organizations to host events this year.

Tajrean Rahman ’20, Germanos’s co-organizer, said the variety of events helped contribute to what she called the week’s success. The events ranged from small discussion groups to panel-led talks.

“Even if the room isn’t filled up at the beginning, the discussion and the interest is so present and that makes it seem like even if it is for this small group of people, they’re really benefiting and loving this,” she said.

Hannah A. Lemmons ’20 led “GenderxHarvard,” a discussion about recognizing the ways in which other identities interact with and impact fe-

male-identifying individuals.

“I felt like it was particularly important to focus on intersectionality just because I think that’s a conversation that has historically been forgotten in discussions about feminism and women’s rights in general.

And across all sorts of these different types of identifiers—woman-identifying, trans, queer,” she said.

Though Lemmons said the small group setting helped facilitate discussions, she said she hopes to partner with even more student groups at future Women’s Weeks to generate more awareness of the topic.

The South Asian Women’s Collective was one of the student groups who hosted an event—theirs was titled “South Asian Representation in Film.”

“SAWC is a relatively new organization—about two or three years old— so we wanted to have a presence in women’s spaces on campus,” Ahilya Khadka ’19 said.

Khadka said she and her former SAWC co-president Mayukha Karnam ’19 decided to apply for a Women’s Center grant last semester to host an event at Women’s Week.

At the event, Khadka and Karnam showed trailers from films including “The Big Sick” and “Meet the Patels,”

South Asian female representation in film is something we’ve talked about with our friends... getting people to reflect on this issue is important.

Ahilya Khadka ’19 followed by a small-group discussion about the portrayal of South Asian women in film.

“South Asian female representation in film is something we’ve talked about with our friends,” Karnam said.

“For instance, ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ was an extremely controversial film and was censored in India because it was ‘lady-centric.’ What does that even mean? Having these conversations and getting people to reflect on this issue is important.”

Rahman said she saw Women’s Week as forming an important part of

the Women’s Center’s work on campus.

“The mission of Women’s Week is to make it so that student groups are able to lead events that really do challenge, motivate and inspire the stu-

Honors Artist Solange

By PAULA M. BARBERI and RUTH A. HAILU Crimson Staff Writers

The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations awarded Grammy Award-winning artist and activist Solange Knowles their artist of the year award in front of a sold-out crowd Saturday evening.

The Harvard Foundation celebrated Solange at their 33rd Cultural Rhythms Show, an event featuring 11 cultural performances including dance, music, and spoken word. In Solange’s acceptance speech, she shared sources of inspiration she said have uplifted her during darker times.

“Truth be told, I sometimes feel completely and utterly unbrave, tired, confused, and afraid,” Solange said.

She encouraged all black women in the audience to continue breaking boundaries and claiming spaces from which they have been excluded in the past.

Solange also cited women, including Nina Simone, Monique, Sandra Bland, and Donna Reynolds, as inspirational individuals who “have been willing to put it all out on the line and live their truth.”

“I want to share this moment, especially with black women who may feel shut out of these spaces, or feel like the doors are not open to them because of one reason or another, and let them know that I see you and I celebrate you tonight and every day,” Solange said.

“Who embodies the power of art as commentary, art as a statement, art as reclamation, better than the Harvard Foundation artist of the year, Solange Knowles?” said Layla Siddig ’19, Harvard Foundation intern and co-director of the event.

Joy B. Nesbitt ’21 agreed and said he thought it was meaningful to see Solange accept the award.

“Solange’s speech was really inspiring, especially being a black woman. It’s beautiful that I get to see such representation and such a wonderful example of excellence and wonder and greatness,” Nesbitt said.

Solange also spoke Saturday about themes of worth and belonging, reflecting on her ancestry and the historical implications of her presence at Harvard.

“My ancestors’ hands have built these spaces, and so I know that we belong. And so, while yes, these institutions open doors, and while I understand what the visibility as a young black woman artist standing here before you is... I also have to acknowledge that our worth cannot be ­

The goal is to break barriers big and small, including the barriers that still need to be broken not just by women but by everyone.

Gaby A. Germanos ’18 dent body, and that they do have an intersectional approach to women and gender issues,” she said.

The week of events came to a close with “Nevertheless, She Persisted,” an open microphone event organized by the Seneca, a gender-neutral campus social group, and BlackC.A.S.T., a student theater group focused on providing a space to students of color.

The Seneca claims its mission is to make “the Harvard experience more rewarding for undergraduate women.”

“Women’s Week is one of the coolest ways we get to contribute to the community,” Liat Z. Rubin ’19, the Seneca’s Women’s Outreach Coordinator, said.

“I think art is so, so important and can offer ways of reflecting on things we experience in our day-to-day lives, things we want to think more about, and things we want to share with other people,” she said.

“I’m just so excited to be able to celebrate the women who inspire us and use art to do that.”

The open microphone event, attended by roughly 40 people, began with a rendition of Kesha’s “Woman,” performed by Isabel “Isa” M. LaPuerta ’19. Around three-quarters of the attendees were female.

At the event, Germanos said this is a time to reflect on breaking barriers.

“The goal is to break barriers big and small; including the barriers that still need to be broken not just by women but by everyone,” she said.

Shiyi “Emma” Shen ’20, a performer at the event, put it more concisely.

“It’s hard to be a woman sometimes.”

invested in waiting for the moment that someone tells us that we are worthy,” she said.

Cengiz Cemaloglu ’18, an intern at the Harvard Foundation, said the annual show comprises an important opportunity to amplify voices and cultures which tend to be underrepresented.

“Maybe the random bystander is actually not interested in the particular dance or the particular art that this person has been involved in—because it’s not mainstream and not celebrated by the Anglo-Saxon society we live in,” Cemaloglu said.

“When we are putting these shows on the stage, we’re not only telling that these cultures, that these communities, have their own way of cele

I sometimes feel completely and utterly unbrave, tired, confused, and afraid.

Solange brating, their own ways of mourning, their own ways of being, but what we are telling them is that those communities are here.”

The Foundation also honored their late director, S. Allen Counter, who died in July. Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced that Harvard will unveil a portrait of Counter set to hang in Annenberg Hall in coming weeks.

Solange said she wants her work to not only be seen as entertainment, but as a statement of her identity.

“I want to sculpt, I want to build, I want to tear down walls and build new ones, I want to dismantle, I want to disrupt, I want to bore, I want to quiet you down, I want to create frequency, and I feel so incredibly humbled and beyond gracious and thankful that you have allowed me to do this work,” Solange said.

Claire E. Townsend ’18, a member of the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, said Solange shook each person’s hand and introduced herself to each singer before the group’s performance.

“I didn’t know what to expect, but I was blown away, and she was beautiful in person,” Townsend said.

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The current language in the handbook states that unrecognized organizations, including final clubs and Greek organizations, may not “conduct any activity at Harvard.” The proposed changes will add an additional statement that says, “The College views commitment to non-discrimination as essential to its pedagogical objectives.”

The changes also outline the penalties for students who join such organizations.

The new language refers students to the Office of Student Life website for further information on the policy.

The changes further add a new, general statement on the University’s non-discrimination policy to the section of the handbook dealing with un-

dergraduate student organizations.

An additional edit to the section on

The College views commitment to nondiscrimination as essential.

College Handbook independent student organizations— which receive benefits from the College—requires that such organizations comply with an expanded version of the previous non-discrimination policy. The change adds “religion, nation-

al origin, age, ancestry, veteran status, disability, military service, or any other legally protected basis” to the list of categories against which independent student organizations cannot discriminate.

The list previously included only “race, creed, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or physical disability.”

The proposed changes will also rename the Gender Neutral Housing section of the handbook “Gender Inclusive Housing” and will enable firstyears to live with anyone regardless of their gender, a change that administrators confirmed last week. Freshmen will be able to request gender inclusive housing when they fill out their housing application.In its current form, the Handbook states the option to apply for mixed-gender rooming groups is only open to sophomores, juniors, and

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seniors.

Other proposed changes to the handbook include updates to the changing Program in General Education, including the statement that any course used to fulfill the new distribution requirement may be taken pass/ fail.

The changes also include: updated language on physical violence, a limit on the number of classes Harvard undergraduate students may cross-register in for credit, a stipulation giving students the ability to receive cross-registration credit for ROTC classes through MIT, and a housing cancellation fee adjustment.

The Faculty will also hear a proposal from Professor Daniel P. Schrag on behalf of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to create a new Environmental Science and Engineering concentration in SEAS.

Currently, ESE is a track within the Engineering Science concentration. It is the only area of study within Engineering Science that does not have its own separate concentration.

The Faculty Council voted in favor of Schrag’s proposal last month. Their vote is purely advisory, though, and the entire Faculty will likely be able to vote directly on the proposal at their next meeting in April.

Khurana is slated to speak Tuesday about early registration, an alternate method of undergraduate course selection.

Staff writer Angela N. Fu can be reached at angela.fu@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @angelanfu.

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EDITORIAL The Crimson Editorial board

Graduate Hypocrisy and Misdirected Influence

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ot content with Harvard’s policy on unrecognized single-gender social groups, some alumni have begun to look for a way to protect their old clubs. Rather worryingly, they have begun to lobby Congress to alter the proposed PROSPER Act such that it would apply to the College. Under the proposed legislation, universities to which the law currently would apply are prohibited from taking punitive measures against students who opt to join single-gender groups.

While we stand by our support for the College’s sanctions on final clubs and Greek organizations, we believe that regardless of one’s stance on the issue, these alumni have behaved inappropriately. Any policy, or lack of policy, on Harvard’s single-gender social organizations should be decided by those who have a direct and immediate connection to Harvard—current students, faculty, and administrators.

Some alumni on these club graduate boards have not attended Harvard in decades, and yet are still trying to enshrine a lifestyle they led when the College was a vastly different institution.

Alumni who are concerned with the state of Harvard today could do more tangible good for the student body by wielding their influence for

something other than these bastions of exclusivity. They could donate to financial aid initiatives, start new summer internship programs, or invest in Harvard’s research.

Instead, their actions carry a degree of hypocrisy. Many of these alumni are currently lobbying Con-

The lack of clarity on the sanctions does not excuse the actions of overzealous and overstepping alumni. gress because they believe the Corporation has overstepped its boundaries in effectively codifying the College’s penalties. However, to go to the U.S. government, in an attempt to supersede the Corporation, is an even more egregious form of the alleged overreach they decry.

We are disappointed in the decision by these alumni to use their money and influence in an attempt to lobby the federal government to overrule a policy specific to a single university. The debate over final clubs and Greek organizations is entirely a Harvard-specific issue to resolve, and should not be subject to the will

of any other institution. We urge the College to ignore these efforts and continue to assert its rightful authority to decide what works on its own campus.

Ultimately, whether these lobbying efforts continue or fizzle out, we do acknowledge that the entire process of implementing the sanctions has been incredibly confusing. The student body needs clarity on the sanctions, especially as the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences will soon vote on whether to include the policy in the Student Handbook. This policy has already begun to affect students on this campus. Yet the lack of clarity on the sanctions does not excuse the actions of overzealous and overstepping alumni. This backdoor attempt by far-removed alumni to change the policy through the labyrinthine mechanisms of the federal government will only add to this needless confusion.

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.

Limitations of Redistribution Christina M. Qiu New Romantix

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o philosophize about redistributive justice is a college student’s rite of passage into academic delirium. This practice is corroborated by literature that veers toward verbosity (John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice”), proselytization (Mark Greif’s “Gut Level Legislation, or, Redistribution”), and anecdotes (Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “The Case for Reparations”) created by philosophers, journalists, and essayists alike. Though devoid of most practical assessment, the question encompasses an important subject: What reward should we receive for the act of living?

For this question, we must think globally.

This argument for redistributive justice is difficult because our economic language places itself around collective growth, not morality. Growth is a meaningful goal, serving as the drawing factor of capitalism. Challenges to growth are deemed inefficiencies. This framework, of course, does not allow political identities to rest on level ground. Liberals stand in an awkward position of arguing precisely the way our world in its current position reeks of inefficiency. In liberal-generated economics, hiring dis-

Dreaming of income redistribution without the normalization of immigration, or the redistribution of people, is meaningless. crimination limits the free sorting that the labor market’s autonomy necessitates; immigration bans actively create bureaucratic stress and interrupt flow of labor in the economy. As America’s economic and social foundations rest on capitalism and democracy respectively, both working ideally to maximize freedom, the two ideologies are inextricably connected in an American mind. Insistence on redistribution—by any means and of any object—is antithetical to the capitalist position that our own choices are sustainable. Its implication of regulation reject the democratic lemma that our individualism is socially beneficial.

Thomas Piketty in his book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” challenges the ideological harmony between capitalism and democracy specific to

American thought. There are few academic books of such casual placement in personal libraries, indie bookstores, and millennial conversation. Its popularity rests in its presentation of a palatable case for redistribution. The thesis is simple—our investment structures force returns on capital to greatly exceed economic growth, thus privileging elites. This entrenchment results in the inevitable formation of an oligarchy whose rigidity displeases Americans not yet disillusioned with the concept of mobility as a possibility. The mechanism of oligarchy to political unrest is that extreme stability lends itself to instability. What Piketty describes as the driving force for such transition may be a corollary to a rudimentary art history axiom: A genre’s self-consciousness is its demise.

To many, a possible threat to democracy is enough to challenge the inequality that economic theory states is a necessary sacrifice for growth. Though Piketty argues for a global redistributive tax, does this investment in freedom extend across national lines? The government acts as a centralized body for domestic redistribution, deeming its practices plausible. But on the international plane, there are no rules. One acts in accordance to one’s contemporaries; the rules change when they are no longer optimal.

There are myriad factors preventing policy production of such scope, including issues of compliance, fragility of international organization, and narrativization of patriotism. The closest example of an attempt would be the financial collectivism of the European Union, whose institutions even Piketty in his article “Our manifesto for Europe” published in The Guardian states are “dysfunctional and need to be rebuilt.” The European Union is not yet a failure but seems to produce divisions opposite to its initial vision of inclusion, peace, and collaboration. French president Emmanuel Macron passed an elite-favoring tax plan nearly identical to that of Trump; anti-immigrant populist movements gain traction in Austria, Italy, and Germany. Indeed, there would be no worse American nightmare than to share financial structures with others, trading our relatively speedy recovery from recession with a debt crisis. The European experiment, for all its controversy, is notably not prescriptive but structural.

It requires the sharing of financial institutions and subsequent implications, not the intentional relocation of property, wealth, or investment. To institute a continental redistributive tax would be a social disaster that spikes nationalism, isolationism, and nativism. Thus, dreaming of income redistribution without the normalization of immigration, or the redistribution of people, is meaningless, especially as rates of such exchange rise.

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The world is not very good at either population or wealth redistribution, let alone the two together. What surprises me most about conversations on immigration is its inaccuracy. In the United Kingdom, the average Brit estimates the population’s foreign-born proportion at 31 percent, nearly double that of the actual statistic. A study of refugees in Uganda suggested that contrary to political representations in host societies of refugees as burdens, refugees acted as con-

We can indeed be both less nativist and elitist. sumers, employment-creators, and generators of human capital. Immigration generally does not yield significant impacts on unemployment in host societies. The question of domestic redistributive justice, however, challenges benign academic characterizations of immigration. Immigration does not benefit us all equally. Studies have also shown shifts in domestic wage distributions after immigration waves, favoring those at the top and harming those at the bottom. Irrational nationalistic instances further complicate the conversation surrounding immigration. Is the global redistribution of people a challenge to our fantasies of wealth redistribution? As populism may be the biggest symptom of democracy, do current trends suggest that in real life, immigration counters such visions of domestic wealth redistributions? Is our duty a global or national one? These questions are not to say that domestic and global equality are in contention, as there are countless determinants for both. I am simply saying that they are connected, that a fear of immigration from our lowest echelons is all logical, worrisome, and threatening precisely because it did not arise from thin air.

To lean on pretty odes to wealth redistribution and immigration as a proxy of political favorability is intentionally myopic, as we do not live in ideal versions of the world. If our primary goal is inclusion and equality of opportunity, the solution to this paradox is to be less reactionary as a society and to provide financial, educational, and social support for those most vulnerable. We can indeed be both less nativist and elitist.

But this statement is overly positive. We must first identify the contradictions of our society to rectify them. Through such conversations, America can fulfill both a redistributive duty to her own people and the international community from which she derives her status.

Christina M. Qiu ’19 is an Applied Mathematics concentrator in Mather House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays.

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Beyond Bars, Beyond Gates

By Nawal k. Arjini, martin M. Bernstein, and Sonya a. Karabel

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peaking at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture this past November, University President Drew G. Faust argued that education is the civil rights issue of our time. Drawing inspiration from Frederick Douglass’s insistence on the importance of education as resistance to slavery, President Faust wrote in Harvard Magazine, “Education liberates the mind, even when the body is oppressed. It gives us perspective as a passport to other times, other places, and other points of view, as well as a way to learn about ourselves and to re-imagine our lives in ways that alter us forever.” As racial oppression in the United States persisted but changed forms, education continued to be a key frontier, with Brown v. Board of Education marking the first major victory against Jim Crow. Today, as policing and mass incarceration have become central to institutional racism, education remains a powerful means of resistance. If Harvard is serious about education as a civil right, it is time to start offering College courses in Massachusetts prisons.

In September, following the revelation that Harvard administrators had likely overturned the admission of Michelle Jones to the Prison education Graduate School of Arts and Sciences empowers people due to her formerly who have been incarcerated status, faculty signed systematically denied 171 onto a letter titled access to education.

“We Are Educators, Not Prosecutors.”

The signatories called on Harvard to add criminal history to Harvard’s non-discrimination policy and to support Harvard faculty interest in creating a prison education program.

From March 5 to 7, the Beyond the Gates conference will propose how to actualize this demand. Students who graduated from higher education in prison programs, including Jones, and educators who have helped develop these programs will come together to discuss models of prison education and propose bringing together the best features of each to create a new, innovative program at Harvard. It is crucial that Harvard does not let this opportunity for action pass by.

Harvard currently lags behind its peers in offering courses in prison, though it has historically been a leader. Graduate student researchers working on a report to be released at the conference have discovered in the Harvard Archives that as early as 1833, Divinity School students were entering prisons to offer religious education. In the 1920s, Howard B. Gill, Class of 1913, designed Norfolk Prison Colony as a “community prison,” complete with buildings arranged like a college campus, a community center, dormitories around a quadrangle, and a well-stocked library. It was through Norfolk’s debate team that Malcolm Little became the powerful public speaker Malcolm X. In the 1950s, the Phillips Brooks House Association began to send Harvard students to teach alongside incarcerated men and women. Today, the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Reform, a part of PBHA, continues this work, tutoring men and women at six local correctional facilities in life skills and GED preparation. But at many other universities—including Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Cornell—prison education has moved beyond undergraduate volunteering. At these institutions, faculty teach accredited college courses in prisons.

Harvard had such a program, the Prison Studies Project, led by Graduate School of Education lecturer Kaia Stern and Professor of Sociology Bruce Western. From 2008 to 2013, Harvard and Boston University students shared a classroom with incarcerated men and women enrolled in Boston University’s Prison Education Program for a semester-long seminar that explored topics in urban sociology, such as race, poverty, and community justice, inside the walls of local prisons, for which both Harvard and Boston University students received course credit. However, since funding dried up for this initiative, these courses are no longer offered.

Harvard has an opportunity to become a leader in the field of prison education once again, by directing its resources towards new models of prison education which offer accredited courses for incarcerated and campus-based students together. Offering mixed-classroom courses combats the isolation of incarceration. In a society like ours, where gates keep people out and bars keep people in, the classroom is a place of solidarity and community. Creating communities of learners, rather than isolating people into categories of “students” and the “incarcerated,” has ramifications outside of the classroom, too: It provides social networks which can help incarcerated students upon re-entry. It facilitates intergenerational conversations between students of different ages. And it ensures that all students think and learn in ways that keep them engaged with the world. Prison education empowers people who have been systematically denied access to education. It gives tools for change to those who know the injustice of the criminal justice system best. As Marcus Williams of the prison education program Liberation Literacy writes, Prisons deny people “Education teachthe chance at the es us how to resist personal and political and organize. Politicizing someone’s growth that Harvard mind is a non-violent rightly views as a civil form of resistance.”

A mixed-classroom right. prison education program would enable Harvard campus students to come together with incarcerated students and develop the language, skills, and community necessary to resist and organize against systemic oppression. It would be a concrete step towards Harvard’s goal of providing education that benefits society.

As students, we call upon Harvard to begin offering courses in prison, both because we believe it would help us become more engaged learners and because we believe Harvard has an ethical duty to the community around it. Accordingly, HOPE is holding a rally outside University Hall on Tuesday to demonstrate student support for prison education at Harvard. The rally has been cosponsored by the Black Students Association, Association of Black Harvard Women, Student Labor Action Movement, and more student organizations.

Prisons deny people the chance at the personal and political growth that Harvard rightly views as a civil right. If Harvard is serious about its responsibility to members of its internal community, and about acknowledging its role in the larger communities it occupies, it must put its immense resources towards engaging with the incarcerated population around it.

Nawal K. Arjini ’18 is a History and Literature concentrator in Dudley House. Martin M. Bernstein ’20 is a History and Philosophy concentrator living in Dudley House. Sonya A. Karabel ’18 is a Social Studies and African American Studies concentrator in Dudley House. They are members of the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Reform.

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Harvard Defeats Cornell to Claim Spot In Ivy Title men’s basketball

By Stephen j. gleason Crimson Staff Writer

Sometimes the third time really is the charm. It took double overtime, but the Harvard men’s basketball team was able to top Cornell, 98-88, on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion. With the Crimson’s win and Penn’s loss at Yale, Harvard (16-12, 11-2 Ivy) earned the opportunity to secure the Ivy League’s regular season title and the top seed in next weekend’s conference tournament with a win over Columbia on Saturday night. It was the Crimson’s first double-overtime game since December of 2014 and the first at Lavietes since February of 2013.

“We both had chances I though to win the game at various points, whether it’s regulation, whether it’s the first overtime, free throws, or what have you,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “Just a gusty win by our team to be able to hold the home serve.”

With the clock counting off the final 12.3 seconds of regulation, Cornell (1115, 5-8) junior guard Matt Morgan, who already had 28 points on the evening, drove into the teeth of the Crimson defense, laid the basketball off of the right backboard through contact from Harvard sophomore forward Chris Lewis. The layup attempt wiggled its way through the bottom of the net, Morgan drained the ensuing free throw, and the margin between the teams was the same as it had been at tip-off.

“What we don’t want is an andone,” Amaker said. “If you’re going to be there to challenge it or whatever then it can’t be whether the shot is going to go in and they get a chance to tie it at the foul line. You’ve got to get your money’s worth there, as they say, or you need to completely back off. It’s just a really poor decision on his part.”

Lightning struck a second time toward the end of the first overtime session. Harvard sophomore forward Seth Towns, a 79.8 percent free throw shooter entering Friday’s game, missed the front end of a pair of free throws with 5.7 seconds to play. After 45 minutes of game action, the contest was still without a victor.

The Crimson made sure to put its foot on Cornell’s throat in the second extra session, outscoring the guests, 11-1 despite Towns’ premature exit due to a fifth personal foul. Harvard would score the final nine points of the game and hold the Big Red to 0-of-6 shooting in the contest’s final five minutes. After Cornell junior forward Stone Gettings fouled out with 2:45 to play, the Crimson switched to a zone defense that helped the hosts secure stops on three consecutive possessions and pull

Book of lob Sophomore forward Chris Lewis positions himself for a deep lob against a Cornell defender. Lewis notched 29 points on the night. Henry Zhu—Crimson photographer

ahead for good.

Although Lewis was the culprit for the foul that sent the game into overtime, the sophomore was a force to be reckoned with all night on the offensive end. The Alpharetta, Ga., native finished the contest with career-highs in both points (29) and minutes (41).

Lewis missed just two field goal attempts all night and was a matchup nightmare for the Big Red’s undersized frontcourt.

“It was just that my team was trusting in me to carry through with my task,” Lewis said. “They said they were going to feed me the entire game and I just needed to execute the call at the end of regular period.”

One of the keys for Lewis’ career night was his ability to stay out of foul trouble, something that many of his teammates were unable to do. In the first half alone, Harvard committed 12 personal fouls—with Towns limited to just eight minutes before the halftime break. Cornell was largely able to stay in the game because of the Crimson’s foul troubles. In a frame marred by stoppages, the Big Red got to the line 16 times with 13 of its 33 first half points coming from the charity stripe. Morgan, Gettings, and junior guard Jack

Gordon scored all but five of Cornell’s points before the break. Harvard was buoyed by hot shooting, with five different players sinking shots from beyond the three-point arc in the first 20 minutes.

In addition to the foul troubles, the Crimson was plagued by turnovers through the game’s first three quarters. Despite shooting a scalding 58.8 percent from the field over the first 29 minutes of game action and hitting on nine of its first 15 three-point attempts, Harvard turned the ball over 16 times.

“That was something that we talked to Coach about,” Bassey said. “Just making sure we are really tight with everything, making sure we are in control getting unnecessary travels, unnecessary offensive fouls, and just being more cognizant of the times and situations. Really not trying to force things.”

Whereas the first half was characterized by its stoppages, the beginning of the second was all about pace.

The guests came out red hot out of the intermission, making six of its first eight field goal attempts, including four straight threes. Cornell scored 16 points in less than four minutes to go up by four at the second half’s first me-

dia timeout. Morgan was the catalyst, accounting for 14 of the Big Red’s first 19 second half points.

“Matt’s a really good player,” Bassey said. “I think what he doesn’t get enough credit for is he does a really good job of moving without the ball to, once he’s giving it up, he’s coming through, cutting, setting screens for other guys, causing a lot of confusion off the ball which makes it really difficult on the defense.”

With Morgan as the ringleader for Cornell, a well-rested Towns provided the answers for the Crimson. The sophomore had 10 of his club’s first 17 points out of the break as neither team held a lead of more than four for the first 10 minutes of the second half.

“It’s huge,” Amaker said. “He was carrying us for a while there when he got back in in the second half. He was the offensive punch we needed.”

Bassey—who was tasked with covering Morgan for much of the contest—also lit it up on the offensive end on a night when Harvard’s starters accounted for 92 of its 98 points.

Bassey did not miss a field goal until his shot attempt at the end of regulation fell short. All told, the Denver native made four three-pointers and all

six of his free throw attempts to tie a career-high with 18 points in 48 minutes of action. Bassey’s fourth triple of the game came with 6:52 remaining and gave the Crimson its largest lead of the contest at 10. Despite Harvard not committing a turnover in the final 11:03 of regulation, Morgan led the Big Red on a wild 18-8 run to send the game into overtime.

At 9:07 p.m., the Crimson clung to a one-point lead in the first overtime.

While Amaker drew up a play during the timeout, the 1,636 fans in attendance erupted as the Lavietes Pavilion scoreboard flashed the final score of the Penn-Yale game. It would take another session of overtime for Harvard to be able to control its own destiny on Saturday night. But it was only fitting on another crazy night in the Ivy League.

“We’ve seen it before and I’ve mentioned that to our kids all week, how challenging, wacky, crazy, whatever you want to call it, our league can be,” Amaker said. “We’ve seen it, it’s happened to us, we’ve been on this side of how things work out.”

Staff writer Stephen J. Gleason can be reached at stephen.gleason@thecrimson.com.

Strong Offense Carries Harvard in Two Road Games

kirby smart Senior Kirby Porter looks to drive by her Brown defender earlier in the season. callie e. rennyson—Crimson photographer women’s basketball

By Joseph w. minatel Crimson Staff Writer

I­ n its final weekend of the regular season, Harvard women’s basketball completed the season sweep on the New York Ivies in its trip to the Empire State, topping Cornell and Columbia on the road.

The Crimson (18-9, 10-4 Ivy) cruised to victory on Saturday and Sunday following weather delays delaying the Friday game. Harvard spread the ball around, with nine double-digit performances recorded on the weekend.

“This is always a hard weekend be-

cause the travel involved is brutal,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “And throw in a storm and all the question marks and delays, it makes it more of a challenge. We weren’t allowed to practice Friday.”

With victories over the Big Red (720, 3-11) and the Lions (8-21, 2-12), the Crimson heads into the Ivy League Tournament as the number three seed, set to take on two-seeded Penn in the first round. With only four teams in the tournament, a win there would immediately put the team in the game for the top spot.

“There were obstacles, but we still had to come out and prove we deserve to play next week in the tournament

and into March Madness,” sophomore guard Katie Benzan said.

HARVARD 78, COLUMBIA 59 Harvard was able to take control of the game following a run in the first quarter. After Columbia jumped out to a quick 8-4 lead, the Crimson jumped into the driver’s seat. Harvard finished the quarter on a 15-3 run. Following the run, the Crimson refused to look back.

Harvard was led by freshman forward Jadyn Bush, who netted a career-high 21 points against the Lions.

The rookie also shot 80 percent from the field and snagged six rebounds.

Bush’s partner down low, sophomore forward Jeannie Boehm, also helped

control the paint, scoring eight points and grabbing nine rebounds, while also recording a team-high five assists and four shots blocked shots.

The Crimson owned the inside throughout the weekend, out-rebounding Columbia 49-31. Boehm and Bush were not the only players contributing to Harvard’s dominance in the paint; sophomore guard Sydney Skinner had eight rebounds and junior co-captain Madeline Raster recorded seven rebounds to go along with her 16 points. Raster led the Crimson in scoring over the course of the entire weekend, netting 30 points against both the Lions and the Big Red. “Rebounding was really important to us, and it wasn’t really one person,” Delaney-Smith said. “We had everybody in the rebounding column.”

In addition, Benzan scored 11 points and senior guard Taylor Rooks scored 10, adding to the list of double-digit performances. Benzan, Rooks, and Raster each scored in the double-digits in both games this weekend.

“We just have so many scorers and so many ways to score,” Delaney-Smith said.

For the second straight weekend, Harvard’s defense shined as well. Columbia shot only 35.4 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from behind the arc. This marks the fourth straight game in which the Crimson has allowed less than 70 points.

“We need to sustain the defensive effort and take care of the ball,” Delaney-Smith said. “That’s the combination where this team turned the corner.”

HARVARD 91, CORNELL 57 Harvard once again took advantage of an early run to top Cornell. Its 12-0 run in the second quarter sparked an explosive period in which the Crimson outscored Big Red 30-13, going into the half up 49-31 and in complete control.

Harvard’s offense was firing on all cylinders in its trip to Ithaca, topping 90 points for the second time this season. Five different Crimson scored in the double digits, led by Benzan, who showcased her versatility against the Big Red. To go along with her team-

high 18 points, Benzan grabbed seven rebounds, recorded seven assists, and and swiped three steals. Benzan went four-for-six from behind the arc, and even grabbed her own rebound on a miss and scored after being fouled.

Benzan was not the only offensive force. Boehm owned the paint, recording her fourth double-double of the year on 15 points and 10 rebounds. This marks the second-straight year in the sophomore’s career with at least four double-doubles.

Redford was able to net a career-high 12 points as one of seven Crimson that shot at least 50 percent from the field. This includes Rooks and Raster, with 12 and 14 points, respectively.

Harvard’s accuracy was the reason for its offense’s explosiveness, as the Crimson shot a whopping 62.1 percent from the field, including 55 percent from three-point range. Harvard was also perfect from the line, going eightfor-eight on free throws. A start turn around as the team initially suffered woes from the free-throw line.

Harvard’s defense proved a handful as well, holding Cornell to shoot just 32.8 percent from the field and 17.6 percent from beyond the arc. The Crimson also controlled the inside, outscoring the Big Red 48-28 in the point and recording seven blocks.

Harvard will ride its four-game winning streak into the Ivy League Tournament in Philadelphia, heading into enemy territory to take on Penn in the Palestra.

“Whatever team we see in the tournament, they’re all good teams to prepare for,” Delaney-Smith said. “We’ve lost to all of them and beaten all of them, so they’re all good teams.”

Last season, the Crimson was the number three seed. Harvard would see an early exit, losing its opening game to Princeton, 68-47.

“We’re all thinking that we have unfinished business in Philly and we need to prove what we can do,” Benzan said.

“It’s going to be tough, but we’re all positive for the weekend.”

Staff writer Joseph W. Minatel can be reached at joseph.minatel@thecrimson.com.

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Harvard Bests Columbia to Claim Ancient Eight Title

golden boys The men’s basketball team rejoices after clinching its first Ivy League regular season championship since the 2015 season. timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer men’s basketball

league From Page 1 5-of-8 shooting from deep.

“We shoot the ball very well as a team, we have a lot of weapons espe-

cially from beyond the arc and so like every game one person can go off and hit open shots, Seth can do it, Bassey can do it, Juzang,” Johnson said. “Tonight, they left me open so I hit a couple big shots but I owe it all to my teammates to find me when I’m open.”

Starting its three seniors to close out their careers at Lavietes, the Crimson struggled to miss a shot through the first thirteen minutes of play.

Harvard began its scoring with a put-back dunk courtesy of captain Chris Egi just over a minute in—from

there it wouldn’t look back. Behind the red-hot shooting from beyond the arc and some of the best ball movement that it has seen all season, the Crimson jumped out to a 35-18 lead with 7:16 still to play before intermission.

Over that opening stretch, Harvard

shot 65 percent from the field and a blistering 72 percent from deep.

“We were certainly shooting the ball very well, look at our shooting percentages,” Amaker said. “We only went to the line two times and had 14 turnovers, but shooting 17 threes, I thought was incredible. In the first half, that got us out of the blocks. I thought we scored and got a lot of confidence. We played in transition, we played with great pace.”

Though the Lions mounted a late 9-0 run and pressed the Crimson in the final minutes, the early stretch gave Harvard the lead and one that it would hold the rest of the way. The Crimson tallied a season-high 24 assists and for the second night in a row saw four players in double digits. In what was likely Harvard’s best all-around effort, seven Crimson players scored six or more points on Saturday night.

On a senior night that saw Harvard’s first bucket scored by an outgoing senior, the last shot also came fittingly from a fourth-year. With the game decided, Amaker checked in his three veterans with just over a minute to go. As the shot clock wound down late in the contest, senior guard Andre Chatfield buried one from deep to the joy of the 1,636 in attendance. On the Crimson’s last possession, sophomore guard Christian Juzang handed the ball off to Egi to allow the captain to dribble out the clock and cap off the conference title.

The three seniors were freshmen the last time that Harvard took home the Ivy League crown.

“Coach always says that this league is won on Saturday nights, so we had an opportunity ahead of us,” Egi said.

“I guess it was one of those things, like when you have a chance to win a championship, it doesn’t matter what you did the night before. I know all the guys on this team, everybody wanted to win and I think that’s just what drove us today.”

Staff writer Troy Boccelli can be reached at troy. boccelli@thecrimson.com.

Harvard Wins Once, Drops Three in Southern Slate softball By jack stockless Crimson Staff Writer

Competing in the Carolina Classic, the second of three tournaments before the beginning of conference play, Harvard softball (3-6) dropped three out of four of its games in North Carolina.

The Crimson nearly flew home with a 2-2 split, but a late offensive push by Kansas downed Harvard in extra innings on Saturday.

“Being able to beat an SEC team and push a Big 12 team to extra innings were great achievements,” junior pitcher Katie Duncan said. “As a team we came down to this tournament to push ourselves and walk away better.

We absolutely achieved that goal.”

NORTH CAROLINA 6, HARVARD 1 North Carolina (7-13) rebounded in its second matchup against the Crimson, this time prevailing in Sunday’s consolation game, 6-1.

Harvard amassed just three hits— junior second baseman Meagan Lantz, freshman first baseman Morgan Melito, and senior left fielder Alexa Altchek combined for four total bases.

“The one thing we are targeting to work on offensively is making adjustments faster,” junior shortstop Rhianna Rich said. “Better pitchers succeed in throwing off timing and keeping the hitter off balance so it is important for us to know what adjustments we need to make and employ them every during our at bats.”

A shutout was in play until the bottom of the seventh. In the last frame, junior third baseman Erin Lockhart scored on a single to left field courtesy of Altchek.

The Crimson had no answer for Tar Heels starter Brittany Pickett until it pushed across that unearned run in its last trip to the plate. Pickett tossed all seven innings, allowing just three hits and a walk and striking out two.

Two of North Carolina’s runs came via the long ball. Tar Heels Hailey Jensen and Kristina Burkhardt each hit solo shots. The two home runs were more than Harvard had allowed in its previous eight games.

KANSAS 4, HARVARD 3 Despite two late comeback bids, the Crimson ultimately fell to Kansas (163) in Saturday’s lone game. The loss curtailed Harvard’s bid to compete in Sunday’s championship.

In the seventh and eighth innings, the Crimson appeared poised to escape unscathed on the defensive end, but each time the Jayhawks managed to drive in runs with two outs.

In the top of the seventh, Kansas center fielder Brittany Jackson led off reaching on a fielding error, but Duncan responded by inducing consec-

fever pitch In her nine games so far this season, junior Katie Duncan has pitched 240 at bats, 38.2 innings, and allowed just 45 hits. ryosuke takashima—Crimson photographer

utive groundouts. However, cleanup hitter and catcher Karli Ridling avoided that same fate, roping a double into the left-center gap to drive in Jackson, putting the Jayhawks on top, 3-2.

The Crimson held on in its half of the seventh to extend the contest to extra innings. Singles by Olivia Giaquinto and co-captain Kaitlyn Schiffhauer along with a walk by Maddy Kaplan loaded the bases. With two outs, Kansas shortstop Shelby Gayre misplayed a ball off the bat of Lantz, and Schiffhauer scored with the tying run.

But this come-from-behind effort would prove to be all for naught, as the Jayhawks pushed across another run in the top of the eighth. With two outs and a runner on second, pinch hitter Mikayla Warren singled to drive in Erin McGinley with the go-ahead run, making it a 4-3 ballgame.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to face these better teams, especially offensively because it challenges us to stay within our game plan and make adjustments according to whoever we’re facing,” Rich said.

In the bottom of the sixth, Harvard scored its first run since the first inning to tie the game, 2-2. Lantz faced a favorable 3-1 hitter’s count but then fouled off six consecutive pitches to ex-

tend her at-bat. Lantz finally broke the stalemate on the 11th pitch of the atbat, launching a home run over the leftfield wall for her first of the season.

Duncan replaced Giaquinto in the circle to start the third inning, and the junior finished out the remaining six innings. Duncan allowed two earned runs in her outing, further establishing herself as the team’s ace.

HARVARD 4, NORTH CAROLINA 3 In the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Crimson faced off against the tournament’s host and was locked in a contentious battle from the start.

Heading into the bottom of the seventh, North Carolina trailed, 4-3, but had scored in its previous trip to the plate and had its two, three, and four hitters due up.

The situation appeared promising for the Tar Heels at the outset, but they immediately ran into a major roadblock: Harvard’s Katie Duncan.

Duncan silenced the first two hitters, Kiani Ramsey and Taylor Wike, with full-count strikeouts. After allowing a single through the left side of the infield, Duncan regrouped and forced Brittany Pickett to look at strike three to end the game.

“Honestly I wasn’t even thinking

about who they had up to bat, but how I could execute the best possible pitches I could,” Duncan said. “I think the coaches adjusted to the hitters up by going more to the curveball and changeup than we had in the past innings.”

Duncan scattered 11 hits over seven innings to pick up her first complete-game victory of the season. One of the three runs she conceded was unearned, and she sat down five batters on strikeouts.

Offensively, Rich led the way. The junior went three-for-four, scored two runs, and stole two bases.

The Crimson jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and broke a 2-2 tie with two more runs in the top of the fifth. In the first inning, Rich picked up one each of her hits, runs, and stolen bases, and Melito doubled in a run. Back-to-back singles from co-captain and right fielder Maddy Kaplan and Lantz chased in Harvard’s fifth-inning runs.

ELON 5, HARVARD 1 Coach Jenny Allard opted to save Duncan in the opening matchup of the Carolina Classic. Sophomore hurlers Giaquinto and Alissa Hiener held their own in Duncan’s stead, but the Crimson’s offense struggled to produce in its

first action of the weekend.

The game was relatively close until the bottom of the fifth, when Elon (116) plated three runs on two hits. Harvard redeemed itself on a double by Phoenix Kara Shutt when Schiffhauer relayed to Lantz, who threw out the Elon baserunner at the plate. After being cut down trying to score, however, the Phoenix managed three runs, pushed home by a single, a fielder’s choice, and a wild pitch.

After scoring a run in the top of the fourth on an RBI single from freshman left fielder Alyssa Saldana, the Crimson’s bats went silent. In the three innings that followed, Harvard went three up, three down each trip to the plate. None of these nine outs were punch outs, but many involved soft contact, including a foul out and a pair of pop outs.

Just three Crimson batters managed to record hits—Kaplan, Lockhart, and Saldana all singled once in the loss.

Kaplan and Melito each drew walks.

Putting the bat on the ball has not been a major problem for Harvard thus far in 2018. Just two of its 21 outs came via the strikeout.

Staff writer Jack Stockless can be reached at jack.stockless@thecrimson.com.

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