The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 37

The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLV, No. 37 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Monday, March 19, 2018

The Harvard Crimson The vote to include the sanctions in the student handbook is a welcome first step in their implementation. Editorial PAGE 4

The men’s hockey season ended with a loss to Clarkson. Sports PAGE 6

Harvard Changes Labor Policy

Healthy Pharms Sales Stopped

BPDA Approves Allston Proposal

By MOLLY c. mCCAFFERTY

By Franklin r. civantos

Crimson Staff Writer

Crimson Staff Writer

By Truelian Lee and Jacqueline P. Patel

­ arvard settled a class-action lawH suit brought against it by an employee Thursday, mandating that the University reevaluate its independent contractor policy, reclassify some workers as employees, and compensate each of those employees in amounts up to $30,000.

The suit was brought against the University in 2016. Kara Donohoe, a massage therapist who has worked for Harvard University Health Service’s Center for Wellness for 13 years, served as the lead plaintiff in the case, alleging the University’s independent contractor policy unjustly failed to recognize her as a full employee under Massachusetts labor law, thereby denying her benefits.

The Mass. law in question is three

­ he Massachusetts Department of T Public Health suspended marijuana sales at Healthy Pharms Inc., a registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary with a location in Harvard Square, after a pesticide was discovered in a store sample in February.

The department suspended sales on Feb. 23. Three days later, department officials released a statement attributing the suspension to “a failed lab test report that indicated the presence of the pesticide bifenthrin in a sample batch of product.”

Healthy Pharms has closed both its Harvard Square and Georgetown locations until further notice, according to a statement posted on its website.

Bifenthrin is a man-made insecticide farmers sometimes use to weed

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The recently closed Health Pharms medical marijuana dispensary sits on Winthrop Street in Cambridge. Shera S. Avi-Yonah—Crimson photographer

Crimson Staff Writers

Boston’s urban planning agency approved Harvard’s preliminary proposal for a portion of its “Enterprise Research Campus,” a 36-acre University-owned plot of Allston land Harvard hopes to develop into a hub for entrepreneurship, at a board meeting last week.

Harvard first debuted its proposal for an “enterprise research campus” in 2011. The University hired real estate agent Steven D. Fessler to lead the construction of the area in April 2016.

In Dec. 2017, Harvard officially filed a Planned Development Area Master Plan with the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

The plan the BPDA approved last week describes the development goals

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Donato to Leave Harvard, Play for Boston Bruins MEN’S HOCKEY

By Spencer R. Morris and Stuti T. Telidevara Crimson Staff Writers

Junior Ryan Donato ends his Crimson career as the leading scorer of the 2017-2018 season. Timothy R. O’meara —Crimson photographer

Admission Suit May Be Heard In July 2018

Pokéworks Opens, MidSnowstorm, In Square

By Delano R. Franklin and Samuel W. Zwickel

By Henry W. Burnes and Franklin R. Civantos

Crimson Staff Writers

Crimson Staff Writers

A pending lawsuit alleging Harvard’s admissions policies discriminate against Asian Americans may go to trial as early as July, according to a Friday case filing.

The lawsuit, filed by the advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions in 2014, is currently in the late stages of its discovery phase, with discovery and depositions scheduled for completion on May 1, 2018. The lawsuit alleges Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.

The new case filing suggests the trial date may begin in July or August, following the discovery period and subsequent court proceedings.

Though lawyers for SFFA wrote in the case filing they will request summary judgement—that is, a decision without a trial—they also wrote they believe this outcome is unlikely. The

Pokéworks, a poke fast-food chain, opened its doors at 1440 Massachusetts Ave. for the first time last week on a stormy day when many stores closed in preparation for a nor’easter.

Poke, a raw fish salad native to Hawaiian cuisine, has in recent years spiked in popularity across the United States. As of 2018, multiple fast-casual restaurant chains specialize in the dish.

Originally a New-York based chain, Pokéworks now has 18 locations in the U.S. and one in Canada—as well as several new restaurants slated to open soon—according to its website.

Pokéworks claims to be the largest and fastest-growing poke chain in North America.

The newest addition to Harvard Square offers up its namesake Hawaiian dish in a rice bowl, burrito, or salad

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Inside this issue

Harvard Today 2

News 3

Editorial 4

­ unior Ryan Donato of the Harvard J men’s hockey team put an end to discussions about his career on Sunday night, announcing that he will be departing from the Crimson to join the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Donato was a Bruins draft pick (second round, 56th overall) in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

“While I am beyond thrilled for this next opportunity, it comes with a bittersweet feeling, as my time as a student-athlete at Harvard comes to a close,” said Donato in a press release.

“I am so thankful for every day I have spent at Harvard and the remarkable people I have met along the way, from the classroom, to the ice, and beyond.

It has truly been a privilege to wear the Harvard jersey and represent my school alongside such incredible teammates and coaches.”Donato’s third col-

lege season was his coming-out party on the national stage. The Hobey Baker finalist led Harvard in points this season (29 GP, 26–17—43), and his 26 goals were good for 4th in the country. He led the NCAA in goals per game (0.90) at the end of the regular season, and finishes his career with the Crimson above a point per game (97 career GP, 60–44—104). He was also named 201718 ECAC Player of the Year, and nabbed the Ivy League Player of the Year in last year’s Frozen Four campaign.

Harvard finished its season with an overtime loss on Friday in the ECAC semifinals to No. 10/8 Clarkson. The Crimson’s fourth consecutive trip to Lake Placid, N.Y., was in no small part due to Donato’s dynamic offensive play.

In Game 3 of the best-of-three quarterfinal series versus Dartmouth, Harvard came away with a 4-2 win powered by a hat trick from Donato. That matchup marked the third time the junior notched three goals in a game this season and gave him his fifth career hat

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Pokeworks, a restaurant chain selling classic Hawiian poke dishes, opened in Harvard Square in a space previously occupied by Liquiteria. Kathryn S. Kuhar— Crimson photographer

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Philly Cheese Steak Sub

Slow-Roasted Citrus and Fennel Chicken

Multigrain Rotini Primavera with White Beans Roasted Potato Wedges

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around the ivies Debate Surrounding Penn Law Professor Amy Wax Continues The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that criticism of Professor Amy Wax’s comments about her black students never graduating from the top of the class continues to draw attention and controversy. Asa Khalif, Black Lives Matter activist, is planning to begin petitions if no action is taken by the University by the end of this week.

Wax has been banned from teaching first year classes in response to a petition signed by both faculty and students. Wax’s comments have garnered some support, though, including from Black Lives Matter critic Heather Mac Donald.

Former Cornell Student Found Storing Weapons near College

Rio Haskett Freshman Rio Haskett lines up for a free throw against Penn last Sunday during the Ivy League Finals.

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HAPPY monday, Harvard!

Nothing says “welcome back from break” like the looming threat of a fourth nor’easter. Despite the lack of spring weather, we hope everyone is well rested and ready for the second half of the semester.

In the Atmosphere…

It may be sunny today, but this is not your beach vacay. With a high of 37º

and strong winds, you probably won’t page. even want to go outside to see the sun.

Citizen Indigenous EVENTS The Harvard University Native Ancient Egypt in Contemporary American Program and the Harvard Africa Project on American Indian Laurel Bestock from Brown Economic Development’s Honoring University will be presenting findings Nations Program are co-hosting a from recent excavations at Uronarti. panel on issues of tribal citizenship at Swing by the Geological Lecture Hall the Knafel Center at 4:15pm. at 6pm, or, if you don’t want to walk that far, tune into the livestream on Andy Fan & Kyle E. O’Hara the Semitic Museum’s Facebook STAFF WRITERS

Police found an AR-15 rifle, 300 rounds of ammunition, a homemade bomb, a bulletproof vest, and more in a Collegetown apartment owned by a former Cornell student, Maximilien R. Reynolds, on March 7th. The Cornell Sun reported that this comes as a shock to many students on campus and Ithaca residents. Reynolds is said to have been voluntarily receiving treatment for schizoaffective bipolar disorder with paranoid features and faces up to 40 years in prison.

Dean of Dartmouth College Steps Down Dean of Dartmouth College, Rebecca Biron, will be returning to teaching and research at the end of this academic year, The Dartmouth reports.

Biron was originally hired as as a professor of Spanish and Comparative literature in 2006 and has been Dean of Dartmouth college for three years. The Dartmouth reports that there will be more information regarding the appointment of an interim Dean of the College early in the spring term.

in the real world Is this Cyberbullying?

Republicans have many thoughts about President Trump’s tweets about Robert Mueller. Some are wondering if Trump has crossed a line with his comments.

Putin’s Fourth Term Vladimir Putin was re-elected, winning over 70 percent of the votes cast in the Russian presidential election despite a voter turnout that was lower than in previous elections. Many cite Putin’s widespread popularity as the reason for his resounding victory despite little campaigning.

Friend Request from Big Brother Adding to the #drama regarding the 2016 presidential election, lawmakers in both the U.S. and Britain are calling on Facebook to explain a data leak/ harvest connected to Cambridge Analytica about which users weren’t informed.

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Winter Farmers Market A soap merchant sells her wares at the Cambridge Winter Farmers Market on Saturday afternoon.

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Jacob H. Slichter ’83 Son of former Harvard Corporation member Charles P. Slichter ’45

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Harvard Settles Healthy Pharms Shuts Its Doors Suit, Changes Policy Marijuana From Page 1

out fire ants and other crop-killing insects. Given its high toxicity to insects—but not to humans—many companies use bifenthrin in food products.

No marijuana was directly sprayed with the pesticide, according to Healthy Pharms’s statement. Rather, employees sprayed a solution containing bifenthrin on an area without plants.

“This inadvertently contaminated a sprayer that we only use to sanitize hard surfaces between batches of plants,” the statement reads. “When we re-planted a flower room, the harvest of cannabis from that room was tainted.” ­

Labor From Page 1 ­ art: a worker is an independent conp tractor—not an employee—if they perform work not under direction of “superiors,” work that is not part of the “usual course of business” of the employer, or if the person has an independent business separate from their work for the employer in question.

Shannon E. Liss-Riordan ’90, the attorney for the suit and a former Crimson editor, said these criteria do not apply to Donohoe.

“She and others were misclassified as independent contractors and, as a result, missed out on various benefits that Harvard employees received,” Liss-Riordan said.

These benefits include paid vacation, paid holidays, sick days, and the ability to take Harvard classes at a discounted price. Early on in the case, the University attempted to dismiss the claims. But the court denied its motion, and—after two years of discovery and investigation—the two parties eventually reached a settlement of which Liss-Riordan said she is “very proud.”

As part of the settlement, the University agreed to revise its independent contractor policy.

The current iteration of the policy was adopted in 2010, according to University spokesperson Tania deLuzuriaga. During the suit—in the summer of 2017—the University created a working group to evaluate whether the policy is up to date, to recommend revisions, and to ensure that the classification approval process is “integrated with the University’s business procedures,” deLuzuriaga wrote in an emailed statement.

“The working group expects to issue recommendations over the next few months,” deLuzuriaga wrote.

Harvard will also reclassify approximately 20 workers at the Center for Wellness as employees and award them back pay for the hours they put in while misclassified as independent

contractors.

Liss-Riordan wrote in an email that, of the workers who will be reclassified, some who “consistently worked close to full time schedules” will be compensated in the amount of $30,000 each.

The rest will receive smaller back payments. The employees will also begin to receive benefits they were not entitled to as independent contractors.

Those employees who work at least 17.5 hours per week will also earn representation in the bargaining unit of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers.

“I’m very grateful to become a member of the union and the Harvard community,” Donohoe wrote in an emailed statement.

Beyond these immediate changes, according to Liss-Riordan, the settlement could have an impact on workers in other parts of the University.

“Since Harvard has agreed to revise its independent contractor policy University-wide, that aspect of the settlement could have far-reaching effect, though we don’t have an exact count of people who would be affected,” she wrote.

The University will reach out to those staff who will be affected by the reclassification as soon as details about pay scales and benefits are determined; until then, the Center for Wellness will operate as normal, according to deLuzuriaga.

“The settlement represents a mutually agreeable closure to the case in order to avoid protracted litigation, and it further underscores the contributions of the massage therapists and acupuncturists to the Center’s mission,” deLuzuriaga wrote.

Overall, Donohoe wrote, she is “very pleased” about the settlement and the benefits that come with her new status.

“I’m really looking forward to being able to take a vacation and give my body a rest without giving my bank account a rest as well,” she wrote.

Complying with state regulations, the company self-reported the discovery to the Department of Public Health, according to the statement.

Though Healthy Pharms found traces of this pesticide in certain samples, none of the affected batches of medical marijuana were packaged or distributed to consumers, the statement reads.

Healthy Pharms is a newcomer to Harvard Square.

The firm, based in Georgetown, Mass, was the first of “five or six” medical marijuana dispensaries permitted to set up shop under modified zoning regulations set by the Cambridge City Council in Feb. 2017. Healthy Pharms opened for business at its 98 Winthrop St. location. on Dec. 30.

A Healthy Pharms spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.

The suspension comes a few months after some Cambridge residents and store owners alleged Healthy Pharms would likely have a negative affect on Harvard Square. One local businessman, Crimson Galeria owner Raj K. Dhanda, even filed a lawsuit in Sept.

2017 seeking to block the dispensary from opening its Cambridge location.

His lawsuit is still ongoing.

Dhanda declined to comment directly on the suspension of Healthy Pharms’s license Saturday. But he said the event has not affected his lawsuit.

“There is nothing in our situation that has changed,” he said

Admissions Suit Could Begin in 2018 Admissions From Page 1 lawyers argue the expert reports do not appear to decisively favor either side.

“As the Court recognized at the February 7 hearing, this case is not likely to be resolved on summary judgment,” the case filing reads. “Four claims remain, and as to each, the parties have submitted expert reports that analyze identical data yet reach diametrically opposed conclusions.”

Edward Blum, president of SFFA, wrote in an emailed statement Saturday that the group “believes that the allegations we made about Harvard’s unconstitutional admissions policies will be evident to any impartial observer who reads our motion for summary judgement later this summer.”

If the United States District Court in Boston does not decide the case on summary judgement, the court will move to set a trial date. In the new filing, lawyers for SFFA wrote that they believe Harvard will request a trial date for the summer.

The organization itself, however,

“requests that the Court maintain the existing schedule and either refrain from setting a trial date or set trial for at least two months after summary judgment briefing concludes.”

SFFA made an argument for a later trial date in the case filing, arguing they and their lawyers need more time for discovery and preparation “for a trial of this size and scope.” The organization’s lawyers wrote they believe a “full-blown” trial could take around four weeks to complete, though they requested a “narrowed” trial.

“The Court should not permit Harvard to leverage its resource advantage to SFFA’s detriment by rushing into trial on an expedited schedule,” the filing reads.

If the Court approves the plaintiffs’ request, the trial date may then be pushed further towards the end of 2018.

Harvard, however, requested earlier in the case that the trial not be set for September through December because the admissions office is at its busiest during that time of year, reviewing thousands of applications.

The University argued it would unfairly burden admissions employees if they had to leave their work to give testimony during that time of year.

If the Court approves both requests, the trial date may then be pushed back to 2019.

“If trial is not held this summer, it may be impossible to hold a trial in this case until the late spring or summer of 2019,” the case filing reads.

Harvard spokesperson Rachael Dane wrote in an emailed statement Sunday that many “highly academically qualified individuals” apply to the College.

“To deliver on our educational mission, our admissions practices consider the whole person, their capacity not only for academic excellence, but also their ability to contribute to and learn from people profoundly different from themselves,” Dane wrote.

Staff writer Delano R. Franklin can be reached at nina.pasquini@thecrimson.com.

Staff writer Samuel W. Zwickel can be reached at nina.pasquini@thecrimson.com.

Former Harvard Corp. Member Slichter Passes Away At 94

By Nina H. Pasquini Crimson Staff Writer

For 25 years, Charles P. Slichter ’45– ’46 served as a fellow on the Harvard Corporation while commuting back and forth from his post as a physics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Slichter flew from Urbana-Champaign to Chicago to Boston for the Corporation’s biweekly meetings—over 500 trips with no nonstop flights—to attend the gatherings of Harvard’s highest governing body.

“Most people would find it pretty wearing to do that, but Charlie had such enthusiasm for Harvard that I think he just loved being on the Corporation, even though he continued to be a busy professor at the University of Illinois,” said former University President Derek C. Bok. Slichter is remembered by his children and colleagues for his contributions to the Corporation, his award-winning physics research, and his sense of humor, sage advice, love of people, and talent for teaching. He died on Feb. 19 at the age of 94. Slichter was promoted to be a full professor at the University of Illinois in 1955, where he researched condensed matter physics and nuclear magnetic resonance. In 2007, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Described

by Bok as something of a “Harvard brat,” Slichter was born in Ithaca, N.Y., the son of Sumner H. Slichter, an Economics professor at Harvard.

Slichter also received his Ph.D. from Harvard, and three of his six children graduated from the College.

Slichter served as the senior fellow on the Corporation for nearly 10 years and led the presidential search committee that selected Neil L. Rudenstine as University president in 1991.

Harvard awarded Slichter an honorary degree in 1996 in recognition of his physics research and his service to the University on the Corporation.

“I knew his father because his father was a professor in the Economics Department when I was a student,” said Henry Rosovsky, professor emeritus of Economics at Harvard and a former colleague on the Corporation. “My sense was that Charlie was a much more informal man than his father was.”

Slichter’s son, Jacob H. Slichter ’83, also recalled his father’s warmth and kindness over his formality.

“When I was in college, and he was on the Corporation, and they’d meet twice a month, we’d have breakfast together. Whenever I would walk into the Faculty Club, he’d just give me these huge hugs,” Jacob Slichter said.

He befriended more waitstaff and flight attendants than anybody I’ve ever met.

David P. Slichter ‘07 Son of Charles P. Slichter ’45

“He didn’t have the edge that so many others in that same room had, as they greeted their kids with firm handshakes and slaps on the back.”

Slichter’s kindness and love of people manifested itself in other ways, too.

Jacob Slichter remembered in the

days before smartphones, when trickor-treaters came to Slichter’s door, he would snap a Polaroid of each of them in their costumes and put the photos in their bags along with their candy for their parents. Another of his sons, Daniel H. Slichter ’04, said whenever he rode in a taxi cab with his father, his father would strike up an in-depth conversation with the driver.

“Everyone in life that he interacted with—it wasn’t just if it was the Harvard President, it could be just somebody driving a cab from Logan into Cambridge—he wanted to have the same level of engagement and interaction with them as he would with anyone,” Daniel Slichter said.

Slichter friends and family said he was also known for his sense of humor. One of his favorite jokes, Daniel Slichter said, combined his playfulness with his love of math. When Slichter ordered martinis and they came filled halfway, he would tell the waiter or waitress that he only got one-eighth of a martini.

“If you take the cone shape of the martini glass, and you look at the volume of the cone, if it’s half of the height, it’s only an eighth of the volume. And so some poor waitstaff person would be like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m sorry!’” Daniel Slichter said, laughing.

“He used this as a silly opportunity for a math lesson. That was the kind of thing that he would do.”

“He befriended more waitstaff and flight attendants than anybody I’ve ever met,” said David P. Slichter ’07, another of Slichter’s sons.

Daniel Slichter said that his father’s love of research and love of teaching never came into conflict.

A physicist himself, he said his father’s work in physics was innately collaborative, and key to this collaboration were both students and other

researchers.

“My dad was someone who was renowned for his contributions as a scientist and as an experimentalist—but also just as a teacher,” Jacob Slichter said. “Whenever I would go down to the lab and see my dad, those students kind of regarded me as a younger brother, and that just told me how they thought about my dad.”

Physics appealed to Slichter because he loved problem-solving and thinking about science’s most fundamental questions. Jacob Slichter said when he was a child, his father would sit on the sofa after dinner with a yellow legal pad working through physics problems. Jacob Slichter would ask his father what he was doing, and one response remained with him through the years.

“His answer was, ‘We’re trying to understand, in the simplest terms, the nature of catalysis—the nature of chemical reactions,” Jacob Slichter said. “I remember even before I understood what all of that meant, I was struck by the elegance and depth of what he had said, and saw in him that he absolutely felt all of it.”

Rosovsky said in the early 1980s, he wanted Slichter to come to Harvard as a faculty member, but Slichter ultimately turned down the offer because he wanted a teaching, rather than administrative, role.

“I tried very hard to bring him to Harvard as a faculty member, as the dean of what was then called the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which is now called SEAS,” Rosovsky said. “He decided not to come and he stayed in Illinois.”

Bok said Slichter provided unique insights to the Corporation’s discussions, especially as Harvard changed its science focus from theoretical science to applied science.

“The decision to actually create a School of Engineering did not take place until a few years after I left, but the beginnings of it owed a lot to the insights of Charlie Slichter,” Bok said.

According to his children, one as-

Even in death, he was just always shining on everybody around him.

Jacob H. Slichter ’83 Son of Charles P. Slichter ’45

pect of Slichter that influenced every aspect of his life—be it his work on the Corporation, his physics research, or his relationships with his family—was his unbridled enthusiasm.

“He could be overcome with enthusiasm for things, beyond his ability to express with words sometimes.

And that could be physics, it could be his kids, it could be Harvard, which he really loved,” David Slichter said.

“But it could also be something like a Marx brothers movie, or a Bob and Ray sketch.”

Jacob Slichter remembered this same characteristic of his father, explaining how it stayed with him even in his last days.

“He was a big enthusiast for life. He loved Dixieland jazz, marching bands, circus trains, fireworks—all that kind of stuff could light up his eyes just as much as physics did,” Jacob Slichter said. “And even in death, he was just always shining on everybody around him.”

Faust Visits Philadelphia High School Pokéworks Opens in Middle of Snowstorm

By Kristine E. Guillaume Crimson Staff Writer

­ niversity President Drew G. Faust U traveled to Philadelphia over spring break to speak at Philadelphia High School for Girls, commonly known as Girls’ High, about the importance of higher education. Faust, who stopped

by Philadelphia to watch the men’s basketball team play in the Ivy League Tournament, urged students at Girls’ High to work towards a college education, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“You have extraordinary gifts, and I encourage you to share those gifts by continuing your education—and building on them to reach out more broadly to wider worlds and new places, educating others as you educate yourselves and build your futures,” Faust told the

students. At the event, Faust also spoke about efforts to make higher education more accessible to a diverse set of students, noting Harvard’s push to admit students from “different kinds of economic and social backgrounds.”

She said, however, that there are still “opportunities that are less open to some people than to others” in higher education, even among universities like Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.

“This is why America’s colleges and universities need you. We want your ambition; we want your talent; we want your ideas. We want your energy and your commitment,” Faust said.

“And we need what only you can bring to our campuses: perspectives that will influence everyone around you, just as they will influence you.”

After the event, Faust told reporters she hoped the visit would encourage

the students to “pursue their dreams.”

“It was also an effort to say I notice you, I notice you have talent and that you have possibility, and to reinforce in any way I could their commitment to their own talent and possibility,” she said.Faust’s visit to Girls’ High marked the most recent stop on her speaking series at high schools across the country.

In January, Faust surprised students at a Cincinnati public high school. She has also made the case for higher education in Dallas in 2014 and Miami in 2017.

In addition to visiting the high school and attending the Ivy League basketball tournament—where the Crimson fell to Penn and lost a slot in the NCAA Tournament—Faust also spoke at a reception for Philadelphia-based alumni.

Pokeworks From Page 1 ­ ith either chicken, tofu, or one of five w types of seafood.The Harvard Square Advisory Committee and Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals approved Pokéworks’s application for the space in July, and the company received its fast food permit on July 27, according to Cambridge Day. At the time, Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, said she thought the restaurant’s bid was “really impressive” given the chain quickly attained necessary approvals.

The Mass. Ave space was formerly occupied by Liquiteria, a smoothie company based in New York, but has sat vacant since that store closed last fall.

Some students welcomed Pokéworks as a refreshing shift away from other, more conventional square eateries. Emily Chen ’19 said she liked the change from Liquiteria to Pokéworks because the chain offers food she can easily pick up when she in a rush.

“It’s slightly different from the other types of food offered in the Square in that it’s really casual, and really easy to grab, and also customizable,” Chen said.

Jonathan V. Garzon ’21, a Crimson business comper, said he agreed with Chen.

“I had only had poke once before, and I thought that it was pretty adequate,” Garzon said. “For a quick meal, and for a change from the usual Jefe’s and Felipe’s, it was a good way to go.”

EDITORIAL

The Harvard Crimson | MARCH 19, 2018 | page 4

What Gives?

The Crimson Editorial board

In the Books

Nathan L. Williams

The vote of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is a welcome first step in the implementation of the sanctions.

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n March 6, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted to include the College’s penalties for members of unrecognized single-gender social groups in the student handbook. With this vote comes the understanding that the sanctions have been officially codified. The sanctions also now have an enforcing body—the Administrative Board—to weigh all student violations.

Upon the unveiling of the implementation process last week, the Office of Student Life expressed an expectation that the Ad Board would be in charge of adjudicating all social group cases. Indeed, this Faculty vote has now made this expectation concrete. We are pleased by the fact that, as a result of this decision, the sanctions can now be implemented, and that some progress has been made in a nearly two-year-long saga of administrative delay. This is a welcome first step of conciliation, hopefully ensuring that students who choose to participate in single-gender organizations face defined consequences under the policy.

In accordance with what we have written in the past, however, we still do not believe the policy and its implementation process have been adequately explained to all undergrad-

uates. Given the significance of the penalties, we stress that the College has failed to develop a complete and transparent policy. This is the unfortunate result of a nearly two-yearlong process full of motions, votes, and committees that has left many students and faculty uncertain as to which groups the sanctions affect and how the implementation process will occur.

This is a welcome first step of conciliation, hopefully ensuring that students who choose to participate in singlegender organizations face defined consequences under the policy.

ditionally, it would be helpful to hold similar events to serve as reminders for all upperclassmen affected by the policy.

Additionally, while the Faculty vote is a large step in the right direction with concrete ramifications, the fight against two major issues cited by the administration in the development of the sanctions—exclusivity and sexual harassment—should not end here.

As helpful as the sanctions may be in ameliorating these problems, they are still only one way to address them.

Therefore, we hope that any and all efforts to address these issues across the entire College—not simply those limited to the social organizations in question—not only continue, but also grow and improve. We expect the College to not only increase dialogue, but to take even more concrete steps. We hope that campus climate will ultimately measurably improve for the better.

Thus, we expect further communication and transparency from the administration about the policy’s exact guidelines and enforcement mechanisms. One suggestion would be to hold required meetings or dialogues concerning the policy for all incoming freshmen during Opening Days. Ad-

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

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The Diversity to Evolve By ian lutz

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n the first few weeks of my high school government class, our teacher assigned the classic political compass quiz, consisting of two axes measuring economic and political ideologies. None of my classmates seemed surprised when my dot fell in the deep reaches of the bottom left square, situated somewhere between Bernie Sanders and the Green Party.

Along with the few other liberals in my predominantly conservative school, an adversarial political culture forced me to routinely defend and sharpen my beliefs. But without many older liberals around, there was no model-Democrat to imitate or prepackaged set of beliefs to take up. Unsurprisingly, my “dot” did not fall right on top of many mainstream politicians, leaving me in a place to agree with most of the Democratic platform while maintaining a critical edge.

As I entered Harvard, I recognized the advantages of my former atmosphere but hoped for a shift away from the close-minded mentality that accompanied it. Debate was entertained between students, but my beliefs were usually laughed off as impractical for straying from the mainstream. With imagination abounding, I entered my first few weeks in Cambridge ready to experience a new and vast array of ideologies. By the end of my first political conversation, however, I realized that I had entered a new echo chamber, this time slanted to the left. Here, too, beliefs outside the mainstream are generally laughed off, whether they be on the right or the non-Democratic left.

I did not expect or want to find the Kremlin on the Charles that so many at home warned me about. Rather, I was hoping for something simpler: more of the poking and prodding that sharpened my beliefs throughout high school.

The predominant culture on campus instead serves as a roll call, demanding that students agree with certain benchmark issues to be considered enlightened, while asking no more. So

long as students align with certain predetermined roles, either as mainstream Democrats or moderate Republicans, no one questions their beliefs.

In an institution filled with so many connections and so much ambition, an implicit assumption exists in the politically minded portion of the student body: that we are preparing for careers in politics and that doing such requires conforming to existing party platforms. Unlike my high school, the model-Democrat not only exists at Harvard, but it all too often defines how students shape their ideologies and future aspirations. While no one will be surprised that Harvard’s political culture is predominantly Democratic and left-leaning, we must reach our critiques further to demand more ideological diversity.

With so many former Harvard undergraduates holding seats in Congress—a body in dire need of ideological vitality—it is nontrivial to consider the school’s effect on national politics.

When pundits try to understand the past decade of gridlock, followed by a damaging election cycle for both major parties, the call is often made for greater compromise, which is inevitably and falsely linked to a need for centrism.

Harvard and the country should instead focus on revamping the ideological foundations of both major parties, establishing a reservoir of ideas from which to draw new and innovative policies. But for this to happen, new leaders outside of the existing norms must exist, and this next generation of leaders must be willing to stand contrary to earlier party platforms and expectations.

In this light, our biology classes can perhaps shed greater light than anything offered by the Government Department: Without genetic diversity, a species that faces change is ultimately destined for extinction. Likewise, political parties that stifle ideological diversity cannot adapt to to the changing demands of an electorate. In the 2016 election, we saw the dawn of a new mass extinction, one that claimed the vitality of the Democrats and Republi-

cans alike. With the exception of Bernie Sanders, who was not originally within the Democratic Party, neither mainstay of American politics possessed the diversity of candidates necessary to absorb the electorate’s new populist demands while sticking to level-headed politics. In fulfilling the biological metaphor, this evolutionary weakness permitted a political parasite to hijack the environment.

Ideological diversity does not appear out of thin air, but instead out of academia and the students it influences. At this crossroads, Harvard and its disproportionately influential alumni could offer a sliver of hope for American politics. For this to happen, however, our campus must welcome a broader range of political ideas than it currently does. Though critics of higher education often focus on its lack of conservative voices, the problem of narrow political beliefs plagues the left and right alike. The challenge is not so much a challenge of numerical representation as much as sheer ideological variation.

That Harvard offers a thrust into the political field should not come as a shock to anyone, but we must not let it determine our actions or our willingness to consider unique beliefs. If we only consider what will best land us that summer internship or that campaign fellowship, we threaten to uphold the stagnation of the current political landscape. After all, the ideas coming out of higher education should offer the diversity needed for adaptation. In other words, students are the only solution for tomorrow’s pressing needs and today’s suffocating gridlock.

For this to happen, however, Harvard and its culture has to acknowledge that liberals can disagree with Democrats, and conservatives can disagree with Republicans.. Until then, we may succeed at producing alumni with impressive political positions, but we will not produce leaders with the courage and passion to effect true change.

Ian M. Lutz ’21 is a Crimson editorial editor in Holworthy Hall.

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olunteerism at Harvard confuses me. On the one hand, I’m moved by the hundreds of Harvard students who so readily dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of others. The Phillips Brooks House Association represents the best aspects of Harvard, serving as a conduit for public service as well as a bridge between Harvard, Cambridge, and the Greater Boston community.

Yet I’m skeptical of how much good organizations like the PBHA can do. Most PBHA programs lack a quantitative analysis of their impacts; in other words, we have no idea how much long-term good (if any) they generate. But more importantly, the PBHA seems focused on pushing Harvard students to volunteer their time instead of encouraging them to offer their most valuable resource to those in need—their money. The world would be much better off if well-to-do students pledged to give 15 percent of their summer or future full-time incomes to an effective charity, like Doctors Without Borders or the Against Malaria Foundation, instead of spending their summers volunteering at a foreign orphanage where their inexperience may harm—not bolster—the orphanage’s capacity for good.

We, the part-time volunteers that comprise Harvard’s charitable organizations, live contradictory lives. We spend our dinners railing against global inequality. We spend our afternoons volunteering to address these inequalities. We spend our vacations attempting to convince our friends and family members and even online strangers of the existence of these inequalities. And yet, more than any other demographic, we embody these inequalities.

Materialism and cognitive dissonance: these are Harvard’s hallmarks. We spend our money on needlessly expensive arctic jackets. We buy shoes we rarely wear (and certainly don’t need). We drink overrated coffee, shop at overpriced grocery stores, and subscribe to a horde of services we seldom need or use. Simply put, our student body represents America’s inequality at its finest.

My disdain for civilian excess is partly the Army’s fault.

Uncle Sam’s short temper taught me to pack practically and forced me to distinguish between my material waste and the few possessions I need and love. My distaste for materialism is also partly the fault of my Salvadoran mother, who never let an opportunity pass to remind me of my American privilege. I never hid in a basement for days on end waiting for the government shelling to stop. I did not spend my childhood fleeing communist guerrillas or state-sponsored death squads. I never endured siege-induced hunger, and, more likely than not, neither did you.

And that’s exactly the point; by virtue of reading this at Harvard on your personal computer, you are incredibly wealthy relative to so many others. I am not denouncing your wealth or asking you to feel ashamed; guilt is a worthless emotion that does nothing to help those in need. What I am asking you is to consider how much good your money could do. Your money could make the difference in Eastern Ghouta as Doctors Without Borders runs desperately low on medical equipment. Your money could help Give Directly stimulate East African business. Your money could support Give Well, an organization that researches, rates, and funds the world’s most effective charities. Where your money goes is more than a matter of budgeting—in some cases, it’s a matter of life or death.

This is not to vindicate those who shield their selfish pursuits behind the banner of “Earning to Give.” Donating a few million dollars to an underperforming school does no good if your investment bank helped create Mexico’s worst housing crisis or your company supplies Saudi Arabia with missiles to decimate Yemeni villages. A donation isn’t a secular indulgence with which you can balance against your continued wrongdoings. How you make your money is just as—if not more—important as how you decide to spend it.

I’m not asking that you pursue an ascetic life of religious isolation. Buy that concert ticket. Go on that spontaneous weekend trip to New York. Forge the treasured memories that make life worth living. However, as summer approaches with its paid internships or, in the case of the Class of 2018, full-time work, consider how much good your money could do in the right hands. Instead of giving to the Senior Gift, find an effective charity. Donate anonymously. Save a life.

Make an impact that actually matters.

We are frequently told to live within our means. Yet if humanity is to overcome climate change, disease, and global poverty, the privileged of our generation must not just live within our means—we must also live beneath them. Don’t just share articles decrying the rise of global economic inequality; use your own wealth to help those in need. Don’t just rave about the lack of social progress on Facebook; pledge to do something helpful with your money instead.

Ultimately, true goodness isn’t a matter of reading the right book, giving a few hours to a local nonprofit, or publicizing your “wokeness” on social media. Your moral status (or lack of) simply comes down to where your money comes from and where you spend it. So the next time you find yourself questioning whether you’ve lived a moral life, open up your checkbook. The numbers won’t lie.

Nathan L. Williams ’18 is a Government concentrator living in Mather House. His column appears on alternate Mondays.

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BPDA Approves Initial Plans for ‘Enterprise’ Campus BPDA From Page 1 and intended uses for a particular 14.1acre portion of the “Enterprise Research Campus,” allocating 400,000 square feet of land for office space, 250,000 square feet for residential space, and room for approximately 800 parking spaces.

In the proposal, University officials wrote Harvard hopes the campus will facilitate a pedestrian- and bike-friendly environment while also promoting sustainable architecture.

The BPDA board voted to approve the plan 4-1 last Thursday evening.

University spokesperson Brigid O’Rourke wrote in a press release Friday that BPDA approval represents “the first of many steps” in Harvard’s efforts to develop the campus.

“There will be several future regulatory filings and associated public review,” O’Rourke wrote. “The University will be partnering with third parties for development proposals in the first 14 acres, and that process will provide specific details on the design and programs of individual projects.”

University President Drew G. Faust said in the press release that the University’s plans reflect its “longstanding commitment” to advancing the expansion of knowledge and discovery.

Faust said she hopes the new campus will promote collaboration within the Harvard community as well as with groups off campus.

“We look forward to seeing the ways in which bringing other organizations in close proximity to campus will strengthen the University—and

the entire region—in exciting and unexpected ways,” Faust said.

Harvard Executive Vice President Katie N. Lapp said in the press release that the feedback Harvard received from Allston community meetings “informed and strengthened” the University’s goal to of facilitating innovation in the region.

Nonetheless, some state officials and Allston residents say they are concerned by Harvard’s newly approved plans.

Boston City Councilor Mark Ciommo and state representatives Kevin G. Honan and Michael J. Moran wrote a letter to BPDA board members last Thursday, the same day as the vote, urging them to “go on the record in opposition” to Harvard’s plan for the enterprise research campus.

The officials wrote they believed there was “insufficient consensus” in the Allston community. Ciommo, Honan, and Moran called on Harvard to “further discuss and resolve outstanding issues” with local residents before forging ahead.

Allstonian Max Rome said he believes the officials’ letter had a “big impact” on the BPDA board. But he said he thinks Harvard’s plans had too much momentum going into the vote.

“It’s just incredibly difficult to slow down a project that has so much momentum behind it. I think by the time a project comes to the board, unless there’s something really egregiously wrong about it, the path of least resistance is to definitely move forward,” he said.

Across the past month, Allstonians

have spoken out against what they call a dearth of affordable housing and green spaces in Harvard’s plans.

In an email Friday, Allstonian Harry E. Mattison wrote he continues to question Harvard’s plans to promote sustainability. He specifically mentioned Harvard’s plans to introduce approximately 800 new parking spaces.

“Are Harvard’s existing 4,000 parking spaces in Allston not enough?” he wrote. “It is too bad that Harvard’s ambitious environmental goals apparently don’t apply to how people will commute to its Enterprise Research Campus.”

Other residents, including Troy Brogan, noted that Harvard’s developmental plans are still in the preliminary stages. Brogan said he thinks there are still opportunities for Harvard to introduce “innovative” housing policies later in the process.

“We’re fortunate to have Harvard as the entity developing it,” Brogan said.

“They have such a great track record so far in both Cambridge and Boston, there’s a lot of reason for optimism that it will exceed expectations and be a great project.”

O’Rourke wrote in an emailed statement Friday that the University anticipates working further with Allston residents to “advance many of the commitments the community requested.”

“We look forward to continuing our discussions with the community and the city, and to working towards a shared vision for a vibrant, welcoming, inclusive Allston,” she wrote.

Boston’s urban planning agency has granted Harvard initial approval ofa portion of its plans for its “enterprise research campus.” kathryn s. kuhar—Crimson photographer

Crews Temporarily ‘Restore’ Sinking Sailing Center wrote in a press release Thursday that the sailing center began sinking into

By Truelian lee Crimson Staff Writer

Diving crews worked over the weekend to temporarily “restore” the Harvard Sailing Center, which began sinking into the Charles River last week in the wake of a strong nor’easter.

The sailing center, located in the heart of Boston between the Longfellow and Massachusetts Ave. bridges, houses the College’s varsity sailing team boats. At the lowest point of its sink across the past few days, the building dipped roughly six feet into the water.

Athletics Director Robert L. Scalise

Crews from Semper Diving and Marine were hard at work.

Aaron Goldman University Representative

the river due to a flotation device failure. In days since, though, University officials have said they are uncertain about the official cause.

Workers from Semper Diving and Marine, a commercial dive company specializing in marine construction and inspection, started trying to pump and raise the facility as early as Friday, according to the Boston Globe.

These attempts were ultimately successful, according to University representative Aaron M. Goldman.

“Crews from Semper Diving and Marine were hard at work throughout the weekend and were successful in temporarily restoring the condition

of the Sailing Center, to stem any further damage to the structure,” Goldman wrote in an emailed statement Monday.

Workers from Clean Harbors— which offers environmental, energy, and industrial services including waste disposal—were also on site to help repair the building over the weekend.

Clean Harbors Vice President David Proud confirmed that the company “was called in” by Harvard.

“We set [a] containment boom around the structure to contain any floating material,” he wrote in an email Monday.

Sailing captain Jessica R. Williams

wrote in an email that, when the team drove out of Boston on Sunday for its spring break training session in Maryland, the boathouse was “floating above water.”

Goldman wrote the next step is to ensure the repairs are permanent.

“In the coming days, crews will work to make these repairs permanent and we will share further updates as they become available,” he wrote.

Scalise and Assistant Director of Athletics Daniel J. O’Brien did not respond to requests for comment.

Staff writer Truelian Lee can be reached at truelian.lee@thecrimson.com.

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Harvard Drops ECAC Semis Heartbreaker to Clarkson men’s hockey

By STUTI R. TElidevara Crimson Staff Writer

At the historic Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., the puck had dropped on the first frame of overtime.

Harvard and Clarkson were both fighting to keep their seasons alive. But as the Golden Knights pressed on, their surge proved too much for the Crimson to handle.

A perfect feed from the ECAC’s 2017-2018 Best Defensive Forward, sophomore Nico Sturm, found linemate Sheldon Rempal in the slot. Rempal, Clarkson’s leading scorer, made no mistake and found twine to cap off a dramatic comeback and end Harvard’s season all in one stroke.

The No. 10/8 Golden Knights (239-6, 12-5-5 ECAC) roared back from a three-goal deficit against the Crimson (15-14-4, 11-8-3), shutting the door on Harvard’s Whitelaw Cup defense. The Crimson held a comfortable 4-1 lead after potting a quick goal just six seconds into the third, but defensive setbacks and an opportunistic Clarkson offense opened the door for the opposition to force overtime. “[Clarkson] kept coming, so we give them a lot of credit,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “I’m real proud of [our players], they gave their heart and soul…. It’s always tough at the end, but I’m very proud of our guys.”

The Crimson began the game looking confident, anchored by the solid play of tri-captain goalie Merrick Madsen. The backstop staved off 23 of the Golden Knights’ 24 shots through 40 minutes of play, appearing at ease as he stared down Clarkson’s quality chances. At the other end, Harvard’s power play was clicking as well as it had all season. The first two Crimson tallies both came with the man advantage.

Just past the halfway mark in the first period, sophomore forward Ty Pelton-Byce found the tape of rookie defenseman Reilly Walsh, who was auspiciously positioned at the top of the right circle. Walsh’s one-timer zipped right past sophomore net-minder Jake Kielly a mere 20 seconds into the power play opportunity, and Harvard carried that 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

On Harvard’s next man-advantage

chance, it was junior forward Lewis Zerter-Gossage who struck gold. Five minutes into the second, Zerter-Gossage collected a pass from sophomore blue-liner Adam Fox and beat Kielly at an impossible angle to the right of the goaltender. The junior’s 10th of the season put the Crimson up 2-0.

Soon after, junior Ryan Donato split the defense and tossed the puck on net.

Ty Pelton-Byce, his sophomore linemate, picked up the rebound, and the biscuit slipped out of Kielly’s reach and into his net. Only a power play goal from Clarkson freshman forward Jack Jacome marred Harvard’s solid 40 minutes.

“We were playing pretty good hockey [even] when we were down,” said Clarkson head coach Casey Jones. “For me, it was a gutsy and a character win for us tonight.”

The real drama started when, a few seconds into the third, Golden Knights defenseman Kelly Summers misplayed the puck off a faceoff win, turning it over to Pelton-Byce. The sophomore capitalized fast with a high backhand, ostensibly putting the Crimson in prime position for success. Closing the game out, however, would prove difficult.

A drive from Clarkson sophomore Haralds Egle brought the Golden Knights back within two scores just seven seconds after Pelton-Byce’s tally, marking the beginning of the period-long Clarkson surge and reestablishing the back-and-forth nature of the two teams’ regular season series.

“We persevered [after the fourth goal],” Jones said. “It was a great shift after that to get us to 4-2.”

The next four minutes saw two more Golden Knights goals, courtesy of captain Nic Pierog and sophomore Devin Brosseau. These strikes in rapid succession were not unlike the three Clarkson notches in all of six minutes during the teams’ battle back in January.

Where Friday’s tilt differed from the 6-6 draw was that Harvard never got one back. Though the teams traded zone time for the rest of the game, the Crimson failed to capitalize on any of its chances, from one-on-one looks to cycle plays. These missed opportunities will undoubtedly weigh heavy on the players’ minds this offseason and beyond.

STURM STRIKES GOLD Clarkson forward Nico Sturm was responsible for both Golden Knights goals in a 5-2 Harvard win in February.

Though he did not find the back of the net on Friday, he did set up Sheldon Rempal’s OT winner. Timothy R. O’MEARA—Crimson photographer

“Every single day of practice, workouts—it all matters,” said tri-captain Eddie Ellis when asked about what the younger players could take away from the game and the season. “[I’d tell them] not to take a second of it for granted.”

The stinging defeat also means Harvard must say bittersweet goodbyes to its senior class. The fourth-years will graduate as one of the most successful groups in program history with 82 wins.

Tri-captain Jake Horton finishes his collegiate career with 140 games in a Crimson uniform, good for the program record for most games played.

Madsen, too, will leave an impact on Harvard’s record books (87 career GS, 2.12 GAA, .924 SV%).

“The seniors had four trips to Lake Placid, three trips to the NCAA [tournament],” coach Donato said. “It hurts

a lot right now, but they can certainly hold their heads high…. The guys have created a culture and set the bar pretty high.”

Amid the seniors’ departure and the rookies’ growth, the ECAC semifinal loss also caps off a standout campaign from Ryan Donato, who logged two assists in the game. The recently-named ECAC Player of the Year accrued the accolades in the best year of his career (29 GP, 26–17—43), having sported the red, white, and blue in the Olympics and been named a Hobey Baker finalist.

Donato too will contribute to the senior-based exodus and join the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins instead of returning to his father’s bench for his senior season at Harvard.

Despite the decision, coach Donato showed some optimism about the future of the program after Friday night’s

bout.

“We needed to grow a lot throughout the year,” the bench boss said. “We have a lot of young guys…. We had a lot of growing pains, but...we feel that the future is bright.”

Harvard certainly had big shoes to fill after its storybook 2016-17 season, and this year was perhaps a more turbulent ride than the team would have liked. It is only fitting that in such an up-and-down year, an ECAC semifinal contest full of its own ups and downs ultimately determined the team’s fate.

All the Crimson can do now is bid farewell to the class of 2018, nominate its leadership corps for next season, and start the road back to achieving some of the milestones that it left on the table this year.

Staff writer Stuti R. Telidevara can be reached at stuti.telidevara@thecrimson.com.

Harvard Collapses at Fordham, Crash Exits WNIT women’s basketball

By Amir Mamdani Crimson Staff Writer

NEW YORK — Two halves on Friday night epitomized the encouraging potential, all too frequently replaced by disappointment and frustration, that has typified the season for Harvard women’s basketball.

The Crimson (18-11, 10-4 Ivy) entered the evening hoping to extend its postseason, but left Rose Hill Gymnasium rueing what could have been, suffering a season-ending 65-47 loss to Fordham in a game that left head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith nothing short of perplexed.

“For whatever reason, even with defense as good as Fordham played, we’ve seen that before,” Delaney-Smith said.

“I just had kids that normally don’t fall apart, fall apart, and I don’t know why.”

Despite Harvard carrying a 33-24 ­

lead into halftime, the Rams (24-9, 12-4 Atlantic 10) utterly dominated the third and fourth quarters, outscoring the visitors by a 41-14 mark.

Fordham’s redshirt freshman guard Bre Cavanaugh took over the game after the intermission and ultimately finished the contest with 26 points, accumulating 19 second half points to outscore the entire Crimson team by five points.

Harvard’s defeat in New York was its second straight in an NIT opener after dropping last year’s first round contest to St. John’s. Friday night’s game represented the Crimson’s sixth appearance in the past seven NITs, but despite the stage’s familiarity, prior experiences did nothing to quell Harvard’s inexplicable second-half meltdown.

Supporting Cavanaugh’s heroic 39-minute performance, the Rams clamped down on Harvard sophomore guard Katie Benzan, limiting her to just

eight points, three of which came late in garbage time. Benzan was frustrated by the same face-guarding defense that Penn employed at the Ivy League tournament to neutralize the Wellesley, Mass., native for large chunks of the game.

The matchup was an opportunity to extend the season of seniors Taylor Rooks and Kirby Porter, who have both been key cogs for the team this season. While Porter served as a captain, Rooks battled injury after her transfer from Stanford, but has played a crucial role this season as the team’s second leading scorer.

“I just respect them so much as leaders, and the effort and the example that they have set for this team is unmatched,” said junior co-captain Madeline Raster of the graduating seniors. “We are really going to miss them next year.”

In her last time donning the Crimson colors, Rooks came out firing ear-

Postseason Sputters Sophomore guard Katie Benzan drives past a Fordham defender in the teams’ showdown on Friday. The Rams took the game 65-47 in a contest in which Harvard only mustered 14 second-half points. Timothy R. O’MEARA—Crimson photographer

ly Friday night, knocking down several jump shots from beyond the arc on her way to a 10-point quarter. The Warren, N.J., native’s efforts were needed to keep the visitors in the game, with Benzan drawing much of the Rams’ defensive attention while fellow frontcourt players’ Jeannie Boehm and Jadyn Bush struggled to score.

Even the typical boost that junior guard Sydney Skinner provided off the bench as a sixth man was noticeably absent on Friday night. Skinner was held to two-of-seven shooting, along with five turnovers in 30 minutes of action.

Despite the team’s scoring troubles, Harvard led by a 19-13 margin at the end of the first quarter due to Rooks’ efforts. Though the team pushing the lead to nine entering halftime, the Crimson appeared entirely unprepared for Fordham’s second half barrage. Fueled in part by a raucous crowd at Rose Hill, which loudly implored its team and the referees throughout the game, the squad out of Cambridge collapsed.

In many ways, Friday night’s loss represented the struggles that Harvard has become familiar with away from Lavietes Pavilion. Despite the contest being the Crimson’s first loss when leading at halftime, the 20 turnovers and the -11 rebound margin were all too recognizable signs of a road defeat.

The Rams excelled at home this season, cruising to a 14-3 mark before Friday, while Harvard had struggled mightily at 4-8 in road contests. In spite of the Crimson’s road struggles, the loss ultimately boiled down to shot making, as the visitors converted 58 percent of its shots entering halftime, and a whopping 72 percent of its three pointers. The second half told a completely different story, with Harvard scoring a mere seven points in each of the final two quarters and ending the game shooting just 35 percent from the field.

“I think we lost our confidence on defense, and a lot of the time our defense feeds our offense,” Raster said of the disparity. “We had some bad plays on defense and that led to some notsmart plays on offense.”

In addition to the offensive struggles, the stark disparity in free throws proved costly for the Crimson. Fordham was sent to the line 22 times, converting 20 free throws, while Harvard converted on two of a mere four free throws.

The officiating during Friday night’s game was a point of clear frustration

for the visitors, with Boehm in particular visibly frustrated with traveling calls. The sophomore from Winnetka, Ill., struggled all evening, scoring just two points on one of five shooting and finishing the night with six turnovers.

Boehm was severely hampered by forward G’Mrice Davis, who led the Rams in scoring this season while imposing a physical presence defensively in the paint.

Despite a disappointing end to the season, with the Crimson crashing out of both the Ivy tournament and WNIT in two games that were well within its reach, the team will hope to improve on the positive elements of the season next year.

“I think we’re continue to work hard, and try to just back to the [Ivy League] Tournament next year,” Raster said.

Although Harvard will graduate Rooks and Porter, much of the team’s core will remain intact next season.

With juniors Raster, Skinner, and role-player Nani Redford as rising seniors, in addition to an extra year of maturity for to-be juniors Benzan and Boehm, next season holds promise for the Crimson. To advance beyond this season’s results, Harvard will also need to lean on Bush and the other rising sophomores, to blend youth and veteran leadership to capture the tough wins.

Eventually, the long-term success of this Crimson team will rest on its ability to take care of the ball and play with the poise that it demonstrated at Lavietes Pavilion all season. Although Harvard was able to narrow the gap between Penn and Princeton and the rest of the league, beating both, becoming a fearsome road team will be the next item on coach Delaney Smith’s checklist.

“We had pockets of success, that we should feel good about. But we let a lot slip away, and there is still an overwhelming disappointment present,” said Delaney-Smith of the Crimson’s youthful team. “I would hope that we can learn from what we let slip away this season.”

Despite the bitter taste of Friday’s loss, coupled with a second straight early Ivy tournament exit, the future remains bright for the Crimson.

A third-place conference finish, compiled with an astonishing undefeated, 12-win home campaign, demonstrate the potential for greatness for the future of Harvard women’s basketball.

Staff writer Amir Mamdani can be reached at amir.mamdani@thecrimson.com.

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The Harvard Crimson | March 19, 2018 | page 7

Harvard Finishes Season with NIT Loss to Marquette

marquete mario Freshman guard Rio Haskett made two of the team’s seven threes on the night before fouling out in the 4th quarter. timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer men’s basketball

By Henry Zhu Crimson Staff Writer

MILWAUKEE, WISC.,— Despite a season-high 11 steals and a career night from sophomore wing Justin Bassey, the Harvard men’s basketball team concluded its season with a 60-67 defeat to Marquette in the opening round of the NIT. The final game was also just the second time this season the Crimson played without Ivy League Player of the Year Seth Towns, who could not recover from a knee injury suffered in Sunday’s Ivy League Championship Game.

Harvard (18-14, 12-2 Ivy) trailed by as many as 19 in the fourth frame, but strung together 14 points and forced four turnovers in the final 5:08 to narrow the game to a two-possession contest heading into the final minute of play. Time simply ran out as accurate free throw shooting from the Golden Eagles (20-13, 9-9 Big East) sealed the contest after the Crimson was forced to prolong the game through fouling.

An unlucky play with 20 seconds remaining also did not help Harvard’s odds. After freshman Rio Haskett picked off the ball from senior Andrew

Rowsey, Bassey located junior wing Corey Johnson on the left corner. However, right when the team’s three-point specialist was positioning himself for the triple, one of the referees collided with Johnson, sending the ball out of bounds.

The end result: Marquette ball by default. A noticeably aggravated Johnson gave the referee a prolonged stare, but nothing could be done except grant the Golden Eagles the ball. This frantic series was only a small portion of a wild final few minutes of the game.

“I wish we could have played better prior to the last few minutes when we made it a little chaotic,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “But I’m really proud of our team for the year we’ve had and I thought our kids did a tremendous job all season. Certainly not having a few bodies here today was a factor for us, but certainly not an excuse.”

This frenzy of momentum from Harvard in the game’s weaning minutes was largely due to a full-court press that Amaker initiated with his team down by double-digits. On the first possession using this scheme at the seven-minute mark, Johnson snatched the ball from Marquette freshman Jamal Cain before driving into the lane

and picking up two free throws.

Bassey, who notched his first career double-double on a career-high 19 points, followed that possession with a steal and dunk of his own with 6:27 to play. The sophomore wing would contribute another dunk and triple to finish the contest, but missed two critical free throws with 44 seconds to play that all but ended his team’s chances at a comeback. The Crimson was in the midst of an 11-3 run until that point, trailing by just six points.

“I thought Justin was really aggressive and when he has that mindset, we are a different team,” Amaker said. “I think it showed how he was going after the rebounds; he had 12 rebounds, some offensively. He was pushing the ball, in attack mode and when he has that vibe about him that’s a good thing for our team.”

Harvard held tight with the Golden Eagles for much of the first half despite turning the ball over 11 times and going just 2-of-8 from the NIT-only extended three-point line. Sophomore forward Chris Lewis was particularly affected by the NIT court modifications, which saw a wider foul lane. The Crimson’s main interior presence struggled to gain his footing against 6-foot-10 junior center Matt Heldt and was pushed

even further out due to the extended painted area.

Heldt limited Lewis’ first half field goal attempts to just five, of which two were converted. The Marquette big man also picked up two blocks in the first twenty minutes of action. After the contest, Golden Eagles coach Steve Wojciechowski called his team’s post defense “terrific”.

Both sides maintained a tight defensive intensity during the first two frames, with neither side scoring more than 30 points. If not for a last-second three by sophomore forward Markus Howard—who finished the contest with a team-high 22 points off three triples—Harvard would have entered intermission with the game within one possession.

The 27-21 halftime score did however reflect the sub-35 percent shooting mark by both teams. The Crimson was just 1-of-5 from the free throw line entering halftime and 9-of-17 in the contest compared to Marquette’s one game missed shot attempt from the charity stripe, an anomaly for Amaker’s 72.9 percent free throw shooting team in conference play.

In the second half, the game appeared to swing completely in the Golden Eagles’ direction. Marquette

launched a 9-4 run to start the third quarter, including two dunks in three possessions by redshirt sophomore wing Sacar Anim to extend a six-point halftime lead to 13. Harvard did not allow the contest to completely get away from them in the remainder of that frame, however, with important layups from Johnson and Bassey.

The lead did extend to 19 early in the fourth quarter, but the aforementioned comeback was only a few triples away.

Overall, Harvard finished its final game shooting 41.5 percent from the field and 7-of-20 from three point range. Without leading scorer Towns, Harvard relied on a more balanced array of shooters to provide offense.

Lewis, Juzang, Johnson, and Haskett finished with over eight points in the game, with Bassey leading the team at 19.

All told, the Crimson finishes the season having lost its final two postseason games after earning the regular-season Ivy League title. Against power conference opponents such as Kentucky, Minnesota, and Marquette, Harvard has lost by no more than 10 points—a feat that Bassey noted as a positive takeaway from this season.

“I think we played those guys really well, they were really close games, all 5, 7, 10 point games,” Bassey said.

“So knowing that we’re right there and knowing that we just gotta make a few more adjustments, play a little bit better, get all guys involved, then we’re a team that’s capable of competing and playing against those top 25 teams.”

One could also take Amaker’s closing lineup in this contest as an embodiment of his “bench-and-balance” mantra this season. Few would have predicted in November that freshmen Rio Haskett and Danilo Djuricic as well as sophomore big Henry Welsh, Johnson, and Bassey would man the floor in the season finale’s most critical minutes.

However, this lineup provided Amaker’s best shot at running his full-court press and nearly paid off with enormous dividends. Haskett and Djuricic, in particular, have progressed from fringe reserves to solid bench contributors over the course of the season.

“Sometimes you think young players and freshmen, they end up hitting the wall the proverbial wall that young players can hit,” Amaker said. “We didn’t have that with those two guys, they kept getting better throughout the season and it was wonderful to see.

Obviously we had that kind of confidence in them to have them in the game tonight, in the postseason riding with them throughout.”

The Crimson returns all members of its rotation in the 2018-2019 season as the program seeks to repeat as Ivy League Champions for the second straight season. Harvard will welcome a talented crop of freshmen next season, including Mater Dei PG Spencer Freedman and Djuricic’s teammate on Team Canada, Noah Kirkwood. These reinforcements will be critical for a team that finished the season with junior guard Tommy McCarthy, sophomores Bryce Aiken and Seth Towns, and freshman Reed Farley all injured.

“I know we’ll look back on this[season] and have a great deal of pride,” Amaker said. “What we were able to accomplish with some of the tough moments we had this year, with injuries and with different things that occurred for our team. So I’m really proud for this team to accomplish what it did.”

Staff writer Henry Zhu can be reached at henry. zhu@thecrimson.com.

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Donato didn’t just shine on college ice. The junior joined Team USA at the Winter Olympics last month as one of four NCAA players selected to the final roster. In Pyeongchang, he paced the squad in points (5 GP, 5–1—6) and notched more goals than his father, Harvard head coach Ted Donato ’91, did during his stint at the Games.

Donato, a sociology concentrator, said that he remains “fully dedicated” to completing his degree. Aside from his education, the decision to depart was certainly complicated by the fact that his bench boss with the Crimson was his father. Ryan’s younger brother, freshman Jack Donato, is also a forward on the Harvard team.

For now, though, the books and the Crimson will both take a back seat. Donato’s entry-level contract kicks in just in time for the Bruins’ Monday night tilt against the Columbus Blue Jackets. After three years of Beanpot tournaments, Donato will skate under the bright lights of TD Garden again—this time, sporting the black and gold B. Staff writer Spencer R. Morris can be reached at spencer.morris@thecrimson.com.

done for now Though junior Ryan Donato has a family connection with Harvard hockey, he’s similarly tied to the Bruins. His father, Crimson coach Ted Donato ‘91, did a stint with the local team, and the Scituate, Mass., native can now begin his professional career playing for his hometown team, the Boston Bruins. Amanda M. dimartini—Crimson photographer

Staff writer Stuti R. Telidevara can be reached at stuti.telidevara@thecrimson.com.

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