The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 40

The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLV No. 40 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | tHURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018

The Harvard Crimson Hockey goaltender Merrick Madsen signed a contract with the Arizone Coyotes. Sports PAGE 6

CS50’s academic integrity problem is part of a larger issue with the culture around the course. Editorial PAGE 4

Smith Pledges Push for Funding

Gov Dept Hosts Second Town Hall

By ANGELA N. FU and LUCY WANG

By Angela n. fu and lucy wang

Crimson Staff Writers

The Government department held a town hall Wednesday afternoon to hear undergraduates’ concerns after Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez was accused of multiple accounts of sexual harassment spanning decades last month.

Government department chair Jennifer L. Hochschild announced the meeting in an email sent to students earlier this month that detailed several initiatives the department had taken in the wake of the allegations against Dominguez. In early March, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that at least 18 women are accusing Dominguez of sexual misconduct.

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Harvard ‘s Government Department can be found at the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Building.

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Couple Named to Leverett Deanships

Mumps Linked to Vaccine Immunity

By Caroline S. Engelmayer

By Luke w. vrotsos

Crimson Staff Writer

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Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Brian D. Farrell and Irina P. Ferreras will serve as faculty deans for Leverett House starting next year, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced in an email to students Wednesday.

Farrell and Ferrerras will take over from outgoing Faculty Deans Howard M. Georgi ’68 and Ann B. Georgi—affectionately known as “Chief” and “Coach”—who have held the position for 20 years.

Khurana wrote in the email announcement he thinks Farrell and Ferreras will be excellent faculty deans.

“Brian and Irina both bring to the role a deep commitment to education, research and community building that will make them a terrific addition to

The recent spate of mumps outbreaks across the country, including one at Harvard, may be due to the waning effectiveness of the mumps vaccine, according to a new study published by two researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Yonatan Grad, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases, joined Joseph Lewnard, a postdoctoral research fellow who is the study’s lead author, to publish their research in “Science Translational Medicine” this week.

The pair brought together data from six different research studies to draw their conclusions. In an interview Wednesday, Grad pointed to the 2016 mumps outbreak at Harvard—which affected more than 40 students—as an

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Yard Archaeology

Harvard Yard is still covered in frozen snow despite the onset of spring. Jacqueline S. Chea—Crimson photographer

Though both the capital campaign and Michael D. Smith’s tenure as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are set to conclude in the near future, Smith said FAS will continue fundraising for key projects.

The University’s capital campaign, launched in 2013, has long since surpassed its goal of $6.5 billion and has now raised over $8 billion. FAS passed its individual $2.5 billion goal in 2016, though certain areas of the campaign still have not met their fundraising goals. In an interview earlier this month, Smith said he will make one last push to raise money for these areas—which include FAS financial aid— before the campaign ends in June.

“We’ve got a key push here at the end,” Smith said, adding FAS must “make sure financial aid continues to have the strength that it needs to continue that program in the future.”

The undergraduate House renewal project has also lagged behind in meeting its fundraising goals. Four Houses have undergone renovations as part of the more than $1 billion ongoing project. Construction is underway at Lowell House, and Adams House, Eliot House, and Kirkland House are set to see renovations as part of Phase I of the project, according to Smith. Smith has previously said Phase II will likely involve minor renovations to Mather and the Quad Houses.

“I’m still raising money for house renewal. That’s a project that’s going to outlive the end of the campaign,” Smith said. “So we’ll continue to talk to our alumni and friends about financial support and that project in the future.”

Funding the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences remains another aspect of the capital campaign yet unfinished. The new Allston complex— slated to eventually house SEAS—is set to open on schedule in 2020.

While much of SEAS is moving across the river, Smith also said future opportunities will remain available in the void left on Oxford Street, where current SEAS and sciences buildings like Pierce and Maxwell-Dworkin currently stand.

“We have an opportunity to reorganize some of our faculty and some of the research that’s going on there and

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Joseph Bartley, Founder of Bartley’s Burgers, Dies

By SOFIA W. TONG Crimson Staff Writer ­

Joseph C. Bartley, the founder of the iconic hamburger restaurant “Mr. Bartley’s Gourmet Burgers” in Harvard Square, died on March 5. He was 87 years old.

A Depression Era baby who grew up in North Andover, Bartley left school in ninth grade to support his family.

He worked at a mill until he couldn’t stand it anymore, according to Bartley’s son Bill, who currently manages the restaurant. Eventually, Bartley got into the restaurant business, operating a pharmacy food counter in Long Island.

“We always say he started life from way behind the goalpost and made it past the other end with not a lot of help besides my mother,” Bill Bartley said.

In 1960, after getting together $10,000 in tip money and loans, Bartley and his wife Joan moved to Cambridge and took over the Harvard Spa convenience store on one end of Harvard Square. Bartley’s Burgers—now a Harvard Square fixture and huge tourist attraction—started as a small grill that sold greeting cards and paper goods and made most of its money off newspaper sales.

Located at 1246 Massachusetts Ave, Mr. Bartley’s Burgers is well liked for its burgers and fries.

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Bill recalled that, when he asked his mother about their retirement plans, she said she and Bartley never imagined they would be able to retire.

“He had everything riding on it, he had five kids all together. Failure’s not an option now and it wasn’t an option then,” Bill said.

“I can’t imagine what he would have done if he had been highly educated.”

“There’s nothing my dad couldn’t do,” he added.

The concept of a gourmet burger restaurant was a novelty at the time, Bill said, but Bartley’s business savvy allowed the restaurant to endure for almost sixty years and to enliven an ever-changing Harvard Square. After all, “Colonel Sanders moved on to other spaces,” Bill Bartley joked, while Bartley stuck to his spot despite offers to expand into pricier real estate.

Bill Bartley said he grew up in his father’s restaurant—sometimes quite literally, his crib rocking in the back of the store.

“The restaurant is a part of my family and is one of the family members my dad created,” he said.

Paul Lee, the current manager of The Hong Kong Restaurant, grew up alongside Bill Bartley as both

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around the ivies Students at UPenn Host Gun Violence ‘Walk-in’ Student groups at the University of Pennsylvania hosted a conference to discuss potential actions to combat gun violence in the United States, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. This ‘walk-in’ hosted by various political student organization comes in the wake of a series of mass-shootings.

The convention, according to its organizers, was meant to provide a space for students to discuss various contentious issues such as gun-control measures and the role of the media in reporting such events.

Brown Undergraduate Council Discusses Financial Aid Packages Brown’s Undergraduate council discussed the economic aid given to students receiving financial aid, according to the Brown Daily Herald. The council discussed the challenges some low income students reported about the prices of books and food. The Council discussed a textbook purchasing program that the University is currently working on which would ensure that students have their requisite books. These programs are the result of feedback by a working group including students inaugurated in 2017.

Thailand’s Model Youth Prison Kate Hathirat, a Thai Studies Fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center, speaks about Ban Kanjanaphisek, otherwise known as Thailand’s Model Youth Prison. brenda lu—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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in History & Literature, and the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights.

The Nature of the Footprints Recovered 5 p.m University of California, Merced professor Arturo Arias is coming to 2 Arrow Street to talk about his inprogress series in contemporary Maya narratives. The event is sponsored by The Committee for the Provostial Fund for the Arts and the Humanities, Committee on Degrees

Battle For Yardfest 7-9 p.m.

Wanna have a say in who opens for Yardfest? Or know who’s headlining?

Come to Sanders for Battle For Yardfest, a competition where you get to watch and judge our classmates who actually have talent. Jason Clayborn will also be guest-judging.

Uzodinma Iweala and Ian MacKenzie at the Harvard Bookstore 7 p.m.

These Harvard College alums will be speaking at the bookstore about their new novels. Dreams do come true, kids.

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Columbia College Republicans to Host Controversial Speakers Ann Coulter, a conservative political author and commentator is scheduled to speak at Columbia next week, after being invited by the Columbia University College Republicans (CUCR), the Columbia Spectator reported. Coulter is one of several controversial speakers that CUCR has brought to campus, and next week, she will be debating alongside blogger Mickey Kaus about the state of America in the midst of Trump’s presidency.

in the real world Totally Zucked Mark Zuckerberg finally acknowledges that Facebook “had made mistakes” regarding the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Not only has Facebook lost public trust, but its employees are attempting to transfer to other projects like Instagram and WhatsApp. Austin Bombing Suspect Dead Mark Anthony Conditt, suspected of the series of bombings in Austin, Texas, died yesterday. He drove his car into a ditch and blew himself up.

Officials have not yet established his motive for the bombings, or if he was working with any partners.

Bring Your Dog to the Movies In more wholesome news, a San Francisco movie theatre had a “bring your own dog” screening of Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs with a puppy red carpet. Other theatres are following in their footsteps; there are more BYOD screenings this weekend in multiple British theatres.

Lamplighter Brewery WAIting at the dot

Located at 284 Broadway in Cambridge, the Lamplighter Brewery Co. is popular for its crafted beers.

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Bacow Seeks Input on FAS Dean New App Lets Users Investigate Yard

By Angela N. FU

Crimson Staff Writer

President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow and Provost Alan M. Garber ‘76 attended the biweekly Faculty Council meeting Wednesday afternoon to hear members’ thoughts on the upcoming search for the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Bacow’s appearance comes just days after Dean of FAS Michael D. Smith’s announcement he will step down from his position as soon as Harvard can find his successor. In an email Monday, University president Drew G. Faust wrote Bacow will take charge of the search Smith’s replacement and will use it as an opportunity to learn more about the “hopes and views” of FAS affiliates. Bacow’s solicitation of feedback from the Faculty Council—FAS’s highest gov-

erning body—marks one way in which he is carrying out Faust’s words.

Council member David L. Howell called the Faculty Council’s conversation with Bacow “philosophical” and said the discussion took up the bulk of the meeting. The Council considered issues the new dean would face and the qualities they wanted to see in the next dean.Howell said he believes one of the most pertinent issues is the current devaluation of higher education in the country.“We have that tax on the endowment and some people sort of questioning the purpose of higher education and the role of universities in society,” Howell said. “We were thinking about those sorts of challenges going forward.”In December, Congress voted to levy a 1.4 percent tax on returns from University endowments that met a certain threshold of endowment mon-

ey per student, including Harvard.

The Council also discussed preliminary plans to revamp the Q Guide, an evaluation system students use to give feedback on professors and courses.

Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning Nina Zipser presented about this topic, informing the Council that FAS will update the Q Guide’s software—a move that may permit other changes to the evaluation process, too.

Howell said the Council discussed altering the Q Guide so that questions would be better tailored to specific departments and courses.“I think the idea is to have a system that both encourages students to respond and to make it easy and appealing to comment more because the comments, rather than the numerical scores, are—at least from the faculty point of view—a very valuable part of the evaluation,” he said.

Farrell, Ferreras Earn Deanships Leverett From Page 1 Leverett House and Harvard’s residential community,” he wrote.

The Georgis announced in late August they would step down from their positions as Leverett House Faculty Deans at the end of this semester.

In an emailed statement provided by spokesperson Aaron M. Goldman, Farrell and Ferreras wrote they are “absolutely thrilled” to be Leverett’s next Faculty Deans.

“We’re excited to share our passions and we look forward to working closely with the students, tutors and staff,” the two wrote. “The Georgis’ shoes will be hard to fill, but we are ready and eager for the challenge and our communal adventure ahead!”

Farrell and Ferreras will bring to the job years of experience in the Harvard community. wFarrell has been an OEB professor since 1995 and teaches “OEB 10: Foundations of Biological Diversity,” an introductory biology course offered in the fall.

His field of study centers on the coevolution of insects and plants and, in particular, on the biology of beetles.

Farrell also serves as the Curator of Entomology and Director of the David

Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard.

Ferreras has served as a curatorial assistant in the Harvard University Herbaria for 20 years, where she stud-

Leverett House will flourish under the leadership of Brian and Irina.

Thomas A. Dingman ‘67 Freshman Dean

ies orchids. She and Farrell offer a Summer School Study Abroad program in the Dominican Republic, where Ferreras was born and raised, and have led several Harvard Alumni Association trips to Latin America and Tanzania.

Farrell and Ferreras have a daughter who graduated from the College in 2016 and a son who was recently accepted into the Class of 2022.

In the email announcement sent by

Khurana Wednesday morning, Freshman Dean Thomas A. Dingman ’67 wrote Leverett House would benefit from Farrell and Ferreras’s leadership.

“Leverett House will flourish under the leadership of Brian and Irina,” he wrote.

“Their warmth, experience leading a summer school program in the Dominican Republic, and special interests involving music and the natural world make them ideally suited for these important roles.”

Farrell is an avid jazz drummer and both new faculty deans are “enthusiastic” about gardening and nature, Khurana wrote.

During the Georgis’ tenure as Leverett faculty deans, the two developed new signature House traditions, including serving “monkey bread” in the faculty dean residence and holding Wednesday’s Physics Night during Brain Break, the College’s late-night snack service.

Khurana wrote in the emailed announcement he is “so grateful” to the Georgis.

“Both have worked tirelessly to foster a close-knit and inclusive community in Leverett House, and we were so fortunate to have them as Faculty Deans for the past 20 years,” he wrote.

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Students in a Harvard archaeology class are developing a virtual and augmented reality app that will allow users to walk through Harvard Yard and use their phones to look past the dirt surface to see artifacts excavated and found underneath.

Enrollees in Anthropology 1130: “Archaeology of Harvard Yard” are creating the app. These students also dug up and excavated the items rendered visible by the technology. The teaching staff of the class, which digs up portions of Harvard Yard looking for remnants of old buildings that previously occupied the space, teamed up with Jeff P. Emanuel, Harvard’s associate director of academic technology, in fall 2017 to begin developing the app.

Emanuel, an archaeologist himself, co-founded the Digital Scholarship Support Group, an interdisciplinary initiative between Academic Technology, the History Department, the Harvard Library, and the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

Director of Academic Partnerships and Peabody Museum Curator Diana D. Loren, who co-teaches the class, said the excavation site centers on the sites of the Old College and Indian College, which were both built in the late 1600s but have since been torn down.

Loren said she is excited about the app because of its ability to make artifacts—which so far include pottery pieces, glass, and tobacco pipes—more accessible to the public. The app will also allow the class to keep a digital record of pieces enrollees recover.

“It can really reach a greater public, and the story of early Harvard and how Harvard developed [and] the lives of those students really become more available to the public at large,” Loren said. “I think that’s pretty exciting.”

Emanuel and his team accumulated photogrammeric and geospatial data taken by the course’s digital teaching fellow Alexis L. Hartford.

The team also brought on Cambridge-based startup Archimedes Digital to drive forward the development of the app.

“Field archaeology has always been about ingesting massive quantities of

data, and in recent years, Augmented and Virtual Reality have become more prevalent as means of displaying sites and artifacts to the general public,” Emanuel wrote in an email.

According to Hartford, who did similar digital work on a project in Mexico, the app will allow users to visualize the 3-D models of excavation sites while also referencing student-written “object biographies” about the artifacts obtained through excavation.

“The students did a really good job in connecting those to the bigger picture issues that we’re looking at studying,” Hartford said. “I think that’s really what is making this app work.”

Charles K. Michael ’20, a former Crimson photographer who took Anthropology 1130 last year, said, though

The lives of those students really become more avaliable to the public at large.

Diana D. Loren Peabody Museum Curator he’s excited about the app, he sees it as a “supplement”—and not a replacement—for the hands-on learning experience of excavation.

“The information is presented really well, but the app, or technology, can never replace the actual experience of digging,” Michael said.

Michael’s own excavation work in the class included finding the remnants of an ink bottle from he later identified as hailing from Carter’s Ink Company, which dates back to the 1800s.

“You can scroll layer by layer as you’re sifting through the dirt virtually in the app and see the different types of objects you find at different layers, so I think that’s one of the coolest things about the app that you can’t get in a museum setting and you can’t get just by someone explaining to you,” Michael said. “You have to really see it.”

EDITORIAL The Crimson Editorial board

Codifying Academic Honesty

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omputer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I,” Harvard’s introductory computer science course, recently made changes to its course policies. These changes, after the high number of academic dishonesty cases from fall 2016, include collaboration with an Academic Integrity Fellow, a required session dedicated to the discussion of academic honesty, and a “near occasion of sin” policy that allows students to receive extensions on assignments if they explain that they need more time because they would otherwise be tempted to cheat. While we commend the efforts of the class instructors to address academic integrity issues in the course, we believe that the solutions are minor fixes at best, and, at worst, exacerbate some of the problems at the core of the course’s approach to pedagogy and curriculum.

The culture of coding and software engineering itself is one of collaboration and code sharing. CS50 must balance this culture with the reality that there is no way to effectively ensure comprehension of course material without the assurance that the work students complete is their own.

For this reason, the course’s expectations encourage “incorporating a few lines of code that you find online or elsewhere into your own code” or sending friends one’s code when students are struggling on assignments, but pro-

hibit viewing someone else’s code in the same situation. In the same vein, the structure of the course is also affected by this duality. Tests and quizzes are take-home, open-book, and open-Internet, but the only human help that you may receive is from the course heads.

CS50 summarizes its policy on academic honesty as “be reasonable.” This vague mantra and the policies that follow it ignore the fundamental issues with CS50 that make it prone to cases of academic dishonesty. The supposed balance kept in the course between the realities of modern coding and the integrity of each student’s work has at times left students confused.

Furthermore, CS50’s structural issues are only compounded by the fact that the course, as one of the most popular at the College, may lack the capacity to provide adequate support to its students, many of whom are first-semester freshmen who are adjusting to life at Harvard. Indeed, the course does not emphasize consistent, in-person support to students. Lecture attendance is “encouraged” but still optional, while section attendance is only mandatory until the midterm.

At the core of the problem are course policies that exacerbate, rather than alleviate, the pressures and confusion that lead some students to feel compelled to cheat. Nevertheless, the recently introduced changes—especially the “near occasion to sin” policy—do

not address any of the aforementioned issues or work toward their solutions.

We thus strongly oppose this new policy, as it ignores all of the fundamental cultural, expectational, and structural problems that cause academic dishonesty in the course. The policies of working with an Academic Integrity Fellow and requiring students to attend a session on academic dishonesty too fall prey to the same problem.

Ultimately, we believe that cheating—once clearly defined—should be unequivocally prohibited at Harvard.

We especially oppose the new “near occasion of sin” policy on the grounds that it sends the message that Harvard considers cheating something to be negotiated, rather than something that is wholly unacceptable.

Instead, in order to combat the pressing issue of academic dishonesty in its computer science courses, we urge the Computer Science department to rethink its introduction to the field from scratch, with close attention being paid to making expectations clear and creating better support from instructors and staff.

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.

madeline r. dorroh—Crimson Designer

Dolly Parton for Commencement “If I had but one wish for you, it would be for you to dream more.” - Dolly Parton, University of Tennessee 2009 Commencement Emilee A. hackney Southern accented

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ohn R. Lewis, prominent civil rights leader and congressman, was recently named this year’s Commencement speaker. Considering everything he’s accomplished throughout his life, especially during the civil rights movement and in Congress, his presence at Commencement is very timely amidst ongoing racial tensions in our country. Good choice, Harvard.

Now I know the process for choosing future commencement speakers is complex, and I’m sure potential speakers are intensely vetted for exceptional achievements and personal characteristics. I hope somebody involved in this process is reading this right now, because I have a question for you: Have you heard of Dolly Parton?

She’s often called the Queen of Country—and after racking up dozens of awards and two world records over her decades-long music and entertainment career, the title is well-deserved. Parton grew up poor in a family of a dozen children in rural Tennessee, and even as a child she knew she wanted to be a country singer. She moved to Nashville as a teenager to pursue that dream, and after several years of hard work, she finally broke into the music business.

Many chart-topping songs and several acclaimed movies followed over the years, and Parton became the star she’d always wanted to be.

I’m a sucker for a good rags-toriches story, and I grew up idolizing Parton—she was the fierce and feisty Appalachian woman I wanted to become, the kind of woman who overcame obstacles and achieved her

dreams with hard work and willpower. If I wanted to be successful, I’d have to start from the ground up, too.

But it isn’t just Parton’s success story that makes her a good candidate for Commencement; some of her most impressive qualities (and she has a lot of them) are best seen off the stage Parton has been a dedicated philanthropist for years, focusing much of her giving on educational success. She established The Dollywood Foundation in 1988 as an effort to decrease dropouts rates among students in Sevierville, Tennessee, her hometown. In the early 1990s, The Buddy Program, which promised $500 of Parton’s own money to each seventh and eighth grader who graduated high school in Sevier County, led to a 29 percent reduction in the dropout rate for those classes. The Foundation also funds five $15,000 scholarships for Sevier County college-bound seniors, one for a student at each of the county’s high schools.

Parton then founded the Imagination Library in 1995 to send children in Sevier County a free book each month until they turn five years old.

She was inspired by her father, who never learned to read or write, to start the initiative, which quickly expanded across Tennessee and then across America. It is now available to children in several foreign countries. In just 23 years, the small community charity has expanded worldwide and distributed millions of free books; in fact, Parton donated the Imagination Library’s 100 millionth book to the Library of Congress last month.

Those accomplishments alone are beyond impressive—I can barely fathom such a number—but Parton’s giving doesn’t stop there. In 2016, when wildfires destroyed homes in Sevier County, Parton established the My People Fund to distribute millions of dollars to almost a thousand displaced families over a period of six months. She’s also donated to many other charities and often donates

anonymously.

Parton’s self-made rise to fame and success, especially from such humble beginnings, is a story of inspiration just perfect for Commencement.

She actually spoke a bit about her life at the University of Tennessee’s commencement in 2009, when she was awarded an honorary doctorate.

I think we at Harvard need to hear it, too; it’s a good reminder to stay humble, dream big, and work hard for what you want. I know that’s a pretty stereotypical graduation message, but we could hear stand to hear it from a unique perspective: Harvard has hosted few women, few entertainers, and few Southerners in its long history of past commencements.

In addition, Parton’s dedication to philanthropy—especially in her own hometown—is a great reminder to give back and remember your roots.

When you come from somewhere small and rural, you grow up itching to get out and find the opportunities you never had. Parton left, made it big, and went back to help the place that helped her get so far, the place that made her what she was. I think that each of us has the responsibility to use our education and opportunities to improve our communities and the lives of the people that helped get us here in the first place.

If you need even more convincing, take a few minutes to watch Parton on stage (or better yet, watch the entirety of her hit film “Steel Magnolias”). She’s tiny in stature but her personality is larger than life, and she’s as genuine as they come. She radiates wisdom—kind that comes from turning struggle into success.

Harvard, Dolly Parton is the whole package, and I think we could learn a few important lessons from her life.

I hope you’ll consider her for Commencement.

Emilee A. Hackney ’20 is an English concentrator living in Adams House. Her column appears on alternate Thursdays.

The Harvard Crimson | March 22, 2018 | page 4

Cash is King, Unless it’s Crimson By ben I. sorkin

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ast year, the College shifted toward a policy of providing students who are staying on campus over spring break with Crimson Cash, rather than the cash stipends that were available the previous year. Then-Associate Dean of Students David R. Friedrich noted then that the College was “piloting different approaches to support students during breaks.” The College has since stuck with Crimson Cash, however, and it is unclear if they are considering a different approach.

Following the departure of Liquiteria and Boloco from Harvard Square, the number of food options for using Crimson Cash off-campus has dwindled down to just eight restaurants and eateries, along with CVS. Neither of the eateries that replaced Liquiteria and Boloco—Pokéworks and Zambrero—currently accepts or has publicly indicated plans to accept Crimson Cash in the future. Of those eight off-campus locations, two options, Sami’s Wrap & Roll and H-Mart, are located at the Longwood Medical School campus and in Central Square, respectively, making them difficult to access for most students on campus. Beyond that, Henrietta’s Table is less than affordable, especially for students looking to stretch $25 a day across three meals. The Clover in the Science Center, one of the few external vendors currently operating on Harvard’s campus, does not yet accept Crimson Cash, despite a promise from its CEO and founder Ayr Muir in Sept. 2017 that the location would accept Crimson Cash “soon.” Greenhouse Cafe, which Clover replaced following the renovation of the Science Center, previously accepted both Crimson Cash and BoardPlus.

The options for on-campus dining aren’t much better. While the Crimson Cash website lists a plethora of on-campus food options, few were open over spring break. In an email sent to students who received the spring break grant, just six retail dining operations were listed as being open during the break: those at Northwest Labs, Not being able to the Kennedy School, the School afford to travel or go of Public Health, home over break is Bauer, the LISE Center, and the Obalready ostracizing servatory Cart. The School of Public enough for underHealth is far from resourced students; the Cambridge campus, leaving limiting food options just five options for those same for students in the Square, all with students is even limited hours. Noworse. tably, none of these locations are open for dinner, with two locations only serving coffee and pastries and most of the locations closing before 3 p.m.

While some Houses and offices like the Bureau of Study Council hosted meals for students on campus, these events were far and few between and certainly not enough to sustain students throughout break. It is unacceptable for students who are on campus over the break to have different levels of access to dining options just on the basis of the House in which they live.

Moreover, freshmen had the opportunity to borrow kitchen equipment as part of the Freshman Dean’s Office’s rental program, but upperclass students were not afforded that same luxury, and many House kitchens don’t have their own cooking supplies.

On top of the shortcomings of the Crimson Cash system, this past week’s inclement weather further inconvenienced students staying on campus. Not only were events rescheduled, like the BSC’s pizza lunch, but the weather made getting to on-campus dining options more difficult, and a variety of off-campus options closed as a result of the weather.

Harvard University Dining Services staff deserve time off, and keeping dining halls open over the break may not be a feasible option to increase food options for students on campus over break. Offering students cash grants, hosting more meals for students in the Houses or at University offices, or increasing the number of locations that accept Crimson Cash would be concrete steps the College can take towards addressing the difficulty students face when they remain on campus for breaks.

Not being able to afford to travel or go home over break is already ostracizing enough for under-resourced students; limiting food options for those same students is even worse. If the College is truly committed to increasing socioeconomic diversity at Harvard, it is obligated to put its money where its mouth is and genuinely support those students once they get to campus.

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Ben I. Sorkin ’20 is a Sociology concentrator living in Leverett House.

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be able to generate some new facilities for teaching purposes with the space that’s opened up,” Smith said.

“So conversations about that and talking to our alumni about the potential there and what the future holds.”

Despite shortfalls in certain areas, Smith said the campaign has been “really successful,” especially in helping donors understand FAS’s financial priorities across the next few years.

“That’s always an important aspect of any campaign—to think about what the institution should be doing next and making the arguments about why that is and trying to get support for it.

The alumni have been absolutely fantastic,” he said.

Bartley’s Burgers Founder Dies at 87 BARTLEY From Page 1 men’s fathers worked long hours at the Hong Kong and Bartley’s Burgers. Lee recalled playing catch with a tennis ball with Bartley as a kid, running over to order a hamburger for his father, and stopping by for a chat as Bartley took orders outside on warm days in later years. Once, the two restaurants shared a fridge when one of the establishments’ appliances broke down.

“I’d consider him the mayor of Harvard Square,” Lee said of Bartley.

“He was a character. He always had a good story for you.”

To wring success out of a fastpaced, swiftly changing business, Bartley matched hard work and perseverance with a sense of humor and one-liners like “Hot food hot,” \“You can’t sell from an empty cart,” and “They eat with their eyes.” Bill recalled how his father decorated the restaurant with bumper stickers, a poster of beer cans titled “What I really learned in school,” and what he called a “cheesy” corner of Elvis memorabilia.

When his staff was feeling down, Bartley might appear with a mop on his head as a wig, Bill said.

If someone didn’t show up for work, the next day he might say, “You know you should never miss work.

That’s so I realize how little you do when you’re not here.”

“I started in this business because I just wanted to be with him,” Bill said.

“He was that dynamic a character.”

Bartley was “a simple guy,” Bill Bartley, and rubbed elbows with everyday people just as easily as he did with celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, Jackie Onassis, Katie Couric, and

the array of politicians, sports hotshots, and academics who flocked to the restaurant to talk to “Mr. B.” Bartley loved to listen, ask questions, and chat about baseball.

Christos Soillis, the owner of nearby Felix Shoe Repair, remembered how Bartley extended friendship and kindness to him when he was a poor and hungry immigrant just getting started in the shoe repair business.

“I am lucky to be in this country, but I don’t forget yesterday. Never,”

There is no replacement for people like Mr. Bartley Christos Scillis

Felix Shoe Repair Owner Soillis said. “There is no replacement for people like Mr. Bartley.”

Sollis recalled how Bartley sometimes let it slide when he couldn’t quite afford a hamburger. He said Bartley gave him advice on navigating the English language, on the economy of the Square, and on customer service.

“If you have somebody you trust, you find is honest, don’t lose it,” Soillis said. “You do the best you can, you do as much as you can to keep it.”

A devout Catholic, Bartley attended mass every day, insisted on closing on Sundays, and stubbornly served up Lent specials even when they didn’t

sell very well.

Away from the bustle and ringing phones of the job, Bartley led a much quieter life in his rare time off from his “Mr. B” persona.

He worked on menu ideas, treated his family to seafood on Sundays, or took walks through the streets of Cambridge and Boston or at his beach cottage in Seabrook, N.H. He had “just a giant heart and he loved to laugh,” Bill said.

Beyond just concocting burgers, Bartley was “the best cook I’ve ever met,” Bill said.

Bartley’s corn chowder was unparalleled, his son said, though it was eventually replaced by clam chowder on the menu due to tourist demands.

Bartley made a legacy out of naming different burgers at his restaurant after politicians and prominent figures.

His son carries on the tradition, with burgers currently on the menu sporting monikers like the “Siriously delicious” iPhone to the “way right and way wrong” Mike Pence burger, though Bill said his father disagreed with some of the more biting names.

For all the elaborate burgers he designed, Bartley’s favorite was just a bun and a medium-rare patty–but it better be done right, Bill said.

“It’s going to be quite an adjustment, but with his faith I’m sure he is in a good place,” Bill said.

“And he’ll be criticizing what we’re doing on a daily basis, I’m sure.”

Bartley is survived by his wife Joan and their five children, Kathryn, Joseph Jr., Bill, Robert, and Christopher.

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Gov Dept Meets Post Dominguez Allegations DOMINGUEZ From Page 1 Administrators had once before punished Dominguez for alleged sexual harassment in the 1980s, but that did not prevent the professor from gaining multiple administrative positions at Harvard in the years since.

In the wake of the articles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith in early March placed Dominguez on administrative leave while the University investigates the allegations.

A few days later, Dominguez announced he would retire from all administrative positions immediately and would step down from his teaching job at the end of this school year.

Dominguez is on sabbatical this semester.

Hochschild hosted the off-the record discussion Wednesday, moderated by Iris Bohnet, director of the Women in Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School.

Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay Harris was also present, in addition to several Government professors and a Title IX officer.

Professor Steven R. Levitsky, who

will co-chair a newly created “climate change committee” along with Hochschild, was also present to answer questions.

The department established the committee earlier this month, directly following reports about Dominguez, in an effort to investigate climate issues within the department.

In an emailed statement after the event, Hochschild wrote the committee will focus on handling fallout from the Dominguez accusations going forward. She wrote the committee plans to report on its progress at some point before the end of the semester.

“Our activity at this point focuses on a new Climate Change Committee, chaired by Professor Steven Levitsky, and including faculty, students, and staff,” Hochschild wrote.

“The Committee is beginning its work to frame an agenda of the most important changes to pursue, and it will create working groups to address that agenda.”

Attendee and Government concentrator Elena D. Sokoloski ’18 said she thought the discussion Wednesday was “productive.”

“I mean, I’d like it if the committee

had a little bit not structure, but I get it, because people are just starting out,” Sokoloski said.

“I mean, things feel much more urgent to undergraduates, who are only here for four years, as compared to faculty, who are usually here for much longer than that.”

“I’m encouraged by the tonal shift that seems to have taken place, especially amongst professors who are now also aware that this is actually an issue,” Sokoloski added.

Attendee Rocket Claman ’21, who is considering concentrating in Government, said she hopes the department will continue to remain transparent in its efforts to address climate issues.

“I know a couple of the people who are going to be on the committee who are students, and they seem very passionate and driven towards correcting this cultural issue, specifically within the Government department, so that gives me a little hope that they will actually drive the professors to get stuff done,” said Claman, an active Flyby editor.

The department held a separate meeting for faculty and Ph.D. students on Tuesday.

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Smith said the end of the capital campaign will set new goals for future campaigns.

“We will continue to fundraise,” Smith said.

“Part of the goal of the campaign is not only to give focus on the new aspirations that you have, but set a new target for annual fundraising as we move forward.”

inspiration for the analysis.

“It was actually the Harvard outbreak that first caught my attention and then got me interested in explaining the question of why we’re seeing a resurgence of mumps in highly vaccinated populations,” he said.

Cases of mumps have been on the rise nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2017, more than 5,000 people contracted the disease, up from fewer than 1,000 in 2012. College campuses have been hit particularly hard, which experts have previously attributed to the close contact between students.

Grad said he wanted to discover whether the increase in mumps cases was due to a new strain of mumps resistant to the vaccine—or due to the vaccine’s effectiveness wearing off as patients aged. Currently, federal recommendations call for two vaccinations: one between 12 and 15 months of age, and a second between four and six years.

“In our analysis, we saw that waning was consistent with what we were observing, whereas the appearance of a new strain that escaped the vaccine was not,” he said.

Lewnard added the concentration of recent mumps cases in young adults, who have not received vaccinations in years, suggests a decline over time in the vaccine’s preventative capacity.

“Without waning of protection, there’s not much reason why a strain should be focused in older age groups like young adults,” he said.

Harvard University Health Services Director Paul J. Barreira oversaw the University’s response to Harvard’s outbreak two years ago. During the outbreak, University Health Services placed almost a dozen students in isolation to prevent the spread of the disease.

Barreira said he worked with the authors of the study to compare the cost-effectiveness of isolating infected students versus vaccinating healthy students in order to manage mumps outbreaks.

While Barreira said declining vaccine immunity forms “the best explanation” for the Harvard outbreak, he also mentioned the vaccine is not 100 percent effective.“Even if the vaccination was maximally protective, there would still be a 15 percent or so rate of developing the infection,” he said.

In the research paper, the authors suggest a third vaccination around age 18 as a possible means to reduce cases of mumps. The scientists are not the first to consider this idea: In light of recent research, the CDC recommended a third dose for at-risk populations in a January report.

Still, official recommendations do not call for all people to be routinely vaccinated at 18, which the authors say “should be assessed in clinical trials.”

Rhode Island Governor Appointed Chief Marshal

By KANISHK MITTAL Crimson Staff Writer

Governor of Rhode Island Gina M. Raimondo ‘93 has been elected 25th reunion chief marshal and will lead this year’s Commencement exercises at Harvard’s 367th iteration of the event.

The honor is accorded to members of each year’s 25th reunion class who have achieved success in their careers, contributed to their communities, and served the College, according to the Harvard Alumni Association. Notable alumni who have held this position include former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, class of 1904, and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg ‘91. The search for chief marshal began over a year ago when members of the class of ‘93 nominated their peers for the position. A committee consisting solely of members in the class of ‘93 then reduced almost 80 total nominations to just nine before selecting their final choice.

Raimondo graduated magna cum laude from the College and went on to earn a doctorate in sociology from

Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes scholar.

After obtaining a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998, Raimondo interned for U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York and worked in venture capital before starting her own firm, Point Judith Capital.

Raimondo then went on to serve as general treasurer for Rhode Island before running for governor in 2014.

She became the first woman to hold this position. Raimondo also currently serves on the board of trustees of the Yale Corporation. Mukesh Prasad ’93, one of the 25th reunion chairs, described Raimondo as someone who “always had an interest in serving society” and understood that “good policy is not always based on politics.”

“Governor Raimondo represents excellence in all three,” he said, referring to the domains of her profession, society, and Harvard. “We’re proud to have her represent the class of ‘93 and to represent the alumni.”

Harvard’s 367th commencement will be held on May 24, 2018. It will be livestreamed.

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Goaltender Madsen Signs Contract with Coyotes MEN’S Ice Hockey

By Spencer r. Morris and Stuti r. telidevara Crimson Staff Writers

­ ri-captain goaltender Merrick MadT sen of the Harvard men’s hockey team has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes organization of the National Hockey League, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The senior is the first member of the Class of 2018 to announce his future plans since the Crimson’s season ended after a 5-4 overtime loss to Clarkson on Friday. Madsen was a sixth-round 2013 draft pick (162nd overall) of the Philadelphia Flyers, and had his rights traded to Arizona in June 2017. “[Madsen] is a big, skilled, athletic goaltender,” said Coyotes general manager John Chayka in a press release from the team. “We’re pleased with his development and excited to have him signed.”

There’s no denying that Madsen will go down as one of the program’s greatest goaltenders. As a junior (286-2, 2.11 GAA, .923 SV%), he started all 36 of the Crimson’s contests and rode a 16-game winning streak, the longest of any Harvard net-minder, all the way to the team’s first Frozen Four appearance since 1994. Beyond his sturdy 2016-2017 performance, Madsen’s total body of work will leave a lasting mark on the program’s record books.

In terms of career numbers, he will finish first in save percentage (.924%), second in shutouts (10), third in wins (56), and fifth in goals against average (2.12).

In his final season wearing the crimson, Madsen experienced both ups and downs. The ECAC semifinal loss that ended Harvard’s 2017-2018 campaign—a back-and-forth affair with plenty of drama—perfectly captured Madsen’s year as a whole. The net-minder (23 GS, 10-10-3, 2.27 GAA, .918 SV%) looked unbeatable in some matchups, registering three shutouts on the season and anchoring his team.

But he also put forth a series of pedestrian starts.

Coming off such a stellar junior season, Madsen looked to be the obvious starter for Harvard but was nonetheless forced to earn his spot in the cage while junior Michael Lackey vied for ice time. Despite the ups and downs of the year, though, Madsen is confident that the goalie battle did not affect his career prospects—if anything, it gave him a flavor for a normal depth chart

Miraculous merrick Madsen proved his mettle as the team closed out its regular season play at home against Clarkson, saving 29 of 30 shots (.929 SV%) Timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

between the pipes.

It’s healthy competition,” Madsen said. “If I didn’t have Lackey, or [sophomore goaltender Cam] Gornet...on my heels, it’s easy to get complacent…. I’m thankful that they were there.”

Throughout the course of the campaign, the team fell into multiple ruts, jeopardizing Madsen’s starting role.

As an experienced backstop and key leader for the Crimson, Madsen was challenged by coach Ted Donato ’91 to both elevate his on-ice play and hone the mental toughness required of elite goaltenders.

“There were times this season when I felt like I was kind of out of it,” Madsen said. “Having to find a way to get

back into it is not a super easy thing to do, especially as a goalie. So I thought I came a long way in finding strength in my game.”

An exodus of seniors is the norm once the Harvard season comes to a close. Though Madsen is the first fourth-year to sign a professional contract, his announcement comes just one day after junior Ryan Donato skated in his NHL debut for the Boston Bruins.

Despite the departure of both talent and leadership—this year’s group had three senior captains—Madsen is confident that the team will continue to find ways to win.

The next group of guys will have a

really strong leadership core,” Madsen said. “We’ve got guys that have played a ton of games, whether it’s [juniors] Lewis Zerter-Gossage or [Michael] Floodstrand…. We saw this year that a lot of the underclassmen, even, were some of the leaders on this team.”

While Madsen plans to graduate on time, the statistics concentrator departed for the Coyotes’ AHL affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners, on Tuesday afternoon. Thus far, he has received no promises about appearing in the NHL but knows that call-ups can be sudden and life-changing.

“Now it’s the hard part of actually trying to make it work over a longer period of time,” the backstop said.

“If…[professional hockey] was my opportunity, I think I would take it. But obviously, having a Harvard degree, I know if it didn’t really work out the way I wanted to, I have something I can come back to.”

Not the worst of fallbacks. For the time being, Madsen will give professional hockey his all. But regardless of where he ends up, one thing is certain: Merrick Madsen was an instrumental component of the Harvard hockey program’s recent success and resurgence back onto the national stage.

Staff writer Spencer Morris can be reached at spencer.morris@thecrimson.com Staff writer Stuti Telidevara can be reached at stuti.telivedara@thecrimson.com

Harvard Victorious in Three Spring Break Matches won the first and third doubles.

In singles play, Harvard put up a tough fight against Gonzaga. Sophomore Jenna Friedel picked up her tenth victory after dropping the first set, 0-6, to junior Graciela Rosas. Friedel responded by winning the next two sets, 7-6, 6-0 in second doubles. Ringblom picked up her 12th singles win with a two-set victory, 6-0, 6-2 in fourth singles. Also, sophomore Irene Lu won her singles match over junior Nevada Apollo in third singles. The win improved Lu’s singles record to 13-9.

“The first match against Gonzaga was our toughest,” Oosterhout said.

“It was our first match outside and it is sometimes hard to adjust to the elements. It took us a little longer to get into a rhythm.”

HARVARD 7, PROVIDENCE 0 The women’s tennis team shut out Providence in the second game on Saturday March 10. The Crimson won the doubles point with a 6-0 doubles win from Oosterhout and Gonzalez. Oosterhout also won her singles match, 6-0, 6-3, over Risa Takenaka. Ringblom blanked Aiden Epstein 6-0, 6-0 in third singles. Friedel won her match 6-1, 6-2 in second singles.

Springing into action Harvard women’s tennis improved its record to 7-8 as it nears Ivy League play at the end of March. abdur b. rehman—Crimson photographer Women’s Tennis By ronni cucia Contributing Writer

­ arvard women’s tennis (7-8) did not H really have much of a rest over spring break. The team was scheduled to play five games in eight days over break, but the contest against UC Santa Barbara was canceled due to rain. Ultimately, the Crimson won two matches at home and then traveled to California, where it split a pair of contests. The trip was a succesful won, with the team taking three of four contests overall.

HARVARD 4, CS NORTHRIDGE 2 In the last match of the team’s vis-

it to southern California, Harvard came up with a win against Cal State Northridge (2-6). The Crimson started the match on a positive note by sweeping doubles. Junior Erica Oosterhout and Natasha Gonzalez led the charge for Harvard by defeating freshman Alicia Dinkelmeyer and senior Mari Taslagyan. Captain Annika Ringblom and freshman Anna Li earned their 11th win as partners in a 6-3 decision in first doubles. Junior Isabel Jasper and sophomore Irene Lu won third doubles for the Crimson, 6-3.

In singles play, Oosterhout continued with her solid play and defeated Matador junior Skyla Alcon in two sets, 6-1, 6-0. Another player who stood out during this match was freshman Jen-

na Mostafa who beat junior Arpe Bagumyan, 6-0, in the third set of fifth singles.

HARVARD, UCSB (CANCELLED) On Friday March 16th, Harvard began playing UC Santa Barbara at their court in Goleta, California. The match was stopped twice because of rain before it was officially called.

For the time that the match was still being played, the Gauchos claimed the doubles point with wins in the second and third doubles. Before the singles competition was cancelled, sophomore Natasha Gonzalez was leading Lise Sentenac 3-2 in the second set after defeating her 6-3 in the first set. Oosterhout was also beating senior Palina

Dubavets 3-1 in the second set before the rain got too strong.

“Rain delays are always tough. It’s hard to stay focused when you are constantly thinking about the weather and getting stopped,” Oosterhout said. “But I think everyone did a great job of dealing with that pressure. After our first delay everyone was ready to go and many of us were turning around our matches which is great to see.”

GONZAGA 4, HARVARD 3 On Wednesday March 14, the Crimson played a close game against Gonzaga in a tournament hosted by California State University, Northridge. The Bulldogs took the lead early by winning the doubles point. The Bulldogs

HARVARD 7, MARIST 0 Harvard began its spring break on a very positive note, defeating the Red Foxes by a commanding margin. Harvard started off the game by winning the doubles point. The doubles teams of Ringblom and Li, Gonzalez and Moustafa, and Jasper and freshman Neha Gupta all won their matches to secure the point for the Crimson.

Harvard also dominated at the top of its singles lineup. Junior Erica Oosterhout improved her record to 13-2 by blanking Marist junior Chloe Lant 6-0, 6-0.

After a demanding week of play, the Crimson is set to host Quinnipiac on Sunday March 25 at the Murr Center Courts. This is Harvard’s last match before Ivy League play.

“As a team, we need to really focus in on what we struggled with individually this past week to contribute to the team as a whole in our match against Quinnipiac on Sunday,” Ringblom said.

“I am positive that everyone on the team will be excited to get back onto the courts to work on our weaknesses before our Ivy season on the horizon.”