The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLV, No. 27

The University Daily, Est. 1873 | Volume CXLV, No. 27 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The Harvard Crimson We implore the UC to explore all avenues in an attempt to reverse its gender inequality. opinion PAGE 6

Women’s basketball clinches Ivy tournament berth with victory over Princeton. sports PAGE 7

Harvard Responds to HCFA Controversy Final Club Graduates College Says Religious Group Lobby Must Cut Ties to ‘Parent Ministry’ Congress

By Caroline S. Engelmayer and michael e. xie

By Caroline S. Engelmayer and michael e. xie

Crimson Staff Writers

Harvard College Faith and Action will need to sever ties with parent group Christian Union in order to re-earn recognition from the College at the end of its year-long administrative probation, according to College spokesperson Rachael Dane.

The College placed HCFA—the largest Christian fellowship on campus— on a “one year administrative probation” last week. The Crimson reported Friday that Harvard’s decision to punish HCFA was almost certainly linked to the organization’s move to oust a female member of the student leadership

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The Undergraduate Council passed a resolution denouncing the actions of religious group Harvard College Faith and Action and affirming its support for BGLTQ students and affiliates at its meeting Sunday.

The resolution comes after the College placed HCFA on administrative probation last week for violating guidelines laid out in the Student Handbook, which prohibits discrimination on the

there is still this institutional backlash against queer people—it’s not surprising, but it’s still disappointing.”

Kalara was not alone: Brunching in residential Houses across campus Sunday, many undergraduates said they opposed HCFA’s move to demote the student as well as what they called the group’s negative stance toward BGLTQ Harvard affiliates. Others, though, said HCFA may not fully deserve probation—and some argued the group’s role on campus remains

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Nicholas D. Boucher ‘19, Catherine L. Zhang ‘19, and Jackson C. Walker ‘21 listen in on a conversation regarding HCFA on Sunday evening at a UC meeting. Allison G. Lee — Crimson photographer

Undergraduate Council Passes Resolution to Condemn HCFA By jonah s. berger and michael e. xie

Some graduate members of Harvard’s final clubs are lobbying Congress to push for an amendment to Republican-backed legislation that would prevent Harvard from enforcing its penalties on members of single-gender social groups, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Representative Virginia A. Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, recently proposed a sweeping new higher education law—titled the PROSPER Act— that would alter current financial aid programs as well as expand the routes to a college degree, among other measures.

In December, the PROSPER Act successfully passed the House’s education committee.

Final club alumni, though, are focused on just one section of the act: an amendment that seeks to forbid universities that have “a policy allowing for the official recognition of single-sex student organizations” from penalizing members of the groups. Because Harvard does not have a policy officially recognizing final clubs and Greek organizations, it is unlikely the legislation in its current form would apply to the College.

The final club graduates hope to change that. The alumni want to rework the language of the law so it endangers the College’s social group pen

Some Students Praise HCFA Probation, Others Call for Nuance

basis of “sexual orientation.”

The College’s move to put HCFA— the largest Christian fellowship on campus—on a “one year administrative probation” was almost certainly tied to the student group’s choice to pressure a female assistant Bible course leader to resign her position in Sept. 2017 following her pursuit of a same-sex relationship, The Crimson reported Thursday.

The resolution also called on HCFA’s student leaders to issue a “prompt, public, and unconditional apology to

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By Caroline s. engelmayer and luke w. vrotsos Crimson Staff Writers

When Sonya Kalara ’21 found out Harvard College Faith and Action had asked a student in a same-sex relationship to step down from a leadership position, her initial reaction was “visceral.”

“I’ve experienced homophobia in my life in a variety of circumstances,” Kalara said while sitting in Lamont Cafe Sunday. “And to know that, in the year 2018, at the college that I love,

HSPH Dean Encourages Studying Gun Violence

By LUKE W. VROTSOS Crimson Staff Writer

Harvard School of Public Health Dean Michelle A. Williams is advocating for more research on gun violence after the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Fla. that left 17 students and teachers dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Williams wrote a letter to School of Public Health affiliates Feb. 16 calling for an end to federal restrictions on funding for gun violence research.

“As public health leaders—and as concerned citizens—we must double down on our efforts to make it clear that gun violence prevention is a national crisis,” she wrote.

In an emailed statement, Williams wrote that the “profound sadness” she felt after the Parkland shooting motivated her to write the letter. ­

Harvard’s Act on a Dream hosts the Collegiate Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR) in Northwest Bio Labs this weekend. The conference featured a variety of events including artistic expression led by Karla C. Mendoza ‘18. Soumyaa Mazumder —Crimson photographer

Research at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center has found that “the availability of more firearms leads to more homicides and more suicides,” Williams wrote in the letter.

The center’s mission, according to its website, is to “reduce the societal burden of injury and violence.”

In the wake of the Parkland shooting, David Hemenway, the center’s director, has called for stricter gun control measures in interviews with NBC, NPR, the Boston Herald, and The Atlantic.

In an interview Friday, Hemenway said most federal agencies currently dedicate little to no funding to gun violence research.

“This is an enormous problem in the United States, gun violence. And

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Parents Hit Classes for Junior Family Weekend By cassandra luca Contributing writer

On a grey weekend with only a few hints of sun, Class of 2019 parents descended on Harvard Yard for Junior Family Weekend to see their children and to learn more about the “Harvard experience.”

This past Saturday and Sunday, that experience included an on-campus performance, lectures led by house deans, and regularly scheduled classes on topics ranging from intermediate macroeconomics to organic chemistry to the Hebrew Bible.

Marion E. Clemens and Thomas P. Clemens, parents to Rachel E. Clemens ’19, said they hoped to watch one of the campus productions during their visit.

“Normally we go to [HRO] concerts, so we’d like to do something different.

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two tickets per student, so we’re trying to figure that out—tomorrow’s a little up in the air,” Marion E. Clemens said.

Instead of rushing to clean his dorm room and wash laundry before his parents’ upcoming visit, Evan C. MacKay ’19 said he chose to coordinate meetings between his friends and parents to show them a small slice of regular life on campus.

“I tried to text friends and see whose parents were coming and weren’t coming. I wanted to make sure that those friends that I have get to meet my parents,” MacKay said. “I know that my parents would really want to be able to meet my friends whose parents couldn’t travel.”

His mother, Debbie J. MacKay, agreed with her son. She said the best part of the weekend was meeting

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A banner bearing Harvard’s crest hangs outside Annenberg for Junior Family Weekend. Parents spent Saturday and Sunday attending lectures, visitng their children, and occasionally hitting the gym. Kathryn S. Kuhar — Crimson photographer

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around the ivies Yale Adopts New Standards for Faculty on Sexual Misconduct Yale University President Peter Salovey approved a new set of standards for faculty, including changes to rules regarding Title IX and sexual misconduct. the Yale Daily News reported.

The new standards are the result of a process that began with the formation of a Faculty-led committee in 2014, according to the News. In 2015, Yale’s faculty rejected a set of proposed standards, leading to changes in the review process, the News reported. The newly adopted language aims to clarify standards of acceptable behavior for faculty and procedures for addressing conduct, according to the News.

Columbia Will Not Penalize Applicants for Participation in Gun Control-Related Protests Columbia admissions representatives said applicants would not be penalized for “disciplinary action” resulting from participation in peaceful protests, per the Columbia Daily Spectator. Brown, MIT, and Dartmouth have recently taken similar steps in response to student protests nationwide calling for stricter gun control legislation, including measures like universal background checks, bans on bump stocks, and restrictions on magazine sizes. The recent increase in activism around gun control followed a Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Driving the Net Jack Badini crashes the Yale net during the Crimson’s regular season closeout in New Haven.

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Happy MONDAY, harvard!

Happy Monday Harvard. Midterms are still here and yet I still don’t know anything. How does that work?

In the Atmosphere…

Tomorrow’s weather: 54 degrees—I guess we consider that nice nowadays. Forecast is partly cloudy.

EVENTS The Impact of the TPS Repeal on Campus: Harvard Workers’ Stories Join in a conversation with workers who are actually affected by TPS. Located at Emerson Hall 305 and running from 3-5 p.m., this event is sure to be filled with interesting and engaging conversation.

#metoo: Truths and Consequences Listen to a variety of speakers discuss the #metoo movement and how it became a social media sensation.

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Schlesinger Library, this event will be taking place at 7 p.m. in the Knafel Center.

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Brown Students Condemn University Response to Racist Flyers Brown students responded to the distribution of racist flyers on its campus earlier this month, the Brown Daily Herald reported. A statement issued by black students called on Brown’s administration to condemn the flyers and take steps to prioritize diversity and inclusion initiatives, according to the Herald. Local groups, including city officials and the local NAACP, held rallies on Feb. 5 and 11 to protest the flyers’ message, per the Herald.

in the real world Presidential Term Limits? What Are Those?

China’s communist party has announced that it would like to end the two-term presidential limit, potentially enabling current president Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely. Is it even surprising to hear about world powers making questionable decisions these days?

Florida Sheriff Refuses to Resign Scott Israel, sheriff of Broward county where the Parkland shooting occurred, has faced intense scrutiny in the wake of the shooting, with many calling for him to resign. Despite this, he feels he has led the department well and does not have plans to step down at this point.

Newton College Merger Two small liberal arts colleges in Newton, Mt. Ida College and Lasell college, are planning to join forces in an attempt to keep the schools competitive while keeping tuition down.

This is not the first merger in recent years, and it seems to be a trend as costs and tuition continue to rise. Who knows, maybe Bacow has a HarvardTufts merger on his mind.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “As far as HCFA goes, they are not gonna be getting a dime from us until the OSL determines that they should be removed from probation.”

UC Finance Committee Chair Henry S. Atkins ’20

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Probation Means UC Reps Condemn Consulting HCFA Must Cut Ties HCFA, Talk Finances Group to ties From Page 1 from her position in Sept. 2017 following her decision to date a woman.

Christian Union—a national organization that supports religious groups at all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford—currently provides HCFA with resources, funding, and ministry fellows to lead Bible courses; on its website, HCFA refers to Christian Union as its “parent ministry.”

Asked whether HCFA plans to end relations with Christian Union, HCFA co-presidents Scott Ely ’18 and Molly L. Richmond ’18 wrote in an email Sunday that they do not currently have an answer given the College has yet to clarify the terms of the group’s “probation.”

“Though we continue to consider how HCFA’s relationship with the College will evolve, we’re unable to say specifically how we plan to respond given that we have yet to receive any formal communication from the College regarding our status or the changes it might entail,” the co-presidents wrote.

Don Weiss, a ministry director at HCFA employed by Christian Union, did not directly respond when asked the same question.

Instead, he wrote in an email that Christian Union staff have “deeply appreciated” the chance to serve as ministers to Harvard students for the past decade. HCFA formed in 2008.

The College placed HCFA on probation because the group had “conducted itself in a manner grossly inconsistent” with Harvard’s rules for recognized student groups, according to College spokesperson Aaron M. Goldman.

Goldman added that, if the religious student group wishes to regain recognition in a year’s time, it must prove compliance with the Harvard’s “local governance” and nondiscrimination policies.

The Harvard College Student Handbook mandates that all recognized student groups maintain “local autonomy,” meaning they must make “all policy decisions” without obligation to any parent group, chapter, or charter.

Repeating past assertions, Ely and Richmond wrote in an email Sunday that Christian Union provides “pastoral care and spiritual counseling” to HCFA, but does not dictate the group’s policies.

“Harvard College Faith and Action is entirely autonomous from Christian Union. Our student leadership makes

all decisions about HCFA, its people and its policies,” Ely and Richmond wrote.

“HCFA was first approved by the Office of Student Life on that basis, and our governance structure has remained fully in the hands of undergraduates ever since.”

Weiss also asserted that HCFA is governed entirely by its student leaders.

“We have also been diligent to respect the autonomy of HCFA’s student leaders, as is required by Harvard for the group to be recognized as a student organization,” Weiss wrote.

Issues of local governance are not the only factor at play, however.

College administrators also asserted HCFA must come into compliance with Harvard’s “nondiscrimination” policies in order to regain recognized status.

These policies include the stipulation that recognized student groups cannot discriminate on the basis of “sexual orientation.”

Nonetheless, Ely and Richmond deny HCFA ever fell out of compliance with the College’s nondiscrimination standards.

The two wrote in a previous statement that they “reject any notion that we discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.”

Ely and Richmond attributed the Sept. 2017 dismissal of the student to an “irreconcilable theological disagreement.”

Asked to elaborate, Ely and Richmond specifically pointed to HCFA’s stance on extramarital sex. The co-presidents asserted the group believes those in leadership positions must remain celibate, adding HCFA applies this policy “regardless of sexual orientation.”

But the woman who was asked to step down wrote in an email to The Crimson Friday that she and her girlfriend had never engaged in “extramarital sex.”

The woman spoke only on the condition of anonymity.

“We’ve been fairly open in our conversations within HCFA about our decision to not have sex until marriage since the beginning of our relationship,” the woman wrote in the email.

Staff writer Caroline S. Engelmayer can be reached at caroline.engelmayer@thecrimson. com. Follow her on Twitter @cengelmeyer13 Staff writer Michael E. Xie can be reached at michael.xie@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @MichaelEXie1

council From Page 1 our shared community” and to the former assistant Bible course leader.

“The actions taken by HCFA represent not only a grave affront to this College’s standards of nondiscrimination, but also to our vision of a society,” the resolution reads. “We fully support the College’s decision to place HCFA on administrative probation for the aforementioned reasons.”

Additionally, Finance Committee Chair Henry S. Atkins ’20 said during the meeting that HCFA will be prohibited from receiving funding from the UC’s finance committee until their probationary status is lifted.The funding prohibition necessarily follows from the College’s decision to put HCFA on probation—in effect, revoking the religious group’s recognized status.

According to the Council’s finance committee grant guidelines, “only officially recognized student groups in good standing with the Office of Student Life may apply for UC grants.”

“As far as HCFA goes, they are not gonna be getting a dime from us until the OSL determines that they should be removed from probation,” Atkins said.

“I do not intend for them to receive anything from us in the meantime.”

Over the past three years, HCFA has received over $1,000 in Finance Committee grants to fund events including a study break, a formal dinner, and recruitment events. Despite broad support for the resolution—which passed 35-3-1—council members sparred over whether or not the UC should invite HCFA leaders to speak during “Community Time” at a future Council meeting.

The UC had considered inviting HCFA leaders and Office of Student Life representatives to Sunday’s meeting, according to Slack messages obtained

by The Crimson. “[UC President Catherine L. Zhang ’19] & I have decided to invite both the co-presidents of HCFA and a representative from the OSL to speak at community time this Sunday,” UC Vice President Nicholas D. Boucher ’19 wrote in a message to the finance committee Thursday. “I believe that the community time speakers from both sides combined with a statement of support and the automatic suspension of FiCom funding will adequately address the situation without another explicit funding ban...”

Ultimately, Council executives decided against inviting HCFA leaders to the meeting after discussions with “administrative advisors,” according to

Boucher.

Rules Committee Chair Wilfried J. K. Zibell ’21—who co-sponsored the legislation—said he did not believe HCFA leaders deserved time at UC meetings.

“We think that the purpose of Community Time is not to privilege the voices of the powerful,” he said. “While we do think it would be appropriate for the executive to have a conversation, we don’t think that extending legitimacy through community time... would be productive and would reflect poorly on the UC.” “Privileging their voices is going to do nothing to help solve this,” Crimson Yard representative Sonya Kalara ’21 said.

Ely and Richmond did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Council legislation and meeting Monday evening.

Not all members agreed, though.

Mather House representative Eduardo A. Gonzalez ’18—another co-sponsor of the legislation—said he would be “happy” to invite representatives from HCFA. HCFA co-presidents Scott Ely ’18 and Molly L. Richmond ’18 denied in statements last Wednesday that the religious group discriminated based on sexual orientation. According to Ely and Richmond, the decision to remove the former assistant Bible course leader stemmed from an “irreconcilable theological disagreement” related to other issues like the group’s policy against extramarital sex.

The former assistant Bible course leader—who spoke only on the condition of anonymity—wrote in an email to The Crimson Friday that she and her girlfriend never engaged in “extramarital sex.”

Assistant Dean of Student Life Alexander R. Miller and Ely—a former UC committee chair—both attended portions of the Council meeting during which members discussed HCFA. Oak Yard representative Luke J. Kenworthy ’21, one of three representatives who voted against the resolution, said after the meeting he would like to hear from HCFA leaders directly. He said he thinks the group was well within its rights to remove the former assistant Bible course leader from her position.

“I think HCFA has the right to do what they did,” he said. “And also the College is allowed to no longer fund them.”

Oak Yard representative Ivan Vasquez ’21 and Kirkland House representative Parth Thakker ’18 also voted against the legislation.

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“I don’t think that’s right,” Carolina Quintero Arias ’20 said of HCFA’s dismissal of the student. “You can be LGBTQ and still be a Christian.”

“I’m definitely disappointed,” Elianna M. J. Shwayder ’18 said, pausing while eating in Eliot.

“The decision [HCFA] made was truly unacceptable,” Jackson C. Walker ’21 said.

The College placed HCFA on yearlong “administrative probation” last week after “reviewing” the organization and concluding its behavior was “grossly inconsistent” with Harvard’s expectations for recognized student groups.

The Crimson reported Friday that the punishment was almost certainly tied to HCFA’s decision to force the resignation of the woman in the same-sex relationship.

The Harvard College Student Handbook bars recognized student groups from discriminating on the basis of “sexual orientation.”Members of the board of Harvard College Queer Students & Allies, an affinity group for BGLTQ students, wrote in an emailed statement Sunday they agree with the College’s punishment.

“We condemn any and all discrimination against BGLTQ+ individuals, and appreciate that the University is taking this situation seriously,” Kirsi Anselmi-Stith ’18, the group’s co-chair, wrote.

Other students also supported the College’s decision to put HCFA on probation. Some said they think HCFA’s actions clearly go against Harvard’s nondiscrimination policies.

“What they did was a clear violation of the handbook,” Elena D. Sokoloski ‘18 said, looking up from her Kirkland brunch.

Kalara said she thinks the probation

was necessary given Harvard policy.

She called the punishment “definitely justified.”

HCFA co-presidents Scott Ely ’18 and Molly L. Richmond ’18 previously said they do not believe the group violated the College’s nondiscrimination policies.

“We reject any notion that we discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in our fellowship,” the co-presidents wrote in an email Wednesday.

“Broadly speaking, the student in this case was removed because of an irreconcilable theological disagreement pertaining to our character standards.”

Ely and Richmond did not immediately respond to requests for comment on student criticisms.Still other students said they do not believe the situation was clear-cut. Some urged compassion for HCFA. “[HCFA] might feel like they’re being unfairly targeted for their religion,” Sokoloski said.

Kent Toshima ’21 agreed, saying he thinks the College “should preserve individual liberty” in sensitive situations.

“I think, ultimately, the College shouldn’t do something unless the group commits some kind of crime,” he said. Nonetheless, students on both sides of the issue said they think HCFA serves a vital role on campus. Some undergraduates said they think it is important for students of faith to have representation in Cambridge.

“I think that the beauty of having a religious group is when it builds relationships between people,” Shwayder said.

Walker, who represents Elm Yard on the Undergraduate Council, said he still believes HCFA forms a key part of Harvard.

“I know many people in HCFA that are strong in their faith and don’t support these decisions. Having groups like HCFA is really important on campus for people of faith,” he said.

Advise Students By andrea m. bossi Crimson Staff Writer

Student organizations on campus have a new place to turn for guidance this semester—Harvard’s newest consulting group, Crimson Consulting Club.

CCC launched this spring, joining Harvard’s plethora of student organizations and the handful of already existent student-run consulting groups.

The group maintains a unique focus, though.

Instead of serving outside companies and organizations, CCC will focus inward—on advising other campus student groups.

Aside from helping Harvard as a whole function better, it is also helping the students get more experience.

Michael Reid ‘18 Co-Founder of Crimson Consulting Club

Joshua Hawkins ‘18 and Michael Reid ‘18, co-founders of the group, started planning in August 2018.

“The idea was so good because there were no other organizations like this on campus,” Reid said.

Reid said his experience serving on the board of the Black Men’s Forum taught him the need for a student-focused consulting group on campus.

“There are always times that I’ve had, where as a leader, I didn’t totally know what my role was supposed to be,” Reid said.

“By the time my tenure ended, I realized there were a lot of things I could have been doing with the months that I had.”

Beyond addressing the needs of various student organizations, CCC also aims to provide a more accessible space to learn about the consulting world.

Hawkins said he hopes CCC can encourage a more entrepreneurial spirit on campus and foster more exploration of the business world.

“A lot of people on Harvard’s campus don’t necessarily know what consulting is,” Reid said. “Aside from helping Harvard as a whole function better, it is also helping the students get more experience and more exposure that they don’t have right now.”

The CCC co-founders are both seniors, though, so they will only be involved as students for one semester.

Hawkins said the two are working on setting up the board to ensure a smooth transition into the fall.Reid, who recently started his own company, said he plans to stay involved after graduation.

The two hope CCC will help every Harvard student have a better experience.

“Everybody can come be a part of it; it’s not exclusive,” Reid said. “It’s one of those things purely made to make Harvard a better experience for everybody.”

Staff Writer Andrea M. Bossi can be reached at andrea.bossi@thecrimson.com and on Twitter @bossi147

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Final Club Reps. Head to D.C. lobby From Page 5 alties, which currently bar members of ­single-gender final clubs and Greek organizations—starting with the Class of 2021—from campus leadership positions, varsity athletic team captaincies, and from receiving College endorsement for prestigious fellowships.

As part of this push, some final club alumni attended a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. two weeks ago to raise money for Foxx, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Law firm Arnold & Porter hosted the fundraiser, the Journal reported.

Richard T. Porteus Jr. ’78, graduate president of the Fly Club and an attendee at last week’s meeting, told the Journal he supports Foxx’s legislation because it would preserve the “free association” of Harvard students.

“We would like to see free speech and free association protected,” he

said.

The Porcellian Club is also involved in the effort; some members recently sent emails asking other members to give $350 to $500 to support Foxx, the Journal reported.

The Crimson reported in Dec. 2017 that Representative Elise Stefanik ’06, a New York Republican and a Harvard alumna, has been advocating for the amendment related to single-gender social groups.

Stefanik—through a spokesperson— said at the time she had been working on this legislation with colleagues for several months.

“Congresswoman Stefanik believes all schools should respect students’ right to freely associate,” Stefanik’s communications director Tom Flanagin wrote in an emailed statement in December.

“This amendment is not specific to Harvard and will protect Constitu-

tional liberties across the country.”

University President Drew G. Faust is also paying attention to the PROSPER Act, though she is focused more on provisions relating to student aid and college affordability.

In a recent interview, Faust said she finds “a lot of elements” in the act “concerning.”

It is unclear what provisions will end up in the final version of the bill, which has yet to come before the full House or Senate for a vote.

“There’s a lot of stuff being put into this bill that may or may not survive, so we’d like to see how it unfolds,” Faust said.

Staff writer Caroline S. Engelmayer can be reached at caroline.engelmayer@thecrimson. com.

Staff writer Michael E. Xie can be reached at michael.xie@thecrimson.com.

Students, Locals March for Jobs

By Nina h. pasquini and Jordan E. Virtue Crimson Staff Writers

Amid chants of “Jobs not jails!” and sporadic hailstorms, about 20 members of Harvard’s Phillips Brooks House Association joined hundreds of “Dreams of our Future” protesters for the annual Youth Jobs Rally in Boston last week.

The march, which started in the Old South Church in Copley Square and ended at the State House, had three main goals, according to participants.

First, protesters demanded an increase in funding from the state for youth jobs in Massachusetts from $10 million to $14 million a year.

Protesters also argued for expungement, meaning the erasure of misdemeanors from juveniles’ records after a certain period of time, and for altering the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include ages 12 to 18.

The “I Have a Future” youth jobs coalition—which organized the march— argues that a $4 million spending increase for the state’s YouthWorks program should be a financial priority for Massachusetts.

“Young people need to be employed, partially to support their families and partially because there are pretty significant levels of violence and all sorts of other things in the city,” PBHA President Anwar Omeish ’19 said. “What

we’re saying is that this should be a funding priority. Ultimately budgeting is a question of what do you think is most important.”

Cora A. Neudeck ’19, PBHA’s Advocacy, Health, and Programming Group Officer, said the state’s increase in minimum wage affected the program.

“There was a period of time when they raised the minimum wage from eight dollars to $11, but they never raised the overall funding, so they were paying people more, but they were able to pay less people,” Neudeck said. “So there were around 870 teenagers who lost funding for their jobs.”

Neudeck said PBHA supported the rally because YouthWorks funds the salaries of high schoolers who serve as “junior counselors” in PBHA’s Summer Urban Program.

Neudeck also said the protest broadly aligns with PBHA’s social justice initiatives.

“Our Summer Urban Program has 12 camps and serves 800 low-income kids across Boston and Cambridge,” Omeish said. “We employ 100 teens as part of the program, and if we didn’t have the funding for those 100 teens we would only be able to serve about half of that, which is 400 low-income kids in the community.”

Jose G. Coronado Flores ’19, a PBHA member and director of the Mission Hill summer program, said there are now fewer summer jobs available for

local students, including those from Mission Hill.

After marching through downtown to shouts of “This is what democracy looks like!” and “What do we want? Youth justice! When do we want it? Now!”, demonstrators entered the State House, where they met in small groups with state legislators.

At the State House, Z-Kiya C. Jant, a sophomore at the Community Academy of Science and Health, a public high school in Boston, said the issue of youth employment is important to her personally.

“Within the community that I live in, there’s a lot of people who have moved towards negative outlets to gain money within the community to try to be successful and provide for their families,” she said. “And me being part of this organization, that’s me trying to say, ‘No, you don’t need to do that.’”

Adiel M. Pollydore, who helped plan the rally, said she attended the protest because she wanted to help empower young people to make changes.

“Today, I felt a very strong solidarity with the young people who are organizing in Florida right now, and also young people who have been organizing. Young people have organized in Ferguson, in Baltimore, all over,” she said. “I think that young people aren’t afraid, and you can feel that energy, that fire, and that hope. It’s infectious.

So that’s why I’m here.”

Dean Calls for Gun Research Funding HSPH From Page 1 t here’s very little federal funding for research,” he said.

Since 1996, federal law has required that “none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.”

Advocates say this provision, known informally as the Dickey Amendment after the congressman who proposed it, prevents the CDC from funding research into gun violence.

Because federal funding is restricted in this manner, the burden falls on universities to foot the bill for this research, Hemenway said.

This research can reveal effective ways to mitigate gun violence, according to Hemenway. His center previously investigated the correlation between bans on high-capacity magazines and the number of shootings in various states and found that these bans are linked to lower rates of mass shootings. ­

“The states with large-capacity magazine bans have done much better in terms of fewer gun massacres,” Hemenway said.

Williams also spoke at a press conference last week with Mass. Senator Edward J. Markey in Roxbury, the Herald News reported Wednesday.

“It is time to stand with the survivors of the Parkland, Florida shooting, those teenagers, those brave young children who are not afraid to share their outrage and to shame our nation’s leaders for their failure to act,” she said at the press conference.

Students who survived the shooting have begun to advocate for stricter gun control measures in the wake of their classmates’ deaths.

Across more than 20 Florida high schools, students walked out of class last week in protest.

In response to the students’ demonstrations, Florida Governor Rick Scott has proposed raising the minimum age required to buy a firearm from 18 to 21.

Junior Parents Visit Classes, Gym PARENTS From Page 1 Evan’s friends and their families.

“That’s the beauty of it: all of his friends are so diverse. Everybody’s

They were able to go to the gym this morning, which they really liked.

Evan C. MacKay ’19 making it their own, individualizing their experience,” she said.

Evan MacKay noted that this weekend’s visit isn’t like others: the value of coming to campus isn’t just about parents and child seeing each other for the first time in a while.

“It’s about opening up Harvard space to them. On this special day,

they can go into the library, the dining halls—and they were able to go to the gym this morning, which they really liked,” he said.

The weekend’s activities can vary wildly, though, depending on the a student’s hometown.

For juniors who live near Cambridge, Mass., like Peter Z. Hartnett ’19, Junior Family Weekend is not as significant.

“I’m actually from fairly close, so it’s not too much of an ordeal for my parents. So it’s like an hour and a half. I do see them fairly often, more than just for parents’ weekend,” Hartnett said.

Though Jennifer Wang ’18-’19 said she plans to graduate in 2019, she said it did not make sense for her parents to make the trek from California.

Wang is a “social senior” and said she plans to walk with her friends at Commencement in May. “For me [the weekend] was not too different. All my roommates are seniors, so I didn’t actually see too, too many parents,” Wang said.

Act on a Dream Mobilizes for Annual Gathering By ruth zheng Contributing writer

Harvard students led by Act on a Dream hosted the eighth annual Collegiate Alliance for Immigration Reform conference this weekend, drawing a record crowd.

Two hundred and fifty students from schools across the country, Harvard professors, and local activists at-

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Student at Davidson College tended talks, observed panels, and participated in workshops that emphasized student advocacy and community building.

“This is the biggest the conference has ever been,” Ana Andrade ’19, co-director of Act on a Dream, said.

Act on a Dream is a Harvard student-run organization that advocates for both documented and undocumented immigrants.

The group has lobbied for national legislation and worked with the Harvard administration on immigration-related issues.

This year’s theme was “Beyond Borders: Faces of Migration.” Discussion centered around intersectionality and the complexity of immigration advocacy.

Due to the Mar. 5 deadline for DACA renewal, organizers moved the conference date up to February from April, the time during which it was held last year at Pomona College.

Anshi M. Moreno Jiminez ’19, cochair of Harvard’s CAIR board, said that “logistically people wouldn’t have been able to fly in at that point.”

“There is a lot that’s out of our control,” Moreno Jiminez added.

The conference included an overview of recent immigration policy changes, entitled “A Brief on Current Legislation.”

“It’s all over the place,” Moreno Jiminez said.

Elmer Vivas Portillo ’20, the other co-chair, said the organizers chose events that would “give the attendees tools” to work locally in expanding advocacy, seeking institutional support, and creating community.

Vivas Portillo also highlighted the importance of building inter-collegiate networks.

“As much as this is about in a way putting on a response to what is happening nationally, it is also about connecting with one another,” Vivas Portillo said.

Conference attendee Uyun Nguyen, a sophomore at Davidson College in North Carolina, agreed.

Nguyen said she was “amazed by the community and the support of this group” and praised the success of this year’s conference.

“Right now, under the current political climate we don’t have a lot of control over the federal policies, but at the same time, we have the power to mobilize in our communities,” Nguyen said.

As a journalist and immigrant from Vietnam, Nguyen said she plans to use her platform to advocate for immigration reform.

The conference also highlighted the issue of divisions within the undocumented community.

Alex Navarrete, a senior at the University of Michigan, cautioned against drawing lines when it comes to advocating for immigration reform.

“The deserving immigrant and the undeserving immigrant, a lot of the time, is just an arbitrary distinction,” Navarrete said, referencing dividing binaries like that between documented and undocumented immigrants, between DREAMers and their parents, and between low-skill and high-skill workers.

“I want to show people that I’m worthy of being here,” Navarrete said.

“Migration, especially for survival, should be a human right because nobody chooses where they are from and the circumstances that they are born into.”

EDITORIAL The Crimson Editorial board

The UC’s Persistent Gender Predicament

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ast Thursday, The Crimson reported that members of the Undergraduate Council said the body continues to struggle with a culture dominated by men and characterized by a lack of respect for female and non-binary representatives, 21 years after the election of the first female UC president.

Though women were elected UC president in 2016 and 2017, members say institutional barriers persist, pointing to the lack of gender parity in the organization, which had 26 male, 17 female, and one non-binary representatives in 2017.

We are disheartened by the details of the report and revelations about the difficulties women and non-binary members of the UC face in establishing their voices in a majority-male group, but we are not surprised. Many extracurricular organizations at Harvard continue to struggle to increase gender parity and eliminate sexism—even The Crimson. This campus is by no means immune to these barriers to belonging; the vestiges of an antiquated, male-dominated Harvard still exist within many campus groups. We must do everything possible to make individuals of every gender feel at home in their Houses,

classes, and clubs at Harvard.

We acknowledge that the UC has been taking action to increase gender parity and change its culture.

The UC’s 2010 move to increase outreach to prospective female candidates represented a step in the right direction to ensure women feel included. Women have assumed more leadership roles in the UC this semester than in the past, and a woman has led the Council for the last two calendar years.

However, just because some women have been able to overcome institutional and organizational obstacles does not mean that it has been easy to do so, or that gender equality has been achieved. In fact, as Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 said to The Crimson that women like her have assumed committee chairships in spite of barriers like the unofficial “grooming” process, whereby mostly male chairs select their favorite underclassmen— often male too—to succeed them once they have abdicated their spot.

Thus, it is unclear whether the UC’s efforts have been effective. The Crimson published a similar report about gender inequity in the UC in 2010. The fact that the issue continues to persist in 2018 demonstrates that, at the very least, current efforts

have been insufficient in achieving gender equality. Indeed, it shows that more and different action is needed to effectively address the issue.

Although running for a position in a male-dominated organization may feel like an uphill battle for women and non-binary students, we encourage non-male individuals to continue to run for the UC, as this is the most effective way to ensure that the organization’s culture changes.

We believe the UC must continue to run outreach initiatives before and during elections to support these candidates as they run and enter the club. We further implore the UC to use all possible avenues to reach a more diverse pool of prospective candidates in an attempt to reverse its persistent gender inequality and at times exclusive organizational culture.

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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One of Our Own

By Kiran o. hampton

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ust hours before the publication of a Daily Mail article which would accuse him in detail of physically and emotionally abusing both of his ex-wives, former White House staff secretary Robert R. Porter ’02 reportedly offered a pair of explanations: His first wife had inadvertently managed to punch herself in the face during an argument over a glass vase. The second was simply a “fucking bitch.”

That sparse pair of excuses was apparently enough for Chief of Staff John Kelly, who then released a statement calling Porter “a man of true integrity and honor.” Likewise for Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who described Robert Porter as a man of “exemplary character.” In a satisfying twist, the Intercept subsequently tweeted photographic evidence of Porter’s violent streak, sending the White House into a graceless backpedal. Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah expressed regret, and Kelly voiced an evidently newfound commitment to take “matters of domestic violence very seriously.”

All of this can be read like an ordinary story from a chaotic White House. Porter’s dismissal was nowhere near the most dramatic or contentious firing of the young administration: Omarosa Manigault-Newman and Steve Bannon left with substantially greater pyrotechnics. The lies surrounding the Porter collapse were also less naked than previous fictions.

This is, after all, the same president who repeatedly claimed that millions of illegal immigrants voted in the 2016 election, and invented from thin air an entire terrorist attack in Sweden.

What makes Porter special is not the violence or the coverup, but the entitlement behind both his behavior and that of the Trump administration.

From the very beginning, Porter had pedigree. He is the eldest son of Kennedy School professor Roger B.

Porter and the late Dunster Faculty Dean Ann R. Porter. Two of his three siblings would also attend Harvard.

The oldest Porter shined in Cambridge, becoming president of the Republican Club and chair of Harvard Students for Bush. Just like his father, Porter capped his Harvard experience with a Rhodes Scholarship. And after the Rhodes, Porter returned to campus for his law degree. Porter is the ultimate Harvard man.

Porter then parlayed his academic prestige into a promising career and an inside track to political power. After stints with Senators Rob Portman, Mike Lee, and Orrin Hatch, Porter was hired by Kelly and given direct access to the most powerful man on the planet. The president apparently raved about Porter’s academic triumphs, calling him “the smartest guy in the White House,” commenting on his multiple Harvard degrees, and noting that “even Gorsuch wasn’t a Rhodes Scholar.” The media was similarly enthusiastic about Porter’s resume. Even during his fall from grace, articles about Porter would routinely involve lines like “Porter is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law, and in between, was a Rhodes Scholar.”

Much of the wildness of the Porter narrative is a product of this disjuncture, the tension between academic achievement and personal depravity. Many people believe that Harvard equals talent, and talent equals decency. This is untrue. Plenty of ethically rotten individuals have emerged from Harvard. Graduates of the Business School could be one example, as some have accused the school of playing an outsized role in promoting the avarice, hubris, and outright cruelty that resulted in the 2008 collapse of the world economic system. From their posts at Lehman Brothers, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and hedge funds the world over, Business School alumni have done more than their fair

share to destabilize the world economy in 2008. In this sense, Harvard graduates have built a world in which greed is good. Much of the University’s knowledge is harnessed for evil.

The most heinous statements from Porter’s ex-wives have nothing to do with physical violence. They are instead concerned with emotional abuse, specifically Porter’s habit of constantly belittling his wives to make himself feel big. One of Porter’s ex-wives commented that Porter is “very intelligent,” and had a habit of taking her words and glibly refashioning them “in a way that it would confuse me as to what I meant.” It is hard not to see in this a Harvard law degree at work. Porter took Harvard’s tools and used them to torment his wife.

The University produced a man who lorded his intelligence and knowledge over his wife, demeaned and berated her ceaselessly, and—when that failed—at least once concluded an argument with a right cross to the orbital.

The official mission of Harvard College is “to educate the citizens and citizen-leaders for our society.”

In this respect, Porter is a striking success. Harvard turned an ambitious teenager into one of the most powerful people in America. But in fulfilling its mission, the University also lent skills and credibility to a sickening excuse for a man. In its academic and social culture, in its basic ethos, Harvard can no longer afford to treat kindness and decency as secondary considerations.

Perhaps Harvard did not turn Porter into an awful coward, but at the very least, whatever is in him festered here. Shame is appropriate. Best of luck to his replacement, Derek Lyons, a graduate of the Law School.

Kiran O. Hampton ’20, a Crimson editorial editor, is a History and Literature concentrator in Eliot House.

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A Love Like Whiskey The Meaningless Chatter that Matters Nathan L. williams the village idiot

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ast summer I had the privilege of training with the 25th Composite Truck Company at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Towards the end of my summer stay, our platoon was tasked with moving a company of infantrymen to a training site situated along Oahu’s central mountain range. Normally the platoon’s lieutenant would accompany our unit on such missions; however, his wife was about to give birth, leaving me with a salty platoon sergeant to oversee six or so vehicles.

Not that there was all that much for me to manage (or ruin) anyways. Our platoon sergeant—like any platoon sergeant—was an experienced soldier with multiple deployments under his belt. His voice was biblical, his orders were law, and his mind was as sharp as his tongue.

Unfortunately, as luck would have it, our company commander had already tasked our platoon sergeant with something else that afternoon. However, given our mission’s simplicity, our convoy was to go ahead as scheduled. After all, our route comprised a single dirt road, leaving no doubt as to which way to go but forward. And so, around 1530 on a beautiful August afternoon, a handful of sergeants, specialists, and privates—along with myself—set out to pick up our grunt cousins (an affectionate term for infantrymen).

Our steeds were a few old LMTVs (Light Medium Tactical Vehicles), steel trucks that are about as large as they are loud. Emblematic of my luck, my LMTV lacked air conditioning, leaving the driver, copilot, and me sweating away as our helmets baked our brains. The lead vehicles kicked up reddish dust and clay as they snaked through the Hawaiian hillside; it looked as though we were invading a Martian jungle.

We rolled down the windows so as not to suffocate in our stuffy LMTV, only to quickly discover that the dusty air wasn’t as fresh as it seemed. I turned to the driver and gave him a wide, Joker-esque smile; my teeth were caked in red dust. “You’re a fuckin’ weirdo, Harvard,” the copilot remarked, and we broke into laughter. As the terrain grew increasingly hilly, our speed was reduced to about five to ten miles per hour, providing me with plenty of time to enjoy every moment of our journey.

This is not to say that I enjoy long rides in stuffy trucks; like any rational person, I despise humidity. What made that Hawaiian ride so memorable—aside from the sweat—were the conversations I had. If you ask me to recount what was said, I couldn’t tell you exactly. We did not debate anything of political significance or discuss anything profound. Topics ranged from the differences between Druids and Wiccans to the age at which it is no longer socially acceptable to play Runescape. That’s what made the ride so beautiful; all we did was shoot the breeze, free from judgment and free from care.

The most outlandish (and enjoyable) conversations I’ve had in my life are those I’ve shared with those in uniform.

I’ve heard cadets talk about blinding raccoons with strobe lights. I’ve heard soldiers debate the merits of lunar colonialism. I’ve heard a Marine explain his fantasy of one day adopting a robot son. Give me anyone in uniform and I’ll give you an unusual conversation.

Yet conversations with soldiers are oddly honest. Talk to a soldier, and you’ll quickly notice that we’re too damn tired, too damn hungry, and too damn sore to fake any of it. We’re simply too busy to deal with the nonsense of acting. Put a person under enough physical or psychological stress, and what you’ll get is something strangely human and entirely honest.

People often ask me what’s there to love about the Army.

On a bad day, I’ll respond with my signature, creepy chuckle. But on good day, I’ll tell them how I love the frankness, the honesty, and the zero-tolerance for fakery and flakiness.

I’ll tell them how the love between those in uniform is like a shot of whiskey: It’s strong, it’s hard, and it boasts a simultaneously pleasurable and displeasing burning sensation.

Having dropped off our knuckle-dragging peers (yet another endearing term for infantrymen) we began the lengthy process of turning the convoy around. The thin jungle road wasn’t designed for LMTVs, forcing us to spend half an hour making some of the most stressful three-point turns of my life. After a series of daring maneuvers, we finally got the trucks back on track and commenced our long ride back to Schofield Barracks. The stars rose, the sky darkened, and our hulking trucks cut a path through the darkness with their obnoxiously bright headlights. Perhaps we talked about Vikings. Perhaps we debated the significance of different lightsaber colors, or whether the Jedi are really all that good. Regardless of whatever we shared, the moment was honest, and that’s all a man can ask for.

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

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Harvard Clinches Ivy Berth in Win Over Princeton women’s basketball

By Joseph W. Minatel Crimson Staff Writer

Capping off an impressive weekend at home against the Ivy League’s top two teams, Harvard women’s basketball used an electric third quarter to dominate Princeton, the top team in the Ancient Eight, to punch its ticket to the Ivy League Tournament in March.

The Crimson (16-9, 8-4 Ivy) won its last home game of the year over the Tigers (20-5, 10-2) to finish a perfect 12-0 in the newly-renovated Lavietes Pavilion.

“To be in our new gym and be undefeated in our first year is just really great,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “We should thank all the donors, that’s how much we love being here.”

Harvard took real control of the driver’s seat in the third quarter. The two squads opened up the second half trading baskets before sophomore guard Katie Benzan knocked down a three off the dribble to extend the Crimson’s lead to 30-24. A few possessions later, Benzan nailed an almost identical triple.

A day after shooting one-for-nine against Penn, Benzan recovered by posting 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting.

The sophomore added five rebounds in the effort.

Harvard followed up Benzan’s flurry of threes with a basket from sophomore forward Jeannie Boehm and then a transition three-pointer from junior co-captain Madeline Raster to extend the lead to 40-28, forcing a Princeton timeout.

The Tigers tried to muscle the ball down low, but 5’6” guard Benzan was able to record a block and come down with a rebound over the Princeton bigs to give the Crimson possession.

Although Boehm would run into foul trouble later in quarter, freshman Jadyn Bush stepped up to record offensive rebounds on two straight possessions. Bush knocked down three free throws and a layup late in the quarter to help extend Harvard’s lead to 47-32.

With under a minute to go in the third quarter, junior guard Sydney Skinner hit a three-pointer to extend the Crimson’s lead. Two late free throws from Raster made the score 52-36 entering the final period.

At the beginning of the night, however, the Tigers struck first. Starting off the game with a bang, Princeton secured the tip and netted a layup in the first three seconds of the game.

Harvard was able to get on the

board following a switch between Benzan and Boehm in which Boehm took advantage of the mismatch against a Tiger guard down low.

The Crimson took its first lead of the day on a three-pointer from senior guard Kirby Porter from the right wing, but Princeton quickly answered. Raster knocked down a three in the same spot, but yet again the Tigers answered with a three of its own.

Harvard continued the tug-of-war first quarter after Benzan hit yet another three-pointer from the same exact spot, giving the Crimson the lead 13-11.

Princeton, however, hit a triple of its own and again took the lead.

Following a Boehm layup, the Tigers hit two free throws, giving Harvard the final shot of the quarter. Skinner connected on a floater in the lane just before the buzzer to put the Crimson ahead at the first break, 17-16.

Skinner, coming off the bench, was one of the focal points of Delaney-Smith’s offense on Saturday. The junior guard poured in 16 points and tallied five assists in 27 minutes of action.

Princeton started the second quarter with a spark, knocking down two straight three-pointers to make the score 22-17.

From there, the second period offense would disappear. Harvard finally got on the board in the markedly defensive quarter on a layup from senior guard Taylor Rooks with 5:47 left to play in the half.

On the next trip down the court, another Rooks layup pulled the Crimson within one point.

The defensive struggle continued until a pair of Rooks free throws gave Harvard the lead with less than two minutes until halftime.

After Bush tipped a pass two possessions later, junior guard Nani Redford finished on a wide open breakaway layup to give Harvard the lead, 25-22, at the break.

“I felt our defense fed our offense,” Delaney-Smith said. “This has never happened, and that’s who we wish we would be.”

The Tigers scored only six second-quarter points to the Crimson’s eight in the defensive period.

“This was the greatest defensive weekend I can remember in this gym,” Delaney-Smith said. “We got historically ten of our three [straight] stops in a ballgame, our goal is to get six in a ballgame, and we had five in the first half.”

Harvard’s defense especially clamped down on Princeton’s starters. No Tiger in the starting five ac-

THICK-SKINNED On Saturday, junior guard Sydney Skinner paced the Crimson with 16 points, nine of which came from threes. She has honed her efficiency this season, averaging more points in fewer minutes than last year. Timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

cumulated more than six points, and the starters scored just 26 points collectively.

Offenses came alive quickly in the final quarter. Layups from Skinner and Bush matched two buckets from Princeton. A triple from the Tigers would pull Princeton within 13 points, but Skinner would match with a three of her own to make the score 59-43.

Following a controversial travel call on Bush, Rooks knocked down a three-pointer from the top of the key to extend the Crimson’s lead even further. Princeton answered with a triple of its own, but Benzan quickly con-

verted on a layup on the other end.

With just under four minutes to go in the contest, Benzan swiped the ball away in the Tigers’ backcourt and found Skinner, assisting on the latter’s three-pointer to put Harvard up 67-48.

“We played such good defense and we let that influence how we played on offense,” Raster said. “We brought a ton of energy on defense and got a ton of stops and that flowed into the offensive end, so even when we weren’t shooting well we were still able to play strong defense. That’s something we’ve struggled with this season so it was good to figure that out and play so

tough on defense.”

The Crimson cruised for the final few minutes, dribbling out the clock to secure a 72-58 victory, clinching its sport in Philadelphia for the Ivy League tournament.

“We’re just excited to keep playing, anytime you can extend your season it’s so awesome,” Raster said. “We feel like we have a lot of momentum going into next weekend and then the tournament, so I think we’re really excited to show up and play hard like we did this weekend.”

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

Penn Bumps Harvard Down to Second Place in Ivy League men’s basketball

By Henry ZHU Crimson Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA — A packed home crowd of 6,586. Twenty lead changes.

A one-possession final score margin that was reflective of much of the contest. The victors? Penn, 74-71.

The Harvard men’s basketball team was unable to climb back from a late-game hole and relinquished its

first place share of the Ivy League on Saturday night at the Palestra.

Up by one point with less than seven minutes to play, the Crimson (15-12, 10-2 Ivy) could not withstand a surge of momentum from the Quakers (217,11-1) and found itself down seven with 2:13 to play. Sophomore forward AJ Brodeur finished a second straight hook shot over Harvard sophomore Chris Lewis to bring the game to 6760.

Despite a barrage of converted

triples in the final two minutes—including two back-to-back shots from deep from sophomore forward Seth Towns—Harvard was left with just two seconds for a miracle heave down by three.

With the crowd holding its breath, Towns overshot the half-court attempt as it ricocheted off of the top of the backboard.

“Penn is a tremendous basketball team with weapons, shooters, very hard to defend,” Harvard coach Tom-

RUN THIS TOWN Sophomore forward Seth Towns bounced back from an off-night on Friday to lead his team with 22 points the following evening against Penn. The performance marks his seventh game this year with 20-plus. Timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

my Amaker said. “I think they were very deserving of the victory tonight and I thought their ability to score off our turnovers was probably the biggest key.”

Playing inside-out through Lewis much of the first frame, the Crimson reverted to increased perimeter play coming out of intermission.

While Lewis attempted just two field goals in the second half—compared to seven shots in the prior frame—Towns stepped up in his place to carry the team late in the contest.

The Columbus, Ohio native opened the final 20 minutes of play with an isolation jumper from the right side and converted five more field goals in the frame.

Towns finished the night as Amaker’s top scorer with 22 points on a 7-for-10 shooting performance.

On Penn’s senior night, it was fitting that the Quakers’ most critical shot of the game that would end up in the hands of fourth-year guard Caleb Wood. With 30 seconds remaining in the game and Penn clinging to a two-point margin, fellow senior guard Darnell Foreman bodied himself into the paint before locating Wood near the right baseline. In front of the Quakers’ bench, Wood swished the three, all but sealing the game for Penn coach Steve Donahue’s men. “[Wood] proved he was mentally and physically tough enough to help us win games,” Donahue said. “ I think he is one of the more talented players in this league. I don’t think he gets that recognition because of what we built around him.” After scoring just three points on Friday night at Princeton, junior wing Corey Johnson drilled four triples and saw his minutes jump from 15 to 31.

Previously in a multi-game shooting slump, Johnson and his confidence from deep were positives in the defeat.

As a unit, Harvard was 10-of-21 from three-point range and shot 47.2 percent from the field. In both contests against Penn, the Crimson has been able to tally at least 70 points on the score sheet.

As previously mentioned by Amaker, the one issue that Harvard faced, especially late in the game, was simply maintaining possession of the bas-

ketball.

After silencing a raucous crowd with an isolation jumper at the 4:47 point of the second half, Towns once again controlled the ball with his team trailing by three.

Much like the final possession in regulation against Princeton Friday night, Towns lost control of the ball, resulting in a Brodeur hook shot at the other end.

Extending the lead to 67-62 entering the final minute of action, the Quakers snatched another missed pass from sophomore forward Justin Bassey, his second giveaway of the game.

The Crimson subsequently fouled Foreman to force a one-and-one, and this time was not penalized for its sloppy play as Foreman’s first free throw rimmed out. Nevertheless, Penn capitalized on 22 points off of Harvard’s 14 turnovers during the game, a mark that exceeds the Crimson’s season turnover average of 13.1 giveaways per contest.

“I thought we made some silly ones and obviously their defense is really solid,” Amaker said. “We weren’t as sharp with the ball as we needed to be but you have to give them credit for putting us in positions to cough it up.”

Harvard has now lost its fourth consecutive game at the Palestra dating back to the 2015-2016 season.

In speaking to the deafening roars of the Philadelphia crowd, Amaker expressed no qualms about the Ivy League Tournament being played at the historic venue in two weeks.

“It’s an honor to have a chance to compete here,” Amaker said. “I’ve always been in favor of our tournament being right here. I do feel like it’s that kind of environment.”

The Crimson’s second conference loss leaves it comfortably pinned at the No. 2 seed heading into the final weekend of the regular season.

To invoke tiebreaker rules, Harvard will need at least one Penn loss in its matchups with Yale and Brown next weekend to earn a shot at finishing the regular season as conference champions.

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

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Harvard Runs Away With Ivy Championship Crown

MEET AND DEFEAT Swimmers eagerly take the starting block in last year’s Ivy Championship meet, in which the Crimson benefitted from similarly strong performances from individuals such as sophomore Dean Farris. Matthew w. deshaw—Crimson photographer Men’s Swim and Dive

By Sam O.M. CHRISTENFELD Crimson Staff Writer

Revenge is sweet. For No. 24 Harvard men’s swimming and diving, there may have been none sweeter in recent years.

The Crimson has not beaten Princeton at the Tigers’ home pool since 2000. Over that same stretch, Harvard has dropped 15 dual meets, and eight of those losses were to Princeton.

Perhaps most relevantly, it was Princeton (7-4, 5-2 Ivy League) who snatched the 2016 Ancient Eight championship away from the Crimson (9-0, 6-0), winning the final event to ­

beat Harvard by just 21.5 points. Harvard has not forgotten.

“I think the pain of that loss to Princeton always stuck with my class,” senior Koya Osada said. “We had a goal of not letting the same thing happen again.”

The Crimson took no chances in making sure that history didn’t repeat itself at this year’s championship meet, held this week at DeNunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J. Harvard led from the first event and eclipsed the rest of the Ivy League to capture the Ancient Eight crown for the second year in a row and the 25th time overall. The Crimson posted 1,630.5 points en route to the victory, nearly 350 more than the sec-

ond-place Tigers.

“It was such an incredible experience winning the Ivy Championship title with this team,” sophomore Daniel Chang said. “We worked so hard towards this goal and it was so amazing to see it all pay off for us.”

Osada was in a similarly awestruck mood after the triumph.

“It feels surreal, and I’m so incredibly proud of our team for fighting the way that they did,” he added. “It was a true team effort from start to finish and I can’t describe in words how happy I am.”

Harvard cruised to the win on strong performances from the entire team. In total, 10 Crimson swimmers picked up victories, while two more

finished on the podium at least once.

Beyond the all-around solid effort, a few members of the team had particularly impressive meets. Harvard won 12 events, and sophomore Dean Farris and junior Brennan Novak accounted for 10 of those victories.

Both swimmers won every event in which they competed, and between them they set five new program, pool, and Ivy League records.

For their efforts, both Farris and Novak were presented with the Phil Moriarty Award, given to the meet’s most elite swimmer. This is the second year in a row that Farris has earned the award.

Last time around, the Atlanta, Ga., native set a new program, pool, and meet record in the 200-yard freestyle, posting a time of 1:31.56. This year, Farris smashed his own mark, touching the wall in 1:31.12. Just like last season, the sophomore’s time is the fastest in the nation for this year, and once again it’s a new best for Harvard, DeNunzio Pool, and the Ivy League championship.

Farris’ record mark in the 200 freestyle, though, was just one of many personal feats this week. The sophomore also eclipsed Ancient Eight records in the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Junior Daniel Tran was third in the 200 backstroke, and Osada took fifth place in the event.

“Dean’s performances throughout the meet have shown that he’s capitalizing on the foundation he laid during his freshman year and is now developing as an incredibly versatile swimmer,” co-captain Luke Morgan-Scott said. “We all knew that he was going to go faster this year, but his swims in the 100 and 200 backstroke are making him a triple threat for NCAAs.” While Farris dominated the 200 free, Novak had a similarly commanding showing in the distance freestyle events.

The junior swept the 500, 1,000, and 1,650 freestyle races while establishing new program, pool, and meet records in the former two.

Junior Logan Houck was close behind, taking third in the 500 and nabbing silver in both the 1,000 and the 1,650.

Novak and Farris also teamed up for the 800 freestyle relay and surpassed yet another record, topping the former fastest mark by half a second, along with freshman Mahlon Reihman and sophomore Zach Snyder.

The win was reflective of the Crimson’s absolute dominance in the relay throughout the contest. Harvard took top marks in all five relay events,

setting five new program records and four new pool- and meet-best times along the way.

The Crimson began the meet with a relay victory, as the lineup of Farris, junior Sebastian Lutz, and seniors Steven Tan and Paul O’Hara won with an Ancient Eight record-time of 1:24.52 in the 200 medley relay.

Tan and O’Hara would combine with sophomore Raphael Marcoux and senior Ed Kim the next night to win the 200-yard freestyle relay.

The duo of Tan and Farris also joined up with Marcoux and Chang in the 400-yard medley relay, touching the wall three seconds ahead of the Tigers to smash another program and meet record.

The pair would go on to close out the meet with a final relay win and a fourth record time, earning the gold medal in the 400 freestyle relay along with Kim and O’Hara.

Tan also won the 100-yard butterfly with a mark of 46.21, the second-fastest time in program history.

The senior took second place in the 50-yard freestyle as well.

Elsewhere, Chang helped cement the win with a silver medal finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, beating out the third-place finisher from Yale by eight-tenths of a second. Kim collected a solo podium finish of his own in the 100-yard freestyle, ending up in second.

On the boards, Columbia captured two of the top three spots in both the one-meter and three-meter dives.

Co-captain Bobby Ross was Harvard’s highest finisher, taking fourth place in both events.

Running away with the outright Ivy League championship is a fitting send-off for a senior class that has amassed a dual-meet record of 36-1, completed three undefeated regular seasons and the same number of dual-campaign Ancient Eight titles, and captured the conference title once before.

The team is not finished for the year, though, with the NCAA championships coming up in March.

“I’d be lying if I said that we weren’t trying to take down Princeton at their home pool and bring back the Ivy League title,” Morgan-Scott said.

“That being said, we’ve also started to think about the transition of trying to push more towards the national level.

With the help of some great individual and relay swims this past weekend I think we’re on our way there.”

Staff writer Sam O.M. Christenfeld can be reached at sam.christenfeld@thecrimson.com.