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The Harvard Crimson THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873 | VOLUME CXLVI, NO. 24 | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019

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The administration should not retract the amnesty policy’s protections.

Divinity School will remove tree despite tree-cutting moratorium.

After injury, men’s hockey goalie Lackey faces familiar challenges.

DeVos Title IX Proposal, Explained Harvard to Review Student Comps

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United States Secretary of Education Betsy D. DeVos released a new proposed Title IX rule in November 2018, opening it up for a 60-day comment period that ultimately garnered more than 100,000 pieces of feedback. Since the rule’s release, it has sparked both controversy and confusion.

Here’s what we know so far about the rule’s future and how Harvard and other universities will be expected to comply.

Title IX is a federal law that underpins Harvard’s policies on gender and sex-based discrimi­

nation. It states that no person in the United States should be discriminated against on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding.

At a national level, Title IX is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. OCR conducts compliance reviews and responds to complaints alleging sex discrimination. All schools that receive funding from the federal government — including Harvard — must abide by rules that govern Title IX enforcement.

In 2011, the Obama-era OCR issued a “Dear Colleague” letter that governed schools’ ap-

By SANJANA L. NARAYANAN and SAMUEL W. ZWICKEL

proach to Title IX for years. DeVos withdrew that guidance in September 2017, and more than a year later, in November 2018, she released her own Title IX rule that would have the force of law if codified.

DeVos’s proposed rule redefines sexual harassment as conduct that is both “severe and pervasive.”

This is a shift from Obamaera guidance that defined sexual harassment as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” that includes “requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature.”

The proposed rule mandates that Title IX investiga-

tions include live hearings with cross-examinations, a practice that was discouraged under the Obama administration.

The rule will also make all evidence in investigative proceedings available to both parties and eliminate restrictions on parties’ rights to speak about allegations.

The new rule further requires Title IX coordinators to file formal complaints any time there are multiple complaints against one individual, regardless of whether alleged victims want to pursue a formal investigation.

The new rule mandates

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The College’s Committee on Student Life is considering an audit of “comp” processes — membership training or vetting exercises for student organizations — to eliminate requirements which some committee members believe are “detrimental to campus culture,” according to several attendees of the Feb. 14 committee meeting.

Concerns voiced among members of the committee follow previous debate within the Undergraduate Council about the merits of comps and the requirements some organizations establish for prospective members.

In 2016, the UC’s Finance Committee passed legislation tying funding to whether a club’s comp is “legitimate” and meets an “inclusivity standard.”

UC President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 said she and UC Vice President Julia M. Huesa ’20 proposed that the committee consider the topic because they are concerned about the equity of students’ access to “exclusive” extracurricular opportunities.Many undergraduate organizations require some kind of comp, which can take the form of an application, audition, demonstration of proficiency, interview, or required meetings.

“Harvard is already an exclusive place, and the comp process adds a whole new layer of exclusivity,” Palaniappan said in an interview Monday.

“So what are steps we can take

to reduce the presence of overly competitive comps that have been difficult for students to navigate and detrimental to the overall campus culture?”

Palaniappan said she believes other problems with comps include intense time commitments, limited transparency about requirements, and a “social component” that students may find “arbitrary” and discouraging.

“The comp process for several organizations skews towards those students who already have experience in a particular area,” she said. “So it can be difficult for a student without any experience to have the same opportunity to partake in something new.”

Katie Colleran, senior director of student organizations and resources in the Dean of Students Office, wrote in an emailed statement that the proposed audit would aim to increase access to extracurricular opportunities.

“We are hoping to look at the bigger picture of why organizations comp and how those processes contribute to their recruitment and community,” she wrote. “One of the benefits of Harvard is the plethora of opportunities available both inside and outside of the classroom.”

Huesa said in an interview Monday that the first stage of the committee’s review will focus on understanding the underlying philosophy of organizations’ requirements. She said that based on the findings of the audit, the committee may then

SEE COMPS PAGE 3

Santos to MBTA Proposes Fare Give HKS Hikes by Summer Grad Speech

By BRIDGER J. GORDON and OLIVER L. RISKIN-KUTZ CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

By JANIA J. TUMEY CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will deliver the Harvard Kennedy School’s 2019 graduation address, Kennedy School Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf announced Tuesday.

Santos was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his efforts to end the civil war between Colombia’s government and FARC, a guerilla army.

Santos negotiated a peace deal with FARC that was approved by Colombia’s Congress, but was narrowly rejected in an October 2016 referendum. Santos’s term also saw a decline in unemployment, poverty, and Colombia’s murder rate.

“President Santos is a distinguished public servant who has made an important positive difference in the lives of millions of Colombians,” Elmendorf said in a press release. “We are honored to welcome him back to the Kennedy School, from which he received a Mid-Career Master’s in Public Administration degree in 1981.”

Before his election to the Colombian presidency, Santos served as the country’s Minister of National Defense, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, and Minister of Foreign Trade.

Prior to earning his master’s degree at the Kennedy School, Santos studied at the Admiral Padilla Naval Cadet School in ­

SEE SANTOS PAGE 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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Cambridge residents discussed a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority proposal to raise fares for a range of public transportation options, including rail and bus services, by an average of 6.3 percent starting on July 1, 2019 at a public comment session Tuesday.

The proposed fare hikes would increase the cost of riding the T one direction with a CharlieCard from $2.25 to $2.40 and with a CharlieTicket from $2.75 to $2.95. One-way bus ride costs with a CharlieCard would rise from $1.70 to $1.80.

MBTA Deputy Press Secretary Lisa Battison wrote in an emailed statement that the

agency must enhance revenue and cut costs in order to control a rising deficit due to increases in union, pension, and healthcare contributions.

“Based on data for the first 6 months of the year, the MBTA is on track to receive a deficit of $36.5 million,” she wrote. “Even as the MBTA continues to focus on controlling costs and growing non-fare revenue, this proposed increase, which is in line with the rate of inflation in the Boston area, is necessary for the Authority to continue making system investments to improve service.”

State law limits the MBTA to rate increases of 7 percent or less within a two-year period.

The last rate hike was in 2016.

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Daniel J. Totten (right) talks to a representative from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority about his concerns regarding proposed fare increases. QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

HUHS Director Raises Concerns About Naloxone Proposal Logistics

By MICHELLE G. KURILLA and TAMAR SARIG CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Some students want naloxone to be available in AED boxes like this one across campus. SUNG KWANG OH—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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Harvard University Health Services Director Paul J. Barreira raised concerns about the logistics of expanding access to naloxone, a drug used to reverse the symptoms of opioid overdose, as HUHS considers a proposal to make the drug more widely available to the public.

Eana X. Meng ’19 and Kailash S. Sundaram ’19 are currently pushing to make naloxone available to the public in automatic external defibrillator cabinets located across Harvard’s campus. Though HUHS is re-

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viewing the proposal, they have not yet taken an official stance, according to Barreira.

In an interview last week, Barreira discussed several logistical hurdles surrounding the implementation of the plan.

“The question in front of us, which we haven’t answered yet… is do we really want to make it more ubiquitously available on campus?” Barreira said.

“There’s a little bit of training involved in doing that, there’s a little bit of ‘where would it be, and how would you access it.’”

Maria Francesconi, HUHS senior director of nursing and health promotion, said they support making naloxone avail-

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able on campus but questioned whether a sufficient need exists for expanding access to the drug.

“Once we start putting drugs out into the community, we’d have to put into place some kind of a monitoring system and we’d also have to figure out if a dose got used by someone in the community,” Francesconi said.

She added that CrimsonEMS and the Harvard University Police Department already carry Narcan, a brand of naloxone.

“One of the questions that we still have to talk about with the students who are interested, I

SEE NALOXONE PAGE 3

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Starting in early March, the continental United States will experience one of the strongest arctic outbreaks of this winter. Many areas will experience temperatures 40 degrees below normal. This cold weather will extend to the Mexican border with Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Askwith Forums: Reducing Poverty, Inequality, & Racial Injustice 5:30-7 p.m.

Several guest speakers will be discussing a recent report from the Eisenhower Foundation regarding racial injustice and inequalities in education. Seats are reserved for this event at HGSE’s Longfellow Hall; to reserve a seat (by lottery), e-mail ed_ secondary@gse.harvard.edu.

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DAILY BRIEFING Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s proposed Title IX rule has attracted controversy in recent months and has raised questions as to how Harvard and other universities will be expected to comply. The Crimson breaks down the new rule and answers your questions on what to expect in the coming year. In other news, the College may launch an audit of student organizations’ “comp” processes.

The EPA’s issuing of civil and criminal penalties and inspections has dropped under the Trump Administration. The EPA’s chief enforcement official defended the agency’s efforts on Tuesday, claiming that the numbers alone are not indicative the EPA’s work.

House Attempts to Stop Trump’s National Emergency Declaration On Tuesday, the House voted to block Trump’s declaration of a national emergency. The resolution of disapproval passed and will now be presented at the Senate for final votes. Several Republicans voted in favor of this resolution, as they have expressed concerns over Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency.

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Collective bargaining negotiations began at Columbia University after a nearly 20-year standoff between graduate students and the University, according to the Columbia Spectator. The meeting consisted of 13 representatives from the graduate student union and a few administrators. The graduate students’ right to unionize was first recognized about two and a half years ago after a ruling issued by the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to the meeting, there was a rally in which organizers spoke of their plans to strike if the two sides do not come to an agreement by April 6, 2020.

UPENN

After determining new members were required to undergo hazing practices, the University of Pennsylvania banned the Wharton China Business Society from campus for two years, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian. The club held required events for new members that involved mandatory alcohol consumption, an activity in violation of Penn’s Anti-Hazing and Alcohol and Other Drug Policies. Penn has doled out multiple hazing-based sanctions in recent months, including indefinitely removing Lambda Phi Epsilon, Penn’s only Asian-interest fraternity, and levying educational sanctions on Alpha Epsilon Pi.

YALE

The director and assistant director for Yale’s Native American Cultural Center announced separately over the last two months that they will be departing by the end of the semester, prompting student frustration, according to the Yale Daily News. Eleven students wrote a letter to Dean of Yale College Marvin Chun stating that the duo’s departures are “antithetical to the emotional and mental health needs of students.”

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CORRECTIONS The Feb. 26 article “City Councillors Vote to Stop Granting Permits to Remove Trees” misspelled Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.’s name.

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Divinity School to Remove Tree

By MATTEO N. WONG CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Harvard Divinity School announced Tuesday it will continue with plans to remove the red oak tree in front of the Andover Theological Library, despite objections from some Divinity School students and Cambridge City Council’s oneyear moratorium on cutting down trees.

Bartlett Tree Experts, a tree preservation company hired by the Divinity School to assess the red oak, concluded that the tree is a safety hazard and “in irreversible decline,” according to a statement released by the Divinity School. The tree-cutting moratorium, which passed Monday, includes an exception for trees deemed “dead” or “dangerous” by the city’s arborist.

The City of Cambridge reviewed the Bartlett report, and the Commissioner of Department of Public Works, the City Arborist, and the Director of

Urban Forestry agreed that the tree must be removed, according to the statement.

Divinity School students and

The fence, especially, seems abhorrent to some of us who still want to treat the tree as if it’s a sentient being.

Gretchen T. Legler Divinity School Student

nearby residents have protested the tree’s removal since September, citing its spiritual and environmental importance, They also criticized the school’s decision-making process.

“They’re not taking any input, they’re just planning to cut down trees. It’s like they don’t take their own rhetoric seriously about community engage-

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ment and about environmentalism in our own backyard,” Divinity School student Shane H. Brodie said.

The tree is currently surrounded by yellow fencing and scaffolding out of safety concern, according to the school.

“The fence, especially, seems abhorrent to some of us who still want to treat the tree as if it’s a sentient being,” Divinity School student Gretchen T. Legler said.

The Bartlett findings were announced on Feb. 7 at an Agassiz-Baldwin Neighborhood Council meeting. Several students and community members emailed administrators requesting more information, namely that the report’s data be made public, according to Brodie. A summary of the report was included alongside Tuesday’s statement.

Divinity School spokesperson Michael P. Naughton declined to comment beyond Tuesday’s official statement.

Removing the red oak tree is part of a larger plan to renovate

Andover Hall, which includes building a multi-faith space and reducing the building’s carbon footprint. The Divinity School plans to mitigate the loss of caliper and canopy provided by the red oak tree.

Brodie, however, claims mature trees provide unique benefits.

“Mature trees provide shade, they help with slowing down rain, they help with infiltration of rain into the soil, they provide habitat,” he said.

If the tree’s removal cannot be prevented, some students have considered ways to honor the tree, according to Legler.

“Some of us have talked about moving on to a public ritual,” she said.

“We’ve also thought about creating a conversation around creative ways to use the tree or to incorporate the tree into the new building, to transform the tree so that it’s still a part of our community.” matteo.wong@thecrimson.com

SANTOS FROM PAGE 3

Santos to Address HKS Graduation Cartagena and served in the Colombian Navy. Santos attended the University of Kansas and the London School of Econom-

President Santos is a distinguished public servant who has made an important positive difference in the lives of millions of Colombians.

Douglas W. Elmendorf Dean of HKS

ics after leaving the Navy.

Santos is currently serving as the Kennedy School’s fourth Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow — a title previ-

ously held by prominent world leaders including former Mexican President Felipe Calderón and former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Kimoon.

His fellowship began in fall 2018 and continues through the spring 2019 term.

As an Angelopoulos Fellow, Santos researches, studies, and teaches about issues he tackled during his term as president like human rights and peace.

In 1988, Santos was named a Nieman Fellow for his work as a journalist for the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.

Santos’s graduation address will take place at the Kennedy School at 2 p.m. on May 29, preceding University-wide commencement exercises the following day. jania.tumey@thecrimson.com

TITLE IX FROM PAGE 1

Harvard to Review DeVos Title IX Proposal, Explained Comp Processes impose regulations on comp processes.

“I think… the next step would be putting in some type of regulation or some sort of stipulation for when clubs are applying for recognition — that they either wouldn’t have comp processes or that their comp processes would take a certain form such that they would in some way be adding value or contributing to the experience or the educational mission of the College,” she said.

The long-term goal is to create standardized criteria for assessing comp processes to ensure that they are inclusive and reasonable, according to Palaniappan.She added that the committee will likely not implement any policy until the next academic year, taking this semester to learn more about comp processes for different groups.

“I think the immediate next

steps would still be discussing with student organization leaders, and also trying to find more

Harvard is already an exclusive place, and the comp process adds a whole new layer of exclusivity, Sruthi Palaniappan UC President

ways to collect feedback from students,” Palaniappan said.

“Even once we develop the criteria, I do think that it will be a time-intensive, long process.

I definitely know that it’s not something we can rush into, so it won’t happen within this sesanjana.narayanan@thecrimson.com samuel.zwickel@thecrimson.com

NALOXONE FROM PAGE 1

HUHS Reviews Naloxone Proposal think, is what do the students see as the benefit over what currently exists?” Barreira said.

Meng and Sundaram said the benefit of expanding access to the drug outweighs any cost the University might face. They said their current proposal to put naloxone in every AED boxes on campus would cost far less than continuing maintenance of the AED boxes.

“A life is a life, right?” Meng said. “Preventing things is important, and then more than anything, this process has been about raising awareness on the opioid crisis. I think the stats are that at least 100 people overdose in the country a day and just because it’s not a visible thing — it’s a very silent invisible epidemic — doesn’t mean that we should be turning a blind eye to it.”

Beyond the scope of Harvard’s campus, Meng and Sundaram said they believe that their plan will increase acces-

sibility and raise awareness among Cambridge residents.

Construction workers and people experiencing homelessness have been disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic, according to Sundaram.

The two said they believe their proposal could help address the epidemic at large, especially as Harvard continues its construction projects and Cambridge’s homeless population increases.

“With public health, there is often a window of opportunity and if you don’t act then, it’s often hard to act later down the line,” Sundaram said. “The opioid crisis is on people’s minds now and so we have a responsibility as one of the nation’s leading universities to step up and hopefully lead the way for other universities to do the same thing.” michelle.kurilla@thecrimson.com tamar.sarig@thecrimson.com

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unprecedented changes to Title IX investigations — a move that has proven controversial for the Department of Education.

Harvard submitted two comments in response to the rule via the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts and the Association of American Universities.

The College’s Undergraduate Council, several professors at the Law School, and a number of University student groups also shared their thoughts.

Many of the comments took issue with the new rule, criticizing the new definition of sexual harassment and the mandate that investigations include live hearings.

The rule’s opponents argue that the live-hearing requirement will discourage victims from coming forward; those in favor claim the increased systematization will maintain fairness.

Now that the notice-and-comment period has closed, the Department of Education is under legal obligation to consider and respond to all substantive comments, according to Jacob E. Gersen, a Har-

vard Law School professor who consults on disputes involving federal administrative agencies and Title IX proceedings in higher education.

A spokesperson for the Department of Education confirmed via email that it is currently reviewing the comments and will publish the final rule only after reviewing and considering all public comments.

The review period could take a few months to a year, experts estimate.

“One hundred thousand is a massive amount of comments, and many, many, many of them were highly substantive,” said Cari Simon, a lawyer at the Fierberg National Law Group and a former Law School Gender Violence Program fellow.

In response to a question about how the Department of Education would apply the new rule to already existing investigations filed under the old guidance, a spokesperson for the department said OCR “applies relevant law as it exists, including when changes occur.”

Law School Professor Janet E. Halley said that though some schools are already preparing to comply with the new rule, many will wait to see the

final outcome before officially changing their policies.

“I think most schools are going to wait, so they don’t have to put in a bunch of reforms and changes in a dependency period and then reform the reforms,” she said.

Though it is uncertain when the rules will be finalized, it is likely that a proposed Title IX rule will eventually be implemented in some form, Gersen said.

“Proposed rules are sometimes withdrawn, but it is rarely because political opposition to the rule is expressed in the comments,” he wrote. “In my experience, it is quite rare for an agency to abandon a proposed rule entirely because of negative comments.”

OCR complainants who have open Title IX investigations surrounding universities’ compliance are permitted to withdraw their complaints at any time for any reason, including if they do not wish to continue under the eventual rule.

Title IX regulations are enforced through OCR investigations. If a school is found to be out of compliance with Title IX during an investigation, the issue is usually resolved with a

voluntary resolution agreement, according to Diane L. Rosenfeld, a Law School lecturer who taught a course about Title IX in the fall.

Schools that repeatedly refuse to comply with Title IX can be threatened with a loss of federal funding.

Rosenfeld said, however, that it is unlikely that a school’s funding would ever be revoked in practice.

“While it is a power of the Department of Education, it has, to my knowledge, never been used,” she said.

Simon likened the Title IX rules to a “floor” — a bare minimum for what schools are required to do to address sexual harassment on campus.

Even in the face of a rule change, Rosenfeld said she hopes schools will hold their policies constant.

“I would advise schools to not change their policies, and to make sure that their policies and procedures are fair to both sides, and are trauma-informed and sensitive to a student whose education was compromised by sexual assault,” she said. simone.chu@thecrimson.com iris.lewis@thecrimson.com

MBTA FROM PAGE 1

MBTA Proposes Fare Hikes by Summer The MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board will vote on the proposed fare hikes this March, after hearing public comment during at least twelve community meetings across the Boston metropolitan area.

The MBTA held one of these community meeting at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Tuesday evening. At the meeting, local residents criticized the fare hikes. Jivan G. Sobrinho-Wheeler, who works in Cambridge, said, he believes “it’s going to disproportionately affect the working-class residents of Cambridge.”

“There are other cities making public transportation free right now. We shouldn’t be going the opposite direction with

ours and make it more expensive,” he said.

Aaron B. Greiner, who works in Boston, said the MBTA should

There are other cities making public transportation free right now.

Jivan G. Sobrinho-Wheele Cambridge Resident

ensure the increase will not hurt users who already struggle to afford public transportation by providing discounts and “ideally” free passes for people who make under a certain income

threshold. The MBTA conducted an equity analysis in January 2019 to address potential concerns surrounding the rate hikes. The report concluded the MBTA does not expect there to be a disproportionate impact on minority or low-income riders.

“Non-minority and non-lowincome riders use the commuter rail system and other more expensive modes more than minority and low-income riders,” the report states. “At the proposed fare levels, minority and low-income riders would continue to pay lower average fares.”

When weighted by fare usage frequency, the MBTA report predicted rates will increase an average of 5.99 percent for mi-

nority riders and 5.65 percent for low-income riders, both smaller increases than the 6.3 percent average for all riders.

Both fares, however, are still higher in absolute terms than current rates.At the Cambridge meeting, MBTA Deputy General Manager Jeffrey D. Gonneville acknowledged the fare increases and their role in sparking a review of investment.

“Yes, this is a fare increase.

Fare increases are never pleasant for anybody. However, what this is going to allow us to do is have a dialogue and a discussion about being able to reinvest in our system,” he said. bridger.gordon@thecrimson.com oliver.riskin-kutz@thecrimson.com

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EDITORIAL THE CRIMSON EDITORIAL BOARD

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In Support of Amnesty

Speak Softly, Love

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n an interview nearly two weeks ago, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana said that the College plans to review its “amnesty policy” in response to an internal report on the April 2018 arrest of a black College student, which sparked allegations of police brutality. The incident took place following Yardfest, the College’s annual spring concert, during which medical transports were more than five times higher than the previous year and two emergency rooms became so overextended they turned away several intoxicated students.

The amnesty policy, which guarantees that students will not face disciplinary action from the College when they seek medical assistance for themselves or a friend using or providing alcohol or drugs, should not be viewed as a means to reduce the number of students under the influence.

Likewise, the administration should not retract the protections the amnesty

The administration should not retract the protections the amnesty policy affords to students seeking medical assistance. policy affords to students seeking medical assistance.

While the increased number of emergency calls for intoxication and overdose at Yardfest is undoubtedly troubling, student’s comfort in reaching out for help should be protected.

While Khurana’s stated goal of clarify the wording of the amnesty policy seems agreeable, we are concerned that changes to the policy in efforts to lessen the “encourag[ing]” behavior Khurana believes it to promote will result in less students relying on University medical resources in times of need.

If changes to the policy leads to increased fear of disciplinary action, students might make emergency calls less frequently or later than would be best for their safety.

Amidst any changes, the policy should continue to prioritize student safety.

Student deaths from alcohol and drug use are an all too common tragedy on college campuses nationwide. This policy is a critical measure against these incidents.

Instead of withdrawing the protections of the amnesty policy, which would only encourage students to gamble with their safety, Harvard should focus on ensuring that Harvard University Health Services and Harvard University Police Department are sufficiently staffed to handle all calls during large, campus-wide events such as Yardfest.

The College’s review of the amnesty policy should, however, clarify how the protections apply when the Cambridge Police Department or Boston Police Department are involved.

As we have opined in the past, Harvard students must know who they can and cannot contact under the amnesty policy in case of an emergency.

Finally, the University should not conflate vagueness in the language of the amnesty policy with the April 2018 in-

cident. Doing so undermines the severity of the “profoundly disturbing” use of force used against the unarmed black

A full emergency room during Yardfest is not ideal, but the alternative is far, far worse.

College student.

Instead, they should look closely at why HUHS became so overcrowded and conflict arose with CPD. Any vagueness in the amnesty policy does not excuse these shortcomings or the unfortunate events that took place as a result.

The amnesty policy encourages safer behavior among College undergraduates, encouraging students to seek medical help instead of taking risks that can, and often do, end in tragedy.

In looking to the future, we hope the College will clarify the role of non-Harvard affiliated officials so that expectations are clear when a emergency call is made.

A full emergency room during Yardfest is not ideal, but the alternative is far, far worse.

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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By MARY NEGUSE

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or a college that prides itself on being a premier liberal arts institution dedicated to, among other things, providing an encompassing literary education, the number of students who confess to never thinking to read a book of their own choice is surprising.

I admit it. I am one of the many who have fallen into the habitual micromanaging of daily schedules to maximize productivity (or at the very least try to), without leaving much room for leisure activities that I once loved, such as reading.

Ever since my first semester at college, I admit to being someone who, when asked what interesting stories or novels they’ve recently read, will most likely dodge the question by citing the many papers and projects I have left to complete and rush off to my next destination.

However, this wasn’t always the case.

On a typical Sunday morning in high school, I could have been found at the nearest cafe or in a similar locale, newly minted novel in one hand and iced coffee in the other.

Yet during the college semester, I am more likely to be found in Cabot Library or the Smith Center, coffee still in hand, but busy scrolling through the emails in my inbox or browsing online. This phe-

I am one of many who have fallen into the habitual micromanaging of daily schedules to maximize productivity without leaving room for leisure activities. nomenon wherein college students become too preoccupied with other commitments to make as much time for interests that once occupied them is relatively common and understandable.

However, it becomes an issue when academic and social demands take precedence to such a degree that interests such as reading, which once held impor-

tance to me, are now shelved under the category of “leisure” and very rarely indulged in.

Growing up, reading represented an avenue into different worlds. Reading was my chance to learn more about different places I would’ve never had the opportunity to visit, understand the complexities of different characters, and step out of my own shoes into another person’s.

Every book was a new chance to explore a previously undiscovered place, on my own terms and according to what I was most interested in.

And yet in college, it seemed like the value of reading for the sake of reading had been lost. I felt that if the activity I was engaged in did not produce a tangible result or have some sort of concrete, positive outcome to hold up and justify the time spent on the activity then it was not worth pursuing.

And thus, I found myself only perusing class-assigned readings instead.

Many of these were wonderfully enlightening and important. However, they could not replace the gratification of reading by choice, whether that be in the form of an audiobook, novel, e-book, or other form of media.

In the end, there was a different type of value in choosing to pick up something that caught my eye, being drawn into a story, and wanting to see it through to the end.

Despite the actual meaning of the famously alluded to “Harvard Time,” which recently went out of use on campus, it seems like in reality, Harvard time is divided very unevenly: The vast majority of time is spent in pursuit of activities that are only pursued under the belief that there will be a benefit or reward in their completion, and very little time is spent on other interests that provide less tangible, but no less valuable rewards.

Under the impression that this was the better division of my time, I boxed reading mainly into an academic context, separate from any activities I would pursue for diversion.

However, this did nothing to improve my overall generativity in my work, nor did it help me be more productive. It only

resulted in the loss of a cherished pastime.

Learning to unsee reading as a solely academic practice was what helped me regain my ability to engage with and make time for it.

The necessity of understanding this goes for all of us here at Harvard, regardless of what interest stands in place of

Interests, hobbies, and passions should not always be sidelined in favor of what we think will produce desirable results. reading.

Learning to see that value in something does not always lie in the most obvious or visible results, such as a grade on an assessment, will ultimately benefit the well-being and happiness of students, as well as our productivity.

Studies have also indicated that the hyper-fixation upon a certain task without any sort of occasional mental diversion is unproductive in completing said task.

Therefore, interests, hobbies, and passions should not always be sidelined in favor of what we think will produce desirable results; it just may be that allowing some room for mental respites and enjoyment can help us get further in our goals and pursuits than anything else.

Regardless of what our interests are, it is important to leave room in our lives for them. The inherent value in partaking in those activities may not be visible in the form of an A on a paper, or as practice for a future vocation, yet it is there nonetheless.

Our diverse passions and interests are a part of who we are, as a student body and as individuals, and they should never be sacrificed as a part of the false idea that productivity excludes doing what we love best.

—Mary Neguse ’22, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Wigglesworth Hall.

By ADITI T. SUNDARUM

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any have noted millennials’ unique affinity for hyperbole. We are never laughing, we are “literally dying”; we don’t have off days, we “want to kill ourselves”; we don’t have close friends, we are “best friends forever.”

We willingly accept each others’ exaggerations and smilingly recognize their lighthearted nature.

However, our tendency to overdramatize sometimes goes beyond frivolous metaphor into an inclination to use stronger, harsher language to convey our feelings towards any phenomenon, and this may have adverse consequences that bear recognition.

An example: The word “creepy” is often thrown around by young women describing the various shades of men that they encounter.

An unfamiliar man asks you on a date? He’s “creepy.”

A boy makes flirtatious advances towards you

Our tendency to overdramatize sometimes goes beyond frivolous metaphor into an inclination to use stronger, harsher language to convey out feelings towards any phenomenon, and this may have adverse consequences that bear recognition. at a party?

“Creepy.”

A male classmate texts you back one too many times?

Still “creepy.”

Yes, of course, some men engage in creepy behavior, and I have no doubt that a number of these incidents actually warrant the label.

However, the overuse of the word has meant that it has lost its significance.

Bad actors deserve a healthy dose of cynicism, but our words must effectively distinguish the behavior of men who attempt in good faith to initiate friendship, or even romantic relationships, from those who have viler intentions.

We do not want to create an atmosphere where (as I am afraid is already to some extent the case) some of my male friends are afraid of speaking to women.

It would be a shame if, after all our efforts to achieve gender equality in the workplace, our otherwise well-meaning male colleagues are nervous about exchanging even a casual greeting.

As for young men describing their female peers?

Any small deviation from what might be considered normal behavior is immediately branded “psycho” or “bitchy.”

The vileness of this language is simply absurd.

When the default words used to express minor discontent with a woman are already so foul, I shudder to imagine how millennial men describe the ladies they truly despise.

Negative descriptors are not our only problem. We jump over basic contentment, and move straight to adulation, using “love” to describe any person that we, well, like.

We do not make casual acquaintances, instead we curate an ensemble of “best” friends. Once again, the meaning of our words is eroded by their repetition.

It has become difficult to distinguish someone’s bosom companion from that kid they hung out with that one time in middle school.

It appears that we have stopped using such simple words genuinely, unless accompanied by aggrandizing adjectives (“OMG, it was literally so cool!”).

To be sure, we have not ceased to use more gentle language; however, we typically tend to do so in displays of irony.

When our friends act in a clumsy manner, we say “nice.”

When we wish to denote disinterest via text message, we say “cool.”

It appears that we have stopped using such simple words genuinely, unless accompanied by aggrandizing adjectives (“OMG, it was literally so cool!”).

It has become difficult to discern sarcasm from subtlety; hyperbole is often not used only when disinterest supervenes.

Our predilection for excess stems, perhaps, from our lack of discipline surrounding speech.

Our constant use of online fora and digital media allows — even requires, if we want attention — us to be forceful, harsh, one-sided, and emphatic without ramification.

It was once the case that the freedom to talk was modulated by the privilege of having people that would listen.Abusing the former would cause one to lose the latter.

Now, however, this is no longer the case: We may rant ad nauseam, but still manage to retain our friends.

In fact, we may rant without our friends ever knowing that we uttered a single word.

The lack of restraint has debased our discourse.

Words are powerful weapons, as we often recognize in demanding that others address us with dignity and respect, and ought to be used with care.

The next time I find myself reaching instinctively for a superlative, I hope I am able to resist.

—Aditi T. Sundarum ’20 is a joint concentrator in Mathematics and Philosophy in Eliot House. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays.

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2018-19 Overall Record 16-8-3 ______________________________________

GOAL LEADERS ASSIST LEADERS ______________________________________ ______________________________________

Conference Record 12-6-2 _____________________________________

Lewis Zerter-Gossage ’19 (10) Reilly Walsh ’21 (10) Jack Badini ’21 (8) Adam Fox ’20 (8) Jack Drury ’22 (7)

Streak WON 2 ______________________________________ Goals per Game 3.33 ______________________________________

Adam Fox ’20 (30) Casey Dornbach ’22 (20) Reilly Walsh ’21 (18) Jack Drury ’22 (15) Jack Rathbone ’22 (11)

BIG BUT NIMBLE Michael Lackey’s size and athleticism have allowed him to blossom as Harvard’s go-to backstop. Entering his freshman year as a true 18-year-old — a somewhat rare occurrence, especially for goaltenders — Lackey was malleable and able to channel his raw athleticism to hone his puck-fielding skills. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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After Injury, Goalie Lackey Faces Familiar Challenges up the Pairwise big board — the indicator of a team’s at-large NCAA Tournament prospects — and looked like a squad that could threaten for conference and league titles in early spring.

Then, the only force that appeared capable of slowing Lackey’s three-month-long roll entered the picture.

In the second period of Feb. 16’s battle with ranked ECAC foe Clarkson, Golden Knights forward Nico Sturm went bowling into Lackey’s legs after being hooked by a defending Fox. Sturm was slow to get up from the high-impact collision, and Lackey required an early exit from the game with an apparent lower-body injury.

The shock and uncertainty surrounding Lackey’s health severed any momentum gained from co-captain Michael Floodstrand’s game-tying goal seconds before the senior net-minder left the ice.

Harvard would go on to lose, 5-3, but it was unclear whether a much greater loss than two conference points was looming.

Without public transpar­

I don’t think there’s ever a good time in the season to not be healthy, but this time of the year is probably even more frustrating.

Ted Donato ‘91 Head Coach

ency regarding the severity of Lackey’s ailment, the Crimson’s ability to maintain its winning ways had suddenly become relatively vague. One thing was certain, however: the timing of the injury hardly could have been worse.

“I don’t think there’s ever

a good time in the season to not be healthy, but this time of the year is probably even more frustrating,” coach Donato admitted.

“Obviously, I want to be sensitive to the [injured] player.

However, my focus is not how we feel about it. It’s about how we react to it and how we move forward in the short term.”

For those in and around the Harvard program, the ostensible knee injury against Clarkson especially raised concern, as they knew, unlike many, that Lackey underwent a knee procedure toward the end of this past offseason.

“I ended up having to get surgery late in the summer on a torn meniscus,” revealed Lackey.

“So, for the last month of summer and for the first couple weeks of school, I was rehabbing that.... Looking back on it, I’m thankful that it happened during summer rather than during the season.”

Lackey’s optimistic words, uttered just days before his recent injury, were eerily ironic.

GORNET’S NET With its starting backstop out of commission, the Crimson turned to its backup against Brown and Yale last weekend.

Ahead of the significant ECAC homestand, Gornet was a relatively unknown quantity — the downside of Madsen’s and Lackey’s respective tears as the team’s number-ones.

Gornet saw a single game’s worth of minutes in each of his first two seasons and ceded five goals in just his second career start back in early November’s trouncing by Quinnipiac.

“We have confidence in those guys,” said coach Donato of Lackey’s backups, Gornet and freshman Derek Schaedig.

“But the truth of it is, they just haven’t had a lot of opportunity, probably somewhat similar

to the same way [Lackey] didn’t have a lot of opportunity when Merrick was here.”

Nevertheless, Gornet posted arguably the most important performance of the Crimson’s season (2-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .969 SV%) over the weekend, making sure Lackey’s injury did not send Harvard into a downward

I ended up having to get surgery late in the summer on a torn meniscus....

Looking back on it, I’m thankful that it happened during summer rather than during the season Michael Lackey Senior Goaltender

spiral of uncertainty.

Crucially, the St. Louis, Mo., product’s unwavering play may have alleviated some of the pressure on Lackey to return hastily from his injury.

While the program has not divulged Lackey’s status for the remainder of the season, a return at some point should not be ruled out.

If Harvard clinches a topfour seed in the ECAC this weekend, it would earn a bye in the first round of the conference tournament, providing Lackey with an extra week to heal, if needed.

Assuming the Crimson’s season lasts long enough for Lackey to make his return, he will find himself in an all-too-familiar situation: needing to find consistency amid instability.

If the emergence of Michael Lackey has proven anything this year, it’s that the senior will rise to the challenge. spencer.morris@thecrimson.com

1 AND 1A Michael Lackey (right) and former standout Merrick Madsen ‘18 (left) engaged in a heated duel for the number-one spot last season, bettering Lackey’s game in the long run. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

KNEED TO GET BETTER Michael Lackey, pictured in a knee brace and using crutches, was unable to play in last weekend’s senior night affair due to his right knee injury. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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The No. 16/15 Crimson is prepared for its final regular-season weekend at Union and RPI. The squad sits 14th in the Pairwise rankings, the decider of teams’ at-large NCAA Tournament prospects, but would like to maximize its position before the ECAC tournament begins. Harvard is tied for second in the conference and will look to clinch a first-round bye with a top-four finish.

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THE RISE OF MICHAEL LACKEY

By SPENCER R. MORRIS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Michael Lackey’s rise to prominence for Harvard men’s hockey has featured spells of inconsistency, long and tedious rehab, and an overall lack of stability.

Having surmounted these obstacles to post a stellar senior season, the goaltender now faces some of these same challenges as he looks to recover from a lower-body injury sustained in the home stretch of the Crimson’s campaign.

Despite sturdy substitute performances from junior Cameron Gornet last weekend, Harvard will need a peakform — and healthy — Michael Lackey in the crease to contend for a national title. Getting to know Lackey’s path to the present adds color to a relatively misunderstood Crimson hockey career, while also suggesting what the future may hold for the net-minder and his team with the postseason rapidly approaching. ­

FROM THEN TO NOW While Lackey’s season as a whole has impressed, its start was far less glamorous. Harvard’s proclaimed starter attracted an abundance of critics after a rocky beginning to 20182019, allowing seven goals to Dartmouth in the season-opener.

After being replaced by Gornet for the Crimson’s next game, he returned to the net against Princeton only to cede costly goals in a disappointing 4-4 tie. Combined with an inconsistent track record in past seasons, Lackey’s early struggles seemed to affirm skeptics’ concerns about his ability to carry his squad back to national relevance.

“The first game obviously didn’t go as planned, the tough game up at Dartmouth,” said volunteer goaltender coach Brian Robinson, who has worked closely with Lackey for several seasons and summers. “Usually, if you give up seven goals, you’re probably not getting the next start. So he knew. He was very accountable.”

Four months since that ill-fated debut, the senior net-minder has shaken his doubters. His play is one of the main factors fueling the Crimson’s ascendency following a 2017-2018 campaign that underwhelmed in many ways.

Even with his forgettable season debut, Lackey has logged a 14-6-3 record, good for a top-15 win percentage (67.4%) in the NCAA. His 2.23 goals against average and .920 save percentage both rank fifth in the ECAC, where Harvard now sits tied for second.

In 17 of his 24 appearances, the Washington, D.C., native has held the opposition to two or fewer scores, providing the high-powered offense in front of him — its 3.33 goals per game pace ranks eighth in the country — ample opportunity to win games.

Moreover, Lackey has not given up more than three goals in a contest since his pair of lackluster starts at the season’s outset. In fact, he has been a top-10 goalie in college hockey since the draw with the Tigers

I think the game at MSG against Cornell was really kind of his coming-out party.

Brian Robinson Volunteer Goaltender Coach

on Nov. 3 (71.4 W%, 1.93 GAA, .931 SV%).

“Obviously it wasn’t the start that anyone wanted,” Lackey said. “I think mentally, I started to settle in and then just relax more, not get too worked up after giving up a goal and build confidence on top of that, use each game…as learning experiences.”

NEW YORK, NEW GOALIE Following his first two starts, Lackey used serviceable performances against Yale (3 GA, .914 SV%) and Brown (2 GA, .920 SV%) to put his prior porousness firmly in the rear view.

A subsequent up-and-down

weekend against Arizona St. saw promising stretches from Lackey (1-1-0, 1.96 GAA, .929 SV%), but the Sun Devils’ overtime winner in game two of the series spoiled the Harvard tender’s night. Nonetheless, Lackey was continuing to hone the mental and physical qualities required of a go-to option in the crease. “[Lackey is] really trusting his defensemen, he’s not cheating the play, not anticipating the pass and cheating away and giving up short-side goals,” Robinson said. “When you play like that — when you’re not giving up first-shot goals — I think it really helps a goalie just play with more confidence.”

Over Thanksgiving break, the Crimson tripped to Manhattan for a clash with storied rival Cornell under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden. There, on American sports’ grandest stage, a new Michael Lackey was born.

This wasn’t obvious from the opening puck drop, though.

The Big Red potted an early goal and fed off the roaring Cornell-heavy crowd. In the past, Lackey may have lost confidence and strayed from his game for the remainder of the period, or even the contest.

But this time was different. His body language told the whole story.

A composed Lackey continued to fight through screens, track incoming pucks, and play aggressive angles, stealing the show at the Frozen Apple. The Big Red’s opening score proved to be its sole tally of the night thanks to Lackey’s dazzling performance — and a timely one at that, in the midst of mounting criticism due to Harvard’s lackluster record.

“I think the game at MSG against Cornell was really kind of his coming-out party,” Robinson remarked. “Up until that point, that was definitely his best game he had played. I know after the ASU weekend…there was an article that absolutely ripped him apart.”

By the time the Crimson’s four-week holiday respite came around, Lackey had fully em-

braced the challenge of commanding the blue paint for Harvard, posting three solid starts (2-1-0, 1.35 GAA, .950 SV%) in early December.

Your entire life, you’ve been a hockey player.

You’ve been around the rink skating. It’s a battle looking for an identity at that point when you’re not practicing with the guys.... You’re just sitting in the training room during practice.

Michael Lackey Senior Goaltender

As the 2019 portion of the schedule began, coach Donato’s group appeared to have answered its biggest remaining question mark.

An experienced corps on the back end featuring one of college hockey’s best, junior Adam Fox, had learned to balance its offensive firepower with sound defensive play; a crop of skilled freshmen had helped fill the scoring void — and then some — left by 2018 Hobey Baker Award finalist Ryan Donato. And finally, as the club prepared for a second half containing ranked conference foes, the Beanpot Tournament, and the oft-intense home stretch of the regular season, it had a force between the pipes.

“The goaltending position is so important that if you’re having success or if you’re not having success, it coincides with the performance of the goalie,” coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “I think it took [Lackey] a little bit to get his feet underneath him and get really comfortable, but to me, he’s giving us the goaltending that gives us the chance to have success at the end of the season.”

ONCE STABLE, QUITE ABLE A central theme, instability, de-

fined Lackey’s path to becoming Harvard’s starting backstop. It was a chronic lack of routine — of the crucial ability for a goaltender to establish a rhythm — that resulted in so many misperceptions of Lackey ahead of, and in the early portion of, his senior season.

After just six outings as a freshman (1-4-1, 3.58 GAA, .876 SV%), Lackey endured double labrum surgery over the summer to address lingering hip pain dating back to his high school days.

Comprehensive rehabilitation sidelined him for the entirety of his sophomore season. Meanwhile, the extremely deep and talented Crimson rattled off 16 straight victories en route to its first Frozen Four in 23 years, while then-junior Merrick Madsen ’18 established himself as one of the NCAA’s elite goaltenders (28-6-2, 2.11 GAA, .923 SV%).

As Madsen distanced himself on the depth chart and the team reached new heights in the Ted Donato era, all Lackey could do was watch.

“Your entire life, you’ve been a hockey player,” Lackey began. “You’ve been around the rink skating. It’s a battle looking for an identity at that point

He’s out for a year, so now you haven’t played almost in two years of being ‘the guy,’ which has its own rhythm as opposed to just playing one game.

Ted Donato ‘91 Head Coach

when you’re not practicing with the guys, you’re not going on the road with the guys. You’re just sitting in the training room during practice. So it sucked physically, but I think the hardest part was mentally.”

With Lackey back in full health the following season,

competition with Madsen for the starting role would continue the motif of instability. After eight Madsen starts to kick off the campaign, Lackey was able to earn several of his own.

Both net-minders displayed encouraging stretches, but at times both left something to be desired. So, the back-and-forth continued throughout the regular season, preventing Lackey from achieving any real constancy in net until this year. “[Madsen’s] senior year, when I started playing, I was getting fired up,” Lackey recalled. “Especially the season before, where I had been watching the games and I had been seeing how well he was doing, I think it gave me confidence going in…that I’m competing with this guy who’s had one of the best careers a goalie has had at Harvard.”

It is truly no wonder that Lackey struggled in his first few appearances of 2018-2019. Until then, it had been five years, dating back to his U17 season with the U.S. National Team Development Program, since he was a team’s undisputed starter. After all, finding a groove — and one’s confidence — takes time.

“Obviously, Merrick established himself as a go-to guy for us, and then you add in the [hip] injury,” said coach Donato, recounting Lackey’s collegiate career. “It’s tough when the team is playing well two years ago, and the guy in front of you goes without a loss in [18] games.

When [Lackey] had his injury, it was a tough spot. He’s out for a year, so now you haven’t played almost in two years of being ‘the guy,’ which has its own rhythm as opposed to just playing one game.”

NOT WHAT HE “KNEEDED” Riding its goaltender, Harvard surged back into the national conversation, regaining its ranked status on Jan. 28 for the first time since dropping out of the USCHO top 20 in November of 2017. With a reliable net-minding situation, the Crimson continued to inch

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