The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLVI, No. 27

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Harvard hasn’t done enough, but graffiti isn’t the answer

UC modifies voting and attendance procedures at Sunday meeting

Women’s Hockey: Harvard drops ECAC quarterfinal series to Colgate

Affiliates Call on Bacow to Divest

Winthrop Deans Address Flyers

By SHERA S. AVI-YONAH and AIDAN F. RYAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Harvard affiliates rallied Friday to call on University President Lawrence S. Bacow to divest from private prisons. The activists also delivered a petition, which has garnered nearly 3500 signatures. ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

By ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

More than 100 Harvard affiliates gathered outside of Massachusetts Hall Friday to deliver a petition to University President Lawrence S. Bacow urging Harvard to disclose and divest its holdings in companies tied to the prison industry. ­

The rally was organized by the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign, a pro-divestment organization founded in 2018, and the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Advocacy, along with campus groups including Act on a Dream, the Black Students Association, and the Association of Black Harvard Women.

The petition, which has garnered nearly 3500 signatures since its release last month, calls on Bacow and the Harvard Management Company — the University’s investment arm — to withdraw its investments from companies with connections to prisons and disclose these endowment holdings to the public. The petition also de-

mands the University reinvest this money towards programs and organizations that benefit “people directly impacted by the prison-industrial complex” in Boston and Cambridge.

Dharma B. Seda Gonzalez ’22, an organizer with the Harvard Prison Divestment

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Winthrop House Faculty Deans Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. and Stephanie R. Robinson addressed student concerns about “racially offensive” flyers calling for Sullivan’s removal from his post as a faculty dean in a Sunday email to Winthrop affiliates.

A group of students distributed the flyers, which included an illustration of Sullivan and encouraged Winthrop residents to send feedback via an anonymous link, on Feb. 25.

Danu A.K. Mudannayake ’20 — who illustrated the flyers — denied that they depicted Sullivan as a caricature or in a racist manner. She said they were intended to call attention to Sullivan’s decision to publicly defend two men accused of sexual misconduct — Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and Harvard Economics Professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr. Sullivan — who is also a Harvard Law School professor — has faced student scrutiny since the New York Post first reported on Jan. 23 that he would join Weinstein’s legal team in the film producer’s Manhattan sexual abuse case.

Following the Post story, Sullivan wrote an email to Win-

throp residents on Jan. 25 defending his decision to represent Weinstein and writing that defense attorneys have the duty to represent the “unpopular defendant.”

Two days later, Sullivan criticized the University’s handling of three investigations into allegations that Fryer sexually harassed women who worked at his research lab in a RealClearInvestigations article. Sullivan, who is identified as Fryer’s lawyer in the story, called the Harvard probes “deeply flawed and deeply unfair.”

Students have since called on Sullivan to resign as faculty dean in protests, op-eds, and open letters. Most recently, Mudannayake and some members of the anti-sexual assault advocacy organization Our Harvard Can Do Better distributed the flyers in Winthrop last week inviting students to “make your voice heard.” In a separate incident that same day, a vandal spray-painted slogans calling for Sullivan’s removal on the exterior of Winthrop.

Responding to student concerns, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced Feb. 25 that former Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 will lead a “climate review” to collect student feedback

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Sen. Jeff Faculty to Vote on New Concurrent Degree Program Flake Speaks at IOP

By JONAH S. BERGER and MOLLY C. MCCAFFERTY CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Flake says bridging the partisan divide in politics is crucial

By JANIA J. TUMEY CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Former Senator Jeff Flake spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics Friday and criticized the lack of bipartisan collaboration he witnessed during his career in public service.

In a conversation moderated by Kennedy School Assistant Professor of Public Policy Leah W. Rigueur, Flake condemned partisan hostility and the “toxic” state of United States politics. The crowd at the IOP — which packed the forum auditorium — was silent as Flake recalled the June 2017 Congressional baseball shooting, during which a gunman opened fire on Flake and other Republicans practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

The shooting left five injured, including House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve J. Scalise.

“As bullets were pitching off the gravel in front of me, I just remember thinking at that time: Why us? How could somebody look out at a bunch of middle-aged men playing baseball and see the enemy?” Flake said.

Flake also discussed the fallout of another instance of gun violence: the 2011 attempted assassination of former Representative Gabrielle D. Giffords. Giffords was shot through the head and eventually resigned from her congressional seat to focus on her recovery. During the 2012 State of the Union address, Flake, who was seated next to Giffords, helped her stand to applaud Obama throughout the ­

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote on a proposal to create a new concurrent degree program at its monthly meeting Tuesday.

Under the proposed program, FAS will allow students to simultaneously pursue a bachelor’s degree through the College and a master’s degree through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In order to complete the two degrees in four years, students would be allowed to double-count twelve credits — typically equivalent to three courses — towards both degrees. They would then take five GSAS courses in addition to their normal college coursework.

If enacted, the new program would replace the current “Advanced Standing” program,

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Man Pleads Guilty to Issuing Bomb Threat

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By AIDAN F. RYAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The man who threatened to bomb Harvard and shoot attendees of the University’s 2017 black Commencement ceremony pleaded guilty to charges related to the matter Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts.

Nicholas Zuckerman, an Arizona resident, pleaded guilty to two charges of “transmitting in interstate and foreign commerce a threat to injure the person of another.”

Zuckerman commented on a Harvard University Instagram post “on or about” May 13, 2017, calling for “violence and death” at the University’s inaugural black Commencement.

The annual event — first held in 2017 — is meant to bring black students across the University together and recognize the ­

UC MEETING

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which allows students entering the College with the requisite number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate credits to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years or a bachelor’s and a master’s in four. Advanced Standing is currently being phased out.

Unlike Advanced Standing, the new concurrent degree program does not require students to have completed any AP or IB credits. Students in the Class of 2022 and beyond would be eligible to apply.csa quis enim. Donec pede justo.

Faculty members clashed over the concurrent degree program at last month’s meeting. Comparative Literature Professor Karen L. Thornber, who presented the new program to the Faculty for discussion last month, argued that it would give an “extra boost” to

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Sruthi Palaniappan ‘20 and Julia M. Huesa ‘20 led the Undergraduate council’s Sunday meeting. AMANDA Y. SU—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

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challenges that students of color may face at Harvard. “If the blacks only ceremony happens, then I encourage violence and death at it,” Zuckerman wrote in the post. “I’m thinking two automatics with extendo clips.”

Zuckerman also wrote another threatening comment on a different Harvard Instagram post. “#bombharvard and end their pro-black agenda,” he wrote. Several minutes after the post, Zuckerman commented “#bombharvard” on other users’ posts about 11 times over a four-minute period, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

The U.S. Attorney’s office said a “concerned citizen” reported the posts to the Harvard University Police Department, who then sent the case to federal authorities. Authorities arrested Zuckerman in June 2018,

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Tornadoes Kill At Least 14 in Alabama

The Women’s Issue with The Advocate 7-8:15 p.m.

Senator Paul said in a speech that he would support the resolution to block President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to get money to fund a border wall. Senator Paul cited the necessity of checks and balances to explain his decision. His support makes the block likely.

Mosey on over to the Harvard Book Store for a discussion of the Advocate’s Women’s Issue, led by contributors to the issue. The event is centered around the conflict between real versus imagined female experience.

Foreign Policy at Home 12:15-1:45 p.m More politics — this time about foreign policy. Have a discussion with Professor R. Nicholas Burns and U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III about the future of diplomacy and why foreign policy really matters. The event will take place in the Malkin Penthouse. Also, lunch will be served, which seems like a pretty great diplomacy strategy.

A series of tornadoes in southeastern Alabama killed at least 14 people and left homes in ruin.

Though authorities are unsure exactly how many tornadoes touched down, at least six warnings were issued on Sunday afternoon.

Senator Rand Paul to Vote to Block Trump’s Emergency Declaration

Warmer temperatures melted some snow piles in Harvard Yard over the weekend.

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SpaceX Capsule Attaches to the International Space Station

DAILY BRIEFING More than 100 Harvard affiliates gathered outside of Mass. Hall to call on University President Lawrence S. Bacow to divest from companies tied to the prison industry. The activists have also started a petition that has garnered more than 3,500 signatures. In other news, the Winthrop Faculty Deans emailed residents stating that students had brought up concerns that the flyers distributed last week about Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.’s decision to represent Weinstein contained racist caricatures.

In a test that was required for approval to transport people, SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule autonomously attached to the International Space Station, meaning a manned mission could be launching as soon as July. Anyone want to go on a summer break trip?

AROUND THE IVIES YALE

Yale sold 99 percent of its direct investment holdings in Antero Resource Corporation — a natural gas and oil company — in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the Yale Daily News. Between Sept. 30 and Dec. 31, the exposure to Antero dropped from over $77 million to $357,000. Like Harvard, Yale has faced longtime criticism from fossil fuel divestment activists. The University divestment came shortly after students and community activists held a sit-in demanding Yale to completely divest from the fossil fuel industry.

DARTMOUTH

Dartmouth community members can now publicly log their volunteer hours on a website called the Call to Serve, a year-long effort to motivate the Dartmouth community to contribute 250,000 hours of public service, according to The Dartmouth. The initiative is run by the Dartmouth Alumni Council to encourage students to volunteer for communities. By Feb. 28, about 18,000 hours had been longed — 59 percent of these hours attributed to students, 35 percent to alumni, and the rest to faculty, staff, and families.

BROWN

Brown students who have taken a leave of absence for personal or medical reasons will now have the option to opt in to a program which would allow them to receive care packages from Brown’s Council of Undergraduate Students, according to the Brown Daily Herald. The pilot program is one of many initiatives that the University has developed to make the process of leavetaking easier on students. It also hopes to help students maintain a connection to the campus while they are on leave.

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Pleads Faculty to Vote on VES Name Jeff Flake Advocates Man Guilty Change, Concurrent Degrees Bipartisanship at IOP to Bomb s­tudents who might not want to or be able to attend graduate school after earning their undergraduate degree.

But some faculty members contended that the proposed system would overburden students and erode the integrity of a master’s degree.

Computer Science Professor Harry R. Lewis ’68 said at the February meeting that the rationale for requiring students to take five extra classes — meaning they would need to take five courses instead of the typical four for most of their under-

graduate careers — for a dual degree would be “too heavy a burden” for even the most qualified students.

“The quality of their work — and again, these are our best students — will go down because they’re going to be splitting their 24 hours five ways instead of four,” said Lewis, who previously served as Dean of the College.

The Faculty will also vote on whether to rename the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies to the “Department of Art, Film, and Visual

Studies.”

At last month’s meeting, Department Chair Robb Moss argued that the current name has become outdated and no longer reflects the work of its faculty or the courses it offers.

The Faculty Council — FAS’s highest governing body, which advances legislation to the full faculty — voted to endorse both proposals last month. The Council did not hold its regularly scheduled meeting last week. jonah.berger@thecrimson.com molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com

Students Rally, Petition Bacow to Divest from Prisons

We’re really proud that so many Harvard affiliates agree with us and believe that Harvard should divest.

Dharma B. Seda Gonzalez Activist

like “We Shall Overcome,” and displayed signs with slogans such as “Build People Not Prisons.”

Ralliers braved the cold with enthusiastic chants, punctuating each speech with the words “Back out, Bacow, we want freedom, freedom, all these racist ass jails, we don’t need them, need them.”

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain referred to

It was unbelievable that people take any [bipartisan] gesture like that as consorting with the enemy.

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­ ampaign, said the rally was C a “culmination of months of work” for the students across Harvard’s schools involved in the movement.

“We’re really proud that so many Harvard affiliates agree with us and believe that Harvard should divest,” Gonzalez said in an interview before the rally.

Those at the rally heard speeches from community organizers advocating against mass incarceration and written testimonies from currently incarcerated individuals.

Attendees also sang songs

speech. Flake said that standing alongside Giffords sparked a disturbing amount of backlash.

“I literally got hundreds of emails and texts and calls saying, ‘What are you doing? Are you agreeing with President

previous statements on divestment in response to the rally and petition.

“The University’s position, as it has stated previously, is that it should not use the endowment to achieve political ends, or particular policy ends,” Swain wrote in an emailed statement.

Since the petition was released, the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign has built a coalition of support online and across Harvard’s campus. The campaign’s Facebook page currently has more that 700 followers.

Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel R. West ’74, a prominent scholar and commentator, signed onto the petition and released a statement calling Harvard’s divestment from the prison industry “a moral imperative.”

For several rally participants, the call for divestment was a personal one.

During the rally, organizers encouraged attendees to say aloud the names of loved ones currently or formerly incarcerated.

“We do that as a reminder that it is not just about the dollars,” Harvard Law School student and organizer Anneke F. Dunbar-Gronke said. “There are people and lives.”

Harvard’s nearly $40 billion endowment has long been a point of contention for activists concerned with the University’s investments in fossil fuels and companies with connections to

the prison industry.

For decades, University presidents have reiterated that the endowment is not a means to enact social change — a talking point fiercely challenged by those pushing for divestment. The University did, however, divest from the tobacco industry in 1990.

When two organizers — Law School student Anna L. Nathanson and Divinity School student Ismail A. Buffins — physically delivered the petition, they said people in Mass. Hall accepted the petition but said they could not meet with Bacow.

“Bacow could do more to engage with us and really use his leadership in this situation and represent what his students want,” Buffins added.

Bacow met with activists from the Prison Divestment Campaign last week, a meeting during which he said he did not respond to “demands” but rather to “reason.”

Swain wrote in an emailed statement that in meetings with advocates, Bacow “has appreciated the opportunity to hear their views and perspective.”

Despite not meeting with Bacow Friday, organizers said they believe the rally demonstrated an increased momentum behind the prison divestment campaign.

“There was a lot of power here today and I can tell this energy is going to keep building,” Natanson said. alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson.com

Obama?’” Flake said.

“It was unbelievable that people take any gesture like that as consorting with the enemy.”

Flake has been one of President Donald Trump’s Republican critics in Congress, and has said that he was concerned

by Trump’s behavior before his presidential election and while in office.

“I was really bothered be-

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more than a year after the incident occured, and he first appeared in court for his arraignment on Aug. 8, 2018.

University spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain declined to comment on Zuckerman’s guilty plea. Prosecutors reached a plea agreement with Zuckerman and his lawyer that calls for the defendant to serve 12-18 months in prison; serve 36 months of supervised release; and pay a fine ranging from $5,500 to $55,000, a mandatory special assessment of $200, and restitution in an amount to be determined at sentencing.

U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 23, 2019. Sentencing will determine the exact consequences Zuckerman will face based on sentencing guidelines and the details of the plea agreement. He may face up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com

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Winthrop Deans Address Student Flyers and Graffiti about Sullivan’s decision to represent Weinstein.

Sullivan and Robinson wrote that, since house staff discovered the flyers last Monday, students have questioned whether they depict Sullivan in a racially offensive manner. They added that some students said they were particularly concerned that the flyers circulated during Black History Month.

“It should go without saying any racially offensive content undermines our collective commitment to respect and the value we place in everyone in our community, regardless of their race,” they wrote.

“From our vantage point, the best way to challenge speech any of you deem unpleasant is to reaffirm our core values, remind ourselves that we are a university with a robust norm of freedom of expression, and speak back to any offending speech.”

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fore he was a candidate by the birtherism,” Flake said of President Trump.

“Then the campaign with the statements about immigrants, and then about John McCain and whatnot — it was too much for me.”

Flake also talked about his time on the Discovery Channel special “Rival Survival,” prompting laughs from the audience.

In 2014, Flake and Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich were featured on the show and spent six days stranded on an island in efforts to prove that Republicans and Democrats could work together.

“We wanted to prove that Republicans and Democrats can get along, and so we planned very quietly — didn’t tell one of our colleagues that we were going to maroon ourselves on an island for a week,” Flake said.

Flake said the survival challenge, though humorous, set an example for the potential work that could actually be accomplished in the Senate.

Design editor, said that she is disappointed with the Faculty Deans’ response and that their email did not address students’ concerns about the wellbeing of house residents who have experienced sexual harassment.

“Honestly, my first response is one of utter disappointment,” Mudannayake said. “I really do think Dean Sullivan and his wife Stephanie have used this as an opportunity to diverge the spotlight off of the survivors in Winthrop House and are failing again to try and relieve the situation for those students and instead have gone on with this allegation that myself and others have a racially-charged motive with wanting him to be removed.”

Asked about Mudannayake’s criticism, Sullivan and Robinson referred back to their email to Winthrop residents and wrote that they did not express an opinion on the flyers. “[T]he email acknowledg-

es and addresses concerns expressed by some of our students. The Faculty Deans, in contrast, did not express an opinion. We addressed student concerns brought to our attention,” they wrote in an email to The Crimson.

Sullivan and Robinson also wrote in their original Sunday email to Winthrop residents that the Harvard University Police Department continues to investigate the graffiti, which they called “antithetical” to the House’s spirit.

“As always, our doors will remain open for anyone with concerns about House life; however, criminal acts designed to intimidate are antithetical to Winthrop’s spirit and the communal norms that have served us well over the years that we have served in this capacity,” they wrote. shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com aidan.ryan@thecrimson.com

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UC Modifies Voting And Attendance Procedures

By KEVIN R. CHEN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Undergraduate Council voted to modify its attendance requirements for representatives at its general meeting Sunday.

UC President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20, Vice President Julia M. Huesa ’20, and Secretary Cade S. Palmer ’20, who is also a former Crimson Sports Chair, proposed legislation that automatically categorizes certain absences from UC meetings as excused.

Previously, if representatives missed three UC meetings, they were required to meet with the UC’s executive board for an “attendance review.”

“It’s basically a problem solving session where we touch base,” Huesa said of attendance reviews. “It’s just to understand why you might be missing meetings.”

Under the new system, absences due to conflicts such as academic and medical commitments will automatically be considered excused, and the UC secretary will be allowed to excuse other absences at his or her discretion.

Three unexcused absences will lead to an attendance review.

The legislation was prompted by a large number of attendance reviews in the past week that the executive board had to conduct due to absences, according to Palaniappan. Under the new system, most of those absences would be considered as excused.

The UC also accepted an amendment to the legislation that considers absences from rescheduled UC meetings as excused.

The overall legislation passed 24-0-5.

The Council also considered an amendment proposed by Elm Yard Representative Rachel L. Reynolds ’22, which would limit the amount of time that representatives have to comment on their vote after the fact to one minute.

In the parliamentary procedure that the UC follows, representatives can declare their votes “with rights” during roll call vote, which gives them time to explain their votes after voting concludes.

Though most other speeches during the Council’s meet-

ings are timed, representatives are currently allowed unlimited time to talk during a “with rights” speech.

Reynolds, who is responsible for keeping time during the meetings as the Council’s parliamentarian, said she proposed the legislation to make meetings more efficient.

Some representatives said they feel “with rights” speeches are important, especially because UC members are allowed to change their votes on legislation up to a week after the initial vote.

“I think that what’s really important about ‘with rights’ speeches is in the cases of when 95 percent of us move one way, that 5 percent has the opportunity to say something that can be drowned out,” said Sung Kwang Oh ’21, a Crimson Multimedia editor.

The amendment initially passed.

Immediately after, however, several representatives gave “with rights” speeches, changing enough votes that the “with rights” proposal ultimately failed. kevin.chen@thecrimson.com

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Parents Weather Snow to Attend Junior Family Weekend

By EMA R. SCHUMER CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Parents of the Class of 2020 were unfazed by the snowfall that swept the northeast this past weekend as they arrived on Harvard’s campus to participate in Junior Family Weekend — an annual event that welcomes family members of the junior class to spend time on campus.

Scheduled programming for the weekend offered junior class parents a window into what life at Harvard is like for their children.

The events, which began Friday morning and concluded Saturday midday, included information sessions, tours of Harvard’s museums and libraries, faculty presentations, and House events.

Sarita Damaraju ’20 said she appreciated the opportunity the weekend provided to share activities she is involved in on campus with her parents, who came from Texas.

Damaraju, a performer and organizer of Harvard South Asian Association’s Ghungroo show, said her parents attended the show during the weekend.

“Me and my friends have been working on it for awhile so it was nice to have them meet my friends and see the whole production, which I’ve been talking about for so long,” Damaraju said.

Alexa “Raven” Richard ’20, whose parents and sister came to Junior Family Weekend from Georgia, said she and her family enjoyed the Saturday

morning faculty presentations.

They attended Philosophy Lecturer Cheryl Chen’s presentation “Divine Providence and the Problem of Evil: Is God a Free-Range Parent?”and Government Professor’s lecture “Tech Science to Save the World.”

While some families adhered to the program, others said they made their own fun, using the weekend to unwind by touring Boston, dining out, or shopping.

“I have some friends who take their parents to classes to take them through their everyday routine, but we approached it as sort of a respite,” said YuMi Kim ’20, whose parents flew in from New York. Kim said she and her parents ate out throughout the weekend.

Many students said they enjoyed Friday evening’s House receptions, which brought together faculty deans, juniors, and their parents within the respective Houses.

Some students said the event provided an intimate setting for parents to mingle with their children’s friends and their children’s friends’ parents.

Nicholas E. Stauffer-Mason ’20 said the reception was “definitely a highlight.”

“It was a great opportunity for my parents to meet my other friends’ parents in a way that doesn’t necessarily happen organically otherwise,” he said.

Madeleine R. Snow ’20 said she felt it was important for her parents, who drove from Chappaqua, NY to “meet people who have the greatest impact on” her college experience.

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“Also, you know, we miss our families,” she added.

For students whose parents were unable to visit Harvard over the weekend, the Undergraduate Council hosted a three-course lunch on Saturday that coincided with the scheduled Class of 2020 Luncheon in the Houses for juniors and their family members in the House dining halls.

Professors from various departments and the dean and associate dean of undergraduate education attended the UC-hosted lunch.

UC President Sruthi Palaniappan ’20 said Junior Family Weekend can be “isolating” for students whose parents were unable to attend. The lunch with faculty, she said, would provide alternative support to these students.

“Having the faculty members there to still help provide them with support and guidance through meaningful conversations is incredibly meaningful,” she said.

Mfundo T. Radebe ’20, who is from South Africa, said his parents were unable to come to campus for Junior Family Weekend due to the distance.

Nonetheless, Radebe said he felt that Family Weekend had an uplifting effect on the ethos of the campus.

“There’s something I really loved about parents weekend because it’s just like — even though my parents weren’t here — Harvard just felt more wholesome and less stressful,” Radebe said.

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The Rise of the Religion of Politics

Graffiti Isn’t the Answer Against Sullivan ast week, students awoke to find graffiti plastered on walls across Winthrop House, calling for Winthrop House Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. to step down from his position. This protest is just one of the many ways in which students have responded to Sullivan’s decision to represent former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

Though we do not consider illegal means the most effective way to communicate such a message, we have enormous respect for the sexual assault survivors and other students who feel silenced by what they perceive to be Harvard’s unsatisfactory response to Sullivan’s defense of Weinstein and Economics Professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr. We believe it is important to note that this act of vandalism was not the first resort for students unsettled by Sullivan’s actions and the University’s response.

In the last few weeks, students have published op-eds, written open letters, and staged protests calling for Sullivan to resign from his position as faculty dean and for the administration to take more tangible forms of action addressing their concerns.

That said, we do not condone illegal activity or the defacing of University property to voice these concerns.

To its credit, Harvard has held public forums about the controversy and has even issued a “climate review” to gauge the opinions of Winthrop House residents on the matter.

Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana’s announcement of the review has demonstrated that the University ad-

ministration is willing to listen to those who are protesting, but only to a certain extent.

The review only has the scope to make official the frustration that Winthrop residents — and the larger student body — have already made loud and clear, and it could pull resources and time away from implementing any measures that could actually address the situation.

Harvard’s use of processes like climate surveys and public forums — though they provide a space for students

Harvard’s use of processes like climate surveys and public forums — though they provide a space for students to express their dissatisfaction with Sullivan’s decision — does not in itself contribute toward any tangible action on the part of the University. It is precisely in response to this inaction that students have taken to public, anonymous forms of protest.

differential of power between students and the administration. The inefficacy of traditional forms of dissent, such as the Association of Black Harvard Women’s open letter to Sullivan, is evidence of the severity of this gap in power. Students felt that they were not being heard, and the act of vandalism was a radical demand for Harvard to listen.

That said, illegal means of protest carry drawbacks. They violate the spirit of civil discourse that is most conducive to productive discussion. Vandalism very rarely adds to respectful and meaningful discussion.

For these reasons, while we are sympathetic to those who feel unheard in the aftermath of Sullivan’s actions, civil discourse must be the standard to which we hold ourselves.

To further a sense of constructive dialogue going forward, we urge Harvard administrators to be mindful of the consequences of their decisions regarding Sullivan’s deanship, and to acknowledge that some students have found their response thus far to be insufficient.

For the sake of maintaining a safe and productive campus culture for all, Harvard must do more to make students feel that they have meaningful recourse outside of illegal demonstrations.

to express their dissatisfaction with Sullivan’s decision — does not in itself contribute toward any tangible action on the part of the University. It is precisely in response to this inaction that students have taken to public, anonymous forms of protest.

At issue in this context is the clear

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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White (Not Including Middle Eastern Origin)

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ne of the most confusing SAT questions I had to answer came before the test proctor even started the clock. After bubbling in my entire home address letter for letter on the Scantron, I was already annoyed.

But then, I reached the demographic question about race. There it was, next to an innocent looking bubble, the line of text that irks me and most Middle Eastern-Americans alike: “White (including Middle Eastern origin).”

As someone who is half European and half Syrian, I can assure you that white and Middle Eastern are two very distinct races, holding different levels of esteem within American society, and should thus be listed as two separate options on all demographic surveys, including Harvard’s options for racial identification.

Americans hailing from the Middle East and North Africa are forced to identify as white in demographic surveys far

While we will have to wait until the 2030 Census or later to see a separate category for the MENA region, Harvard can enact changes as soon as next year. beyond standardized testing.

The United States Census makes no distinction between those of white and Middle Eastern or North African descent.

The 2020 Census will be no different, as the U.S. Census Bureau considered adding an option to separate the Middle East and North African region, also referred to as the MENA region, but decided against it.

The Common Application has recently added a new option allowing those of Native American descent to select their tribal affiliation, which is commend-

able, yet it continues to grossly generalize all students from the MENA region as white.

Finally, Harvard itself falls into the trap of categorizing Middle Eastern students as white, as this categorization even appears on student’s my.harvard.

Beyond a cry to be recognized as a people, the case for including a MENA category on demographic surveys includes the very tangible effects it would have on the Middle Eastern and North African-American populations in the United States.

It is impossible to discern if there are achievement gaps, wage gaps, or even gaps in voter turnout between Middle Eastern and North African-Americans and other racial groups in the United States because data cannot be stratified to isolate this significant portion of the population.

In fact, I cannot even relay with certainty what percent of the United States population is descended from the MENA region, due to the incomplete structure of the census question.

Without a nationwide standard that separates “white” from “Middle Eastern and North African,” it is nearly impossible to determine how this racial group is faring in America, much less remedy any inequity that might be revealed through adequate data.

And on the hot topic of race-conscious admissions to universities such as Harvard, a diverse body of students cannot be guaranteed to include individuals from the MENA region if admissions counselors cannot even determine who identifies as of Middle Eastern or North African descent.

In post-Patriot Act America, the Middle Eastern population in this country is far from invisible.

At a time when many Middle Eastern Americans may be trying to conceal their roots as to avoid any semblance of ties to radical Islam, there is perhaps a greater need to collect data that makes sure that this group is not being discriminated against in other ways.

I

n the 1971 film adaptation of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” a young Russian revolutionary named Perchik clumsily proposes marriage to the bright, witty Hodel by asking her “a political question…the question of marriage!”

When Hodel inquires whether marriage is really a political question, Perchik responds pithily, “Everything’s political!”

The film was released during the height of a radical second-wave feminist movement that seemed to largely agree with Perchik, championing the slogan “the personal is the political.” Personal issues of sex, sexual expression, marriage, child-rearing, and more were intentionally subjugated to the harsh limelight of political analysis and activism. In the late 1970s, an equally vocal counter-movement gave rise to a newly politically-conscious Christian right that also sought legal codifications of family and religious values.

A half century later, to say that “everything’s political” is a massive understatement. Politics has become unmoored from actual policy, philosophy, or theories of governance. If we cared about any of those things, I doubt we would sob hysterically from despair or happiness at election outcomes or wish such terrible curses like death and doxxing upon high school students. We wouldn’t be so distrustful of “fake news” and the obvious biases of MSNBC and Fox News if actual policy and facts were at the core of our politics.

We wouldn’t be so personally hurt and offended by different political opinions if we didn’t think those opinions were fundamental violations of our very humanity.

The fervor, emotion, zeal, and devotion that now characterize the political scene (on all sides, truly) are typical characteristics of another scene entirely. What politics often looks like now is nothing other than a religion, and not a good one.Religions often have dogmas, clergy, sacred texts and symbols, and holy figures. They are insular, rejecting proclaimers of anathema and heresies, with rituals and worship. Religion is often scorned as mindless heeding of arcane moral judgments from some invisible deity, the practice

What politics often looks like now is nothing other than a religion, and not a good one.

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The Middle Eastern-American population is a target of discrimination in the post-9/11 era, and we need data that ensures that this population is voting, graduating high school, and securing jobs at a rate that is on par with the actual “white” America.

The White House administration that is quick to point out the “otherness” of the MENA region with a proposed travel ban seems to only identify Middle Eastern populations as white for survey purposes, when proper identification would work to this population’s advantage.

While we will have to wait until the 2030 Census or later to see a separate category for the MENA region, Harvard

White and Middle Eastern are two very distinct races, holding different levels of esteem within American society, and should thus be listed as two separate options on all demographic surveys. can enact changes as soon as next year.

Harvard should allow enrolled students to identify specifically as of “Middle Eastern or North African descent” on my.harvard and should add a more accurate racial demographics question to its application so that prospective students can correctly identify their race despite the Common Application’s failure to distinguish white and Middle Eastern.

In addition to providing greater accuracy to Harvard’s admissions and student body statistics, this change would hopefully encourage other organizations, and ultimately the U.S. Government, to grant those of Middle Eastern and North African descent their own racial category on demographic surveys.

—Chloe A. Shawah ’22, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Pennypacker Hall.

of the narrow-minded and insipid. But the reality is that every single one of us is religious. Why? The heart of religion is worship, and the heart of worship is sacrifice, and we all make sacrifices to something.

Enter the Twilight Zone with me for a moment and try to examine our political scene in this light.

For example, we do not treat the double entendre pink hats of the Women’s March and red Make America Great Again hats as mere attire, but as icons, a kind of vestment of our sect. Take, for instance, the Covington Catholic debacle, in which high school students wearing MAGA hats at the March for Life were falsely accused of taunting a Native American man. Forget the actual facts of the matter: the iconography of a particular red hat rules the day. The media preach and interpret as priests, self-styled gatekeepers of truth telling us what dogma we ought to live by. The axioms of diversity, equality, and tolerance, or security, primacy, and power are truly dogmatic by telling us what acceptable beliefs and behaviors are acceptable. Deviate, and a clerical communion of politicians and “journalists” with Twitter profiles will offer a virtue signal in penitence for the fashionable identity label you’ve managed to offend, and call for you, a heretic, to delete your account and be excommunicated. The media clergy also call for the faithful to take to the streets for the ritual sacrifice of protests with sacred slogans, adorned with holy icons. Dutifully, the faithful participate in the sacrament.

Dogma lives loudly within us. We may fancy ourselves missionaries seeking to convert the wrong-headed from their backward ways with our always-eloquent and peaceable catechesis in Internet comment sections, but often we are crusaders (resisters, perhaps) on a divinely-sanctioned mission to defeat demons who dissent.If there is one bright spot in this haunting and dark parallel of misguided religion, it is that the most ardent and vocal zealot extremists are frequently tiny minorities. We often claim that a few bad apples are not reflective of the whole bushel, and indeed, I’ve met very few people who have truly made politics something of a self-destructive religion. Most people I know do care about democracy and governance and take an active but non-consuming interest in politics. Unfortunately, it is difficult to tune out the extremists.

In the end of “Fiddler on the Roof,” Perchik’s religious zeal for politics couldn’t save him. It condemned him and his wife to live out a prison term in remote Siberia. I don’t think any of us expect politics to save us individually. But Perchik’s hero, Karl Marx, did not write that religion was the opiate of one man; he wrote that it was the opiate of the masses. Our collective political rituals may reveal far more about our beliefs than we’d like to think.

—Grace M. Chao ’19 is an Economics concentrator in Mather House. Her column appears on alternate Mondays.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard Drops ECAC Quarterfinal Series to Colgate

By CONNOR J. WAGAMAN and WILLIAM C. BOGGS CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Entering this weekend, No. 9/9 Colgate had never lost a playoff series to Harvard in the ECAC tournament. After a 5-2 domination of the Raiders (239-5, 17-4-3 ECAC) on Friday, 2019 looked like the year for the Crimson (12-15-5, 9-9-4) to write a new trend into the history books. Colgate never looked back, though, after an all-Raiders final part of the first, and Harvard’s 2018-19 campaign came to a close.

A fast start to the first from Colgate was bookended by a fast close from the Raiders, a single Crimson goal from freshman forward Dominique Petrie resting between these boundaries of Colgate domination.

Not even four minutes into the start of the contest, freshman forward Eleri MacKay went five-hole on freshman goalie Lindsay Reed, off a pass from her identical twin, freshman forward Delani MacKay. From there play was even for the next few minutes, the backand-forth broken up only by a spectacular Reed save here and there.

Then, just past the period’s midpoint, Petrie skated the puck down the left side. She swerved to the middle and shot, hitting just inside the right post to put Harvard on the board to tie the game, just as she accomplished Saturday.

A post-clanger from a Raider at 15:15 prevented the Crimson

from falling into a second hole, but luck did not continue to favor Harvard. Less than a minute later, Colgate tri-captain Jessie Eldridge — whose 14game point streak ended Saturday — followed through on a rebound to start a fresh streak.

With fewer than 30 seconds left in the first frame, another Eldridge shot struck true, this time off a down the ice skateand-shoot. Racing down the right side of the ice, she bypassed the centering pass option to rip the puck past Reed.

The period closed out with the Raiders up, 3-1.

In a season that has seen the Crimson rest heavily on phenomenal play from Reed — whose save percentage hovers just above .940, good for topthree in the country — the first period of the final contest of these ECAC quarterfinals exposed some chinks in the armor.

In that initial frame, Reed gave up three goals on 15 shots from Colgate.

Reed returned to form in the second period, holding the Raiders to no goals on 12 shots.

A near-goal by sophomore forward Becca Gilmore sailed wide, and Harvard could not score on any of its eight other shots. Both sides failed to convert power plays, holding the Crimson to 0-3 and Colgate to 0-2 on scores during the advantage in the first two periods.

The season-deciding final frame opened with a 3-1 Raiders advantage — Harvard playing comeback, and Colgate playing lead-keep. Following a penalty

on sophomore forward Brooke Jovanovich, the Raiders transitioned to lead-expand. Just 1:47 into the third, Eleri MacKay hit home to give a second Colgate skater her second goal of the game.

Ten minutes later, taking advantage of another penalty on Jovanovich, Eleri MacKay struck again to give the Raiders the 5-1 lead. The puck, fired from just past the blue line, skirted by Reed and swept around the inside of the net for Eleri MacKay’s first collegiate hat-trick.

Harvard looked to maybe catch a break with 3:32 remaining, as officials stopped the game to take a second view of a try from Petrie. The attempt, though, was ruled no good. Twenty-one seconds later, Petrie avenged that ruling to add a second Crimson goal.

Harvard vied for a third to move closer to forcing overtime, but time expired. For the third time in three consecutive quarterfinal matchups, Colgate had topped the Crimson to head to the ECAC championship weekend.

Although the Harvard season will be coming to an end, the squad has plenty of momentum to build off heading into next year. Partway through January, the Crimson found itself 5-112. From that moment, however, Harvard would finish 7-4-2, with all four of its losses coming against top-ten teams.

Along the way, the Crimson rattled off a six-game unbeaten streak and appeared in the

LAST HURRAH Senior co-captain Kate Hallett controls the puck in what would be her final game as a Crimson. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Beanpot Championship after a stunning upset against Boston College in the semifinals — a match that saw Reed turn in one of her many 50-plus save performances.

While the team will be losing critical leaders in its four seniors, a strong core of younger players will be returning,

including junior forward Kat Hughes (who scored twice in the 5-2 win over Colgate), Gilmore, freshman forward Kristin Della Rovere, Petrie, freshman defender Kyra Willoughby, and Reed, just to name a few of the many pivotal contributors that will be back in uniform playing Harvard hockey.The seniors

— co-captain and forward Kate Hallett, co-captain and forward Lexie Laing, forward Bradley Fusco, and defender Kaitlin Tse — will be missed, but they undoubtedly left the program in a better place. connor.wagaman@thecrimson.com william.boggs@thecrimson.com

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Harvard Drops Both Games in Weekend Road Trip

By MAHTAB SHIHAB CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

In a southern road trip, Harvard (14-11, 7-5 Ivy) started its weekend road trip with a tightly contested overtime loss to the Quakers (20-5, 10-2 Ivy). After the Crimson saw its three game winning streak streak fall, it ended the weekend with a hard fought 61-58 loss to the Tigers (18-9, 10-2 Ivy).

PRINCETON 61,

HARVARD 58

Despite two of the best offenses in the Ivy League going head-tohead, Saturday’s game revolved around the defense. Heading into this matchup, both Harvard and Princeton scored over 73 points a game, but were held to only 58 and 61 respectively this time around.

Senior co-captain Madeline Raster recognized how important the Crimson defensive game plan was in attempting to stop the Princeton offense.

“Princeton has some 3 point shooters and a talented guard/ forward,” Raster said. “This means we have to know the scout and not allow those players to be comfortable against our defense”. Harvard’s defensive plan of limiting the Tigers’ three-point shooters proved effective, as Princeton only had four made triples and shot 33 percent from beyond the arc. The Crimson ended up with more field goals and three-pointers than the Tigers.

Free-throw shooting and points off turnovers proved to be the team’s downfall. Princeton had 13 more free throw attempts than Harvard, and outpaced the Crimson with 18 points off of turnovers as opposed to Harvard’s three.

The game started out with early runs by both teams. The Tigers gained momentum first with a 12-4 lead before the Crimson answered back with three consecutive baskets.

Harvard only had one triple

in the first quarter, indicative of three-point struggles in the game, shooting only 23 percent from outside the arc for the contest.

Princeton closed out the opening quarter with a quick scoring run to head into the second period with an 18-13 lead.

The over 1200 fans in Jadwin Gymnasium that night prevented the Crimson from finding its shooting rhythm as comfortably.

“Sometimes playing away can be tough because you’re playing in another team’s house with their fans in their comfort zone” Raster said.

In the second quarter, Harvard’s defense locked down the Tigers’ scoring attack, holding them to only seven points in the period. A triple from senior guard Sydney Skinner closed the quarter and gave the Crimson a 27-25 lead heading into the half.

To start the half, junior forward Jeanne Boehm scored consecutive baskets, and extended Harvard’s lead to four.

Boehm was one of the Crimson’s offensive bright spots of the game, scoring 16 points. The quarter continued to be neckand-neck, ending with Harvard holding a 44-41 lead.

The Crimson maintained its lead in the opening minutes of the final frame, keeping a 5 point margin on Princeton. The Tigers would come back and tie the game four different times in the quarter before scoring the final two baskets of the game to clinch the victory, 61-58.

PENN 75, HARVARD 70

CATCH AND RELEASE Sophomore forward Jadyn Bush releases a shot, attempting to get the ball over an outstretched Penn defender. QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Friday night’s contest came down to the wire, as Penn outlasted Harvard in a tight overtime contest. For the Quakers, their bench performance and advantage in points in the paint gave them the slight edge they needed to prevail against the Crimson.

For much of the game, the teams engaged in a defensive battle that was emblematic of the pace and style that Penn enjoys. Senior co-captain guard Madeline Raster was cognizant that beating the Quakers’

vaunted zone defense was necessary for Harvard to have a chance.

“Penn usually plays a tough zone,” Raster said. “So we need to play our offense with poise, take advantage of the gaps in their defense, and hit our shots.”

The Crimson started the game with a balanced offensive attack that allowed it to gain early control of the game. The team scored six unanswered points to start the game and had baskets late in the period from Boehm and sophomore forward Rachel Levy.

The team’s variety of scorers at the start of the game was a consistent trade in a contest that saw five different players hit double digit points. The opening period ended with Harvard leading 16-14.

The second quarter was a back-and-forth affair that saw the two team trade the seven first baskets to start the quarter.

A late 4-1 run by Penn saw the Quakers take away the Crimson lead and go into the half with a 28-27 lead.

Penn’s control of the third quarter was in large part due to its efficient scoring. The Quakers scored at 56 percent clip and made half of their threes en route to a 24 point quarter. The third period ended with Crimson having a 10 point deficit.

In the final frame, Harvard was able to beat Penn at its own game, playing suffocating defense in order to comeback and bring the game to overtime.

With less than three minutes remaining in regulation, the Quakers regained the lead with pair of late free throws. On the final possession of the game, Bush grabbed a rebound and put in a basket with 0.6 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.

In the overtime period, Penn was able to jump to an early advantage and pulled away when it extended its lead to eight. Senior co-captain guard Sydney Skinner cut the deficit with back-to-back triples, but the Quakers scored late free throws to clinch the victory 75-70. mahtab.shihab@thecrimson.com.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Harvard Takes First, Topples Princeton 66-58

By HENRY ZHU CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

In a night dedicated to the six outgoing seniors in their final game at Lavietes Pavilion, the Crimson represented the program in fitting fashion. Capping off a weekend sweep and propelling itself to first place in the Ancient Eight, Harvard defeated Princeton 66-58 in a second-straight defensive showcase.

With Columbia’s upset over Yale, the Crimson will likely enter the Ivy tournament as the first-place seed if it can match the Bulldogs’ record in next week’s final weekend of Ivy play. But this game was much more than the inner-workings of conference seeding, as attested by players and Coach Amaker.

“It’s kind of surreal, but I wouldn’t want to be there with any other dudes,” captain Corey Johnson said. “I love my teammates and the reason why I get up every day and lead these guys — and be captain — is I believe in every one of them and just want to keep winning games and hopefully get that championship.”

In the 5:19 of game action allocated to the seniors, Harvard’s starting five of Tommy McCarthy, Robbie Feinberg, Corey Johnson, Weisner Perez, and Balsa Dragovic held its ground defensively. Princeton was held scoreless in its first six offensive possessions, turning over the ball twice. Johnson provided the Crimson’s sole offense with two top-of-the-key jumpers until Perez muscled a layup at the tail end of those initial five minutes.

“For [the seniors] to have the opportunity to get us off to a really good start, they did that,” coach Amaker said. “I thought the team was energized, the building was energized. We talked about if they can get us off to a good start, it would give

us a great chance to finish right.

I thought our seniors did exactly that.”

Outside of the seniors and their families, the other notable guest-of-honor was Kyrie Irving, point guard of the Boston Celtics and alum of The Patrick School, from which Harvard guard Bryce Aiken is also a graduate. Aiken rallied from a quiet six-point first half to tally a team-high 22 points on the night in front of his long-time friend and mentor.

“I approach every game the same, regardless of who was here,” said Aiken when asked about Kyrie’s appearance, “I come out here playing for my team with the name across my chest...with a winner’s mentality and just attack it.”

Harvard led 6-3 as the seniors took the bench, but the early margin would not hold despite the re-entry of the usual starters. The Tigers jumped out to a quick 9-2 run, while the Crimson offense stagnated outside of a Lewis hook shot.

Aiken struggled out of the gate, but re-discovered his touch right when the Crimson needed him the most early on.

Following his first made jumper of the contest at the 8:22 point, Aiken followed with two consecutive layups with the second following a pick-off of freshman Jaelin Llewellyn. That play brought the game back to square-even at 17.

The first half was again largely a defensive showcase, much like last night’s contest against Penn in which the Crimson put up just 22 points, compared to the Quakers’ 26.

Harvard shot 29.7 percent from the field in the first frame, with just an early Haskett triple and Catchings lay-up complementing Aiken’s six points and Lewis’ lone bucket in the first ten minutes of action following the exit of the seniors.

The Crimson concluded the half with two strong finishes at

the basket from first-year Noah Kirkwood and Lewis, holding a Tigers team that went stonecold in the final 4:40 of the frame. Princeton went 8-of-23 from the field on the half, with just sophomore guard Ryan Schweiger’s five points highlighting the rest of the Tigers box score.

“We had 37 shots in the first half, so we had so many more because of the offensive rebounding,” Amaker said. “But we weren’t able to convert.

That’s what we were talking about at halftime...we missed a lot around the rim, didn’t get to the foul line at all. So we really talked about it at the half, that we really needed to take advantage of the opportunities that we were going to get in the second half.”

Aiken’s notched a quiet six points in the first frame, but quickly put a dent on the scoring sheet coming out of the second-half locker room. Starting off the first Crimson offensive possession with an up-and-under finish, the Randolph, NJ., native knocked down his third jumper of the contest followed by a deep triple in Harvard’s 9-2 run to start the stanza.

The Crimson’s eight-point margin it carved in that span would hold form heading into the halfway point of the frame.

Harvard seemed allergic to the charity stripe, not taking a free throw the entire contest until the 13-minute mark of the second frame. Offensively, Aiken knocked down his second triple of the contest after going between-the-legs and launching a line-drive shot over Myles Stephens at the 11:59 point, complementing two more signature hook shots by Lewis.

Kale Catchings continued to play a meaningful impact on the defensive end, swiping away two balls as the Crimson had open opportunities on the drive. The Tigers scored five straight field goals heading into

ONE OF SIX Senior Tommy McCarthy was one of six seniors honored before Saturday night’s win over Princeton. QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPWHER

the eight-minute point, but the Crimson held strong with another Aiken step-back triple and a Djuricic open-lane dunk to preserve a three-possession margin.

The Tigers kept its fight alive as Mitch Henderson put the ball in junior big Richmond Aririguzoh’s hands on the interior.

Aririguzoh knocked down four free throws while Stephens converted on an and-one opportunity to narrow the margin to four.

But it was the freshman, Kale Catchings, who provided the needed end-of-game lift for the Crimson. The Missouri native found bottom of the net for two straight threes to bring the lead back to 59-51 with 3:30 to play. In another strong performance on both ends of the court, Catchings stepped up in the absence of junior Justin Bassey.

“We have had a lot of motivated guys to pick it up and I have kind of fed of that,” Catchings said. “We have really competitive practices every day so I never felt I would struggle to give my best effort. I know I can

try my best to pick up what we missed in Justin [Bassey].”

The second Catchings triple was also a byproduct of hungry rebounding from Djuricic, who talled an impressive five offensive boards in the game. In what has become an integral component to his game, Djuricic has used his long wingspan to tip balls back to the perimeter, extending multiple possessions offensively.

“Big plays for us, big winning plays that we had to make,” Amaker said. “Bryce’s ability to when he drives to find people, to make the play and not just make the shot. Very impressed by his ability to do that tonight. Our team is so much better when he is showing confidence in his teammates in that particular way.”

A Kirkwood triple at exactly the final minute of play all but sealed this contest, capping off his 3-of-8, nine-point night for the freshman. The energetic crowd started a “We want seniors” chant in the final minutes, but Amaker did not oblige to these demands. Still, the coach acknowledged in lauda-

tory fashion the contributions of this class at the postgame presser.

“We mentioned in the locker room how proud we are of what they have contributed to this program,” Amaker said. “To be able to close it out for their home tenure with a win this weekend over Princeton is very meaningful...Their contributions to this program over the four years have been immeasurable and I can’t thank them enough.”

In the players’ run at the presser, Aiken demonstrated his appreciation for the seniors in fitting fashion, symbolically insisting that senior Corey Johnson be asked the last question. But when it appeared as if it was Catchings — and not the captain — would end the presser, Aiken stepped in to meet this demand.

“Corey, if you could describe [the] Harvard experience with one word?” Aiken asked.

After a brief chuckle, Johnson delivered the final word in his final Lavietes home game.

“Exceptional.” henry.zhu@thecrimson.com

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Harvard Clinches ECAC Bye with 2 Points in Final Weekend

By SPENCER R. MORRIS and STUTI R. TELIDEVARA CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Harvard men’s hockey team entered the final weekend of its regular season needing just one standings point to lock up a first-round bye in the ECAC Tournament. And with some help from its fellow conference foes, the No. 16/15 Crimson (record) also had a chance to claim this year’s Cleary Cup, given to the regular-season winner of the ECAC. With starting goaltender Michael Lackey still sidelined with a knee injury, coach Ted Donato ’91 would once again turn to junior Cameron Gornet between the pipes as the group trekked to Upstate New York for bouts with Rensselaer and Union. Harvard’s 4-1 victory on Friday did clinch the bye-wor-

thy top-four finish, but a 4-3 setback the following evening held the squad firmly at fourth place at the conclusion of the 22-game conference schedule.

“We knew we needed...one point to secure a bye, but we also knew how big the weekend was for the PairWise,” sophomore defenseman Reilly Walsh said. “We battled hard and came away with a win [at RPI], so that was huge. But unfortunately, we couldn’t really play a full 60 against a pretty hard-working and solid Union team…. We did reach one of our goals, which was getting a bye in the playoffs, so there’s positives to take from that.”

UNION 4, HARVARD 3

During Saturday’s clash against the Dutchmen, the Crimson had much to play for: the top four ECAC teams all had a

CAMTASTIC Junior Cameron Gornet has stepped up to fill the void in the crease left by injury. TIMOTHY R. O’MEARA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

chance to nab at least a share of the Cleary Cup. It took just under three minutes for Harvard to take the first step towards this regular-season title. Walsh opened the scoring, firing a shot from the blue line on a behind-thenet feed from sophomore forward Jack Donato. Union senior net-minder Jake Kupsky was well-screened and unable to stop Walsh’s attempt.

“I think we came out well,” said co-captain Lewis Zerter-Gossage. “This is a tough place to play and we knew that going in.”

But the early goal was not an indicator of the result. Just as the Crimson jumped out the gate in the first period, Union bounced back in the middle frame. Tallies from sophomore defenseman Brandon Estes and senior forward Sebastian Vidmar — whose goal was his 100th career point — allowed the Dutchmen to take back the momentum and the lead in front of an excited home crowd.

While shot volume had been nearly even through the opening period, Union held Harvard to just 3 chances in the second while putting up 13 of its own.

The Dutchmen also had two powerplay opportunities that stanza.

“We definitely didn’t do our business in the second period,” Zerter-Gossage said. “That’s when they took over the game.

We had too many lapses in the defensive zone that ended up costing us, not only giving them the momentum but also leading to the chances that eventually led to their goals, too.”

Though the contest featured only one man-advantage goal, it proved a significant one: Union struck gold on a 5-on-4 at the beginning of the final peri-

od, its third straight goal. The game was starting to appear out of reach for the Crimson until Zerter-Gossage notched a tally from the net-mouth, bringing the score to 3-2.

But at that turning point in the contest, the Dutchmen’s penalty killers made perhaps the most important stand of the night, successfully killing off a Harvard 5-on-3. Union added yet another goal soon after the kill, extending its lead to 4-2.

A last-minute Crimson score came from rookie forward Wyllum Deveaux after the team pulled the goalie, but the hosts staved off any tying tallies.

“Whenever you have an opportunity like that, especially in crunch time when you’re down by a goal, it’s up to us to step up and take advantage of that opportunity,” said Zerter-Gossage about the 5-on-3 chance. “We were excited once we got the opportunity and we didn’t seize it. It’s definitely a blow to the team, but we gotta bear out next time we have that kind of chance.”

HARVARD 4, RPI 1

Friday’s matchup featured an unusual stoppage right before the second period began. With the Crimson trailing by a score after 20 minutes, a firm alarm went off, necessitating an evacuation from the Engineers’ Houston Field House. The team resorted to the bus while the situation in the arena was resolved.

Despite the odd circumstances, Harvard returned to the ice a new team for the remaining two frames, limiting the opposition to just eight shots in the second and third periods, combined.

“It was definitely really funny,” said Walsh of the fire alarm

fiasco. “It actually kind of helped us...relax a little bit and kind of laugh some of it off, but then at the same time helped us dial it in. We had a really good second period. We took it to them. It definitely changed the course of the game — obviously, that may or may not have anything to do with the fire alarm.”

Freshman blue-liner Jack Rathbone’s goal 13 minutes into the middle stanza proved to be the game-winner. Zerter-Gossage retrieved a puck in the offensive zone, shuffling it to linemate Colton Kerfoot at the goal line. The junior forward found Rathbone’s tape through a seam, and the rookie rearguard buried a wrist shot near-side on RPI goaltender Owen Savory.

A common theme in the Crimson’s regular season, multiple freshmen carried the load offensively on Friday. In fact, four different first-years accounted for Harvard’s quartet of goals in the winning effort.

Forward Casey Dornbach notched the game midway through the second frame and also added an assist on fellow freshman Jack Drury’s third-period tally. In the waning minutes of the tilt, forward R.J. Murphy potted his second goal of the season — and the first true snipe of his career, given that his first collegiate goal came on an empty-net conversion in the Beanpot consolation game back in mid-February.

The class of 2022’s success this season manifests itself in the numbers. At the conclusion of the regular season, Harvard sits sixth in the NCAA in points scored by freshmen (86), while leading the nation in rookie assists per game (2.02) and ranking fourth in the country in points per game (2.97). The

Crimson’s first-year group is particularly lethal on the powerplay, pacing college hockey in both assists and points while on the man advantage.

“We’re a fairly young team that has been seeing success from the freshmen,” Walsh said. “When it comes down to it, their class has been contributing at a really high level, and a lot of our offensive success is coming from them. I think it just goes to show you what our team has now, but what our will have in the future as well.”

Before the Crimson seized control of the contest, Gornet (1 GA, .950 SV%) did his part to keep his team in the game. The St. Louis, Mo., native made 11 of his 19 saves in the opening period, including a flashy glove save on Engineers forward Jacob Hayhurst, who had an inalone chance after leaving the penalty box. “[Gornet has] stepped into a big role for us,” Walsh lauded.

“He’s done very well, making saves that he needs to, and even bigger saves. He’s definitely given us some confidence back there, too, and without him, we might not be in some games that we’ve been in. He’s done a really good job stepping into a role that’s very important when trying to make a playoff push.”

Harvard’s first victory at RPI since the 2014-2015 campaign provided the necessary standings points to assure a top-four finish. Hence, the Crimson will be off next weekend, as the team regroups from its 1-1 outing in Upstate New York and Lackey continues to rehabilitate from the injury that has sidelined him for four games now. spencer.morris@thecrimson.com stuti.telidevara@thecrimson.com