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Parkland Students Speak At Harvard

By ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ and SIMONE C. CHU Crimson Staff Writers

A handful of the high school students leading the #NeverAgain anti-gun violence movement now sweeping the country visited Harvard’s Institute of Politics Tuesday evening to push for gun reform and encourage greater civic engagement from America’s youth.

The panel, titled “#NEVERAGAIN: How Parkland Students are Changing the Conversation on Guns,” featured five survivors of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. During the shooting, Parkland students hid in closets, texted their parents farewell, and listened as their friends met violent deaths at the hands of the shooter, who has since been indicted on 34 counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder.

Now, the survivors of the shooting are using their experiences to spur national awareness and action.

The high schoolers’ stop at Harvard follows weeks of television appearances, interviews with national publications, and advocacy on Twitter—in many ways the signature platform of the students’ call to action. ­

At Harvard, the students did not shy away from describing the horrific events of Feb. 14 in unsparing detail.

The speakers included current and former Parkland students Matthew Deitsch, Ryan Deitsch, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Alex Wind, and Emma González, the 18-year-old who became the face of the #NeverAgain movement after giving a viral speech days after the shooting.

González opened the panel by calling for a moment of silence in recognition of a shooting at a Maryland high school that took place Tuesday morning.

As of late Tuesday evening, the only casualty of that shooting was the shooter. Two students were injured.

“It’s important that we have these moments of silence to remember these individuals, but I think it’s just as important to speak up,” Hogg said Tuesday. “We have been silent for too long as a nation. We’ve allowed these things to continue for too long.”

Wind said he thought the shooting at his high school is no different than shootings that have torn apart lives in Orlando, Las Vegas, and other places

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior Emma González speaks at the JFK Jr. Forum about the #NeverAgain movement. timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

University Pres.

Transition Continues

By KRISTINE E. GUILLAUME and JAMIE D. HALPER Crimson Staff Writers

delivering the pitch

Junior Kathleen E. Duncan winds up to pitch during a softball game on Saturday against Yale University.

When University President Drew G. Faust was appointed to her role more than a decade ago, the transition began immediately.

Faust, then the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, began acting as the University’s top decision-maker almost as soon as she became the president-elect. At the time, former University President Derek C. Bok was serving as interim president; he agreed to temporarily fill the post after Lawrence H. Summers resigned.

Amid this presidential limbo, Faust sat in on deliberations during the spring of 2007 about the revised General Education program as a member of the Faculty and took the lead on searches for new administrators.

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Timothy r. o’meara—Crimson photographer

Unionization Advocates Increase Outreach

By Shera s. avi-yonah and molly c. mccafferty Crimson Staff Writers

A s the University prepares to hold a second student unionization election, organizers for Harvard’s major unionization advocacy group are ramping up outreach to eligible graduate and undergraduate voters to convince the students to vote “yes.”

The election is scheduled to take place April 18 and 19. At stake is whether qualifying graduate and undergraduate students may begin to collectively bargain with the University as members of the Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Auto Workers.

The April vote follows more than a year of legal back-and-forth between union organizers and the University over the result of the first unionization election, held Nov. 2016. Around 3,000 students were eligible to vote in that election. The result—later ruled invalid by the National Labor Relations Board—showed more votes against unionization than in favor.

This year, organizers are determined to ensure the final tally goes their way—hence the upped efforts to reach students in the waning weeks be­

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Of more than 250 graduate students contacted by The Crimson, roughly 20 of 30 respondents said union organizers or supporters reached out to them in 2018.

But organizers may be focusing their efforts differently this time around. Two years ago, according to several Harvard affiliates, the union took a very public approach to reaching voters. For example, unionization advocates postered in locations all around campus.

“You would see lots of posters being put up across campus by the union,” Economics Ph.D. student Stephanie D. Cheng said.

Now, though, the union seems to be targeting its outreach efforts to specific Harvard departments. Graduate students from 15 of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’s 75 degree-granting programs said they are aware of departmental “get out the vote” groups in both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Cheng, Human and Evolutionary Biology Ph.D. student Mariel B. Young,

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The Undergraduate Council voted Monday to allocate $3,000 for bicycles and other means of transportation for certain low-income students on campus. The legislation subsidizes the purchase of bicycles, scooters, and skateboards by undergraduate students living in the Quad, the Dudley Co-Op, and off-campus housing.

To qualify for the $50-per-person subsidy, students must be eligible for the Student Events Fund, an initiative founded by the UC that provides event tickets to undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. Currently, about 25 to 30 percent of undergraduates are SEF-eligible, according to Eliot House Representative Arnav Agrawal ’20, a Crimson news comper. Pforzheimer House Representative Rainbow Yeung ’19, an inactive Crimson blog editor who co-sponsored the transportation legislation, said multiple constituents had approached her about their inability to purchase bicycles. According to Yeung, the availability of a bicycle is more than just a convenience for many students. “We believe that this can definitely positively impact a lot of students’ mental health,” she said.

Multiple Council members said they sympathized with the intent of the legislation but didn’t like the structure of the proposed system. Dunster House Representative Victor Agbafe ’19 said he would rather the Council purchase the bikes upfront and then rent them to students on an annual basis, rather than subsidizing students’ purchases at local stores. “That way we sort of take away the upfront costs and we make sure it stays within the community,” Agbafe said. Currier House Representative Amanda N. Flores ’20 objected to Agbafe’s proposal, arguing that maintaining a collection of bikes would create a stigma around using one. “I think that it makes it clear that, oh, here are the UC bikes for the students on financial aid,” Flores said.

Ultimately, the legislation passed the Council unanimously. The UC also unanimously passed legislation Monday to allocate $6,000 from its $18,000 Emergency Fund to the Finance Committee’s student grant budget.

The Finance Committee, which gives out $300,000 in annual funding to recognized student groups, has grappled with a budget shortfall throughout this semester.

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Zambrero Opens in Harvard Square

By Henry W. Burnes Crimson Staff Writer

Students flocked to Zambrero, a new burrito chain on Mt. Auburn St., to claim one of the 1,000 free burritos the store offered on its opening day Tuesday.

The fast-casual chain takes over a space formerly leased by the Boston-based burrito company Boloco, which left the storefront this summer after failing to attract enough customers. Boloco had occupied the storefront for almost two decades.

Zambrero has more than 170 locations in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. The Harvard Square branch and a branch in Warwick, R.I.—which also opened Tuesday—are the store’s first two U.S. locations.

Zambrero boasts a model of “Plate 4 Plate” meals, in which the company ­

With balloons and fanfare, Zambrero opens on Mt. Auburn St. Tuesday. chloe i. yu—Contributing photographer

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AROUND THE IVIES Gunman Dead at Princeton Panera after Negotiations with Police A potential shooter closed the Princeton, N.J. Panera Bread during nearly five hours of negotiation with police, according to The Daily Princetonian. Police arrived on the scene around 10 a.m., immediately evacuating the restaurant and the two nearest campus buildings. They also closed nearby Nassau Street. Princeton sent several notifications to university affiliates updating them on the situation. At 3 p.m., police shot and killed the gunman, ending the standoff.

Cornell Researcher Retracts Eighth Research Paper Journal editors have retracted an eighth research paper from Brian Wansink of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, The Cornell Daily Sun reported.

Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care withdrew the study, about the behaviors of obese patients following bariatric surgery, for a “significantly high number of statistical errors.”

Several former members of the Food and Brand Lab have said that Wansink encouraged them to use unethical research practices. A Cornell investigation last year found that Wansink’s actions “did not constitute scientific misconduct.”

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY, HARVARD! Community, Organizing, and Power Head to the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at 12 p.m. for another discussion, this time concerning community building. Gordon Whitman, author of Stand Up! and Deputy Director of Faith in Action, is the featured speaker.

LGBTQ Rights: The Paradox of Progress Join Professor Timothy McCarthy at Rubenstein 414 AB at 5:30 p.m. for a discussion of the history of LGBTQ rights in the U.S., and current developments. Learn a bit about Professor McCarthy here.

Women, Education, and Entrepreneurship: Maximizing Impact

Tonight at 6 p.m. at Askwith Hall the Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women, the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, and the Harvard Alumni for Education are hosting a panel of four Harvard alumni who have innovated unique education solutions. There will be a reception with opportunities to network afterwards.

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Brown Releases Plan to Support DACA-eligible Students Brown University has announced its plan to support undocumented students, The Brown Daily Herald reported Tuesday. Brown will offer a tuition-free fifth-year Master’s program to DACA students who are graduating in 2018. The university is also creating a $750-per-semester fellowship program for undocumented students in case DACA is rescinded. These programs come in addition to legal resources that Brown already makes available to students facing deportation.

IN THE REAL WORLD Trump Congratulates Putin on Election Win U.S. President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his election win, just days after the U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the 2016 election.

Trump went against his aides’ advice in congratulating Putin, and also ignored advice to mention the poisoning of a former spy in Britain.

Last Male White Rhino Dies Sudan, the world’s final male northern white rhino, died Tuesday, leaving just two female members of his two species left. Researchers saved some of Sudan’s genetic material. According to experts, poaching has driven the species to the brink of extinction.

Bombings Continue in Texas Two more bombs have been found in Texas, both at FedEx facilities in the state. The first was recovered undetonated in Austin, and the second exploded in San Antonio. Austin has seen several explosive devices in recent days, heightening nerves in the Texas capital.

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Youth activists participated in a panel discussion about the undocumented immigration movement, its successes, and what its future looks like.

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Wind said the key difference this time around lies in the survivors’ response—and in their age.

“The difference here is that we are the ones that were locked inside the closets, texting our parents what could have been our final ‘I love you’s,’” Wind told the assembled crowd of roughly 200. “We were the ones that were sitting there praying that, when we heard knocks on our door and the glass shattered, that it wasn’t a shooter, that it was the police.”

“I don’t think this movement would be possible if we weren’t teenagers,” Wind added.

The students also spoke Tuesday about how the movement first came together. Kasky recalled that everything “started small” on his “living room floor.”

The survivors mainly wanted to prevent the Parkland shooting from becoming just one of “countless” incidents of gun violence around the country, Kasky said.

“I’ve seen this happen countless times,” Kasky said during the panel Tuesday.

“What happens is we get two weeks in the news, we get a bundle of thoughts and prayers, everybody sends flowers, and then it’s over. And then people forget.”

“And I said, ‘What’s different this time? What can we do differently this time?’” he added.

The national phenomenon started in a public park. The students met up, ate pizza, and launched Emma’s now-famous Twitter account together, Beth González—Emma’s mother— said in an interview after the event.

Beth said many of the high schoolers initially chose not to tell their parents about their activism.

“They were creating this movement in a park with donated pizza. At no point was there any request for parental okay,” she said. “They were like, ‘I’m going to go change the law, and you think I need a permission slip?’”

The clandestine meeting in the park launched a digital snowball.

Tuesday’s six panelists have racked

up a collective nearly 2.1 million Twitter followers over the past month.

(Emma’s account alone boasts over 1 million followers.) The students have communicated directly with politicians, fellow activists, and celebrities over social media.

The movement’s exponential growth has garnered the attention of politicians.

On March 9, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an array of gun limits into law, including legislation that raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21. The new law represents a dramatic change in direction for a governor who earned an “A+” rating

We were the ones that were sitting there praying that, when we heard knocks on our door and the glass shattered, that it wasn’t a shooter, that it was the police.

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Parkland High School Student from the National Rifle Association across his seven years in office to date.

The speakers said Tuesday they hope more high schools will begin offering civics programs to ensure students are prepared to speak out for what they believe.

Ryan Deitsch said his government teacher, Jeffrey Foster, has been a source of great support.

“We learned about the NRA that day, Feb. 14,” Deitsch said during the event. “And now we’re going head to head with them.”

The students said they also hope

Sciences Faculty Remember Stephen Hawking

By AMY L. JIA and SANJANA L. NARAYANAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Faculty and researchers gathered to remember the life and work of renowned English theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking at a commemorative event hosted by Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative Tuesday.

Hawking, who died last Wednesday at the age of 76, is best known for his theoretical prediction that black holes are not completely “black” but in fact emit radiation, in addition to other breakthroughs towards unifying quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

At the age of 21, Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—a rare motor neurone disease— and given a two-year life expectancy.

While the disease gradually paralyzed him, Hawking defied doctors’ expectations, continuing his scientific career for decades.

Malcolm J. Perry, a math and theoretical physics professor at the University of Cambridge and Hawking’s former graduate student, was the event’s featured speaker. Perry shared his experiences working alongside Hawking and Harvard Physics professor Andrew E. Strominger to formulate a theory describing what happens to information when it enters a black hole.

In his remarks, Perry detailed Hawking’s professional career, beginning with his undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford. Perry recounted the legend of an ambitious, young Hawking giving an ultimatum to his embattled advisors: award him a first-class degree, in which case he would go to Cambridge for his graduate studies; give him a second-class degree, and he would remain at Oxford— ostensibly to the vexation of his teachers.

“They gave him a first [class degree], thereby making the worst mistake they’ve ever made,” Perry said, to laughter from the audience.

Before a backdrop of photos taken throughout Hawking’s life, which included Hawking with his Oxford boating club and with astronauts in a zero-gravity plane, Perry shared a litany of amusing anecdotes from Hawking’s career.

“While he was a great ambassador for science, he also wanted to do other things and live a full life,” Perry said. “The idea that he had motor neurone disease was not going to deter him from doing other things.”

Strominger emphasized Hawking’s commitment to his work during their collaborations.

“His most salient feature to me is

just his passion for physics,” Strominger said. “I also have a passion for this subject, and when you have a shared passion like that with somebody, it creates a sort of bond.”

“To have a partner on that voyage to understand things—of course there were other people that I’ve also shared this with—but it was a special pleasure with Stephen,” he added.

Astronomy Department Chair and Black Hole Initiative Director Abraham “Avi” Loeb, who also spoke at Tuesday’s event, remarked on Hawking’s scientific and personal legacies.

“He demonstrated the superiority of the mind over matter, in two ways.

One, he was able to overcome the physical disability. But he also understood, at the deepest level, the secrets of nature,” Loeb said in an interview. “In terms of day-to-day life, he basically tried to ignore, as much as possible, his disability. And that’s quite remarkable.”

Loeb said he first met Hawking thirty years ago, when he was a graduate student at the Hebrew University in Israel. Many years later, he encountered Hawking again at an event hosted by the Royal Society in London, where he invited the theoretical physicist to inaugurate the Black Hole Initiative in April 2016.

Despite his fame, Hawking “never spoke as a celebrity” during his visit to Harvard, according to Loeb.

“He really was a very straightforward kind of person—sincere and truthful and willing to speak with anyone at a down-to-earth level,” Loeb said. “For example, after one of the events, he told his caretakers, ‘Why don’t we go to the bar at the hotel and have some drinks? We still have a little more time.’”

Strominger also recalled Hawking’s dynamic personality.

“He was also very mischievous. He was a lot of fun—he liked to surprise people, upset people, do things spontaneously,” Strominger said.

Loeb said Hawking’s work—despite his disability—reflected his larger attitude toward life.

“Black holes are supposed to trap everything—there is no way for anything to escape from a black hole in principle,” Loeb said. “But, in reality, he discovered that light can escape black holes, and they eventually evaporate. So even the ultimate prison is not really a prison.”

Staff writer Amy L. Jia can be reached at amy. jia@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @ AmyLJia. Staff writer Sanjana L. Narayanan can be reached at sanjana.narayanan@thecrimson.

to inspire a national cultural shift towards greater civic engagement. The high schoolers repeatedly urged eligible voters in the audience to exercise their civic rights.

“I was told today that the rate at which Harvard students vote at midterms is 24 percent, and I hope that this talk can somewhat inspire that to at least be the national average,” Matthew Deitsch said after the event. “I need the most intelligent people in the nation voting so we have more intelligent and just leaders.”

Abdelaziz N. Bahnasy ’21, who attended the event, said he was “inspired” by the Parkland students’ mission and focus.

“They came with a message, they came with a structure, and they came with an understanding of where they’re going to be in the future,” Bahnasy said. “That’s inspirational not only for me as a young person, but also for the community and the communities around the country that can move together.”

IOP Director Mark D. Gearan ’78, who introduced the panel, said the IOP plans to host Kyle Kashuv, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who he said “has been actively supporting other legislative solutions,” at a later date.

This Saturday, the #NeverAgain movement’s planned “March for Our Lives” will kick off in cities across the nation, including Boston. The students on the panel encouraged attendees to participate.

“We’re expecting 2.5 million people marching worldwide, at least a million people in D.C. alone. Just the fact that all those people are standing in solidarity with us, and they’re unified with us, it’s absolutely incredible,” Wind said after the event. “It just shows that the people in this country are sick and tired of the normalcy of this mass shooting epidemic that we have.”

Staff writer Alexandra A. Chaidez can be reached at alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson. com. Follow her on Twitter @a_achaidez.

Staff writer Simone C. Chu can be reached at simone.chu@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @simonechu_.

BACOW FROM PAGE 1 For President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow, who was named Harvard’s 29th president in February, the transition will be slightly different. With Faust very much still at the helm of the University, fewer pressing agenda items necessitate Bacow’s direct decision-making. In an interview in February, Bacow said he plans to spend the months before he officially assumes office this summer in “sponge mode,” learning as much as possible about leading the nation’s oldest university.

Moreover, while Faust worked just across the street from Massachusetts Hall prior to her appointment, Bacow lives out of state—meaning he has more physical ground to cover during the transition. “President-elect Bacow is living in a different state at the moment and coming in for bits and pieces of time and trying to use those bits of time efficiently,” Faust said. “So he’s less present than I was.”

Nonetheless, as a current member of the Harvard Corporation—the University’s highest governing body—Bacow is already familiar with many aspects of the job. “His knowledge of Harvard is going to enable him to start at a hundred miles an hour—not have to figure out what needs to be done over an extended period of time—so I think there will be enormous momentum from the very first day,” Faust said in an interview earlier this month.

Faust, who said she was “thrilled” about Bacow’s appointment, is now preparing to leave as Bacow learns the ropes. During one of his trips to Harvard this month, Bacow visited Massachusetts Hall to meet with administrators working under Faust. Faust, who did not attend the meeting, said Bacow expressed his excitement about working with the Mass. Hall staff.

In addition to learning more about the University’s inner workings, Bacow said he will step down from all his memberships on corporate boards to make more time to adjust to his new role. This marks a break from recent precedent; Faust has served on the board of Staples, Inc. since 2012.

The presidential transition will likely bring administrative turnover once Faust leaves office. Bacow will quick-

ly begin appointing administrators to help advance his own initiatives and fill recently vacated positions; in one example, he will need to find a new vice president for alumni affairs and development.Faust has said, however, that she will continue the two dean searches currently underway for the Graduate School of Education and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She said she will consult Bacow before selecting a final candidate.

When Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith stepped down on Monday, though, Faust passed the baton to Bacow—he will head the search for Smith’s replacement. Faust led the May 2007 search for Smith just six weeks before she assumed office.

In an email Monday, Faust encouraged Harvard affiliates to share thoughts on the future of FAS and the deanship specifically with the president-elect.

“He has asked me to underscore that he sees the search not only as a way to identify a new dean, but also as a timely opportunity to learn more from many of you about the hopes and views of faculty, students, staff, and alumni throughout the FAS,” Faust wrote.

Faust said she expects Bacow to reach out directly to Harvard affiliates soon. Beyond administrative appointments, Faust has worked to connect Bacow with prominent alumni. At an event earlier this month, Faust said she introduced Bacow to members of the University’s capital campaign executive committee.

“Part of what I said in my remarks to the group as I thanked them was that the best gift they could give me was to support the new president with a commitment and enthusiasm with which they have supported me during my time,” Faust said.

Faust, who meets regularly with members of Congress about issues spanning from immigration reform to the new tax on university endowment returns, said she has asked lawmakers to keep up a working relationship with her office and to continue ongoing discussions about political issues of interest to the University with her successor.

Bacow will officially assume office July 1, and his inauguration will take place Oct. 5.

UC Votes To Fund Student Transport UC FROM PAGE 1 Atkins ’20 said the Committee’s financial woes run deep, and that committee members are “constantly” considering new ideas to shore up the budget.

“This in no way resolves the underlying structural issues that we are facing on FiComm,” Atkins said. “More student organizations are applying for funds.” Agbafe, who ultimately voted in favor of the legislation, urged the Council to consider the implications of drawing down the Emergency Fund.

“Does this qualify as an immediate emergency and would it impede us from possibly being able to take action on some sort of future emergency?”

Agbafe asked.

Rules Committee Chair Wilfried J.K. Zibell ’21 pushed back, arguing the stakes were high enough to warrant the measure. “Our main function on this Council is to help student groups,” Zibell said. “When our ability to do that is impeded, I think that qualifies as an emergency.”

Also at the meeting, the Coun-

cil voted unanimously to fund Mental Health Matters Week, a UC initiative that will feature two petting zoos, massages, and other activities for students. The vote comes two weeks after the Council failed to pass a similar measure due to concerns that the program as designed was trivializing the issue of mental health.

The revised legislation calls for peer counseling group members to attend most events to “promote better access” to mental health resources, according to the legislation.

Harvard Gets HEARTSafe Designation

By AHAB CHOPRA and ASHLEY M. COOPER CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

Harvard College was recognized as a HEARTSafe Campus at an annual conference dedicated to emergency medical services last month.

February’s designation came after CrimsonEMS—a student-run emergency medical services organization—worked for two years to expand and improve cardiac safety measures on campus. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation determined that Harvard has successfully reached the necessary 5 percent threshold of CPR-trained individuals on campus required to receive the designation. CrimsonEMS also worked to provide more accessible Automated External Defibrillators and public trainings.

According to their website, NCEMSF intends to “recognize quality campus based EMS organizations and their communities and hold them out as examples to other campuses as a means to improve overall cardiac arrest care.”

CrimsonEMS began working towards the HEARTSafe designation in the spring of 2016 after learning about it at a NCEMSF conference. Former Development Chief Sophia M. Emmons-Bell ’18 spearheaded the initiative. By the fall of 2016, CrimsonEMS began hosting classes for clubs and organizations like HealthPals and the Freshman Outdoor Program.

Chief of CrimsonEMS Cynthia Luo ’19 said the group has worked hard to expand their programming.

“We’ve been doing outreach initiatives including getting into ‘brain breaks’ for freshmen,” Lou said.

“We’ve tabled in the Science Center.

We tried going into different Houses.

We were just trying as many different ways to get that information out.” To be considered a HEARTSafe campus, EMS organizations have to inform and educate the public about best practices when it comes to being a first responder.

As it worked toward the designation, CrimsonEMS regularly conducted 10-minute hands-only compression sessions for the general public. While these sessions were not as extensive

as the four-hour American Heart Association CPR Classes CrimsonEMS also offered, the shorter time span increased community engagement. They led several of these 10-minute sessions during February’s Heart Health Awareness Month.

“We had families come by, parents really encouraging their kids. Seventy people came by and were excited to learn and demonstrate they talked to us,” Sienna R. Nielsen ’19, who does community outreach for the organization, said. Over the span of two-and-ahalf years, Crimson EMS was able to train 5 percent of the student body.

“It was kind of like little bits and little bits and this designation is kind of just a recognition of that accumulating over time,” Emmons-Bell said.

CrimsonEMS members said the group will continue to train more people, since they must renew their HEARTSafe designation every two years.

“We’re definitely not ramping down,” Emmons-Bell said. “On the logistical side, we need to maintain 5 percent of people but it’s cool that we can expand from this point onward.

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Students Roll to Students Host Vatican Hackathon Zambrero Opening

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ZAMBRERO FROM PAGE 1 donates one meal to a person in need for every meal bought at its stores.

“We wholeheartedly believe we can end world hunger in our lifetime, and expanding into larger markets, like the United States, increases our chances of making this a reality,” wrote Zambrero founder Sam Prince in a press release for the opening.

Zambrero General Manager Bianca Azzopardi attended the restaurant’s opening and talked with customers in a line down Mt. Auburn St. Students said they were satisfied by the free burritos and the shop’s convenient location.

“This is the closest place to get food if you live in Adams, Quincy, and Lev,” Harriet Tieh ’19 said.

Azzopardi said she thinks students will like Zambrero’s healthy take on Mexican fast-food as well as its humanitarian mission to help address world hunger, which she referred to as the “two pillars of our brand.”

She said she hopes the restaurant’s mission will help it attract customers who have a “health consciousness, and also that social consciousness.”

Students attending the restaurant’s opening, though, pointed to other factors that may or may not contribute to Zambrero’s success.

Eva S. DiIanni-Miller ’19 and Tieh said they liked the store’s social mission and atmosphere, but they said students also care about location,

hours, and price.

DiIanni-Miller said the restaurant’s location and hours might help it attract customers, especially because it’s open until midnight, but she thinks Zambrero might have trouble competing with the many other op-

I don’t know if I’d choose it. I think this is healthier and more expensive and Jefe’s is cheaper and tastier.

Eva S. DiIanniMiller ‘19 tions for Mexican food in the Square, including El Jefe’s, Felipe’s, and Chipotle.

“There are so many options in the Square so I don’t know if I’d choose it,” DiIanni-Miller said. “I think this is healthier and more expensive and Jefe’s is cheaper and tastier,” she added.

Staff writer Henry W. Burnes can be reached at henry.burnes@thecrimson.com.

Law School Prof.

Sunstein Wins Holberg

By IRIS M. LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When Law School Professor Cass R. Sunstein found out on March 14 that he was this year’s recipient of the Holberg Prize, he said he was both surprised and gratified.

“It felt like squash had been made an Olympic sport, and I had been informed that I made the team,” Sunstein said. “Meaning, very surprising and slightly surreal—and a great honor.”

The Holberg Prize is a Norwegian award given annually to a researcher who has made great contributions to the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law, or theology.

Sunstein is a researcher in behavioral science and political theory, and his work explores the intersection of the two fields.

The prize—established in 2003— comes with a financial award of 6 million Norwegian kroner, or around $765,000. Sunstein will accept the prize and the money in a ceremony at Norway’s University of Bergen on June 6.

Sunstein has published 48 books and hundreds of scholarly articles, including the New York Times bestseller “Nudge: Improving Decisions About

Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

The Holberg decision committee praised Sunstein’s range and depth, and called his research “wide-ranging, original, prolific, and highly influential.”

Sunstein said he believes he won for “work trying to deepen the foundations of democratic theory”—a major goal of his academic career.

In addition to Harvard, Sunstein has worked at the University of Chicago and was a member of President Barack Obama’s review group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies in 2013.Sunstein said there were many people that have aided him in his academic work.

“When anyone gets a prize, the number of teachers and students and collaborators and friends who are co-recipients is pretty high,” he said.

Law School Professor Laurence H. Tribe, who taught Sunstein, wrote in an email that Sunstein “is a national treasure.”

“His breadth and depth of insight across disciplines is unparalleled, as is his productivity. That he credits me as his mentor is humbling but enormously gratifying,” he wrote.

Sunstein said he is currently working on a book addressing the #MeToo movement and how social norms af-

Archaeologist Randall White Lectures at Peabody Museum

By KATELYN X. LI and LEON K. YANG CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

R andall White, an archaeologist and professor of anthropology at New York University, really digs his job.

“What other jobs could you have that people pay you to do this kind of stuff?” White said to a crowd gathered Tuesday at Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, when asked about the origins of his passion for archaeology.

Delivering this year’s Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture entitled “Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries”, White shed light upon the “treasure trove” of early Aurignacian artwork excavated from French, German, and Romanian archeological sites. The Aurignacian artwork of Upper Paleolithic Europe is the earliest known art made by modern humans.

“In my whole career, I’ve never had the sensation I had when I turned over the block from Blanchard and saw an image that no one had seen for 37,000 years,” White said, referring to an Aurignacian excavation site in France.

“How can you not like this job? Where else can you get that?”

White spent much of the lecture describing discoveries of “personal adornment,” early ornaments like pierced shells and teeth from a variety of animals, such as bears and horses.

White lamented that some ornaments were found damaged and out of their original place because old excavation techniques often carelessly left them in the discarded dirt pile.

“I’ve had the very disagreeable ex­

perience of passing many, many field seasons walking on hundreds of stone artifacts left in the backdirt by these early excavators because they made very severe choices about what they kept,” White said. “For an archaeologist who’s really interested in context, it’s depressing to see what was destroyed.”

Concluding his lecture, White played an audio clip of experimental replicas of Aurignacian flutes.

“We don’t know what the music was like, but we certainly know what the sound qualities of the instruments were,” White said. “It adds a whole new dimension to our thinking of these 40,000 year-old Europeans.”

Jeffrey Quilter, director of the Peabody Museum, praised White for contributing an “outstanding” lecture to the Movius Lecture series, which he described as “one of the high points of our public programs.”

“It’s a special treat to have Dr. Movius’ son here,” Quilter said. “He has been very supportive of the museum in the past, and it’s great that he can share it. He was actually at some of these sites as a youth, so it adds an extra special dimension to the event.”

Geoffrey H. Movius ‘62, Movius’s son, said he enjoyed the talk, and said the lecture series in general serves as “an annual reminder” of his father’s life work.

“I thought it was a fascinating talk,” Movius said.

“This is the largest crowd I’ve seen at one of these. I think my father, after whom this lecture is named, would have been fascinated with what Professor White had to say.”

College students from around the world gathered in Vatican City last week to brainstorm technological solutions to contemporary social issues during a 36-hour “hackathon” organized by Harvard College and Business School students.

VHacks, which took place from March 8 to 11, was a joint-effort between Vatican officials, the Catholic think tank Optic, and students from the College, HBS, and MIT. Cameron W. Akker ’18, the Chief Technology Officer of VHacks, said the hackathon sought to connect technologically talented students from around the world with the resources of the Catholic Church.

After arriving at the Vatican, the program sorted students into teams and assigned them to devise solutions addressing one of the conference’s three themes: social inclusion, interfaith dialogue, and migrants and refugees.

“There’s 1 billion Catholics in the world, so anything that the Church allows or accepts or endorses in some way has quite a broad impact,” Akker said. “Bringing together the technology of these smart young students with the age-old tradition of the Church, the mission was to see what the students can learn from the old institution of the Catholic Church and conversely, what the church can learn

from this new wave of technology coming from these students.”

Between lectures, workshops, and ceremonies, the teams had a total of three days to work on their projects, which were then judged by a panel comprised of corporate sponsors and Vatican officials.

Duo Collegare, a platform that connects volunteers and organizations, won first prize in the Interfaith Dialogue category.

Co.unity, a crowdfunded job board for the homeless, took the gold in Social Inclusion, while Credit/Ability, an application designed to allow refugees to build financial credibility, came out on top in the Migrants and Refugees category.

The winners for each theme received $2,000 and Microsoft MR Goggles for each team member.

Lynn Xie, a Business School student and the Chief Marketing Officer of VHacks, said hackathon organizers worked hard to include a diverse array of participants. Xie noted that students hailed from 28 different countries, including India, Brazil, and the United States.

Forty-five percent of participants were women, a feat which Xie said is hard to achieve in the “male-dominated field” of technology.

Sixty-five percent of students also received corporate sponsorship to cover travel costs.

“We had around 60 universities represented,” Xie said. “We didn’t want this to be an event that was ex-

clusive based on cost so we made sure that people of all socioeconomic backgrounds could attend. And all the major religions were also represented.”

Eric Eidelberg, a master’s student in computer science at the University of Calgary, worked with four other students from his school to create Duo Collegare.

He said his team was inspired by a belief that “there’s too much dialogue and not enough doing” among different religious groups.

“The plan is to onboard multispace religious, agnostic and cultural centers and promote people from different religions and cultures working together for a cause they care about,” Eidelberg said.

“By going to a synagogue, a church, or mosque to get them all to work together-for the homeless, for animals in need, for helping recover from a natural crisis- we try to make religion a non-factor.”

Over the next couple of weeks, teams will submit presentations to the hackathon’s corporate partners such as Google and Salesforce, which—after revisions—will determine which projects to accept into the firms’ “incubation and acceleration programs,” Xie said.

“The prize money is meant to help these winning teams be able to leverage the funding to help bring these projects into life,” Xie said. “It’s not just about identifying the winners, it’s about how do you support them going forward.”

Smith Ponders Early Registration

By ANGELA N. FU and LUCY WANG CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

After years of students cramming into classrooms during “shopping period,” Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith said in an interview earlier this month that FAS should consider reevaluating its class registration process.

Administrators and faculty have engaged in multiple discussions over the years about altering the way students sign up for classes, and Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana rekindled the debate at a Faculty meeting earlier this month. Though there is no official proposal on the table, many faculty members spoke in favor of dropping shopping period, the week at the beginning of the semester during which students can walk in and out of classes before officially enrolling.

Before he became FAS dean—a role he recently announced he will soon give up—Smith taught CS50: “Introduction to Computer Science I.” He said he would start preparations for selecting and training teaching fellows in the semester before the class met and would hold two-week training sessions immediately before the semes-

ter started. If the number of students in the class would “sway tremendously,” though, he said he would have to go find more teaching fellows after the class had already started.

“That’s what we’re trying to avoid from a background in pedagogy as well as a background for students who don’t know to the last minute what they’re supposed to be prepared for,” Smith said. “And the teaching fellows, the graduate students, the undergraduates I had teaching my class all took it extremely seriously.”

In addition to teaching fellows, decisions concerning classroom locations and course materials are dependent on enrollment numbers, Smith said.

“All those decisions get condensed to shopping week,” he said.

Smith said improvements in technology mean that shopping period is no longer necessary for students to get information about classes.

Currently, the course registration system includes the “Q-Guide,” which provides student evaluations on metrics like professor accessibility and the average amount of time students spent on the course. Many professors also upload syllabi and other course documents to Canvas, an online student portal, before the term starts.

“I think the world has changed.

There’s, as you heard at the meeting, many more ways for students to get information about classes than in the past,” Smith said. “Shopping week is a way of doing it, but we should be working to see if there are other alternative ways.”

Smith added that peer institutions could serve as a source of guidance when reevaluating the course registration system.

“We can probably also learn a lot from looking at our peer institutions and how they work registration, which ones might work for us and which ones might not work for us,” Smith said. “We should be asking those questions.”

Though Harvard is not alone in its “shopping week” system, a number of other peer universities require students to register for classes during the previous semester. Yale also has a shopping period, but students must indicate beforehand which courses they want to visit.

Staff writer Angela N. Fu can be reached at angela.fu@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @angelanfu.

Staff writer Lucy Wang can be reached at lucy. wang@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter

HKS Offers ‘Latino Issues’ Fellowship

By ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Harvard Kennedy School is launching a new fellowship aimed at students with a ‘strong commitment’ to Latino issues in honor of the late Lisa M. Quiroz ’83.

Quiroz, an alumnus of the College and the Business School, died on March 16 at 56 of pancreatic cancer. She served as Time Warner’s first diversity officer, according to a press statement released Tuesday. She also worked at Time Inc., heading both Time’s People en Español and Time for Kids publications.

Time Warner—a media conglomerate with subsidiaries like Time Inc., Warner Brothers, and CNN—will fund the fellowship.

According to the press release, Quiroz worked as a minority recruiter with the Admissions and Financial

Aid office during her time at the college. Professor David R. Gergen, the director of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, said as an executive at Time Warner, Quiroz was instrumental in having Time Warner sponsor two conferences at the Center about the “Latino future.”

“We had the great good fortune to discover Lisa several years ago and she fast became a wonderful partner for our Center,” Gergen said. “She worked tirelessly with us to strengthen the leadership development of Hispanic students and others devoted to that community.”

Quiroz had intended to join the Center for Public Leadership as a “Hauser Leader in Residence” next winter, according to Gergen.

Her plans changed after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that proved to be fatal, Gergen said. Af-

ter her diagnosis, Time Warner asked how best to honor her, and she said she wanted to contribute this new fellowship to students at the Kennedy School.

The fellowship, housed at the Center for Public Leadership, will provide funding for students who have demonstrated an interest in reducing disparities in U.S. Latino and other underserved communities. The fellowship will cover tuition, fees, and living expenses for admitted applicants to master’s degree programs at HKS. “This fellowship in Lisa’s name represents a very sad but heartwarming story,” Gergen said. “Words hardly capture how much we are honored by our friendship with her and how much we will miss her.”

Staff writer Alexandra A. Chaidez can be reached at alexandra.chaidez@thecrimson. com. Follow her on Twitter @a_achaidez.

Unionization Advocates Push Voting UNIONIZATION FROM PAGE 1 and sociology Ph.D. student Mo Torres all said they think the union has shifted its outreach strategy to degpartment-specific communications.

English Ph.D. student and HGSU-UAW organizer Andrew B. Donnelly wrote in an email that the goal of focusing on departments is to encourage one-on-one conversations in advance of the election.

“We’re trying to talk to as many people as possible, and the best way to do that is to have colleagues talking to colleagues,” Donnelly wrote.

Fellow HGSU-UAW organizer and Economics Ph.D. student Justin Bloesch agreed.

“We’ve been trying to make sure that the people who are having the conversations are in tune with the issues that are in their departments and affect the people around them,” Bloesch said.

Still, for some, the departmental

focus signals a softer communications strategy. Cheng and Young both said they think outreach efforts this year are slightly quieter than in past years.

Cheng said unionization advocates have been contacting her since 2015.

Torres wrote in an email he thinks more students have participated in outreach efforts this year than did in 2016.

“During the last election, I got the sense that the outreach efforts fell on the shoulders of a relatively small group of graduate student organizers.

This time around, I have seen many, many more students involved in the GOTV campaign,” Torres wrote.

University officials are also working to encourage eligible voters to cast ballots come April. University Director of Labor and Employee Relations Paul R. Curran wrote an email to students Tuesday notifying them voter lists have been finalized and asking eligible students to read about issues surrounding unionization ahead of

the election.

“As we move toward the election, it is critically important to consider the issues at stake and engage in a robust conversation about the potential impact of unionization,” Curran wrote.

Donnelly wrote in an email that, overall, the union organizers’ revamped voter outreach efforts address a perceived need for more dialogue between student workers.

“The lesson is more dialogue, more listening, more conversations,” Donnelly wrote.

In addition to their departmental efforts, the union plans to hold weekly information sessions and events between now and April 18.

Staff writer Shera S. Avi-Yonah can be reached at shera.avi-yonah@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter at @saviyonah.

Staff writer Molly C. McCafferty can be reached at molly.mccafferty@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter at @mollmccaff.

EDITORIAL THE CRIMSON EDITORIAL BOARD

In Favor of Harvard’s ‘Bureaucratic Headache’ Shopping week enhances the effectiveness of the liberal arts system of education to which the College is committed

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t a recent monthly faculty meeting, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences discussed a proposal to eliminate “shopping week” and establish a pre-registration system in its place. Many professors expressed concern that “shopping week”—the present course-registration system where students have one week to “shop” and explore courses before making enrollment choices—creates an uncertainty over the size of the class until the very end of the first week of semester. This uncertainty, several professors have said, negatively affects not only professors but also their teaching fellows and their departmental staff. While we understand their point of view, we strongly believe that shopping week is an indispensable opportunity for students to explore their interests.

Unaware of how large their classes will be, professors understandably find it difficult to completely plan their courses. They cannot decide on the number of teaching fellows, who face uncertainty over their schedules. For administrators too, shopping week is troublesome. Stephanie Kenen, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Administrative Director of the Program in General Education, has described it as a “bureaucratic headache.”

We recognize these problems shopping week poses to course staff and administrators. However, given how pos-

itively shopping week contributes to the student experience at Harvard, we maintain that eliminating it is a bad idea.

We strongly support the current form of shopping week and are opposed to any plan or proposal to eliminate it in favor of a pre-registration system.

Shopping week enhances the effectiveness of the liberal arts system of ed-

We are lucky to have such a unique, flexible system. It is up to us to make the most of it. ucation to which the College is committed. Thanks to a week of exploration of courses, students have the opportunity to consider classes and concentrations they would not have otherwise thought about pursuing. Furthermore, students can have a real experience with a class and its teaching staff before actually enrolling, giving them a chance to think whether a particular class will be a good fit for them. Perusing the syllabus and student evaluations of a course will surely give students information about it, but cannot supplant the experience of sitting in a classroom.

Shopping week also provides Harvard a tangible benefit in student experience over its peer institutions, many of

which share the orthodox pre-registration system. In a pre-registration system, students are expected to roughly finalize their courses before the semester even starts. In contrast, with a shopping week like Harvard’s, students can start the semester with virtually no idea about what courses they will end up taking. This allows students to truly experience the richness of Harvard’s academic offerings.

That being said, we also believe that the administration should find ways to address faculty concerns surrounding shopping week without its elimination. We are especially worried about the challenges faced by teaching fellows. We implore the University to act to making their teaching experiences as stress-free and organized as possible.

Finally, we urge our fellow students to take shopping week seriously, which will not only help professors give their courses a robust start, but also prevent students from falling behind in their courses. We are lucky to have such a unique, flexible system. It is up to us to make the most of it.

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.

Don’t Let Cambridge Get Into Its Zone Housing restrictions in Cambridge worsen housing crises in other communities Will H. MACARTHUR THE ‘BRIDGE

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arvard, MIT, and Lesley University employ nearly 22,000 people at sites located in Cambridge. Out of the city’s top 25 employers, eight are biotechnology companies, two are research and development firms, and five are software and internet technology companies. These companies’ workers combine to make another 19,300 individuals, meaning that even without counting graduate students, more than 40,000 people work in Cambridge at its universities and the high-paying employers in its “knowledge economy” that stem from their presence.

If each of these people lived alone, they would occupy nearly 78 percent of the total housing units in Cambridge. Even if each household had an average of two employees in those fields, it would still take more than a third of the city’s housing stock to house each person who works at a university or technology company in Cambridge.

The Fifteen Minutes Magazine housing issue published two weeks ago describes the challenges facing University employees and graduate students, and explains the state of the housing crisis in Cambridge and the terms of debate around it. The pieces shed light on a housing market where demand far outpaces supply, stemming largely from the universities.

The responsibility for meeting this housing demand, however, should fall at least as much on the city itself as on the universities. Cambridge has incredibly stable finances and the lowest residential property tax rate of any city or town in greater Boston. This is largely possible because the city receives 65 percent of its tax revenue from businesses, the highest rate allowed by Massachusetts law. The city also benefits from many community benefits programs provided by universities. In accepting these benefits, the city also accepts an obliga-

tion to meet the housing demand of the workers at these institutions, and it has not been meeting it.

While Cambridge has permitted some new units, the Boston Foundation estimated that the city has actually lost a net 95 units of housing since 2011. To its credit, the city has permitted many new units in the past few years, and is the tenth densest municipality in the United States. But this density, coupled with the dearth of housing, is also an environmental hazard, as Cambridge’s jobs-tohousing ratio of 2.6 is far above the window that the EPA describes as “beneficial for reducing vehicle miles traveled,” and does not even include the roughly 30,000 students who attend school in Cambridge but do not live on campus.

If Cambridge fails to achieve housing growth that matches its job growth, these workers and students do not simply disappear. Many pool incomes with roommates, pricing out families in Cambridge, or else move to other communities where their incomes surpass those of other current and potential residents. Either way, the result of this housing shortage relative to opportunities in employment and education is the displacement of low- and moderate-income residents as rents rise.

Cambridge is considering several steps aimed at preventing the displacement of Cantabrigians. Councillor Dennis J. Carlone argued for a council order to draft legislation that would give tenants the first chance to buy their apartments during condominium conversions, and several Cambridge City Council candidates, including two other current councillors, signed on to a petition last fall that would require MIT to provide 1,800 units of graduate student housing. While these proposals, and similar requirements such as inclusionary zoning that set aside specific new rent-restricted units of housing, are a vital part of improving affordability in Cambridge, they can only be successful in tandem with robust increases in housing supply.

There is a simple policy change that the city can make to contribute to this housing supply: moving toward less restrictive zoning. Several candidates for City Council from many sides of the

housing debate proposed creating a citywide affordable housing overlay, allowing buildings with affordable housing to build at higher densities than surrounding neighborhoods, and the Housing Committee held a public hearing on the topic in 2015. The city has also made progress by allowing basement housing units. But the magnitude of the housing crisis requires comprehensive zoning reform.

The city’s zoning map reveals the patchwork of densities allowed throughout the city. Further, the neighborhoods with the most restrictive zoning are disproportionately high-income, have had very few multifamily buildings permitted this decade, and have disproportionately high rents and home prices. If the city is serious about creating enough housing to reduce the housing crisis, it should rezone to eliminate policies that restrict development. This would also allow the city to undertake other progressive changes like further increasing the inclusionary zoning requirement with less concern about unintentionally limiting new housing production.

Cambridge is a great place to live for many reasons; we have many jobs, good schools, strong public services, and great public amenities. It is neither possible nor desirable to stop people from realizing this and wishing to live here. We have unique opportunities to extract community benefits from universities, companies, and developers, and the city has done this admirably. But with these opportunities come the responsibility to accommodate the housing demand that is created, and this means allowing much more housing development. When we fail to do so, we shift the burden not just onto Cantabrigians who pay higher rents in the city, but onto communities from Medford and Malden to Meriden, Conn., which must grapple with all of our overflow housing demand without the benefits that come from running a city where everyone wants to be. This isn’t fair.

Will H. MacArthur ’20 is a Social Studies concentrator living in Currier House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays.

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The Danger of America’s Gun Rhetoric

By TREVOR W. BISHAI

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ne day, we could be walking through the Yard when we first hear the shots. We could be sitting in section or studying in the Science Center on a crisp, sunny morning when someone decides to walk into our university with a lethal weapon and commit mass murder. Though even the idea alone is troubling, and I truly hope this will never come to fruition, our generation cannot dismiss the epidemic of gun violence that has torn across this country. While we need to be active proponents of common-sense gun laws to make progress on this long-overdue problem, we also need to be intolerant of vastly unfounded rhetoric on this issue because of the danger it poses to our society.

It’s not just that we have a gun problem. We have a political problem: The government’s inability to protect us from the gun problem. Despite hunWhile we need to be dreds of mass shootings every year, our active proponents of politicians remain common-sense gun unwilling to reasonaddress this islaws to make progress ably sue and enact comon this long-overdue mon-sense gun reform. We have problem, we also seen shootings beneed to be intolerant come routine: The news headlines, of vastly unfounded the thoughts and rhetoric on this issue prayers, the vigand the advocabecause of the danger ils, cy for gun reform it poses to our society. that ultimately goes in vain. Each time, they follow a predictable pattern. But this routine must end.

In defense of their failure to act, some politicians use arguments so absurd that they become dangerous. Chief among these is the idea that gun restrictions won’t help because criminals don’t follow the law. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, where 17 people were killed in an attack just a few weeks ago, has said that someone who just wants a gun to carry out a crime is not going to follow the law. By this logic, we should make no effort to pass laws about anything. This is the equivalent of saying that we shouldn’t have a speed limit because people who want to speed will do so anyway. And although speeding and committing mass murder are two different things, laws work. In fact, after a national speed limit was enacted in 1973, nationwide traffic deaths went down by nearly 17 percent across the country. It’s hard to imagine how banning assault weapons or reducing the number of guns per person would not result in fewer gun deaths and mass shootings.

Our politicians need to agree that gun safety laws should be enacted. This issue goes beyond partisan divides. Almost all countries that have implemented gun reform laws of any kind have seen a substantial reduction in gun deaths, and it is simple common sense to adopt this lesson from other countries. Our arguments should not be about whether we should enact gun safety laws at all, but rather which laws to enact.

We also must acknowledge that the argument articulated by Rubio—perhaps the least compelling, most unfounded argument against gun legislation—becomes dangerous if we give it any credit. If our leaders continue entertaining these ignorant ideas by accepting the permanence of gun violence, they risk normalizing it more than it already has been. Gun violence is too dangerous and consequential an isAmerica’s gun sue to remain this negligent, and an violence epidemic extreme aversion will only be solved by toward establishing gun safety laws a mass movement of perfectly embodprotest, lobbying, and ies such negligence.

We cannot allow an public advocacy. acceptance of unfounded rhetoric to lead us to take for granted that our nation will experience regular mass shootings.

America’s gun violence epidemic will only be solved by a mass movement of protest, lobbying, and public advocacy because our federal elected officials have shown themselves incapable of legislating common sense alone. The outpouring of advocacy from young people in Parkland, Fla., as well as the marches and petitions sweeping the country, are hopeful signs. But more advocacy is greatly needed. We must discredit the absurd, dangerous arguments flowing through our politics until politicians realize that ignorance can no longer work on this issue.

As students of one of the most prominent universities in the world, we must be both outspoken against but also intolerant of the dangerous idea that gun laws won’t work.

They will.

Trevor W. Bishai ‘21 is an Editorial comper in Canaday Hall.

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Ryan Donato Plays in First Game as a Boston Bruin MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

By SPENCER R. MORRIS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

BOSTON — Not many NCAA hockey players can say that they have skated for three teams in a single season. Former Harvard standout Ryan Donato is an exception.

Sunday night, the junior announced his early departure from the College to join the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins, just two days after the Harvard men’s hockey season concluded and a month after returning from his stint for team USA in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Donato, who inked a two-year entry-level deal with his hometown team, promptly hit the ice with his new teammates for a morning skate on Monday before his NHL debut that evening.

The Scituate, Mass., native had one of the busiest days of his life, but his first day as a Bruin will certainly be one to remember.

Before logging even 10 minutes of ice time in the black and gold, Donato tallied his first NHL goal on a one-timer from his lethal office: the left circle.

An ecstatic Donato and a roaring TD Garden crowd made for the highlight of an already momentous day in the life and career of the recent Crimson iceman.

“It’s a whirlwind experience,” Donato said, before pivoting to discuss his goal. “I’m pretty sure I blacked out during it. It was a lot of fun, and I still can’t believe it happened myself.”

The jam-packed day began with a casual but important skate at Boston’s practice facility, the Warrior Ice Arena. While only half an hour in duration, the morning run-through allowed Donato to ease into his NHL gig and get to know his new team—a squad that includes both future hall-of-famers and up-and-coming stars.

Head coach Bruce Cassidy did not waste much time getting his young forward involved. Donato led the pre-practice stretch, surrounded on all sides by his new teammates.

The second-round draft pick’s acclimation was made easier by the fact he recognized plenty of the faces in the locker room. By virtue of attending Boston’s development camp for each of the last three summers, the left-hander had already met six skaters in Monday night’s lineup. Among these was ex-Denver forward Danton Heinen, who played the wing opposite Donato in his debut.

Another familiar face for this year’s ECAC Player of the Year was the oldest competitor on the ice on Monday, 39-year-old forward Brian Gionta. The 5’7” NHL veteran captained the USA Olympic team for which Donato played in February and promises to be a valuable mentor for the recent signing. “[Gionta] played with him over at the Olympics,” Coach Cassidy said after Monday’s morning skate. “That’s a good guy to have right away to bounce ideas off on the bench. [Ryan] should have plenty of feedback.”

Donato could not escape the media after the skate. Journalists, television stations, and radio commentators battled to hear the 21-year-old’s thoughts on his first day in the NHL. While the

NEW TEAM, SAME DONATO Former Harvard star Ryan Donato made his NHL debut on Monday. The academic junior notched his first professional goal and chipped in two assists in the team’s 5-4 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. COURTESY OF THE BOSTON BRUINS

attention may have been distracting, Donato had his eyes set on the main event.

At 7:00 p.m. the puck dropped for Donato’s inaugural NHL game, with a streaking Columbus Blue Jackets team in town and looking for two points. The tilt marked the culmination of a life’s dedication to hockey.

“During warmups actually, I was just kind of taken away,” Donato said.

“It kind of felt like a dream, and I really didn’t even get that warmed up because I was too focused on everything else and just kind of the whole situation… It was an unbelievable experience.”

The late scratch of Bruins forward Rick Nash meant coach Cassidy needed a fill-in for second-line left wing duties. Donato received a promotion without even taking a NHL shift, getting bumped up from the fourth line to fill Nash’s void. Plus, Donato received ice time with the second power play unit, so the team was counting on his contribution from his very first shift.

“It’s kind of a unique situation where I come in when the team is needing players,” Donato said of his unforeseen top-six role in his debut. “I’m just happy that they thought highly enough of me to put me in those situations to have success. When you’re playing

with great players, it’s not too hard to have success.”

The ex-Harvard iceman did not disappoint. Almost six minutes into the middle frame, Donato ripped a giveand-go pass short-side on Columbus goaltender Joonas Korpisalo.

He celebrated with his linemates.

He celebrated with the home crowd.

He celebrated with his family and college teammates in attendance and with the entire city of Boston, hailing its newest hometown hockey prodigy.

“For me, it was a blessing,” said Donato, when asked about debuting at home. “Some people would think it’s tough just because there’s a lot of commotion with your friends...but those are the people—friends and family— that support you, and I couldn’t be happier to have these guys here.”

As if scoring in his first game was not enough, Donato followed his goal with a pair of assists and became one of the Bruins’ major creators of offense.

For the Dexter School product, though, it was business as usual.

“I think early, he was trying to make some plays but then realized, ‘Listen, just play to your strength,’” Coach Cassidy said of Donato’s debut performance. “I’m sure there’s a few teaching moments once you go back over the gap tape…but I liked him a lot. I’m sure

[center David Krejci] did as well, they seemed to have some good chemistry.”

Despite Donato’s best effort, he will have to wait until Wednesday for another crack at his first NHL win. The Blue Jackets stole the game in overtime, 5-4.

“It was fun. Obviously it ended tough,” Donato said. “It all went well personally, but obviously it’s still bitter because of the loss.”

Win or lose, Donato’s individual performance left Bruins fans giddy with excitement. Sure, he marked up the score sheet. But perhaps more importantly for a break-in player, Donato acted as a determining force in the game without hesitation. The same Ryan Donato Harvard saw for three seasons and Team USA saw for three weeks came out to skate Monday night.

“This is one game, but some of the guys that come in, you saw this with [defenseman Charlie] McAvoy,” Coach Cassidy said, noting that Donato fearlessly put forth his brand of hockey.

“He just played his game. It would be great if he has similar success…. [I’m] very impressed by that, to be able to come in here, especially [in] your home town, maybe [with] some jitters there.”

In a span barely longer than 24 hours, the former Crimson centerpiece signed a professional contract, began

integrating himself with his new team, handled an onslaught of media attention, and accomplished a milestone he will never forget.

Not bad for a day’s work. But, even with his newfound limelight and shiny NHL contract, Donato left TD Garden late Monday night planning to return to his same old dorm room in Harvard’s Winthrop House.

Not only is the forward living at school for the time being, but he also plans to complete the academic semester. The sociology concentrator has every intention of earning his degree, ideally at the same time the rest of his class does, even if it means lugging his books on the team’s road trips.

Over the next few months, Ryan Donato will navigate the tricky balance between his professional hockey obligations and his schooling. For now, you can catch him in class Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m.—no, that is not a misprint. The academic junior will attend lecture and take notes as if Monday’s events simply never happened.

In reality, though, Donato could not have experienced a more thrilling— and exhausting—first day as a Boston Bruin.

Staff writer Spencer R. Morris can be reached at spencer.morris@thecrimson.com

Harvard Defeats Boston University in Overtime Thriller

OL MY GOODNESS Freshman midfielder Charlie Olmert treads near the sideline in Tuesday night’s OT win against BU. The Crimson scored seven unanswered points in the final seven minutes to finish the comeback victory. HENRY ZHU—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER MEN’S LACROSSE

By GEORGE HU CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Before Tuesday’s matchup at home against Boston University, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team had trailed in only one of its six previous contests.

Even then, in that overtime loss to Holy

Cross, the largest deficit the Crimson faced was a mere two goals.

All of that changed on Tuesday night, when Harvard found itself struggling to keep up with the Terriers’ high-powered offense. After Boston University attackman James Burr found the back of the net at the 7:06 mark of the fourth quarter, the Crimson trailed 18-12, by far its largest defi-

cit of the season.

Harvard had threatened to come back twice already in the final frame, but the Terriers had responded both times. With the clock ticking down to zero, it looked as if the Crimson would suffer their second loss of the season.

Then Harvard scored six goals in the span of seven minutes, including the final one with just 0:48 remaining,

to knot the score at 18 apiece. In sudden death overtime, the Crimson got the game-winner from senior attackman Morgan Cheek, completing one of the largest comebacks in program history.

With the dramatic win, Harvard (6-1, 1-0 Ivy) secured its best start to a season since 1990. Meanwhile, Boston University (4-5, 0-3 Patriot) suffered its third straight loss after a promising start to the year.

“I thought our team showed incredible heart, continuing to fight,” Harvard coach Chris Wojcik said. “We were playing very poorly defensively, getting outplayed there at times, but we kept our composure, kept playing, and didn’t panic. Hats off to the players for their resiliency and effort, especially down the stretch.”

Several notable records fell during the high scoring affair, as match-winner Cheek broke the all-time program record for most points in a game with 13. His eight assists also tied the program record. As an attacking unit, Cheek combined with fellow senior Joe Lang and sophomore Kyle Anderson to tally 30 points all together, another program record.

“I’ve been struggling to get into a rhythm all season, seeing a lot of new things defenses are throwing at me,” Cheek said. “I hadn’t really had a game where I thought I played well yet, but today, I was able to hit some shots and also set up other guys for opportunities.”

The Crimson needed every single one of the points in its record-breaking haul. The Terriers attacking trio of Burr, Chris Gray, and Jack Wilson combined for 21 points themselves, nearly

outscoring Harvard on their own up until halfway through the fourth quarter. Up to that point, Boston University had found creases left and right in the Crimson defense and capitalized with clinical finishes.

“We definitely struggled defensively, especially in our one-on-one matchups,” Wojcik said. “Their attack unit is very good at moving around, forcing us to rotate a lot and opening up space for good shots. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter, when we got possession a couple times in a row on face-offs, that we were able to stop the bleeding.”

Freshman faceoff specialist Steven Cuccurullo was instrumental in that fourth quarter stretch in which the team clawed back into the game, winning five crucial face-offs to keep the momentum on the home team’s side.

His last face-off win gave the Crimson first crack in overtime, and it was a chance that the team did not squander.

Down the stretch Anderson played a key role, setting his career-high for goals with seven on the night. Between the 5:38 and 1:12 mark of the fourth quarter, he scored four straight to bring the score from 18-13 to 18-17. Anderson used a variety of maneuvers to finish, scoring around defenders and from tight angles to bring his team back into the game.

“It was a whirlwind of a game, and getting those goals down the stretch was a great feeling,” Anderson said.

“Every guy on this team has an important role to play, and I was just glad I was able to contribute in my role.”

Staff writer George Hu can be reached at george.hu@thecrimson.com

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