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Cambridge’s universal pre-K is an indication of Congress’ failure
The Women’s Center hosted its 16th annual women’s week
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vard’s premier arena for political speech, discussion, and debate,” Miller wrote. The event began with Ukrainian student Nika O. Rudenko ’24 sharing a personal account of the war in Ukraine and its impact on her. “I’m originally from Donetsk, Ukraine, which means that in 2014 we were forced to flee my hometown,” she said. “At that moment, my life changed forever, and five days ago, my life changed again.” Rudenko also called on Harvard to disclose any potential financial connections to Russia. “We believe that the policymakers have the power and moral obligation to make Harvard disclose its investments or provide proof that there are no companies or funds affiliated with Russia,” she said. Harvard spokesperson Jason A. Newton previously declined to comment on whether the school has financial ties to Russian companies.
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Ash Carter Talks Ukraine at IOP By MILES J. HERSZENHORN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
At Wednesday Night’s IOP Forum, former US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter discussed the current war in Ukraine. MILES J. HERSZENHORN—CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERZX
Doyle Says New DIB Dean Coming Soon By FELICIA HE and JAMES R. JOLIN CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
The dean of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Francis J. Doyle III, said last week he hopes the school will name a new head for its Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the coming weeks. Doyle’s remarks come nearly four months after the office’s former leader, Alexis J. Stokes, departed in December 2021. Stokes, who served as SEAS’s assistant dean for diversity, inclusion and belonging from October 2020 to last December before departing for a job in Harvard’s central administration, has left “big shoes to be filled,” Doyle said last Friday. “We have a full-court press now on interviewing, screening, and now getting to finalists,” Doyle said. Doyle said the school’s DIB office is in “good hands” in the interim under Christina Z. Patel, who has headed DIB initiatives following Stokes’ departure. Doyle also said the school INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Cambridge will Distribute New Trash Carts By KATERINA V. CORR CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
has made progress on recruiting diverse staff, faculty, and students, adding that SEAS is performing “well above national averages on diversity” compared to other schools. Doyle acknowledged, however, that a gender disparity remains between SEAS and the College overall. “We still have to close the gap,” he said. Shi Le Wong ’22, who serves as a DIB fellow at SEAS, wrote in an email that SEAS needs “more transparent and regular data reporting” in order for affiliates to evaluate the school’s diversity progress. “While we definitely put out diversity related recruitment events, I think we will need more specific feedback mechanisms to determine if the diverse student recruitment is actually a result of our efforts rather than by chance,” she wrote. Doyle said he hopes to hire a new assistant dean who will be able to implement an updated school-wide climate survey.
Cambridge’s Department of Public Works has a new solution keep the streets squeaky clean: new trash carts intended in part to rein in the city’s rat problem. The city will distribute new trash carts to “all buildings where the City collects their” trash in June to replace residents’ current trash barrels, it announced last month. According to the announcement, the goals of the initiative are to control the city’s rodent roblem, ease the lifting burden on trash collection staff, and improve “sidewalk accessibility.” “Some municipalities provide trash carts, recycle carts, and other carts,” DPW Recycling Director Michael Orr said in an interview. “Cambridge hasn’t, and one of the big impetuses for changing that is we want to do a better job of controlling rodents in the community.” Roughly 45 percent of current trash barrels have holes in them, according to the city’s announcement — “a sign of rodent activity.” Daniel Riviello, who works
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter discussed the historical events leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its global consequences at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum on Wednesday evening. Carter was joined by his former chief of staff, Eric B. Rosenbach — co-director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center — at the event, which was held less than a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine. Wednesday’s event was the most-attended IOP forum since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as loosening safety restrictions allowed the IOP to raise its capacity limit “for the first time since resuming in-person events in September,” according to IOP spokesperson Lauren L. Miller. “We’re excited to safely welcome more people back to Har-
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As the Harvard Anthropology department grapples with the aftermath of sexual harassment allegations against professor John L. Comaroff, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Claudine Gay said the FAS has provided professional counseling “to rebuild trust and promote healing” in the department. Gay placed Comaroff on unpaid leave in January after two separate investigations by the FAS and Harvard’s Office for Dispute Resolution found that he violated the school’s sexual harassment and professional conduct policies. Fifteen tenured Anthropology professors called for Comaroff’s resignation last month after federal lawsuit filed against Harvard detailed a decade of harassment allegations against him. The suit alleged that the University mishandled its investigations into the allegations against Comaroff, a professor of African and African American Studies and Anthropology. The Anthropology Department has been roiled in recent years by allegations of toxicity and gender-based harassment. In an interview Wednesday, Gay said FAS leaders attended an Anthropology Department town hall last month addressing the recent sanctions and backlash from students and faculty. “This is a really challenging time for the department — and really, for a number of departments — and there are efforts underway to work to rebuild trust,” Gay said. The FAS has offered
Source: U.S. House Office of the Clerk. Figures from Dartmouth are not avaliable. Entities that spend less than $13,000 on lobbying per quarter are not required to register with the Clerk.
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Anthro. Dept. Gets FAS Support FAS Dean Claudine Gay said the FAS is supplying counseling in wake of Comaroff fallout
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Harvard spent $560,000 on federal lobbying during President Joe Biden’s first year in office, pacing the Ivy League alongside Yale, which spent the same amount. The school’s expenditures put it atop the Ivy League for the fifth time in the last six years. The University’s lobbying expenditures rose $5,000 from 2020 levels, breaking a four-year trend of decreases. In the last decade, Harvard’s lobbying peaked in 2017 under former President Donald J. Trump’s administration, reaching $610,000. During 2021, representatives from Harvard’s Office of Federal Relations and University President Lawrence S. Bacow continued to lobby the White House and Capitol Hill on key issues related to immigration
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and higher education, according to Harvard spokesperson Jason A. Newton. “Key issues include robust federal funding for research and student aid, welcoming immigration policies for international students and scholars, support for DREAMers and other undocumented students, balanced research policies, and incentives for charitable giving,” Newton wrote in an emailed statement. Harvard also continued to support Covid-19 relief and stimulus bills. The University spent $130,000 lobbying in the first quarter of 2021, gradually increasing its quarterly expenditures before plateauing at $145,000 for the second half of the year. Harvard continued to lobby for increased funding for higher education, including the Pell
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The City of Cambridge’s Public Works Department will provide residents with new trash carts this summer. PEI CHAO ZHO—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
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The Harvard College Women’s Center and Latinas Unidas are hosting a discussion on Latinx experiences at Harvard. Expect vision board making, chisme, and sweet treats!
First Ukrainian City Falls
Russian troops took over the Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, simultaneously besieging the port city of Mariupol and the county’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Kherson’s mayor announced in a statement that troops forced their way into the city’s council building.
Principles of Time Management with the ARC Grays Hall Common Room, 7-8:30 p.m. The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations is hosting an open house for attendees to learn more about the Foundation and its work. Interns will discuss the Foundation’s historical significance and current initiatives. Join for boba, merch, and more. Battle for Yardfest Sanders Theater, 7 p.m. Eagerly awaiting who will be opening this year’s Yardfest? Join your classmates to vote on the two opening acts! Previous headline artists have included Lil Yachty, Steve Aoki, and Bazzi. There will be a raffle for an undisclosed prize for those who attend.
Prosecutors Begin Arguments Against First Jan. 6th Defendant
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AROUND THE IVIES YALE: Amid Broader Restructuring, Yale Begins Search for New Public Health Dean —THE YALE DAILY NEWS
COLUMBIA: Art Humanities Adds Women, Artists of Color to Syllabus in First Significant Revision Since 1947 —THE COLUMBIA SPECTATOR CORNELL: Unity for Ukraine: Cornellians Protest for Peace on Ho Plaza
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The trial of Guy Wesley Reffitt began on Wednesday, marking the first criminal trial regarding the January 6th Capitol attack. Reffitt is accused of obstructing the work of Congress through his participation in the attack, which is one of five counts against him. Prosecutors allege that beyond a standoff with the police, he participated in active planning of the attack.
State Attorneys General Launch Probe Into TikTok’s Effects on Children
A coalition of state attorneys general from eight states, including Massachusetts, announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on children. They are specifically interested in whether or not the company has designed its platform in a manner that harms the mental and physical health of children and teenagers. TikTok has said it would provide information about steps it has taken to protect teens.
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY Ten Students Won’t Partake in Lottery
The housing office announced that ten “forced commuters” granted housing in Apley Court, then a part of Dudley House, would not be able to participate in the housing lottery, as their housing in Apley Court was a “fluke.” March 3, 1980
Cornel West Opens Democracy Teach-Ins
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CORRECTIONS The March 2 story “IOP Launches Scholarship Program” incorrectly stated five to seven of the of Harvard IOP’s 32-member Student Advisory Committee are eligible to apply for the Institute’s new scholarship program. In fact, all Student Advisory Committee members are eligible to apply, but only five to seven will be awarded the scholarship. The March 2 story “Paul Farmer Remembered for Humility” incorrectly stated HMS lecturer Jason B. Silverstein is a former member of the Gen Ed 1093 teaching staff. In fact, Silverstein is a current member of the course staff. The March 1 story “Cafe and Yoga Studio Open Wellness Collaborative” incorrectly stated the Wellness Collaborative plans to open a second location in Boston’s South End in March. In fact, the collaborative plans to open its second location in May.
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Harvard Lobbying Totals $560k Grant Preservation and Expansion Act, which is supported by more than 60 American research universities. The act would double the maximum grant amounts under the program and expand its coverage, which currently includes 34 percent of American undergraduates. Harvard also lobbied for the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, which would fund the NSF through 2026 and expand STEM education. The University also continued to lobby for immigration reform, most notably the American Dream and Promise Act along with the Dream Act. Both bills would create new avenues to citizenship. Bacow has penned multiple letters advocating for immigration reform, including one last year calling on the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals program, a position endorsed by the Biden administration. While no immigration reform bills Harvard lobbied for in 2021 passed, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan, a Covid-19 relief bill backed by Harvard. Additional bills addressing the pandemic continue to languish in Congress. The Harvard School of Public Health also hired Center Road Solutions, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm. HPSH spent less than $35,000 on its lobbying efforts — a drop from last year’s total of $40,000. Ivy League schools spent more than $2.7 million on lobbying in 2021. Yale also spent $560,000 on lobbying last year, tying Harvard. Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania trailed close behind, with expenditures of $480,000 and $405,000, respectively. Consistent with pre-
vious years, Columbia, Brown, and Dartmouth spent the least out of the Ivy League schools. For several consecutive years, Dartmouth’s lobbying activity has fallen below the minimum threshold for disclosure. Yale, Princeton, and Harvard saw slight increases in lobbying expenditures compared to 2020. Brown, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania all continued downward trends in spending that began in 2019. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania lobbied against the excise tax on large university endowments, supporting the Don’t Tax Higher Education Act — a bill that would repeal the endowment tax. Harvard and Penn also backed a second endowment tax bill, the Higher Education Endowment Tax Reform Act, which would phase out the tax so long as universities give fi-
nancial aid to students. Harvard has long contended that the endowment tax undercuts the school’s ability to support its students and research. In an interview with The Crimson in November 2017, former University President Drew G. Faust called the endowment tax a “blow at the strength of higher education.” The endowment tax is a part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the flagship tax reform championed by the Trump administration. “The University, a charitable tax-exempt organization, is non-partisan, but is active in Washington with policymakers in Congress and the Administration on issues of importance to the University and its faculty and students,” Newton, the Harvard spokesperson, wrote. cara.chang@thecrimson.com isabella.cho@thecrimson.com
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Cambridge will Replace Garbage Carts in Cambridge’s Public Information Office, noted that many Cambridge residents may not realize that their current trash barrels are in poor condition. “A lot of times barrels can be expensive for residents to buy, so they may go with cheaper options that aren’t as thick,” he said. “They may have gotten them years ago and don’t realize that they really need to be replaced to make sure that the lids are still closing tightly and that there’s no cracks in it or
holes in it.” However, the trash carts that will be distributed to residents are not “rodent resistant,” unlike the city’s compost carts. “It’s really important that food waste not go in your trash — that it go in your compost bin,” Riviello said. “[Compost bins] are much more rodent resistant than any trash bin will be because they have a locking lid, there’s thick plastic, and it keeps the food separated from the trash.” “We estimate somewhere
between 40 and 50 percent of residents compost right now,” Orr said. “We definitely have some room for improvement.” In addition to rodent control, city officials hope the change will unclutter sidewalks less cluttered. “These carts will have attached lids as opposed to detachable lids, which will help with just less stuff on the street during collections day,” Orr said. The city plans to host two virtual sessions for residents to
learn about the trash carts and composting and will send out a postcard with additional information in April. “We’re planning on doing some outreach at libraries — maybe bring in the new trash carts that we’re going to be giving out and showing people what it looks like, how to use it,” Orr said. The distribution initiative was well-received when proposed, according to Orr. katerina.corr@thecrimson.com
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Profile Released for City Manager By ELIAS J. SCHISGALL CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
The Cambridge City Council discussed a newly-released draft of a leadership profile for Cambridge’s next city manager during a virtual meeting of the Government Operations, Rules, and Claims committee Wednesday afternoon. The leadership profile outlines the skills, qualifications, and experience the Council will look for during the selection process for the new manager, an appointed official who oversees the city budget and day-today municipal operations. The current city manager, Louis A. DePasquale, plans to retire this summer. “ The City Manager will demonstrate an ability to work closely and creatively with the City Council, City departments, stakeholders, and residents,” the profile reads. “The ideal candidate will address issues through strategic thinking and long term plans, seeing the big picture and taking a systemic approach to rectify the problem.” The profile also emphasizes the “opportunities and challenges” the new manager will face in expanding affordable housing, improving transportation infrastructure, and fighting climate change. “While Cambridge has been intentional in its resiliency efforts and attempts to reduce local emissions, we have missed recent emissions targets and do not appear to be on track to hit our 2030 climate goals,” the profile reads. “The next City Manager must understand the importance and urgency of the climate crisis and embrace the
challenge of making Cambridge a leader in resiliency and emissions reductions.” The profile was developed by Randi Frank Consulting LLC, a third-party consultant firm coordinating the search. Randi Frank and the Council released the profile after more than a month of extensive community outreach by Randi Frank and the Council, including nearly 20 focus groups with community leaders and a public comment website that received over 4,000 comments. Cambridge Vice Mayor Alana M. Mallon, the chair of the Government Operations committee and the leader of the search process, said the Council’s push for public engagement was designed to foster diversity both among the stakeholders involved and the applicants. “We democratize the process to ensure for a broader range of voices even to develop the leadership profile, to ensure that we have a diverse set of candidates at the end,” Mallon said. Once the profile is finalized later this month, the consulting firm will distribute it to groups of potential applicants, including the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, and the League of Women in Government. “We’re really trying to diversify and make sure that we’re getting this leadership profile in front of the right eyeballs,” Mallon said. “As a city, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and so we really need to be intentional about recruiting.” elias.schisgall@thecrimson.com
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With Universal Pre-K, Cambridge’s Win is America’s Loss Our political institutions have failed to secure the best for their youngest citizens.
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niversal pre-school is coming to Cambridge. In an afternoon meeting on Feb. 14, Cambridge City Councilors in conjunction with the Cambridge School Committee discussed the plan to increase accessibility, affordability, and quality of childhood education for all. The goal – as outlined by Lisa Grant, the director of Birth to 3rd Grade Partnership and Ellen M. Semonoff, the assistant city manager – is to successfully implement universal pre-K by 2026. Specific implementation details aside, the debate over universal pre-K’s value is no-brainer: We are, as usual, supportive of any initiative that increases the quality or accessibility of education. Learning has profound, intrinsic value; promoting knowledge and it’s pursuit is inherently good, for almost any age group. That’s only more true for universal education programs and other policies likely to have a positive impact on wealth redistribution. Cambridge’s embrace of universal pre-school is a massive win for the city, no caveats. Well, maybe just one: Cambridge’s victory is emblematic of America’s loss. In early 2021, President Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress and proudly touted his American Families Plan. The plan, part of president’s broader Build Back Better framework, would have offered Americans — not just Cantabrigians — two years of
universal, high quality preschool, expanding access to free pre-k for over six million children and arguably revolutionizing the American education system. It was too good to be true. Barely 10 months later, Biden has changed tune. With large chunks of his domestic agenda fatally stalled, the president’s first State of the Union address featured a single, brief reference to universal education programs, reflecting an uglier political reality.
Two stubborn centrist senators later, the momentum for reform is gone Two stubborn centrist senators later, the momentum for reform is gone; the window to act seems tight shut. Like with the tolerated expiration the child tax credit — and the subsequent, predictable increase in childhood poverty — our political institutions failed to secure the best for their youngest citizens. Cambridge’s push for pre-K is thus no doubt laudable — but it’s also only significant against the backdrop of this federal defeat, only notable because of its absence elsewhere. This regrettable national context also risks creating a self-perpetuating, vicious dynamic. As we lose or fail to in-
crease programs at the federal level, only a very specific subset of localities are likely to even consider reproducing them in a smaller scale — places like the “rich, brainy” Cambridge, with its average household income roughly $30,000 above the national average and heavy blue tint. Wealthier tax bases will enjoy better funded educational programs, everyone else will struggle. That trend is already obvious: Pre-K quality and access varies broadly across the country, with places like Washinton D.C. spending over seven times as much on pre-K per child as states like Mississippi. That doesn’t mean that Cambridge should not, in fact, aggressively pursue the kind of ambitious social programs that the U.S. writ large badly needs. Good policy is good policy, and local programs can be a blueprint for national equivalents. But make no mistake — our city council’s success is congress’ failing. America lost a chance to radically improve access to education, local victories aside. 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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The Women I Will Never Know By SHANIVI SRIKONDA
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see the bones of my hand moving under my skin like waves under a frozen lake. My metacarpals glide with intention, wanting to do more, more, more. I think about the vessels and veins that carry my blood, and I consider if that blood is completely mine. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down through maternal inheritance; I received my mDNA from my mother, who inherited hers from her mother (my grandmother), who inherited hers from her mother (my great-grandmother). I think about this a lot: the chain of women whom I’m related to, who have passed down this mDNA to me. I will never learn the names of all the women I’m related to; they will never know that I exist. We are destined to share only genetic history — not hobbies, memories, or time spent together. Still, I wonder: Would they like me? Just how much of them is in me? When I look at myself in the mirror, am I actually looking at pieces of them? Is there a pastiche of features from women whom I don’t recognize within my own face? History has not been kind to women. When I think about the past that my female ancestors lived during, I wonder how they were able to summon the persistence and bravery to live through difficult times. As someone currently living through a pandemic and political turbulence, I have realized that living through history is primarily just challenging. We often think that history is abstract, something that happens to other people — other generations — until we find ourselves amidst new events that make us scared for the future. How were my female ancestors able to quell their fears enough to strive in the face of an uncertain future? How were they able to keep going despite
not fully knowing what the future might hold for women, for their granddaughters? Women today have more rights than women in previous generations, but there was no guarantee for the women of my past that this would eventually be the case. Yet, they kept persisting. In the face of a world that did not care for them, did not extend support or sympathy or grace to them, did not effectively compensate them for labor (inside or outside the home), they kept moving forward. How brave did they have to be to look an uncertain future and hostile world in the eyes and declare that it wouldn’t break them? How titanium must their spines have been to decide that their granddaughters should have better lives than them? How drivenly optimistic did they have to be to protest, advocate, and fight for the rights of women who would come after them?
I will never learn the names of all the women I’m related to; they will never know that I exist. As I walk around campus, I’m frequently reminded of the history of this place, of Radcliffe College and the women who studied there. I’m a Harvard student, but my place here belies the collective ongoing struggle of women who seek higher education, particularly women of color. I benefit from the sacrifices of nameless women. I have been told that I can be anything I want and do whatever I want to do. I can move through life with relative ease compared to women of the past — especially those disproportionately impacted by cruelty for being women of color, poor, or both. This freedom was not afforded to them. But I have it, and
with it, I must continue the tradition of persistence. How do you make sure the sacrifices of women who came before aren’t in vain? Tangibly support women now. That means decreasing the maternal mortality rate, protecting our trans sisters, ensuring that sex workers are not unfairly criminalized, increasing access to childcare, safeguarding the rights of BGLTQ women, actively practicing intersectionality, closing the racial and gender pay gaps, eliminating racial and gender bias in medicine, protecting voting rights, ensuring women can make their own healthcare decisions, and supporting women of color entrepeneurs, among so many other actions we can take to ensure women now and in the future can live better lives. You care about women? Show up for them. Make space for them. Believe and protect them when they’re hurt by systems you’re part of. I want my future daughters’ and granddaughters’ lives to be significantly better than mine; I want them to accomplish more than I ever will. I want them to know that all the women who came before them cared deeply for their ability to lead long, joy-filled lives. I’m sure that the long chain of my female ancestors would have wanted the exact same thing for me. I’m thankful to my mDNA for connecting me through time with so many persistent, steel-willed women. I’m especially grateful for the women themselves, striving amidst darkness so that I — and all the women who will come after me — can have only light. —Shanivi Srikonda ’24, an Associate Editorial editor, is a Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology concentrator in Quincy House. This piece is a part of a focus on Women’s History Month.
Black, Queer, Alt Style at Harvard Onyx E. Ewa ALL BLACK EVERYTHING
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n eighth grade, I was a proud alt kid. My style at the time was defined by the fact that I wore black almost every day. I was never able to shop at Hot Topic, or collect pop punk band tees, or wear thick black eyeliner, but black clothes were my accessible connection to the abstract subcultural style to which I aspired. At age 14, I wasn’t knowledgeable about the deep histories of the emo, scene, goth, and punk subcultures I admired, but I knew that the aesthetics they embodied were associated with unapologetic individuality, freedom, and queerness. Sadly, my adolescent alternative moment was just a phase, but the intentionality of style that is inherent to subcultural aesthetics still influences what I wear today. My freshman fall, I took a course on subcultures, and it had a profound impact on the way I think about the relationships between style, identity, and community. According to Ross Haenfler, a preeminent scholar of social deviance and the author of Subcultures: The Basics, a subculture is “a relatively diffuse social network having a shared identity, distinctive meanings around certain ideas, practices, and objects, and a sense of marginalization from or resistance to a perceived ‘conventional’ society.” There are an endless number of different subcultures, including punks, dandies, New York City bike messengers, and more. Often, attraction to subcultures is a result of other forms of social deviance or marginalization, as communities form out of a shared experience of exclusion from the mainstream. For Black and queer people, subcultural identification and its accompanying alternative aesthetics can be a means of finding agency and community when society-at-large makes it difficult to do so.
Often, attraction to subcultures is a result of other forms of social deviance or marginalization Harvard, as an institution, is rooted in histories of white supremacy and classism. Marginalized people here have had to find ways to create space and visibility for themselves, and some have done so through alternative styles and/or subcultural identities. For this column, I interviewed three Black, queer people who define their style as alternative. Here’s what they had to say. Halle (they/she, ’24) is an ultra high-femme, alternative, pastel goth, pink-centered, y2k, colorfully sexy fairy/supernatural being/Bratz doll/ cartoon character. They don’t identify with a particular subculture, but alternative aesthetics have given them a way to create their own character and to find communities that reflect their interests and identities. Coming to college gave them the opportunity to craft a new wardrobe—one full of clothes that a hot cartoon would wear. Jaida (any pronouns, ’24) is an urban queer background character in an 80s movie about dancing. Embracing Black alternative aesthetics has allowed them to find confidence and creativity through their style. However, formal events at Harvard can be daunting for Jaida, because they don’t like traditional formal menswear. This is partially due to an aversion to masculinity, and partially because “the fits just don’t hit like men think they do.” They’ve considered womenswear as an alternative, but that, to them, feels equally incorrect. Now, their style at formal events leans slightly towards the religious side, but they hope to see changes in the gendered stylistic expectations at Harvard’s formal events in the future. Treasure (she/they, ’22) is a sophisticated and playful sculptor of her own thrifted, vintage, colorblocked style. She’s drawn to 70s and 80s style because she loves funk and soul music, and because of her mother’s influence on her wardrobe. High school Treasure had a shaved head, and she was drawn to oversized graphic tees, cargos, sweats, and sneakers. Embracing masculinity allowed her to create distance from the hegemonic white femininity she saw from the girls at her high school, but as her style has developed, she’s found new ways to display femininity in her presentation through Y2K aesthetics. Y2K fashion is similarly vibrant to 70s fashion, but it incorporates more metallics, cut-outs, and flares. Plus, it’s sexy. Now, Treasure’s style embodies “the feeling of a sweaty night out in the city adorned with fur, heels, mini skirts, mesh tops, and photo-shoot ready hair and makeup.” She likes to feel like a rockstar. Each of the people profiled above used black in their wardrobe in different ways. Halle’s style is very pink-centric, but most of their clothes are still black, because, as they say, “black has an edge/punch that the other colors just don’t have the same way, and you can feel it even when black is styled with other stuff.” For Jaida, wearing black is about sleekness and comfort, and about the convenience of not having to color-coordinate their outfits. Treasure sees black as the epitome of sophistication. She wears it to convey a sense of seriousness, to elevate her sex appeal, or to draw attention to her face, hair, or a colorful statement piece. I have so much admiration for the beauty, glamor, and uniqueness of the three people above. Their clothing choices reflect an admirable degree of authenticity and confidence that my eighth grade self could only hope to embody. —Onyx E. Ewa ’24 is an Art, Film, and Visual Studies concentrator in Winthrop House. Their column “All Black Everything” appears on alternate Thursdays.
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16th Annual Women’s Week Begins By DARLEY A. C. BOIT CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
The Harvard College Women’s Center kicked off its 16th annual Women’s Week on Tuesday with a presentation entitled “Female Solo Travel” in the first of seven events aimed at recognizing women’s achievements and struggles. The launch of the week-long series — which the Women’s Center has run since 2007 — coincided with the start of Women’s History Month. The theme of this year’s Women’s Week is “On the Horizon,” in recognition of women’s resilience in the face of difficulties and their contributions in various fields. Lauren E. Naworski ’22, the events coordinator for Women’s Week, said the theme aims to recognize women’s strength. “When you do see dialogue about women and gender issues, it’s often almost framed in an infantilizing way, just reducing women to being victims,” Naworski said. “Yes, womanhood is hard, but also women are amazing, and we should empower women.” “Our theme of ‘On the Horizon’ is really reflecting both the struggles and the power of
women combined,” she added. Naworski and Ananda M. Birungi ’24, the current design and publicity chair for Women’s Week, have worked since August to organize this iteration of Women’s Week. Other events include “Fetishes, Fantasies, and Fever,” a discussion focusing on the fetishization of Asian women, and “Yoga on the Horizon,” a candle-lit yoga class.
Getting people who normally don’t talk about gender to talk about it is one of the biggest accomplishments. Lauren Naworski ’22 Women’s Week Events Coordinator
Lisa J. van der Sluijs ’22 led the “Female Solo Travel” event, co-hosted by the Woodbridge International Society. Van der Sluijs shared her experiences backpacking through Europe and the Middle East as a solo traveler and provided advice on logistics and safety.
“Women are not one hundred percent safe in any situation in the world,” Van der Sluijs said. “It doesn’t mean you should tell us not to travel. It means we need a bigger culture shift.” “It’s my world, too,” she added. Birungi said the week’s events aim to emphasize the importance of balance in feminist work. “We should uplift each other, but also take time for ourselves,” Naworski said. “Really balancing how we view our own gender and both appreciating women but recognizing our struggles — I hope that [students] get that holistic picture from these events.” Birungi said the week’s programming covers a wide range of perspectives and issues. “Especially this year, you’ll notice if you’ve looked at our events schedule, we have clubs that aren’t just about gender,” Birungi said. “Facilitating conversations on gender across clubs that you wouldn’t normally expect to necessarily talk about [gender] is a really important thing that we’re very happy to do.” Birungi and Naworski encouraged everyone to attend the week’s events, regardless of
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identity, and said the programming is meant to engage all students. “The purpose of women’s week is to have a dialogue about gender struggles, especially at Harvard. Everybody should come to all of the events if they can,” Naworski said. “Getting people who normally don’t talk about gender to talk about it is one of the biggest accomplishments we could have this week.” Women’s Week will close with the Women in Foreign Policy Conference, a collaboration between the Women’s Center and the Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative. The conference brings together students from Boston-area universities and includes keynote speakers, mentorship opportunities, and workshops for students of all identities. “It’s not just about this one week — the Women’s Center is constantly doing work to support women and femme-identifying students on campus throughout the years,” Birungi said. “It’s also a reminder to know that this work is continuous and it’s not just a one-week thing.” darley.boit@thecrimson.com
MARCH 3, 2022
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FAS Offers Anthro. Dept. Counseling members of the Anthropology Department one-on-one and group counseling sessions from two external mental health counselors, according to department chair Ajantha Subramanian. “We recognize that this is long-term work and will continue to support the department in its efforts,” Gay said Wednesday. Harvard’s Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging has also produced a guide for all department chairs to help them lead sensitive conversations about departmental culture, Gay added. Professors from departments across the FAS faced fierce backlash last month after nearly 40 faculty members signed a letter questioning Harvard’s investigations into Comaroff. All but three of the professors who signed the initial letter retracted their support for the statement. Gay said the FAS’ academic mission includes fostering an
environment in which people can “reach their full potential.”
We recognize that this is long-term work. Claudine Gay FAS Dean
“I think we all appreciate how harassment and discrimination are not only personally damaging to the people who are the targets of it, but they are also disruptive to the culture and mission,” Gay said Wednesday. “And in that sense, we have to bring the same urgency, seriousness, resourcefulness, creativity to addressing those issues and building a positive culture that we do anything else that threatens our mission,” she added. meimei.xu@thecrimson.com
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SEAS Dean Hopes to Hire New Former Defense Sec. Discusses Head of Diversity and Inclusion Ukraine at IOP Talk Wednesday Peter W. “Winston” Michalak ’22, who also serves as a DIB fellow at the school, wrote that the climate surveys are “one of the most helpful instruments” for measuring the state of diversity at SEAS. “I think a sense of inclusion manifests itself in people in different ways, and it is difficult to find a single metric to evaluate
the inclusiveness of the campus as a result,” Michalak wrote in an email. “That said, I think the climate surveys have been and remain one of the most helpful instruments for gauging how well SEAS is doing,” Michalak added in his email. Doyle also said he hopes the new assistant dean of DIB will
be able to integrate well with SEAS faculty and staff. “I need somebody coming into this role who’s going to be very effective working across all of the stakeholders at SEAS, and that’s no small feat,” he said. felicia.he@thecrimson.com james.jolin@thecrimson.com
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the school has financial ties to Russian companies. Carter said he and other colleagues who were in the Pentagon in the 1990s had opposed rapid NATO expansion because they were afraid of creating a situation in which Russia felt “aggrieved.” “We wanted to slow the ball,” Carter said. “The phrase we used at the time was — we don’t want to create a ‘Weimar Russia.’” Carter said the West was too slow to understand the danger posed by Putin. “I think that the Western family of nations came too late to a realization of what we had in Vladimir Putin,” he said. Carter also said he does not believe the threat of sanctions would have prevented Putin from invading Ukraine. “I don’t think that Vladimir Putin was going to be de-
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terred by that,” he said. “I think the purpose of sanctions is punitive, vengeance, and deterrence of something way down the road.” Carter, however, also said he does not support the implementation of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, something Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly called on the United States to do. “A no-fly zone implemented by NATO is an act of engaged military engagement with Russia,” he said. “This situation would have been very different if Ukraine had been a NATO ally, but for right now, it is not our policy.” “I personally don’t favor doing that — that we enter the war on Ukraine’s side,” he added. “That’s a very, very dangerous situation. That means war between the United States and
Russia.” In an interview after the forum, Rosenbach said he agrees with Carter that the U.S. should not implement a no-fly zone. “We do not want something to escalate into an outright war with Russia, in particular given the threat of a nuclear exchange,” he said. Rosenbach also said he believes Western decision-makers understand that the implications of the war between Russia and Ukraine extend beyond the borders of either country. “I think most of the senior leaders and thoughtful people in the West realize that this is about more than just Ukraine,” he said. “This is about democracy, it’s about principles, and it’s about values of human rights and international law. miles.herszenhorn@thecrimson.com
SPORTS
WEEKLY RECAP
SCORES
MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. PRINCETON L, 74-73 ___________________________________________________________
WOMEN’S WATER POLO VS. MT. SAINT MARY’S W, 18-0 ___________________________________________________________
WOMEN’S WATER POLO VS. BUCKNELL W, 8-7 (OT) ___________________________________________________________
TRACK AND FIELD IVY INDOOR CHAMP. 1ST (W), 2ND (M) __________________________________________________________
BASEBALL VS. MIAMI (FL) L, 10-0 ___________________________________________________________
MEN’S TENNIS VS. VANDERBILT W, 6-1 ___________________________________________________________
MEN’S LACROSSE VS. OHIO STATE L, 17-12 ___________________________________________________________
MEN’S ICE HOCKEY
Harvard Wins Two of Three on Last Regular Road Trip By BRIDGET T. SANDS and AARON B. SHUCHMAN CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
In the last weekend before the CAC playoffs begin, the Harvard Men’s Hockey team was on the road for a back-to-backto-back set against conference opponents to close out the regular season. All three were games that were rescheduled, having been originally postponed due to Covid-19 in January. The Crimson jumped around the northeast on the road trip, first taking on the Union College Dutchmen in Schenectady, N.Y. on Friday night, then heading to Troy, N.Y. to face the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers on Saturday night, before wrapping up the regular season in Princeton, N.J. against the Princeton Tigers on Sunday afternoon. Harvard went 2-1 over the weekend, losing to Union 5-3, beating RPI 5-1, and defeating Princeton 3-0. The Crimson finished the regular season with a 17-9-3 record, good for third in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). “We wanted to try to manage the energy level as much as possible with the three games and the travel,” head coach Ted Donato said. “We know that as we get down to the end of the season here, if we’re able to have some success, we’re gonna need to have confidence in guys coming in and out of the lineup.” The Crimson played the three games without sophomore forward Sean Farrell, who remains out with an upper-body injury. However, there is optimism that Farrell, who played for the United States national team during the 2022 Beijing Olympics, will be ready to return when the team opens the ECAC playoffs on March 11, according to Donato.
HARVARD 3, PRINCETON 0 Before returning back to campus, Harvard concluded its season in Princeton, N.J. The Crimson scored a goal in each period, shutting out its Ivy League rival 3-0. Throughout the game, possession was dominated by Harvard; however, it only outshot their opponents by three, 33 to
29. Senior forward Jack Donato opened up the scoring, assisted by junior forward Baker Shore and junior defenseman Henry Thrun, just over eight minutes into the contest. Play stayed consistently aggressive, escalating in roughness in the second. Players from both sides allowed frustration to boil over – in the second period alone, seven different players were called for penalties. The Crimson was forced to the penalty kill four times while having two power play opportunities of its own. The first two penalties came from hooking by first-year defenseman Jack Bar and a tripping call on junior defenseman Ryan Siedem, respectively. Harvard was able to diffuse the disadvantages, as Thrun, Jack Donato, and junior goaltender Mitchell Gibson came up with big plays on the penalty kill. “Playoff hockey is just a different animal, and two major components of that are that you gotta be good on special teams and you’ve gotta have a hot goaltender,” Thrun said. The Crimson failed to convert its first power play of the second, and just over ten seconds after the advantage was over, found itself down a man again, with first-year forward Alex Gaffney sent to the box for hooking with 4:30 remaining. After again preventing the Tigers from finding the twine, the man-up advantage flipped in Harvard’s favor, and this time they were able to successfully execute. Sophomore forward Alex Laferriere scored with just over two minutes remaining in the second, assisted by junior forward and captain Nick Abruzzese and first-year defenseman Ian Moore. The Crimson maintained its aggression into the third period, as it started off a man down with the continuation of firstyear forward Matthew Coronato’s roughing penalty from the end of the second. Its defensive domination continued as well, as Harvard was able to prevent a goal. Desperate for an extra offensive skater, Princeton pulled its goalie early, with about 4:30 remaining. This allowed senior defenseman Marshall Rifai to drill an unassisted open-netter, solidifying the 3-0 win.
The three-goal lead inclined Ted Donato to pull starter Gibson from the game with 2:32 left, giving senior goaltender Derek Schaedig the chance to finish out his last regular season game between the posts. Schaedig recorded one save. “The guys were really battling for him to make sure he closed the game off,” Jack Donato said of Schaedig. “It’s a good message for the younger guys that maybe aren’t playing as much that you could get those moments whenever your number is called.” Junior defenseman Ryan Siedem controls the puck near the edge of the defensive zone. In the 5-3 loss to Union on Friday, Siedem managed a pair of assists. HARVARD 5, RPI 1 After dropping a close 2-0 decision to the Engineers on January 25th at home, the Crimson earned its redemption, coming out flying after the puck drop to put the game to bed shortly after the first intermission. Coronato opened the scoring eight minutes into the game on an odd-man rush. After breaking through the neutral zone to create a two-on-one, Coronato dragged the puck around the sliding RPI defenseman and fired a wrist shot past goaltender Linden Marshall to give Harvard the 1-0 lead. Two minutes later, Laferriere and Thrun created another rush opportunity, and Laferriere’s slick pass found a streaking Thrun, who made a quick move and roofed the puck over Marshall’s shoulder to extend the Crimson lead to 2-0. The momentum wouldn’t stop there, as four minutes later, on another rush chance, firstyear forward Zakary Karpa strode down the left wing and ripped a wrist shot past Marshall, extending the Harvard lead to 3-0. “We know with RPI, they sometimes fall into a one-threeone, which is a more passive neutral zone,” said Thrun, regarding the team’s rush offense. “We were aware of it and we kinda knew what was coming at us.” Towards the end of the period, on a power play created
CRIMSON CRASH First-year defenseman Ian Moore chases after the puck in a 2-0 win over Yale on Feb. 11. JULIAN J. GIRODANO—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
by Siedem’s strong stickhandling, Laferriere made a perfect cross ice pass to Abruzzese, who hammered a one-time slap shot from the faceoff circle past Marshall, stretching the Crimson lead to 4-0. With the four-goal first period, Harvard recorded its best start to a game since a five-goal first period against Bentley on Oct. 30. “Coach always talks about starting the game on time and not having to chase the game,” Thrun said. “You run into a lot of hot goalies late in the season here so it’s important to get off to good starts.” The Crimson carried its strong start into the second period, as only five minutes into the second frame, Thrun scored his second goal of the game, this time on the power play. Karpa’s hard shot from the slot rebounded out wide to the circle, where Thrun found the puck and hammered it past Linden, who could not slide across the crease in time. With the goal, Thrun recorded his first career multi-goal game and extended the Harvard lead to 5-0. The Crimson remained stout on defense despite having an early five-goal lead, as sopho-
more goaltender Derek Mullahy, playing for the first time in nearly two weeks, was solid in the net. Engineers’ forward Ture Linden was able to break up the shutout bid with a goal early in the third period, but Mullahy and a strong defensive effort were able to lock down from there, preserving a 5-1 victory. “We were really able to spread the minutes out,” Ted Donato said. “We didn’t have anyone that was forced into playing huge minutes upfront.” UNION 5, HARVARD 3 The Crimson hoped to start the weekend off strong against Union, having beaten the Dutchmen 4-1 earlier this season. However, after giving up a goal within the first ten minutes of the game, Harvard found itself playing a game of catch-up. Gaffney evened the score later in the first, assisted by Siedem and Coronato.After giving up a power-play goal in the second period, as Bar was in the box for cross-checking, Coronato tied the score again within the first thirty seconds of the third. He was assisted by Abruzzesse and Karpa.
However, Union responded quickly, notching two goals within two minutes of each other, putting the Dutchmen up 4-2. By this point, there was about 13 minutes remaining. Gameplay was far from over,though. Both teams remained aggressive offensively, putting shots on goal, and Harvard’s Shore tipped in a pass by Siedem, pulling the Crimson within one. Harvard continued to create offensive opportunities late in the game, hoping to get to overtime. Ted Donato pulled Gibson with 1:15 remaining, for an extra offensive skater. However, Union intercepted the Crimson’s possession and scored on the empty net, solidifying its win. Having wrapped up the regular season this weekend, Harvard will enjoy a bye week next weekend before hosting an ECAC quarterfinal best-ofthree series starting March 11. “The last month, we’ve established an identity that we know can win hockey games for us,” Jack Donato said. “Every game we play from here on out is playoff hockey.” bridget.sands @thecrimson.com aaron.shuchman@thecrimson.com
SOFTBALL
After 727 Days Away, Crimson Returns with 3-2 Record By ELIZABETH PACHUS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
After 727 days away from spring competition, Harvard Softball (3-2) has returned in full force, competing in five games over three days from Feb. 25 to Feb. 27 at the Hatter Classic in DeLand, Florida. Currently ranked third in the Ivy Preseason Poll behind rivals Columbia and Penn, the Crimson haven’t
played a spring game since their March 1st, 2020 win over North Carolina Central. The weekend offered an opportunity for Harvard to not only flex the might of its tried and true veteran players, but also showcase the team’s new talent. Nine current roster members helped raise the Ivy League Championship Trophy in 2019, and senior infielder tri-captain Morgan Melito and
senior outfielder tri-captain Alyssa Saldana remain from the 2018 back-to-back Ivy Championship Team. “We really do appreciate every moment that we can get out there,” Melito said. “It’s wonderful to be back.” Double headers on both Friday and Saturday set up the Hatter Classic to be action packed. Friday offered a pair of Harvard wins, over both the
HAUGH HITS Then-junior Isabelle Haugh follows through after her swing in an 11-1 victory over Columbia on May 11, 2019 — a victory that earned the team an Ivy League title. QUINN G. PERINI—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER
University of Rhode Island (3-7) and Stetson University (9-4). In the opening game of the tournament, the Crimson made a furious comeback with six runs in the top of the seventh to take the win over Rhode Island, 11-5. After closing out the final inning of the Rhode Island game, first-year pitcher Katie Arrambide extended her success in the second game of the tournament, giving up just two hits in a five-inning, 9-1 win over Stetson. “We have an older, upperclassman-dominant, experienced defense,” said Arrambide, crediting her success to the depth of the current roster. “It was great to feel supported by my team on my first outing.” The tournament continued on Saturday, where the Crimson fell to both Marist College (5-5) and Stetson. In a 10-1 five-inning loss to Marist, Harvard struggled to recover from the Red Foxes’ early lead, who sealed the deal by plating six runs in the fourth. Junior center fielder/utility Megan Welsh scored the sole run for the Crimson in the fourth, after an RBI double by Melito. The evening matchup against Stetson proved to be a grueling back-and-forth for the two teams, with the Hatters pulling ahead from a tie game in the third after an early Crimson lead. Even though home runs from senior center fielder/ utility Teagan Shaw and Meli-
to reclaimed the advantage in the top of the fifth inning, Harvard was unable to hold off Stetson’s three-run pinch hit walkoff home run in the seventh by Evette Morgan. “It was a very hard fought battle on both sides,” Melito said. “Hats off to them. They played a great game, we played a great game. It came down to just a couple of hits, and sometimes that’s just how the cookie crumbles.” “We put up a really good fight against them in the first game, and that would prompt them to want to come for us more in the second game, which they did,” Arrambide agreed. In a triumphant end to the week’s competition, the Crimson redeemed itself against Marist with a 4-1 win. Sophomore infielder Kendall Jean showed strong offensive play with three RBI and a run. Junior pitcher Lindsay G. Poulos returned to the mound after coming back from injury, posing a promising return for one of Harvard’s key players. “One of our biggest things was getting everyone an opportunity to perform, and we had a lot of players come in and execute their jobs, whether that be at bat, come in to pitch, or to run,” Melito said. As the Crimson looks forward to the rest of its season, it continues to reap the benefits of a talented coaching staff. This is Head Coach Jenny Allard’s 27th
season with the Crimson. She was recently announced as being inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame. “It’s absolutely no surprise,” Melito said. “She’s been in the program since the early days, since the beginning.” Melito’s action-packed weekend earned her an accolade of her own, being recognized as the Ivy League’s Player of the Week, her first and the program’s first since 2018. Over the course of the weekend, she had eight hits, two home runs, and eight RBI for a total of 15 total bases, and was instrumental in Harvard’s pair of victories. As the Crimson looks to continue its season this weekend, Arrambide affirmed the team’s commitment to focus on building cohesiveness, doing their jobs, and being ready to compete at all times. “Keep the energy high, both in the beginning of the game, at the end of the game, beginning of the weekend or end of the weekend and continue to be relentless offensive,” she commented. Harvard will be back on the road this weekend, traveling to Birmingham, Ala. for the Green and Gold Classic, where the team will compete against both Longwood University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. elizabeth.pachus@thecrimson.com