The Harvard Crimson - Volume CXLIX, No. 32

The Harvard Crimson THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873

|

VOLUME CXLIX, NO. 32

|

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022

OP ED PAGE 4

NEWS PAGE 5

SPORTS PAGE 6

The West has an Eastern Europe problem that goes beyond Ukraine

Experts discussed the economic impact of sanctions against Russia

Women’s lacrosse defeated Penn for the first time since 2000

Grad Students Call for AAAS Dept. Reforms UC in Limbo; Pres. Set to Exit

By ARIEL H. KIM and MEIMEI XU

CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

A group of graduate students in Harvard’s Department of African and African American Studies called for a set of sweeping reforms in an unsigned letter last month that said the department has become “a hostile environment for AAAS students” in the wake of the sexual harassment controversy surrounding professor John L. Comaroff.

The statement was intended as “a collective response from a majority of AAAS graduate students” to an open letter signed by 38 Harvard faculty — including 14 AAAS professors — questioning sanctions levied against Comaroff in January. The graduate student letter did not list signatories.

The statement, which called on AAAS faculty to demand Comaroff’s resignation, said the professors who signed onto the letter questioning sanctions against him engaged in “an act of grave professional misconduct.”

“The letter has created a hostile environment for AAAS stu­

dents and signaled to survivors that they are not safe to come forward,” the statement said of the February faculty letter.

The graduate student statement calls for an external investigation into the “complicity” of Comaroff’s wife, Harvard professor Jean Comaroff, in his alleged misbehavior. It also said some AAAS faculty denied knowing about the allegations against Comaroff despite being warned by students of his alleged misbehavior.

The letter, which was obtained by The Crimson, was sent to faculty members over an email listserv by Bulelani M. Jili and Elizabeth S. Ross in their role as the AAAS Department’s graduate student representatives.

Comaroff was placed on unpaid leave in January by Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Claudine Gay, who is a professor in the AAAS Department, after a pair of investigations found that he violated Harvard’s sexual harassment and professional conduct policies. Two weeks later, 38 professors — including some of Harvard’s most

SEE AAAS PAGE 3

The Undergraduate Council faces an uncertain future as its president prepares to graduate in May

By J. SELLERS HILL CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

“These are a number of longer duration projects that collectively will require us to run the service with a different vehicle for five and a half years,” he added.

According to Hamwey, the timing of the replacement is ideal considering the age of the current trolley buses.

“These trolley buses are already our oldest buses in the fleet. They’re 18 years old, and they’d be 23, 24 years old when these roadway projects were done,” Hamwey said. “That’s well beyond the normal 15 year lifespan that we try to retire our buses within.”

Hamwey added that decommissioning the trolley buses in order to accommodate the roadway projects fits into the MBTA’s long-term initiative to transition to a fully electric fleet by 2040.

With Undergraduate Council President Michael Y. Cheng ’22 set to graduate in May, the fate of Harvard’s student government remains uncertain.

Cheng will leave office this spring having only served half of his yearlong term. The new president of the student government will ascend through one of two routes — a new election triggered by a constitutional referendum or the promotion of current UC Vice President Emmett E. de Kanter ’24.

Cheng vowed during his campaign to “Defund the UC” and restructure the student government via a constitutional rewrite. The Citizens’ Assembly, a group of randomly selected students convened by Cheng to draft the new constitution, will present their final draft by the end of the school year.

In order to pass, the draft must be ratified by a schoolwide referendum, overcoming the recently hiked threshold — a two-thirds majority voting in favor, with over two-fifths of the student body turning out to vote.

If this mark is met, a complete reassembly of the Council would take place, including new elections for executive leadership.

Despite receiving pushback from the Council on an early draft, Lowell House Representative and Citizens’ Assembly member LyLena D. Estabine ’24 said that she was confident that voting students would favor the new constitution.

“I think that those who do choose to vote in the

SEE BUSES PAGE 5

SEE UC PAGE 5

­

The Department of African and African American Studies is located in the Barker Center. JULIAN J. GIORDANO—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

MBTA Replaces Two Trolley Buses

By KATERINA V. CORR CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will replace the Route 71 and 73 trolley buses with diesel-hybrid buses beginning next week, until a fleet of battery-electric buses permanently takes their place in two years.

According to an announcement published by the MBTA in January, the switch to the diesel-hybrid buses on Routes 71 and 73 — the only remaining trolley bus routes in Cambridge — comes as five roadway projects are set to break ground this spring along the routes.

“That’s something that happens from time to time with big projects along these routes and happens all the time for unplanned detours or minor roadwork,” said Scott Hamwey, director of the MBTA’s bus modernization program. ­

A trolley bus travels down Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge’s Porter Square on Tuesday.

PEI CHAO ZHUO—CRIM-

SON PHOTOGRAPHER

Bike Lane Delay Stirs IOP Hosts Forum on International Women’s Day Debate at City Council

By DARLEY A. C. BOIT CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

more time to engage “local stakeholders” before moving along with the project.

“We do not expect to be able to complete the level of meaningful engagement we have committed to while still meeting the original deadline,” the letter reads.

Over the course of the nearly 90-minute public comment period, many Cambridge residents voiced their disappointment with the delay.

Alexander K. Epstein, who lives in the Porter Square area, spoke about the death of Bernard “Joe” Lavins, a 60-yearold Lexington resident who was fatally hit by a tractor-trailer in Porter Square while biking.

“I biked with my older son through the intersection about five minutes before Joe Lavins was killed back in 2016,” said Epstein. “That has stuck with me. I think this is a case where safety delayed is safety denied.”

Many residents embraced the delay and argued that the implementation of the CSO has

In honor of International Women’s Day, experts gathered to discuss the state of women’s rights around the world in the face of global injustices at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum on Tuesday.

The panel featured Sima Samar, Carr Center Fellow and former Minister of Women’s Affairs of Afghanistan; Zoe Marks, a lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School; and Nicholas Opiyo, a Ugandan civil rights lawyer.

Sushma Raman —executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, which co-sponsored the event — moderated the conversation.

Drawing on their international experiences, the panelists emphasized how global conflict and crises affect women and girls.

Marks began the conversation by highlighting the importance of intersectionality in discussions of gender equality.

“What’s important for me is really thinking about intersectionality as the place that gender hierarchies and gender

SEE BIKE LANES PAGE 3

SEE IOP PAGE 3

News 3

Sports 6

­

By ELIAS J. SCHISGALL CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

A delay in the construction of bicycle lanes in the Porter Square neighborhood of Cambridge stirred disagreement among residents in a Cambridge City Council meeting Monday evening.

During the meeting, the Council approved two communications sent by City Manager Louis A. DePasquale. One proposed an appropriation of more than $700,000 for studies and planning related to the Cycling Safety Ordinance, a law requiring the installation of 25 miles of separated bike lanes in Cambridge. The second informed the Council that the city will fail to meet the CSO’s upcoming construction deadline.

Under the Cycling Safety Ordinance, the city must construct “quick-build” separated bike lanes on the segment of Massachusetts Avenue that runs through Porter Square by May 1, 2022.

In his second letter, DePasquale said the city needs ­

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Harvard Today 2

Editorial 4

From left to right: Sima Samar, Zoe Marks, Nicholas Opiyo, and Sushana Raman spoke at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on International Women’s Day. JULIAN J. GIORDANO—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

TODAY’S FORECAST

RAINY High: 55 Low: 51

VISIT THECRIMSON.COM. FOLLOW @THECRIMSON ON TWITTER.

quincy grille

THE HARVARD CRIMSON |

MARCH 9, 2022

PAGE 2

HARVARD TODAY

For Lunch Spicy Chick Stir-Fry Turkey Burger Quinoa and Tofu with Greens

For Dinner Just-Caught Atlantic Roast Beef Roasted Vegetable Vegan Ravioli

TODAY’S EVENTS After-School Animal Encounters: Get Growing!

Virtual, 4 p.m.

IN THE REAL WORLD

This is a fun virtual event you can join if you find yourself with a strong desire to learn about animal growth! Join Javier and Arielle (human museum staffers) on zoom to learn from live animals and specimens at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

US Continues to Sever Economic Ties with Russia, from Oil to Fast Food President Biden announced a ban on the importation of oil and natural gas from Russia about two weeks into the war. Many US-based food chains and companies have also completely stopped operations in Russia, including McDonalds and Starbucks.

Man Convicted in First US Capitol Riot Trial

Guy Reffitt — the man being prosecuted in the first trial relating to the January 6, 2021 capital riot — has been convicted and faces up to 60 years in prison. He was convicted on more than five counts.

Creative Writing Collective Open Mic Location To Be Determined, 7-9 p.m.

Have a piece of writing you’d like to share with someone other than your STEM roommate? Head on over to the collective open mic, hosted by the Office of Student Engagement.

Location is TBA, so keep checking that link. Hot chocolate, tea, and donuts will be provided!

The Edward Mallinckrodt Chemical Laboratory houses the Department of Chemistry and Physical Biology. TRUONG L. NGUYEN—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

AROUND THE IVIES PRINCETON: Princeton Extends Test-Optional Policy for 2022-23 Admissions Cycle —THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN

Hawaii Last State to Drop Mask Mandate

Hawaii plans to lift its mask mandate on March 25, 2022.

This decision will make Hawaii the final state in the US to drop its mask mandate. State officials say they are confident they have made the necessary progress to do so.

YALE: Yale Kicks Off Search for New Science Dean —THE YALE DAILY NEWS Housing Day Eve Annenberg Hall,8-10 p.m.

CORNELL: Students Gear Up for General Room Selection, While Navigating

Changes

—THE CORNELL DAILY SUN

COVID UPDATES

CAMPUS LAST 7 DAYS CURRENTLY

Celebrate housing day eve with your blockmates! Head on over to Annenberg for trivia, mocktail mixology, MardiGras themed snacks, and more!

COLUMBIA: Men’s Hockey Wins Title for First Time in Team’s 126-Year History — THE COLUMBIA SPECTATOR

220 In Isolation

400 1.18% Total New Cases

Positivity Rate

LAST 7 DAYS

CAMBRIDGE

368 1.09% 76%

Total New Cases

Positivity Rate

Fully Vaccinated

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY GOP Neophytes Vie to Take on a Legend

It’s six Republicans — a doctor, a talk-show host, a radio advertising sales manager and three millionaires — versus one Democrat, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, a 32year incumbent senator with the most famous name in Massachusetts.

March 9, 1994

Med Students Urge Divestment

More than half of the about 300 first and second-year medical students have signed a petition urging University President Bok to set a timetable for divesting University investments from companies which do business in South March 9, 1987

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873

The Harvard Crimson Raquel Coronell Uribe ’22-’23 Associate Managing Editors Kelsey J. Griffin ’23 President Taylor C. Peterman ’23-’24 Jasper G. Goodman ’23 Associate Business Managers Managing Editor Taia M.Y. Cheng ’23-’24 Isabelle L. Guillaume ’24 Amy X. Zhou ’23 Business Manager Editorial Chairs Guillermo S. Hava ’23-24 Orlee G.S. Marini-Rapoport ’23-24

STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE Arts Chairs Sofia Andrade ’23-’24 Jaden S. Thompson ’23

Design Chairs Yuen Ting Chow ’23 Madison A. Shirazi ’23-’24

Magazine Chairs Maliya V. Ellis ’23-’24 Sophia S. Liang ’23

Multimedia Chairs Aiyana G. White ’23 Pei Chao Zhuo ’23

Blog Chairs Ellen S. Deng ’23-’24 Janani Sekar ’23-’24

Technology Chairs Ziyong Cui ’24 Justin Y. Ye ’24

Sports Chairs Alexandra N. Wilson ’23-’24 Griffin H. Wong ’24

Copyright 2022, The Harvard Crimson (USPS 236-560). No articles, editorials, cartoons or any part thereof appearing in The Crimson may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the President. The Associated Press holds the right to reprint any materials published in The Crimson. The Crimson is a non-profit, independent corporation, founded in 1873 and incorporated in 1967. Second-class postage paid in Boston, Massachusetts. Published Monday through Friday except holidays and during vacations, three times weekly during reading and exam periods by The Harvard Crimson Inc., 14 Plympton St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Weather icons made by Freepik, Yannick, Situ Herrera, OCHA, SimpleIcon, Catalin Fertu from flaticon.com is licensed by CC BY 3.0.

Night Editor Andy Z. Wang ’23-’24 Assistant Night Editors Isabella B. Cho ’24 Michal Goldstein ’25 Story Editors Jasper G. Goodman ’23 Kelsey J. Griffin ’23 Isabel L. Isselbacher ’22-’23 Taylor C. Peterman ’23-’24 Natalie L. Kahn ‘23

Design Editors Camille G. Caldera ’22 Ashley R. Masci ’24 Photo Editor Addison Y. Liu ’25 Editorial Editor Ellie H. Ashby ’24 Sports Editor Callum J. Diak ’25

CORRECTIONS The Harvard Crimson is committed to accuracy in its reporting. Factual errors are corrected promptly on this page. Readers with information about errors are asked to e-mail the managing editor at managingeditor@thecrimson.com.

PAGE 3

THE HARVARD CRIMSON |

Students on Campus Observe Lent

By ROHAN RAJEEV CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

L ent observances are underway on campus, and students are making the most of being back in person.

The Catholic Students Association is hosting events for the religious observance, which takes place across 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter. It is observed by various Christian denominations.

Tonna Emenuga ’23, president of the Catholic Students Association, said CSA works with St. Paul’s Parish to provide sacraments throughout the Lenten season.

In addition to normal programming this year, the organization is hosting small-group Bible studies, trips to the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, a weekly speaker series, and mass. ­

Emenuga said students — both Christian and non-Christian alike — have found resolve in being able to observe Lent in-person.

“Counterintuitively, the community has almost benefited from the pandemic,” Emenuga said.

“With people coming back to campus this year, just having a renewed fervor for social activity and community and whatnot, I think there’s been a real increased openness to faith,” Emenuga added.

Anne Bloomer ’23, the Catholic Students Association’s treasurer, expressed a similar sentiment.

“It’s just a great time to reflect, to consider how you’re living, consider how you can be better,” Bloomer said.

“That’s something that is attractive to a lot of Harvard students, especially because

we are pretty aware and introspective and ask these larger questions about life,” she added.

Bloomer said that she personally views Lent as an opportunity for personal growth.

“It’s ultimately for the betterment of myself, of my relationship with God, and I think also just my relationship with others around me,” she said.

Emenuga converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism just under two years ago. He said the experience shaped his perspective on Lent.

“It’s important for all Roman Catholics, but it’s particularly important in that it’s a great way to not just be cruising the spiritual life, but to really hit the gas and start to run,” he said.

Fadzai Ngwerume ’22, also a convert to Catholicism, joined the Catholic Student Associa-

IOP FROM PAGE 1

IOP Hosts Forum in Honor of International Women’s Day inequalities intersect with other forms of inequality in our society, and the way that it demands solidarity and coordination by women from all walks of life,” Marks said.

Samar emphasized the role of education in advancing equality for all individuals, referencing her experiences both in the United Nations and as Minister of Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan.

“One of the problems that we face, and the current situation again, is the issue of education.

We ignore education in conversations about equality,” Samar said.

“Access to education is key,” she added.

Opiyo raised the question of to what extent formal representation in political and legal systems makes a difference in the everyday life of the average woman, calling on states to ­

take action beyond performative measures.

“You must have so many women as members of parliament,” he said. “In the election office, we don’t pause to think about whether this is having an impact on the ordinary woman.”

“There is a very big difference between the rights provided in the law and the legalization of the law,” Opiyo added.

“The problem is not the absence of laws, but rather the commitment of the states to enforce these laws.”

Samar and Marks echoed Opiyo’s emphasis on the importance of representation in all aspects of civil society.

The panelists also examined the need for an effective framework to fight increasingly complex systems of misogynistic oppression. In particular, Marks highlighted the success

of the #MeToo movement.

“What was particularly powerful about #MeToo is that it doesn’t require women to have the same experiences in order to see commonality,” she said.

“It gives us a language and a framework for fighting against the same systems of power and patterns of inequality, despite being affected in very different ways by them.”

In fighting against those systems of oppression, Samar portrayed women’s rights advocacy as a fight for human rights.

“Our existence is a right,” Samar said. “Access to education, access to food, access to a particular list of values is a human right. We have to promote that seamless approach for everyone, everywhere. Otherwise, the problem will continue happening.” darley.boit@thecrimson.com

tion freshman year.

Ngwerume, who is from South Africa, said she appreciates observing Lent in person after facing difficulties last year joining online events with a six-hour time difference.

“During a semester-anda-half, I feel like I’ve grown a lot more, mostly because of the people that I’ve been surrounded with, people who I’ve been able to look up to and inspired me,” she said.

Ngwerume added that the observances help her focus on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

“Lent pushes you to go deep in your faith and makes you die to yourself, to give up yourself more to other people and give up yourself more to God, so that you can go into a deeper relationship with Him,” rohan.rajeev@thecrimson.com

BIKE LANES FROM PAGE 1

Bike Lane Delay Stirs Controversy been rushed without sufficient time to understand its economic impacts. The residents voiced concerns that removing street parking could harm area businesses.

Denise Jillson, who currently serves as the executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, said that “the pressures placed on Porter Square are enormous and worthy of pause.”

“We are having this discussion because of the loss of parking for residents and businesses,” she said.

“This problem can be solved with strong leadership, thoughtful planning, good design, and a little more time,” ­

By MICHAL GOLDSTEIN CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

BazaAr Supermarkets, a small chain of international stores in and around Boston, has stopped stocking products imported from Russia in a show of support for Ukrainian people following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and attacks on civilian areas.

This Sunday, for the second week in a row, more than 3,000 people took to the Boston streets to rally against the war. As a business with immigrant roots, the BazaAr chain is joining in to support Ukraine in light of recent events.

The first BazaAr Supermarket opened in Brookline in 1991.

A second market opened in Allston in 2007, followed by one in Cambridge in 2013 and, most recently, one in Newton in 2014.

Sabina Roytman, one of the current owners, joined the company in 2014. Having immigrated from Moldova in the 1990s herself, Roytman said she empathizes with the people in ­

Ukraine.

“We’ve emigrated from the regime that was there back then, in order to live a better life and to have freedom that we, thank God, have here in this country,” she said.

Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine.

Sabina Roytman BazaAr Supermarket Owner

The BazaAr markets are international stores that carry goods from all over Europe, including Russia. Roytman explained that the company purchases products from overseas indirectly through wholesalers.

The stores decided to forgo purchasing Russian imports from its wholesalers.

“We do not want to support the war,” she said. “Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine.”

She said it is still unclear whether the stores will resume stocking Russian goods in

’02, wrote that he was speaking specifically about the danger of a same-sex couple traveling in Cameroon.

“He warned Ms. Kilburn of specific dangers she could potentially face as a queer woman doing research in Cameroon, where she proposed to travel openly with her same-sex partner; not ‘in Africa’ or ‘South Africa,’” O’Meara-Costello wrote.

“These dangers are well known, and are echoed by a well-reputed queer women’s legal organization in Cameroon as well as by the US State Department.”

The graduate student letter said 14 AAAS faculty members engaged in professional misconduct by signing onto the letter questioning sanctions against Comaroff.

“Regardless of their intentions, by appending their names and institutional power to such a letter, the signatories intimidated and retaliated against survivors,” the graduate student letter said. “This is more than simply an error in judgment; it is an act of grave professional misconduct.”

Though all the AAAS professors have since retracted their signatures, the graduate student letter said the retractions are “merely a response to public scrutiny rather than a genuine effort to repair the damage” caused by the faculty letter.

Faculty members who signed onto the Feb. 4 letter have since denied having prior knowledge of Comaroff’s misconduct, according to the graduate student statement.

“Even if true, they certainly could and should have known,” the statement said.

The statement said graduate students repeatedly informed department leaders of allegations against Comaroff. After The Crimson reported that he was facing sexual harassment allegations in May 2020, students met with department leaders — including AAAS Chair Tommie Shelby, then-Director of Graduate Studies Alejandro de la Fuente, and profes-

sor Emmanuel Akyeampong.

In the meeting, the letter said, graduate students informed department leaders “of a substantial ‘whisper network’ about Comaroff’s decades of alleged abuse and our own inappropriate interactions with him.”

The letter called for Harvard’s African Studies Workshop, which is led by Akyeampong, to be terminated.

After the sanctions against Comaroff were announced in January, graduate student representatives again raised concerns about his behavior, the letter said — including in a Feb. 1 meeting with Shelby, de la Fuente, and current Director of Graduate Studies Marcyliena H. Morgan. Morgan and de la Fuente both subsequently signed onto the open letter questioning the sanctions against Comaroff, though they have retracted their support for the statement.

Akyeampong, de la Fuente, Morgan, and Shelby did not respond to requests for comment.

The graduate student statement calls for improvements in the department’s procedures for handling sexual and professional misconduct, including an internal grievance process as well as a mandatory faculty training on anti-Blackness and gender- and power-based harassment.

The statement demands that the AAAS department support the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers’ call for third-party arbitration of sexual harassment cases.

“While senior faculty bear most of the blame, the academy incentivizes a culture of abuse over subordinates – and a culture of silence about those abuses – at all levels,” the letter to faculty said.

“The next time you are invited to close ranks, think about who you are protecting and who you are hurting,” the letter said. ariel.kim@thecrimson.com meimei.xu@thecrimson.com

elias.schisgall@thecrimson.com

the future. The supermarkets’ Ukrainian products may also be unavailable for the duration of the war, she added.

“Unfortunately, we understand that we’re not going to have deliveries for a certain amount of time,” Roytman said.

Roytman explained that all four stores have staff members with relatives in Ukraine. The company is working to help these family members and plans to send food to a refugee camp.

“We helped a couple of families to escape to Moldova,” she said.

Roytman noted that the supermarket staff includes immigrants from both Ukraine and Russia. “We are all immigrants, and we are here in this country because we wanted freedom,” she said. “We wanted better life for us and for our children. And we all pray that the people in Ukraine can have it — can have freedom, can have peace — and that it comes to them as well,” Roytman added. michal.goldstein@thecrimson.com

From Weeks to Weld.

AAAS Graduate Students Send Letter Criticizing Dept. prominent scholars — signed onto the open letter questioning the sanctions.

Comaroff, a professor of AAAS and Anthropology, denies the allegations against him. Just days after the faculty members’ letter was reported in The Crimson, three graduate students filed a federal lawsuit against Harvard that detailed a decade of harassment allegations against Comaroff.

Less than two days after it was filed, nearly all the professors who signed onto the open letter questioning the sanctions against Comaroff retracted their support for the statement.

Relying on an account published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the letter from 38 faculty zeroed in on an interaction Comaroff had with a graduate student, Lilia M. Kilburn, who later signed onto the lawsuit against Harvard as a plaintiff. According to the suit, Comaroff “graphically described” to Kilburn how she would be raped and murdered if she and her same-sex partner traveled to South Africa for research.

The AAAS graduate student letter said Comaroff’s comments in the advising session reinforced anti-Black and Afrophobic tropes that are common in the field.

“Comaroff’s ‘advice’ to a student takes on its full meaning in the context of a department in which derogatory speech about the African continent is not only permissible but routine,” the graduate student statement said.

“Telling a white queer student that she would be raped in ‘Africa’ weaponizes and generalizes the specific predicament of queer, poor, and Black South African women to an entire continent, rehearsing the racist trope of protecting white women from the Black male rapist,” it reads.

Comaroff disputes the lawsuit’s characterization of the advising session. In a statement Tuesday, a lawyer for Comaroff, Ruth O’Meara-Costello

Jillson added.

In the City Council meeting, Councilor Burhan Azeem shared his own experience witnessing a collision between a cyclist and a vehicle in Porter Square, and warned that excessive delay could allow for further accidents.

“I support this delay because I understand it needs to be done.

But also, I imagine how difficult and different this conversation is going to be if we have an accident this summer in Porter Square and, God forbid, someone dies,” he said.

“We’ll look at this moment very differently,” Azeem added.

Supermarkets Support Ukraine

AAAS FROM PAGE 1

­

MARCH 9, 2022

The Crimson thecrimson.com

THE HARVARD CRIMSON |

MARCH 9, 2022

PAGE 4

EDITORIAL OP-ED

COLUMN

Beyond Ukraine: The West Has an Eastern Europe Problem

Help! I Think I’m Privileged!

By RICARDS UMBRASKO

W

omen giving birth in metro stations. Kindergartens bombed. Tanks running over civilian cars. Over a million displaced.

Eight years after the territorial integrity of Ukraine was first violated by its aggressive neighbor Russia, a new chapter in Eastern European history is being written in real time.

I will not make this a piece decrying the war in Ukraine. Anyone with a moral compass will tell you that what Russia is doing in Ukraine is wrong. But the symbolic meaning that the conflict occupies in every Eastern European’s mind is that of democratic resistance to tyranny, imperialism, and historical revisionism. The process of rewriting history is not bound to a territory, a country, a continent.

Instead, it intertwines with the metaphysical. Our self-perception as Eastern Europeans is constantly defined by others — from analysts in D.C., to Russian scholars on Twitter, or the average American — without any grasp on how the West continuously fails to construct an accurate representation of our identities and the lives we lead.

Take Hollywood as an example. Violence, hypersexualization of women, human trafficking, bad guys — the essence of cinematic Eastern Europeanness. For the entirety of my life, that has been the only representation the West has showcased of me, my cultural space, and the social reality of my home.

This representation is completely inaccurate at the best, and incredibly harmful at the worst. At a time when migrant workers from all across Eastern Europe are exploited for their labor in unsafe and appalling conditions in the West, such stereotyping only perpetu-

ates a negative image of Eastern Europeanness. Take “Emily in Paris” as an example (subjectively, one of the worst TV series on the planet). The only cameo of an Eastern European on the show is of a Ukrainian woman who does precisely three things in the series: steals from a department store, curses at Emily in Ukrainian, and constantly worries over her immigration status.

But there is another, stranger layer to the portrayal of Eastern Europeans in the media: the chronically-online aestheticization of what I call home. T he bimbofication of Eastern European women, also known as Svetlanacore and “Dark Eastern European aesthetic” (whatever that means), seems to be competing with Y2K themes online as the West gets acquainted with the sociocultural intricacies of this region in the most bizarre way possible.

The popular TikTok sound “Sudno”

by Molchat Doma is another example of this distasteful aestheticization of Eastern Europe that has resulted in an overwhelming exoticization and obsession with the region.

Discard the poor and superficial humor, and a more complete picture will appear. We are a region traumatized beyond belief.

With our intelligentsia systematically exterminated in the 20th century, our private and public lives under the watchful eye of the state for over six decades, and individual freedom virtually nonexistent during the same time, the consequences of centuries of exploitation, totalitarianism, and bloodshed seep through everyday life.

That is partially why homophobia, sexism, and racism are all still so prevalent across Eastern Europe. We have yet to fully cope with the totalitarianization of our private lives as we deal with both

shared and individual trauma that spans generations.

But there is so much more than the façade of despair, grayness, and destruction that Eastern Europeanness encompasses. We are rapidly changing at a critical speed, and young people are on the very frontlines.

Autocratic takeovers in the region have mobilized the youth and revitalized civil society — something that could for once serve as an example to Westerners themselves. We no longer want to consider ourselves victims as we reposition ourselves along the historical axis.

We are slowly deconstructing the tropes of the past as we come to terms with the darkest parts of our history.

I, too, am introspecting about my relationship with Eastern Europe. Three out of four classes my freshman fall were in some way or another related to Eastern Europe. It certainly sounds like a targeted choice — even a weird one — for why would a Latvian study Eastern Europe in the United States?

Ironically, I get to explore myself and my identity, and the politics and society of Eastern Europe, more at Harvard than I do at home. Harvard has an undergraduate Slavic department; the largest university in Latvia does not. I get to read contemporary authors from Eastern Europe I had never heard of and consider literary theories in works that would be deemed unacceptable and immoral by a large fraction of Latvian society.

In real time, I am redefining Eastern Europeanness for myself. With or without Ukraine. Because that is the only way to escape the abyss of perpetual exoticization, oppression, and falsehoods that paint a bleak picture of what I call home.

—Ricards Umbrasko ’25, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Canaday Hall.

Submit an Op-Ed Today!

The Crimson

@thecrimson

OP-ED

Your House Will Be Your Home

By LIBBY E. TSENG

I

t’s a Thursday night, and I’m in the Yard. It’s not too late, but just late enough for the shuttles to the Quad to be few and far between. I’m facing a dilemma that almost every Quadling grapples with daily: Do I wait for the next shuttle, or brave the weather and make the walk?

To me, there’s no wrong decision. The walk gives me time to physically and mentally distance myself from the busyness of campus. The shuttle ride provides a similar opportunity, along with the increased chance of bumping into a friend. For these reasons, I absolutely love the journey to the Quad. This trek and the slight seclusion it creates make my home, Pforzheimer House, one of my favorite places on campus.

No, this isn’t an advertisement for the Quad or Pforzheimer House — it is a message of appreciation for the randomness of our current housing system.

Every spring, each Harvard freshman and up to seven of their friends are randomly sorted into one of the 12 upperclassmen Houses. This process has been carefully adjusted throughout the College’s existence.

From the creation of the Houses in the 1930s all the way until 1995, housing assignments were preference-based, causing each House to develop a distinct reputation and attract students of similar backgrounds. The House populations were largely homogenous: the Quad housed Black and Latino students, Eliot had the wealthier, preppy students, and Kirkland served as home for the athletes.

In 1995, randomization was introduced to the housing system, breaking

the tradition of self-segregation engendered by preference-based housing. Decades later, we continue to rely on random assignment, but this system has recently been criticized. In a 2021 survey conducted by the Undergraduate Council, some students voiced renewed interest in listing House preferences or characteristics of their desired House.

History cautions against reverting back to a preference-based housing system. Previously, the strong reputation of each House threatened to reduce students to a single aspect of their identity.

The sequestration of students based on their identity also fractured the broader Harvard community. Today, the more well-balanced mixture within each House increases exposure to students of different backgrounds and helps to mitigate some of the social barriers faced by students belonging to marginalized groups.

Previously, the strong reputation of each House threatened to reduce students to a single aspect of their identity.

As a first generation, low-income student, I feel very fortunate for the opportunities presented by House life. Knowing that my House affiliation is not determined by my income or non-legacy status is comforting, and spending time with a variety of people has also helped me receive the social education that I sought when I applied to Harvard. If given the chance to surround myself with students from the same background, I am not entirely sure that I would have

engaged with such a wide range of people.

This brings me to my favorite aspect of randomized housing: It challenges you to learn to love your House and its community.

In addition to the difficulty of abandoning my comfort zone and connecting with different people, a process which I have grown to appreciate, there are many other parts of Pforzheimer that it has taken time for me to love. I did not always love the Quad journey – what is now a meditative reprieve from my day initially frustrated me. I did not always love the horrendously slow elevator in the Comstock dorms, and I’m still learning to love the unreliable dryer that somehow always draws me back despite requiring multiple cycles to dry my clothes.

I can now say that I believe Pforzheimer House is, without a doubt, the best House you could have the privilege of being assigned. But, at the same time, I am certain that the House you find yourself in is the best for you.

To rising sophomores, even though you might wait with bated breath, desperately hoping for a particular House, you will love wherever you end up. You will accept the overly-friendly vermin, perpetually dirty hallway bathroom, time-consuming walk, or whatever other superficially annoying fixture you encounter.

Regardless of the House and community you randomly become a part of, your House will undoubtedly become your home.

—Libby E. Tseng ’24, a Crimson Editorial Comp Director, lives in Pforzheimer House.

Mireya Sánchez-Maes INSECT INSIGHTS

D

EAR ABEE: I am writing today with a startling and troublesome revelation – I think that “privilege” may exist. Mostly, because everyone keeps telling me I have it.

For context, I am a European Paper Wasp who has recently inherited a top producing nest in an incredibly lucrative foraging district. While this technically makes me a “Queen,” I’m far too down to earth for such a title. “CEO” will do just fine. Because of this intergenerational wealth, I am guaranteed a prosperous life of feasting and socializing while my subordinates are forced to clean, prepare food, and perform dangerous manual labor.

This wealth also means I am the only Paper Wasp in my colony guaranteed reproductive success. Now, if you’re thinking, “Wait a minute.

Wealth shouldn’t have any effect on your dating prospects!” Then clearly, you’ve never been to Harvard Business School. But don’t worry, once my children are born, I will leave the menial task of raising them to the peasants who work for me.

Still, despite my high status, the wasps in my colony find ways to chastise me for my position.

They claim I “have it easier” than they do. They say my position as Queen has “nothing to do with my skills and abilities.” And most importantly, none of them live long enough to come to my soirees!

So my question is, does being the recipient of a long-line of intergenerational wealth really make you privileged?” – A SKEPTICAL “POLISTES DOMINULA” DEAR SKEPTICAL “POLISTES DOMINULA”: I regret to inform you that inheriting a real-estate empire does, in fact, make you privileged. But despair not, for there are several actionable steps you can take to run a better colony! For example, don’t call your neighbors “peasants.” It’s very rude and makes you seem stuck up. I also recommend you take immediate action to improve the working conditions of your fellow wasps. If their life span is shorter than your soirees, then you’ve probably committed some intense human rights violations, or, whatever the equivalent is for European Paper Wasps.

I regret to inform you that inheriting a real-estate empire does, in fact, make you privileged.

I am also mildly concerned that you have transformed your colony into an oppressive oligarchical regime. You own the entire nest, correct?

And unless you die, there are no opportunities for any of those wasps to earn their own status or wealth, right? Which means your peers are forever doomed to toil in egregious living conditions while all the power is concentrated in your sticky appendages? Yikes. Very bad public relations. I highly recommend you redistribute your wealth and abolish that noxious social hierarchy. – ABEE DEAR ABEE: Wow! I had no idea that benefiting from the wealth of previous generations was enough to make you privileged. Thank you for that helpful feedback. But, if you really think about it, don’t privileged people have it the hardest right now? For example, anytime I accomplish something, I only get partial credit for it because all the other wasps think I was helped by “unearned advantages.” And I can’t talk about my real-estate empire, high social status, significantly longer life span, or upcoming spring break plans in Cancún without all the other wasps getting annoyed at me!

Being a recipient of multi-generational power also means that insects are constantly trying to criticize you for arbitrary things like “not paying living wages,” “committing tax evasion,” or “signing open letters questioning the results of sexual assault investigations.”

But most of all, there’s the issue of college applications. If I, a so-called “privileged European Paper Wasp,” decide to apply to Harvard, won’t it be way harder for me to get in? Now, it’s true that my wealth has given me access to private tutors, and admissions counselors, and test prep, and private school, and college visits, and music lessons, and sailing lessons, and Europe. And yes, my Dad is John Harvard. But does any of that really make a difference? – A SKEPTICAL “POLISTES DOMINULA”

Here’s what I recommend. Stop committing tax evasion. Pay your workers fairly. Support their unions.

DEAR SKEPTICAL “POLISTES DOMINULA”: Judging by the overwhelming amount of rich European Pottery Wasps at Harvard – yes. Your privilege does, in fact, give you a significant advantage in college admissions.

And definitionally, this privilege makes your life easier, not harder.

Here’s what I recommend. Stop committing tax evasion. Pay your workers fairly. Support their unions. Stop bragging about your longer life span and reinvest your wealth in projects that will help your fellow wasps. – ABEE DEAR ABEE: Hmm. “Pay your workers fairly?” Sounds like leftist propaganda to me. And I do support my workers’ right to unionize! You know, just as long as they don’t ask for anything. – A SKEPTICAL “POLISTES DOMINULA” DEAR SKEPTICAL “POLISTES DOMINULA”: You scare me. — ABEE —Mireya Sánchez-Maes ’24 is a joint concentrator in English and Theater, Dance, and Media in Currier House. Her column “Insect Insights” appears on alternate Wednesdays.

PAGE 5

THE HARVARD CRIMSON |

Experts Discuss Russian Sanctions

By ALEXANDER I. FUNG CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Experts gathered Tuesday to discuss the effects of economic sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine at an event hosted by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

The panel featured Sergey V. Aleksashenko, Free Russia Foundation board member and former Russian government official; Adam M. Smith, a partner at law firm Gibson Dunn; and Hans-Helmut Kotz, a professor of economics.

Throughout the discussion, which was moderated by Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies director Alexandra M. Vacroux, the experts examined Russian strategies for mitigating economic damage from sanctions and the disparate effects of sanctions on costs across Europe and the US. Smith opened by observing that the Western response to Russia’s invasion ramped up significantly last week, with some sanctions targeting the Russian central bank and Russian oligarchs and others cutting Russia off from the interna­

tional banking system.

“One of the things [Putin] did was develop a record-setting level of foreign reserves in his central bank, the idea being that he could then deploy that to buttress some of the pain of supporting the price of the Ruble,”

There certainly are some sanctions that are already starting to bite.

Adam M. Smith Gibson Dunn Law Partner

Smith said.

But sanctions from the EU and the US have foiled Putin’s plans, according to Smith.

“One of the strategies President Putin clearly had going into this war was to try to sanction-proof his economy,” Smith said. “What these sanctions have done is cut him off from those central bank reserves.”

Smith said in an interview that he believed the market assumed the global response would be “similar” to its “piecemeal” response in 2014 follow-

ing Russia’s invasion of Crimea.

“The level of unanimity across not just the trans-Atlantic [partnership], the entire G7, and for Canada and Japan was much more muted,” Smith said of the response in 2014.

Kotz then discussed the consequences of the sanctions for Europe, which relies heavily on Russian imports. He said that as a result, the EU has had to exclude Russian energy from its sanctions, unlike the US, which announced it would ban Russian energy imports Tuesday.

“With relative prices of energy going up, that [ban] will raise the issue of energy insecurity,” Kotz said. “It’s, of course, worse in places where you have a significantly lower GDP per income and lower GDP — I’m now thinking about southern Europe.”

Aleksashenko detailed the Russian response to the sanctions, noting that Russia’s practice of keeping high levels of reserves likely prevented a run on the bank.

“If any country has experienced a run on the banks once, it will keep a lot of cash in its vault, so it was not a problem,” Aleksashenko said. “In the very first days after sanctions, [the Central Bank] gave four trillion

rubles of loans to the Russian banking system.”

Aleksashenko also said, however, that the full impact of some sanctions — particularly bans on new contracts with Russia for materials the country may have stockpiled — will not be seen until “sometime later.”

If any country has experiencd a run on the banks once, it will keep a lot of cash in its vault.

Sergey V. Aleksashenko Free Russia Foundation

Smith agreed with Aleksashenko, noting that the sanctions could increase in their effectiveness over time.

“There certainly are some sections that are already starting to bite,” Smith said. “The impact of the sanctions — the full scope of that — will become significantly more harsh, maybe devastating on the Russian economy.” alexander.fung@thecrimson.com

MARCH 9, 2022

BUSES FROM PAGE 1

Route 71, 73 Buses to be Replaced “Instead of five and a half years of diesel service, we’re trying to move as quickly as we can so that we can get battery-electric buses on these routes by March of 2024,” Hamwey said.

Hamwey said that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority aims to finish “finalizing the specifications” for the battery-electric buses by mid2022.

He predicts that the battery-electric vehicles for Routes 71 and 73 will be delivered from the manufacturer in the fall of 2023.

According to an Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announcement, the buses will be phased into use by 2024.

“There’s several months of commissioning the vehicle, and the MBTA accepting the vehicle, and training our staff on the vehicle,” Hamwey explained.

“We wouldn’t just have the bus arrive and then go right into service.”

According to Hamwey, removing the trolley buses from ­

service and disassembling the overhead electric catenary lines will provide greater flexibility for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s service.

When there’s a disruption on the Red Line, or there’s a construction project on the Red Line, we’ll pull buses from around the system,” Hamwey said.

“We’re obviously not able to do that with the electric trolley buses because they’re wedded to the corridors that the catenary system are on," he added.

According to Hamwey, the replacement of the trolley buses will also simplify the considerations the city of Cambridge faces when developing new roadway projects — including bike lanes.

“The infrastructure that supports these buses by itself kind of creates something that has to be worked around,” he said, referring to the trolley bus wire system. katerina.corr@thecrimson.com

AI Expert Calls for More Ethical Artificial Intelligence Research UC Left in Limbo with its President Set to Graduate UC FROM PAGE 1

By JOLIN CHAN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER ­

Timnit Gebru, the founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, called for scholars to employ more ethical approaches in artificial intelligence research at an event hosted Tuesday by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

During her talk, part of a Radcliffe lecture series on AI, Gebru shared her vision for interdisciplinary AI and her calls for changes in academia. Gebru delivered a virtual talk to attendees, followed by a Q&A with Himabindu “Hima” Lakkaraju, an assistant professor at Harvard.

The conversation began with an introduction to DAIR, which works with global researchers from different backgrounds. Gebru said traditional research practices can often be “exploitative.”

“We see this a lot, where we have people in one community that have specific types of knowledge, and then people in the academic and research community that go to this community, and without supporting them or collaborating with them, [take] this knowledge,” Gebru said.

“And this group of people whose knowledge was extracted from are not getting any of [the] benefits,” she added.

She spoke about “the publishing rat race” — expectations in academia that researchers must publish lots of work in short periods of time. Gebru said her institute seeks to create a more sustainable working environment for researchers.

“We have a limit, and we want to be healthy and thriving researchers, and we can’t do our best work if we’re not healthy and thriving,” she said.

Before founding DAIR, Gebru was a co-lead of the Ethical

AI working group at Google. In December 2020, Google fired Gebru over controversy concerning a paper the working group published.

During the Q&A portion of the event, Gebru focused on her vision for the future of DAIR and AI research. She said she hopes to build “a thriving group of researchers who are healthy, who are embedded in their communities.”

Gebru said the “academic incentive structure” requires major changes in order to move toward more ethical AI research.

“We need to change the dynamics such that students, adjuncts, all non-tenure people, etc., have a lot more power to push back,” she said.

To close out the talk, Gebru called on universities to “pass the mic and pass the resources.”

“You have to make sure that the people who are usually at the margins have a seat at the table,” she said.

referendum will be highly in favor of this new system,” Estabine said. “If people show up, we have a chance at doing something new and exciting.”

Others on the Council were more skeptical.

“I think in its current form, it definitely wouldn’t pass through the UC without a lot of revamping and feedback from the UC members,” Council Secretary Jane J. Oh ’24 said.

In the event the new constitution fails, de Kanter would inherit the presidency, and the Council would elect a new vice president.

But de Kanter himself thinks it is unlikely that he will be president.

“I strongly believe that the Harvard student body will ratify the constitution written by the Citizen’s Assembly,” de Kanter wrote in a text message.

“The students at this school are ready for a change, and the ­

Harvard, 24/7.

The Crimson thecrimson.com

model that the Assembly is going to pitch is a pretty exciting take on student government that will be more effective, representative, and inclusive.”

When it came to becoming president, de Kanter expressed hesitancy.

“Mike and I have been so focused on facilitating the assembly and numerous other projects relating to student life that I haven’t really given much thought to the possibility of failure,” de Kanter wrote.

“If [the constitution is] not [ratified], then I think I’ll have to think long and hard about what my future with Harvard student government will look like,” he added.

Still, the prospect of a de Kanter presidency was welcomed by some members.

“He seems like a really nice guy, and he’s made some good contributions,” Kirkland Representative Ivor K. Zimmerman

’23 said.

Others praised de Kanter at the expense of Cheng.

“Based off of just temperature, I think he would definitely cool down the tensions within the UC because he is much more willing to communicate and work with us,” Oh said.

“Michael is remarkably obstructionist in preventing the counsel from doing their jobs,” Dunster Representative Samuel H. Taylor ’24 said.

“I think Emmett is going to be a lot more reasonable to deal with,” he added.

Cheng declined to respond to the criticisms, instead deferring to Estabine.

“He is the last person I would describe as obstructionist,” Estabine said. “He’s a builder.

He’s a creator, and he’s a visionary, and he’s so energetic about work and not about drama.” sellers.hill@thecrimson.com

SPORTS

WEEKEND WEEKLY EVENT RECAP

SCHEDULE SCORES

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ MEN’S HOCKEY AT PRINCETON W, 3-0 ___________________________________________________________ WOMEN’S WATER POLO AT NO. 25 BUCKNELL W, 8-7 ___________________________________________________________ Track & Field Men’s Lacrosse at University of Michigan Men’s Volleyball at. No.9 Grand Canyon WOMEN’S HOCKEY VS. PRINCETON L, 3-2 SOFTBALL VS. MARIST W, 4-1 ___________________________________________________________ NCAA Indoor Championships 3:00pm, at University of___________________________________________________________ Michigan 6:00pm, at Grand Canyon WOMEN’S SQUASH VS. NO. 6 DREXEL W, 8-1 ___________________________________________________________ MEN’S LACROSE VS. NO. 8 OHIO STATE L, 17-12 ___________________________________________________________ Women’s Basketball vs. Princeton Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Women’s Waterpolo vs. No. 24 Marist MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. PRINCETON L, 74-73 Arena ___________________________________________________________ 4:30pm, Lavietes Pavillion 7:00pm, Bright-Landry 11:00am, Blodgett Pool

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Harvard Defeats Penn, 9-8, In Ivy League Opener

By LAURA CONNOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On Saturday, the women’s lacrosse team clinched its first win over No. 24 University of Pennsylvania since 2000. The game also marked Harvard’s first Ivy League contest of the year.

“It feels great,” coach Devon Wills said. “Penn is a great team, so no matter how long it’s been since we’ve beat them, it just feels really great to beat a really strong team. Our team has been working so hard all week; it was a full team win.”

“This being the first Ivy game, everyone was so hyped up, so prepared, and ready to get after it,” junior midfielder Grace Hulslander said.

The Crimson (2-1, 1-0 Ivy) opened its season with a loss in its first game to Colorado on Feb. 20, followed by a win in its second game over Holy Cross on Feb. 22, before its game against Georgetown was postponed last Saturday. Harvard was fired up and ready to take down the No. 24 Pennsylvania Quakers (1-3, 0-1).

“We had a lot of time to prepare for this game and get in the winning mindset,” Hulslander said. “I think we can attribute the win to our preparation for the game and our mindset the whole time. We went into the game knowing that we were fully prepared and fully believing that we could beat Penn.”

The Crimson came out strong, with Hulslander scoring the first goal on a free possession less than two minutes into the first quarter.

While the Quakers quickly responded with a goal, sophomore midfielder Callie Hem put Harvard back on top with a strong cut and fire. After a forced turnover from junior midfielder Shea Jenkins, soph-

ALL LAX NO RELAX A Harvard attacker looks to the net in a tight game against the Cornell Big Red during the 2020 season. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

omore attacker Riley Campbell scored goal number three for the Crimson. Despite a 3-0 run from Penn, Hem scored her second goal to tie the game 4-4 before the half.

In the second half, the game was tied 6-6 until Harvard pulled ahead, scoring three consecutive goals. The first was a draw and dish from Campbell

to first-year attacker Caroline Mullahy. Despite dropping the ball in front of the crease, Mullahy managed to scoop it up and toss it behind her back and into the net — a highlight goal no doubt. Hulslander’s second goal followed, and then Campbell’s fourth, making the score 9-6 with three minutes to go.

The Quakers responded with

two more goals and had possession with one minute left, putting pressure on the Crimson defense. Harvard managed to force a turnover, securing the ball until time expired.

“The team really battled,” Wills said. “They showed a lot of resilience. There were a lot of ups and downs throughout the game, but we showed that they

can respond and make key plays when they need to.”

Campbell finished the matchup with four goals and an assist, an impressive performance for the sophomore, who pointed out it was her first away game with the team.

“It feels awesome,” Campbell exclaimed. “This is my first away trip ever for Harvard

women’s lacrosse. This is my first real season, so it was my first game on the road and my first Ivy game. I feel so happy and so proud. We really pulled it out as a team today.”

The Crimson looks to carry its momentum from its historic victory into its game against Siena College back in Cambridge this Friday, March 11.

ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM A Crimson attacker picks up speed in an approach on Cornell’s net during the Ivy League match-up in 2020. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

LOWER THE SHOULDER Defender Tate Green turns on the jets to get around an opponent in Harvard’s game against Cornell in 2020. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

TRUSTING THE TACKS Attacker Madison Conklin digs in to the turf to execute a cut as the Crimson takes on the Big Red in 2020. BRENDAN J. CHAPUIS—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER