THE HARVARD CRIMSON THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873
| VOLUME CL, NO. 29 | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
LAW SCHOOL
CLASS OF 2027
EDITORIAL
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Walking and Rolling Towards a Safe and Sustainable Square
Harvard Shakes Off Rough Start and Notches First Win
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Law School Reprimands Students at Phone Bank SPEECH CONCERNS. Harvard Law School administrators reprimanded students phone banking for a ceasefire in Gaza Wednesday, instructing them to leave the Caspersen Student Center lounge. SEE PAGE 4
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FAS Dean Hoekstra Silent on Occupation SIT-IN. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi E. Hoekstra said she did not “have anything further to add” about the ongoing occupation of University Hall by pro-Palestine Jewish students. SEE PAGE 5
ELECTIONS
King Takes Lead Over Harding REVERSAL. Cambridge School Committee challenger Andrew R. King took a slim lead over Richard Harding Jr. after the third day of vote counting. Official results will be announced Friday. SEE PAGE 12
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PROTEST
Pro-Palestine Students Occupy University Hall BY CAM E. KETTLES AND ELIAS J. SCHISGALL CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
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he occupation of University Hall by nine pro-Palestine student organizers will continue through the night, a student protester announced late Thursday evening, after Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana gave them the opportunity to leave without disciplinary consequences. Maya M.F. Wilson ’24, a Crimson Magazine editor and one of the students in University Hall, said Khurana spoke to the protesters just before 11 p.m. and offered them the chance to leave without facing the Administrative Board, the body that handles disciplinary action against students.
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SOULFUL TOUCH. MacPherson reflected on his past faults and his plans for the future during a concert at Roadrunner Boston on Nov. 5. His set was sure to please both new and diehard fans. SEE PAGE 13
around 5 p.m., no students were arrested as of early Friday morning. “What did we come here for? We came here to get fucking arrested or Ad-Boarded if our demands weren’t met,” one of the protesters occupying University Hall said in a speech through the basement window late Thursday night. The group’s demands include an immediate call by Harvard’s administration for a ceasefire, the creation of an investigative committee on the presence of Islamophobia on campus, and a University statement asserting that anti-Zionism and antisemitism are not the same. Around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Julia K. Pastreich ’25, a member of Harvard Jews for Palestine, said the group plans on occupying University Hall until the demands are met. “We’re here to show there is anti-Zion-
ist and non-Zionist Jewish presence on campus, and that’s not being represented by the administration right now,” Pastreich said. “We’re here to stand in solidarity with all the student organizers in PSC and other organizations.” “We will see how the police responds and how the University responds,” she added. University officials and Harvard University Police Department had initially refused to allow supporters to enter the building or bring them food. But at 9 p.m., Adams House Faculty Dean Salmaan Keshavjee brought burritos to the students. Earlier, Khurana had provided the demonstrators with Twizzlers. Around 11 p.m., after organizers said Khurana rejected their offer to leave,
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RHODES
Students Gear Up for The Ten Undergraduates Game During Spirit Week Named Rhodes Scholars BY SOPHIA C. SCOTT
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According to Wilson, the protesters gave Khurana three conditions to end the occupation: a written response to the students’ demands, a meeting with University President Claudine Gay, and a guarantee that the students would not be disciplined by the Ad Board. Khurana said he could not accept the offer, Wilson said. College spokesperson Jonathan Palumbo declined to comment, writing that conversations between Khurana and students were confidential. He declined to say whether the students would face disciplinary action. As of early Friday morning, the students remained in the basement of University Hall, with no indication that they planned to depart willingly. Though police officers in the building spoke with protesters and scanned their Harvard IDs
As the 139th playing of The Game approaches, students across campus are preparing by planning transportation and housing, attending spirit week events, and organizing mixers with Yale students. While Harvard’s football team has already claimed at least a part of the Ivy League title, Saturday’s matchup will determine whether Yale shares the prize. This will be the first Harvard-Yale Game hosted in New Haven without pandemic-related restrictions since 2019. In 2021, Yale did not offer Friday night housing to Harvard students, citing Covid-19 concerns. This will be the first Harvard-Yale Game hosted in New Haven without pandemic-related restrictions since 2019. In 2021, Yale did not offer Friday night housing to Harvard students, citing Covid-19 concerns. Harvard offered tickets for shuttles to New Haven on Friday evening and Saturday morning, though the tickets sold out
earlier this week. Some students are selling their tickets on house email lists, often asking for the best offer. Abdul M. Mohammed ’24 described the upcharges for shuttle tickets as a similar situation to last year’s resale market for tickets to the actual Game, which saw some Harvard students resell their free undergraduate tickets for more than $100. “I remember like last year, closer to the day, the rates were almost two and a half times as much as when they got them for,” he said. “It was kind of crazy — it was terrible.” Harvard Athletics sold tickets across campus throughout the week, but their campus supply ran out Thursday afternoon. In an email to undergraduates, they advised students without a ticket to purchase one at the Yale Bowl before The Game begins on Saturday. Mohammed said this year’s installment of Harvard-Yale will be the first time he attends the historic football game. “I’ve experienced the culture around the big rivalry for sure. So I’m going to look forward to experiencing that again,” he said
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BY SAGE S. LATTMAN AND SOPHIA C. SCOTT CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Ten members of Harvard’s Class of 2024 have been selected as Rhodes Scholars to pursue postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. Nine Harvard students are among the 32 American Rhodes recipients announced by the American secretary of the Rhodes Trust on Saturday. Harvard College produced the most American Rhodes Scholars for the fifth year in a row, and no other school produced more than two winners. The U.S. winners are Aishani V. Aatresh ’24, Suhaas M. Bhat ’23-’24, Benjamin Chang ’23-’24, Isabella B. Cho ’24, Mira-Rose J. Kingsbury Lee ’24, Xavier R. Morales ’23-’24, Lyndsey R. Mugford ’23’24, Lucy Tu ’24, and Eleanor V. Wikstrom ’24. Asmer A. Safi ’23-’24 was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship last month for the Pakistan constituency. Within the U.S., 862 students were endorsed by roughly 250 colleges and universities for the scholarship, according to
the press release. Over the weekend, 240 finalists representing 90 institutions interviewed for the scholarship in-person in their respective regions. Students from the New England region, including Mugford and Kingsbury Lee, were interviewed just across the Charles. Others had longer trips — like Safi, who flew 7,000 miles to Pakistan. Aatresh, who hails from the North California district, was playing board games with her fellow finalists when the committee sent word that the results would be announced in five minutes. All of the finalists were told to stand as the two district winners — Aatresh and Wikstrom, a Crimson Editorial Chair — were announced. Mugford had a similar experience as she waited for results on campus. “It was obviously very tense because we were all very nervous, but it was very warm and fun, like we were all in it together,” Mugford said. This year’s scholarship recipients have a wide-range of academic focuses, including political theory, microbiology, physics, and public health.
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