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The pandemic proves to be a time that corners the arts in a hitherto unseen predicament. While the duration of the pandemic’s effects remains unknown and unpredictable, arts education must work around its technical and physical limitations, shifting the emphasis of its teachings from traditional repetition and performance to active engagement with society, and creating new opportunities for the future.

In an effort to accurately survey the political beliefs of Harvard College students, the Harvard Political Review collaborated with the Harvard Open Data Project and sent out a poll to the undergraduate body in mid-March. Over 235 responses were collected.

Despite having the purpose of making higher education more accessible to students, federal policy initiatives intended to support the affordability of college education, such as increasing federal student loan supplies, appear to be linked to the rise in college tuition.

We have a right to say no to endless, back-to-back Zoom meetings or to cut ourselves the slack of an extension. We have a right to prioritize our wellbeing, and there is no shame in that.

If students, academics, and politicians continue to push back against revisionist histories like Ramseyer’s, perhaps the road to reconciliation on the "comfort women" issue will be shorter than expected.

This is an argument in favor of breaks. An argument in favor of downtime, in favor of individuality, in favor of the idea that you are not just a transcript or a resume, that you are a whole person.

After a year of hardship, Harvard needs to encourage students to take advantage of the virtual format of internships, volunteer work, and summer school and allow for appropriate multiple sources of funding.

Five undergraduates reflect on how they understand their education to be political.

Sixteen percent of students replied that Harvard should be able to hire known racist or white supremacist teachers, often citing that cancel culture overuses and misuses these labels.

Harvard has allowed itself to be exploited by a white supremacist feigning a false equivalency for political gain.