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.
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 is taking advantage of our desire for the freshman experience we imagined as we applied to college, arbitrarily sacrificing our first year to scour for room and board fees like a kid flipping couch cushions for loose change. Harvard knows the Class of 2024 is starved for a crumb of normalcy
Complaints about Harvard's massive endowment are common, but that ire is misdirected; a shift in focus would better actualize any changes student activists want.
The new ICE policy is misguided and harmful to international students, but there is hope that Harvard can find a way to ensure that all can learn despite these trying times.
Activists should not present their goals as a necessarily conjoined front that can potentially undermine their case without tactful messaging, and solidarity can quickly become stifling if it is used to shame people into supporting a cause rather than inspiring them.
