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Guan ’27: Stop using social media to get your news
By Lucas Guan | October 28In his column, Lucas Guan ’27 argues that social media should not be used as a source of news.
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Guan ’27: Harris isn’t a perfect candidate. Progressives should support her regardless.
By Lucas Guan | September 15Caught between geopolitical tensions, political polarization and a chaotic candidate swap, the 2024 United States Presidential Election is set to become one of the most consequential in American history.
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Guan ’27: The test-optional admission debate isn’t as consequential as we think
By Lucas Guan | March 20Since the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action programs unconstitutional in June 2023, the college admission process has found itself under near-constant scrutiny by commentators. Still, few issues have stirred more controversy than the single question college admissions offices across the country ...
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Guan ’27: We must remain vigilant against hate amid polarizing campus activism
By Lucas Guan | March 6On Feb. 17, members of pro-Palestinian campus groups at Harvard reportedly began circulating a cartoon on social media channels depicting boxer Muhammad Ali and former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser being hung by a golden chain held by a hand displaying a star of David and dollar sign. ...
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Threats to NATO should be taken seriously
By Lucas Guan | February 16This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) turns seventy-five. In the course of its lifetime, NATO has seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War and, more recently, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, NATO has played a key role in American and global geopolitics for ...
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Guan ’27: The freedom of thought
By Lucas Guan | February 2The Ivy League is no stranger to criticism and scrutiny. From producing mindless “zombies” to upholding socioeconomic inequality, critics have already levied almost any accusation one could imagine. But amid social and political upheaval in the aftermath of the October 7 attack, right-wing commentators ...
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Guan ’27: Brown must be ready to protect students from doxxing
By Lucas Guan | December 4Hours after student groups at Harvard published a letter stating that its signers “hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence” in response to the Israel-Hamas war, a debate emerged on the university’s campus over the limits of freedom of expression. As tensions rose ...
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Guan ’27: Blame the Electoral College for far-right Republicans
By Lucas Guan | November 8Just under a year out from the 2024 election, it is clear that American politics are broken. This year alone has seen no shortage of embarrassing incidents, most notably the 22 agonizing days it took the House of Representatives to elect a new speaker. And with the rise of increasingly far-right Republican ...
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Guan ’27: Even without college rankings, reputation matters whether we like it or not
By Lucas Guan | October 24In his column, Lucas Guan ’27 argues that ending college rankings wouldn’t end the power of college prestige
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Guan ’27: Americans shouldn’t romanticize Canada
By Lucas Guan | September 24As a Canadian, I get a kick out of telling fellow students where I’m from. While some reactions to my nationality are muted, other reactions are much more intriguing. Recently, it’s become common for someone to say that I’m “so lucky” to be Canadian and that they want to move to Canada to ...
