The Citizen

By Rosalia Gutierrez-Huete Miller, Culture Writer, MC/MPA’12   I Went To The Orchard I went to the orchard And what did I see? A big red apple, On an apple tree. The wind came “whoosh” And blew all around, And then the red apple, Fell to the ground. I picked up the apple, And took […]

Dear Editors, While I do not disagree with the policy suggestions in your column in the Citizen of Nov 1, you make several false statements about my “case.” 1. I disclosed in 2007 that Monitor had paid for my trip to Libya. The Mother Jones article you cite was false reporting and the editor of […]

By Adrian Arroyo, Opinion Writer, MPP ‘13 The stated reasons for the Harvard Ec 10 walkout are a bit of a moving target: allegations of bias, a complaint that seems rooted in the fact that Mankiw teaches micro before macro, and an assertion of privilege (#humblebrag) that precedes an avowed concern for the injustices perpetuated […]

By James Walsh, MPP ‘13 Since the beginning of the Financial Crisis of 2008, the subject of economics has been undergoing an intellectual revolution, with many of the world’s leading economists turning much of the conventional wisdom of the previous thirty years on its head in search of an answer as to what went wrong. […]

By Jasdeep Randhawa, Contributor, MPP ‘13 I feel betrayed by every decision of the Supreme Court of India. The highest court of the land in its recent decision in Jakia Nasim Ahesan & Anr. Versus State Of Gujarat & Ors. directed the Special Investigation Team to submit its findings against Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, […]

By Aaron Miller, MPP ‘13 Think like a honey badger – I just don’t give a shit, I just need to talk to her. She’s independent, she’s open-minded, she knows what she wants, I know what she wants – ME. Let’s roll. Wait a minute. Was she one of those girls – wait, women – […]

By Mark Truman, MPP ‘13 Last week, around seventy Harvard students walked out of Ec 10 – the popular economics class taught by renowned economist Gregory Mankiw – in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement.  In an open letter to Professor Mankiw, the students cited their “discontent with the bias inherent in this introductory […]

By Shloka Nath, News Editor, MPP ‘13 There is something strange afoot at the Kennedy School. And no, this is not a reference to the fact that there is less free food available than any other year prior (painfully true, as it is) or the fact that the coffee machine in the Study now breaks […]

By Carli Hetland, Assistant Opinions Editor, MPP ‘13 As the sun set on November 9th, the 53rd day of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) in Zuccotti Park, the Occupy Harvard movement kicked off its first official day. Approximately 800 Harvard students, faculty, staff, and members of the community gathered in peaceful assembly on the Harvard Law […]

 By Ryoji Watanabe, News Writer, MC/MPA’12 “Make the world a better place!” For most of us, this is the vision that drew us to the Harvard Kennedy School to continue our studies.  For some however, the need to make a difference in the world stretches beyond current academic measures. One band of such student activists […]

By Dharana Rijal, News Writer, MPP ‘13 Students and community members gathered on Wednesday to discuss the urgent need to change the current portrayal of women in the mass media. The screening of the documentary Miss Representation facilitated this conversation, which was attended by more than seventy. Miss Representation exposes how the media—through both direct […]

By Matt Bieber, News Writer, MPP/MDiv ‘13 In the early 1960′s, Marshall Ganz dropped out of Harvard to join the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. He then spent 16 years working with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers before returning to Harvard to finish his BA and earn a  Ph.D. in sociology. During the […]