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3 weeks ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Graham Lee
Harvard’s class of 1975 made its way onto a campus newly shaped by the student activism of the previous decade. The Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War catalyzed student organizing — a change reflected in the increasingly political environment of the Phillips Brooks House Association. “This is a particularly politically active period for students on campus — and who can blame them for wanting to speak up and be out on the street?” said Douglas M. Schmidt ’76, PBHA president from 1975 to 1976.
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1 month ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang defended the decision to slow budget growth in an interview with The Crimson on Monday. By Elyse C. GoncalvesBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersEven as Cambridge City Councilors express frustration over funding allocation, City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 defended his financial decisions as Cambridge’s budget growth slows.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang '05 said the city might need to be flexible with Harvard's Payment in Lieu of Taxes may change as it battles with the Trump administration over federal funding. By Elyse C. GoncalvesBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersFor nearly a century, Cambridge has asked Harvard to increase its Payment in Lieu of Taxes — never questioning whether its most powerful tenant would be able to pay.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
By Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersAmid federal budget cuts and a slowdown in development, the Cambridge City Council began its most substantive conversations on the city’s budget on Monday. From the get-go, tensions were high as the council discussed whether or not to consider renewing funding for the Transition Wellness Center, a 58-bed shelter at Spaulding Hospital. As other councilors showed their intent to vote down the order, Vice Mayor Marc C.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
By Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersSeveral late-night comedy shows ran segments on Harvard’s Monday decision to reject the Trump administration’s demands, praising the University while criticizing the White House. The programs — including Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Daily Show hosted by Ronny Chieng — all shared similar messaging on Harvard’s defiance, while cracking jokes at the University.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
Cambridge City Hall is located at 795 Massachusetts Ave. On Monday, Councilors approved a draft of amendments to the city charter. By Julian J. GiordanoBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersCambridge City Councilors approved a draft of amendments to the city charter on Monday as part of the city’s first decennial charter review, even as they avoided some of the most contentious recommendations that emerged from a committee appointed to kickstart the process.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
Members of the Cambridge City Council speak at a rally organized the Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors on Saturday. By Emily T. SchwartzBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council voted unanimously to praise Harvard’s decision to defy the Trump administration at a Monday night meeting. University President Alan M.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
After the Cambridge City Council called on Harvard to reject demands from the Trump administration, Councilor Burhan Azeem started his own petition, signed by nearly 600 Harvard affiliates. By Samuel A. HaBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersHarvard’s leadership is used to handling demands from its faculty and students. But with the Trump administration’s latest threats, the University is feeling pressure from its hometown, too.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
Cambridge City Councilor Patricia M. Patty Nolan '80 at a City Council meeting in January 2024. Nolan joined four other city councilors in calling for Councilor Paul F. Toner's resignation. By Frank S. ZhouBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersPressure is mounting on embattled Cambridge City Councilor Paul F. Toner to yield his seat on the Council as a majority of his colleagues are now calling for his resignation. Councilors Patricia “Patty” M.
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2 months ago | 
thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Jack Reardon
On Monday, the Cambridge City Council voted in their regular meeting to call on the Harvard Corporation to stand up to the Trump administration's demands. By Steve S. LiBy Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council voted unanimously on Monday to call on the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — to refuse the Trump administration’s demands as $9 billion in government funding hangs in the balance.
