The THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873 | VOLUME CXLVII NO. 34 | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020

NEWS PAGE 5 EDITORIAL PAGE 6 SPORTS PAGE 8 Archaeologist discusses the Pacific Harvard’s choice to close its doors Women’s basketball halts losing in the prehistoric era gives us deep reason for worry streak Friday, then loses to Yale CORONAVIRUS SENDS STUDENTS HOME

INSIDE THIS Students Must ISSUE Vacate, Classes Move Online Unions Reply to Closures

By THE CRIMSON NEWS STAFF Three unions say they All­ Harvard courses will move are making contingen- to remote instruction begin- cy plans and cancelling ning March 23 as a result of a events after Harvard’s growing global coronavirus announcement that it outbreak, University President will send undergrads Lawrence S. Bacow announced home and move to on- in an email Tuesday morning. line classes. The University will also ask students not to return from spring break. SEE UNIONS PAGE 4 “Students are asked not to return to campus after Spring Recess and to meet academ- ic requirements remotely until Seniors Party further notice,” Bacow wrote in the email. Before Packing “Students who need to re- main on campus will also re- ceive instruction remotely and must prepare for severely lim- ited on-campus activities and interactions. All graduate stu- dents will transition to remote work wherever possible,” Ba- cow added. The move follows both similar decisions at other Ivy League universities in recent ­Harvard seniors spent days and rapid changes on On Tuesday morning, announced the upcoming transition to virtual instruction for graduate and undergraduate classes. A student time with friends in din- campus. waits with his belongings in preparation for vacating campus outside of Leverett House Tuesday morning. JONATHAN G. YUAN—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER ing halls and at outdoor As the number of confirmed parties on Tuesday af- coronavirus cases in Massa- ter recieving the news chusetts rises, events and ven- that their final semes- ues across Harvard’s campus ter would be cut short. have closed, travel restrictions have tightened, and University affiliates have questioned how the disease will affect life and SEE SENIORS PAGE 3 work on campus. Harvard has seen similarly seismic changes to operations only in wartime. Intl. Students Spring recess officially be- gins this Saturday and con- React to News cludes on March 22. The next day, students will attend classes virtually — a ­International students possibility Harvard University at the College spent Health Services director Giang Tuesday questioning T. Nguyen and Dean of the Fac- the status of their visas, ulty of Arts and Sciences Clau- students were notified to vacate their houses and dorms The Owl, a final club, hosted a day party following the notification of the working to secure hous- dine Gay first publicly raised at by March 15, five days away. RYAN N. GAJARAWALA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER decision to evacuate campus. RYAN N. GAJARAWALA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER ing, and wondering how a faculty meeting earlier this different time zones month. will impact online class. Since then, tabs for the on- line meeting platform Zoom Rapid Move-Outs Faculty Prepare have cropped up on course SEE GLOBAL PAGE 7 websites and many faculty have tested it with their class- es. Bring Challenges for Web Teaching Bacow wrote Monday that Mass. Declares Harvard will now strongly dis- courage gatherings of more By JULIET E. ISSELBACHER By JAMES S. BIKALES they felt largely prepared to de- Emergency than 25 people, a change from and AMANDA Y. SU “To wake up in the morn- CRIMSON STAFF WRITER liver classes online for the rest the previous guidance to re- CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS ing and receive what can only of the semester. think events of 100 or more. be called an eviction notice is Harvard’s­ response to the novel The University announced a ­Governor Charlie D. “Despite our best efforts Most­ days, Jordan H. Barton ’23 something that only invalidates coronavirus Tuesday triggered number of measures to reduce Baker ‘79 declared a to bring the University’s re- wakes up in his Canaday dorm what the school’s mission has perhaps one of the largest sud- risk to affiliates in emails Tues- state of emergency sources to bear on this virus, to a 9:30 a.m. alarm. stated since they’ve been in- den pedagogical shifts in Uni- day, including transitioning to in Massachusetts on we are still faced with un- On Tuesday, though, he ducted,” Barton said. versity history, as undergrad- online learning, canceling gath- Tuesday after the num- certainty—and the consid- woke up earlier. His phone was Dean of the College Rakesh uates are required to move off erings of more than 25 people, ber of reported cases of erable unease brought on by ringing as he began receiving Khurana wrote to Barton and campus and classes transition and requiring that College stu- coronavirus in the state uncertainty,” Bacow wrote. a flood of texts informing him more than 6,000 other under- to an online format. dents vacate their dorms by jumped to 92. “It will take time for re- Harvard College would require graduates on Tuesday morn- In the wake of the changes, Sunday. searchers, a good many of them undergraduates to vacate cam- ing that campus would not several Harvard faculty mem- Last week, Dean of the pus by Sunday to prevent the bers said that, while they still SEE EMERGENCY PAGE 3 SEE VACATE PAGE 7 spread of the coronavirus. SEE MOVE-OUT PAGE 4 need to iron out several details, SEE FACULTY PAGE 5 Experts Support Schools Unveil Contingency Plans for Virus

Response to Virus By JAMES S. BIKALES, MICHELLE G. KURILLA, and RUOQI ZHANG By FIONA K. BRENNAN uled classes after spring recess. CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS CRIMSON STAFF WRITER As of Tuesday evening, there were 973 confirmed cases of Administrators­ from across Public­ health experts largely coronavirus and 29 deaths in Harvard’s 12 degree-granting support the University’s deci- the United States. Governor schools and the Radcliffe In- sion to transition to remote in- Charlie D. Baker ’79 declared stitute for Advanced Study sent struction and restrict students’ a state of emergency in Mas- school-specific instructions presence on campus as the glob- sachusetts Tuesday, after the and reassurances to students al coronavirus outbreak grows. number of coronavirus cases Tuesday following University University President Law- doubled overnight to 92. President Lawrence S. Bacow’s rence S. Bacow and Dean of the To date, there are nine re- announcement that Harvard College Rakesh Khurana in- ported cases in Boston but none would move to remote instruc- formed students of the mea- on Harvard’s campus. tion beginning March 23 as a re- sures in a series of emails Tues- Harvard School of Pub- sult of the growing coronavirus day morning. Khurana asked lic Health epidemiology pro- outbreak. undergraduates to vacate their fessor Donald A. Goldmann Bacow’s announcement, rooms no later than Sunday said that while Harvard’s deci- which also stipulated that stu- March 15 at 5 p.m. and begin sion to send students home was dents not return to campus attending courses virtually on A Harvard undergraduate talks on the phone in the Science Center Plaza Tuesday morning, reacting to the March 23, the first day of sched- SEE EXPERTS PAGE 3 SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 5 University’s early morning decision. JONATHAN G. YUAN—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

INSIDE TODAY’S PARTLY SUNNY VISIT THECRIMSON.COM. THIS Harvard Today 2 News 3 Editorial 6 Sports 8 wash FORECAST High: 51 Low: 33 FOLLOW @THECRIMSON ON TWITTER. ISSUE | MARCH 11. 2020 PAGE 4 Unions Respond MOVE-OUT FROM PAGE 1 to Univ. Closures Sudden Move-Outs Pose Unexpected Issues reopen­ after spring break, sources necessary to evacu- planned to return to Boston for prehensive subsidies was nec- By DAVIT ANTONYAN cerned the closure could cause which stretches from March 14 ate and move off-campus,” the the summer. essary,” the letter further stat- CRIMSON STAFF WRITER “about 60% of our overtime to to 22. group wrote in a statement “All of these flights total up ed. be gone.” Within hours, the email sent emailed to its members. to about $700. That’s like half Primus’s leaders wrote that Three­ of Harvard’s labor Harvard’s graduate student students scrambling to pack up First-generation students my net worth,” Olvera said. they are focused on continuing unions are forming contingen- union cancelled its scheduled all their belongings and make constitute 15 percent of Har- Olvera said he was unsure to communicate with affected cy plans and cancelling events work-in on Thursday and an- plans to vacate. But Barton and vard’s undergraduate popula- whether he could get refunds students and working with ad- after Harvard announced nounced it would stop holding others say it hit one group of un- tion; more than 20 percent of from the airlines or receive fi- ministrators and alumni to con- Tuesday that it would send un- mass events following a Uni- dergraduates particularly hard: students are on full financial aid nancial assistance from Har- nect students with additional dergraduates home for the re- versity-wide email announcing first-generation and low-in- at the College, according to Pri- vard to cover sunk costs. resources. mainder of the semester and that classes will move online come students, many of whom mus’s statement. Similarly, some students In its open letter, HUDUA hold classes online due to the beginning March 23. depend upon Harvard for food, James A. Bedford ’20 — who have been forced to make demanded that Harvard open global coronavirus outbreak. The announcement comes housing, and stability. is on full financial aid — said substantial efforts to afford its petitioning process to re- The Harvard Union of Cler- amid contentious contract ne- “They’ve been evicted from he usually holds several jobs at last-minute flights home. main on campus to economi- ical and Technical Workers — gotiations between the Uni- their stability, they’ve been Harvard simultaneously in or- “I just paid an entire pay- cally disadvantaged students. the largest union on campus — versity and Harvard Graduate evicted from their homes, der to support himself, working check to get a plane ticket home They further asked that Har- is working to ensure its mem- Students Union-United Auto- they’ve been evicted from roughly 15 to 20 hours a week. on the shortest notice possible,” vard increase subsidies to- bers do not lose pay should mobile Workers. their ability to live comfortably His roles have included serv- Barton said. wards, as well as the availability the University further shut- HGSU-UAW wrote in an and safely,” Barton, who is an ing as a Peer Advising Fellow, a Faced with financial, logis- of, urgent, on-campus storage ter its operations, according to email to members that it would FGLI student, said. “There’s al- Learning Lab Fellow at the the tical, and personal challenges facilities before the evacuation HUCTW President Carrie Bar- remain committed to address- ready enough concern, and now Derek Bok Center for Teaching Tuesday, students and Univer- deadline. The College is cur- bash. ing the needs of its members, they’re concerned about being and Learning, and an instructor sity affiliates have attempted to rently not offering any on-cam- even as Harvard prepares to able to get home and have stable for SCRB 78: “Science Commu- cobble together makeshift solu- pus storage to students.= move online. housing and food.” nication,” among others. tions. The letter has more than 100 In the email, the union de- Some students must ship or “I haven’t even been able to In wake of the announce- student signatories as of Tues- We want to ensure manded Harvard ensure that store their on-campus belong- think about the realities of the ment, many students offered day evening, according to Bar- student workers not lose pay ings without financial sup- lost income and the money that their homes to peers who re- ton. that no members amid the closure; provide paid port from Harvard. Others I won’t be able to make,” he said. quire housing via a Google College spokesperson Ra- experience any kind sick leave; address their im- who planned to stay on cam- University President Law- spreadsheet that connects un- chael Dane wrote in a state- migration concerns; cover the pus must now book unexpect- rence S. Bacow announced in dergraduates seeking hous- ment that, per Khurana’s email of pay loss as a result costs of coronavirus testing ed flights home and accrue ad- an email Tuesday morning that ing with those who can pro- to students, Harvard’s commit- of choices Harvard is for them; and reimburse their ditional costs. And those who all Harvard courses will move vide it. As of Tuesday night, ment to the health of its affili- travel expenses. rely on term-time employment to online instruction beginning over 80 students signed up on ates and its responsibilities to making about staying “We have drafted a list must confront additional finan- March 23. the spreadsheet, including in- the “larger community” guided open or closing. of steps the administration cial concerns as they lose their However, Wyville — who formation about the number of the decision. should take to immediately primary sources of income. hails from Anniston, Ala. — said beds they have available. “Public health experts have Carrie Barbash protect the health and well-be- Nicholas T. “Nick” Wyville online courses are not feasible Others have called on Har- advised us that the best way to HUCTW President ing of student workers,” the ’20 called the College’s an- for him and some of his peers vard administrators to offer delay the virus transmission email read. nouncement “outrageous,” add- from rural or low-income areas, students greater support. Bar- and to contain any breakout is “We want to ensure that no University spokesperson ing that he believes it will weigh where many homes do not have ton, Olvera, and several other to decrease the number of peo- members experience any kind Jonathan L. Swain said the most heavily on him and his fel- internet access. students penned an open let- ple on our campus, and as a re- of pay loss as a result of choices University is working to ad- low FGLI students. “It’s not as if we can just like ter to the administration Tues- sult, the decision was made in Harvard is making about stay- dress a number of concerns “Harvard prides itself on up and go to the library or the day on behalf of a new student a timely manner and commu- ing open or closing, and that ev- raised in the union’s email re- having a massive student body coffee shop every day,” he said. group, Harvard Undergradu- nicated as soon as it could be,” eryone has adequate sick time lated to the threat of coronavi- that is a large percentage on fi- “The only equalizer at Har- ates for Decent and Urgent Ac- Dane wrote. to either care for themselves rus. nancial aid,” Wyville said. “I vard is the fact that we all live commodations. In his email, Khurana wrote or their family members,” Bar- “As President Bacow stated think that they forget that those together and have the same ac- The letter condemns admin- the College understands stu- bash said. in his message to the commu- are the same students who of- commodation. We live together, istrators for demanding stu- dents will face challenges and The Harvard University Se- nity, the decision announced ten come from home situations we eat the same food, we have dents make sudden travel plans that faculty and staff will imple- curity, Parking, and Museum today by the University around that are uncomfortable.” the same faculty resources,” that “exhaust” their resources ment plans to support students Guards Union, meanwhile, is virtual instruction is aimed at The financial burdens of Wyville added. “But if you take and put unexpected financial during the transition. preparing for a tumultuous limiting exposure of members leaving campus this week away campus living and resi- pressure on their families, as “I do not take lightly the ap- week ahead as students move of our community to the coro- will disproportionately affect dential life then you take away well as process “tremendously prehension and disappointment out from their dorms. navirus,” Swain said. “ first-generation, low-income that equalizer.” expensive” shipping fees. you will experience with this HUSPMGU President Curt There are a wide range students at Harvard who can- While Eric Olvera ’23 ex- “The nature of financial news,” he wrote. “As you deal E. Rheault said the union of concerns the University not foot these abrupt costs, ac- pected Harvard would transi- struggle is one of inaccess,” the with the uncertainty of these would be treating the remain- is working to address in the cording to Primus, a group for tion to online classes as a result letter reads. “Being asked to ful- unexpected challenges, I hope ing five days like the end of a coming days and weeks re- FGLI students at the College. of the coronavirus, he said he ly move out and ship our rooms you will be gentle and respect- traditional school year. lated to this decision and the “While many students can was shocked when he learned away with no system of subsi- ful with others and with your- “On the parking side, we’re ongoing public health emer- handle unexpected costs, this he had just five days to leave dies and on-campus, accessible selves so that we can meet these considered essential person- gency, among those are some sudden change in housing high- Cambridge. Olvera had planned storage makes this issue unde- challenges in ways that will re- nel, so we’ve been asked to that were also raised by HG- lights the large disparity with- a series of flights between Ha- niable.” flect the College at its best.” treat this week as the move-out SU-UAW,” Swain added. in our student population con- waii, Boston, and his home “These are costs that Har- for everybody,” he said. cerning students’ access to in Idaho based on the regu- vard cannot mediate, and in [email protected] Rheault added he is con- [email protected] disposable wealth and the re- lar academic calendar. He then such, a timely notice with com- [email protected] Harvard, from the Law School to Longwood.

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