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Harvard Crimson

Disciplines:
higher education
journalism

Summary

The Harvard Crimson is the daily student newspaper of Harvard University, founded in 1873 and the oldest continuously published daily college newspaper in the United States.

Core Contribution

The Harvard Crimson is used in the lecture specifically for a real advertisement placed in it offering $50,000 for egg donation from a donor who was tall, athletic, and had high SAT scores — an example of commodifying reproductive capacity and eugenics anxiety.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • $50,000 egg donor ad (an advertisement offering $50,000 — plus expenses — for eggs from a donor who was 5'10", athletic, and had SAT scores over 1400)
  • Commodification evidence (the ad is direct evidence that reproductive capacity is being marketed at premium prices based on genetic traits)
  • Oldest daily college newspaper (published continuously since 1873 — an institutional record no other college newspaper has matched)
  • Future journalist pipeline (alumni include over 70 Pulitzer Prize winners — the most of any college newspaper)

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

American college journalism tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

The New York Times Harvard University

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

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