5 educational cartoons about the Harvard pushback

published 19 April 2025

This cartoon depicts a large, stone statue reminiscent of "The Thinker." The statue is bound with ropes and being pulled off a stone block labeled "Academic Freedom" by a golf cart driven by Donald Trump.

This cartoon, titled "IVY LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN," shows a college pennant on grass. The pennant features a Harvard logo where the "H" in Harvard completes the word "HANDS OFF!"

This cartoon, labeled &quot;INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE,&quot; depicts four figures wearing &quot;MAGA&quot; shirts and hats seated around a table. One of the figures says, &quot;I'M THE FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO DEFUND COLLEGE.&quot;

This cartoon depicts Harvard University's iconic building being aggressively overgrown by thick, thorny vines that have sprouted into a monstrous head resembling Donald Trump with a gaping mouth and long tongue. A person on the roof of Harvard observes this and says in a speech bubble, &quot;...THAT ISN'T IVY.&quot;

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