This piece raises points we've heard before, but I can't tell whether this particular act of expressing them is some kind of shrewd grandstanding maneuver, or a political blunder.

An undergrad (first year?) Government student, fortunate enough to be at Harvard, writes an opinion piece, in Harvard's newspaper, saying that many administrators at Harvard shouldn't be there.

If, at any point in the next three years, the student finds they need the assistance of an administrator, that could be awkward-or-worse for the student.

And maybe they're not planning on trying to get accepted to grad/law school anywhere with administrators.

> I propose that we cut the bloat. Knock on every office door and fire anyone who does not provide significant utility to the institution.

I'd expect that this level of rhetoric wouldn't play well at Harvard, and I'm surprised if a student there thinks it would.

Maybe it's not for Harvard consumption, but auditioning for a Conservative internship?