Hail Harvard’s Cold Water

At least one elite university is effectively resisting the pro-Hamas occupiers: In fact, Harvard just literally poured cold water on a nascent encampment.

After protesters set up dozens of tents in Harvard Yard late Wednesday, the university set off sprinklers from 2:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thursday morning as temps dipped into the 30s, flooding out the colony as students futilely tried to use buckets to stop the streams. What an elegant move: no confrontation, no conflict, just a pointed message to rabble-rousers to move along.

Seems the ouster of President Claudine Gay may have begun to make a difference.

In earlier “preventative medicine,” the school on Monday locked the gates of the yard, limiting access to only those with student IDs, while posting signs warning that no tents or tables would be allowed.

All this signifies a marked departure from Gay, who let aggressive anti-Israel protesters (and their antisemitism) run roughshod over the rest of the student body and trash the university’s reputation, going so far as to run cover for them in front of Congress.

Looks like interim prez Alan Garber learned from her mistakes — at least enough to stifle protests that break college rules before they explode into campus-wide disorder.

Institutional, long-term improvement still requires changes from the Harvard Corp. board on down, but progress is still progress.

In the meantime — mind the puddles.