Noble Foray into Public Service
In the spring of 2025, Hamza and his friend Avery Pratt sensed malcontent among Harvard’s student body. They resolved to remedy it by running for the student government co-presidency, promising no homework, longer recess, better weather, free ice cream, quicker laundry, more weekends, bigger food, public health, one mega class for all students on Monday instead of the current model of mini classes scattered throughout the week, and Neil deGrasse Tyson headlining Crimson Jam, campus’ second-best annual concert. Though their goals were many, their philosophy was simple: Make Harvard Better—or, for short, MakHarvarBette.