As Harvard ushered in a new school year, upperclassmen fell back into the familiarity of old friends — while freshmen from abroad, many stepping on campus for the first time as students, asked orientation advisers what to do if they encountered immigration agents. Amid the crisp air distinct to the beginning of the school year, there was a sense of both routine and anxiety. This year will be a further test case in free speech, students and staff members say. And there’s no telling how their Harvard experience will be shaped by an increasingly polarizing political environment. After months of back and forth during which the Trump administration slashed funding over accusations of antisemitism and Harvard took legal action, a judge ordered the government to restore the funding. The administration said it will appeal. Of the more than half dozen students NBC talked to, some felt that the school would remain a safe space for debate and free speech. However, almost all pointed to a maj...