March 30, 2017 Mount Holyoke News Beyond the Gates, On Campus Beyond the Gates: Laakan McHardy '16 March 30, 2017 Mount Holyoke News Beyond the Gates, On Campus BY HALEY ROBINSON '17 Laakan McHardy ’16 describes Mount Holyoke as “an inclusive community of forward thinkers and ambitious agents of social change.” McHardy, an international student from Montego Bay, Jamaica, is just that: bold and determined.