Word: appealing
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...become concerned for my future. But I can't help wondering about the quality of concern, to say nothing of the purported access to my inner state, inasmuch as no member of the University administration has uttered so much as a single word to me in connection to my appeal...
Finally, in response to the "high-ranking official" who anonymously attacked Professor Nesson for his involvement in my appeal, I wish to say that Charlie has given generously of his talent, time and energy and I am most grateful. It is true that Charlie has an unusually low tolerance for cant, double-talk and hypocrisy. But it is precisely these eccentricities that make him a good friend and an invaluable asset to the University. PETER BERKOWITZ Jan. 12, 1999 The writer is associate professor of government 13/01/1999 Editorial 10 Letters Tenure System Needs Review To the editors...
...unidentified central administration sources in your excellent story on the Peter Berkowitz Case raise questions about the public nature of Peter's appeal, suggesting as reason only that I am enjoying it, and doubting the viability and advisability of following intrenal Harvard grievance procedures where a decision of the University President is concerned...
...discrete appeal to the Joint Committee was foreclosed on Dec. 29, 1997, not by any process of the Committee but by letter from Anne Taylor, General Counsel of Harvard University. She informed Peter's lawyer, Matt Feinberg, that she had thoroughly investigated Peter's case and found no evidence of abuse of process to warrant consideration by the Joint Committee. Additionally, she told Feinberg that she did this investigation personally and made the decision that our complaint would not be considered by the Committee. In fact, so far as Peter and Matt Feinberg and I can tell based...
...internal procedural route of review offers value. The true audience for our appeal is not a technical legal committee, but the Harvard Faculty and the broader Harvard University Community. The true basis of our appeal is not to technical misapplication of rule, but to standards of justice and fair play. The internal procedural route may indeed turn out to be as much sham as was Peter's ad hoc committee process, but this, if it happens, will be demonstrated openly on the record of the Berkman Center and will only further strengthen our appeal...