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REPORTERS AND EDITORS: TARA H. ARDEN-SMITH,ELIZABETH T. BANGS, ELIE G. KAUNFER, JOE MATHEWS,CHRISTOPHER ORTEGA, SARAH E. SCROGIN, JOHN E.STAFFORD, ETHAN M. TUCKER, ANNA D. WILDE...
Certainly I was quoted in the story on West, but not to any significant degree that would justify or require identifying me with a picture. Perhaps, Ms. Arden-Smith's and Ms. Kao's purpose in using my picture was to elevate or emphasize my comments regarding West's appointment. While I stand by my comments (surprisingly, The Crimson did quote me accurately), I do feel that my statements were used in a context that distorts my sentiments regarding West's appointment...
...this context that I "question what difference one professor can make." At this point, in my conversation with Ms. Kao, I was no longer discussing the specifics of the Afro-Am department, but instead some prevailing sentiments among the College and University community which I found disturbing. While Ms. Arden-Smith's and Ms. Kao's use of my statement--highlighted by their use of my picture--would seem to suggest that I questioned the abilities of Cornel West, I expressed nothing but praise for West's work, approach and the contributions he will bring to Harvard's Afro...
...feel that he thinks it was wrong, but it'sbecause he recognizes the fact that everyone elsethinks it's wrong," said Tara H. Arden-Smith '96,a Crimson editor. "I don't think he understandseven now the magnitude and the lastingrepercussion of what happened...
...Tara Arden-Smith wrote an article on life in Winthrop House in which she mentioned that in the Throp, even seniors don't get singles. In a March 9 letter, the president of the Winthrop House Committee, Aren R. Cohen, rebutted that charge, stating that all Winthrop seniors do in fact have access to singles in their suites...