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...Harvard’s many schools to facilitate cross-registration, the Committee’s chief proposal is to move final exams to before winter break throughout Harvard. Four out of nine of Harvard’s schools already use such a schedule, and the committee’s bias??as well as the bias of University President Lawrence H. Summers—in this direction was evident from the outset. Although the proposal has been roundly criticized by members of the Faculty, changing the College’s calendar so that fall semester ends before winter break...
France’s refusal to support the war against Iraq stemmed from basic disagreements about intelligence information—not a desire to counterbalance American military strength or intrinsic anti-American bias??according to Levitte...
...blind letter system ensures anonymity in the often politically tense tenure process. But the system mandates the evaluation of faculty who are not in consideration along with the actual candidate—inundating the evaluators with superfluous information and hindering the review. The system could also theoretically lead to bias??candidates could be listed against individuals of unequal qualification, stacking the deck and generating unconstructive comparisons...
According to Halperin, news organizations have the responsibility to cover all sides fairly, but he said that a “liberal bias?? does exist...
...Crimson Staff bases its critique of the reinvitation of Tom Paulin on points irrelevant to the current debate (Editorial, “Bestowing an Undue Honor,” Nov. 21). Paulin’s statements were not based upon any “racial or ethnic bias?? but were directed towards specific people in Israel, and not Jews in general. The Staff claims Paulin has not retracted his statements, but in another Crimson article (News, "Paulin Likely to Speak in Spring,” Nov. 21), Paulin is quoted as saying...