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City Councillor Sheila T. Russell said, "Cambridge is going to bear the brunt of the problems with this plan. We should not, because we have already suffered through the 'T' development at Alewife...
...begin with, the numbers are staggering. A mere 7 percent of Harvard tenured faculty are women, and only 25 percent of the junior faculty are women. Despite their sparse representation on the faculty as a whole, women nevertheless bear the brunt of the administrative burden. Women represent 31 percent of departmental head tutors, although they comprise only 14 percent of the faculty eligible for such posts...
...between the genders," observes Sociologist Amitai Etzioni of George Washington University. "All the rules have been thrown out, and everybody has to invent them as they go along. That's tough." Because of their traditional role as arbiters of relationships, many women see themselves as having to bear the brunt of that burden. "This nation is filled with burned-out women," says Joyce Maynard, 33, the New Hampshire author (Domestic Affairs) and mother of three who writes a weekly syndicated column...
...presume to take positions on particular candidates for tenure, leaving that evaluation to the good judgement of excellent scholars. But when a department rejects everyone, tenures no one, and leaves the brunt of the teaching load on an ever-changing cast of junior professors, students have a right to question the process. While debates about scholarly standards rage in Robinson, undergraduates now will take their instruction from two brand new assistant professors, one fresh out of grad school, who no matter how talented, are just starting...
Sunday, Crimson goalie Chad Reilly bore the brunt of the Duke fans' offensive salvoes. "We're glad, you're Chad," they sing-songed. "Chad eats quiche...