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Having completed five games and facing a long layoff before a pre-Thanksgiving clash against BU, the Harvard men’s hockey team has not yet hit its stride. For a team that was ranked in the top 10 nationally and was predicted to win the ECAC, the stumbles the Crimson has taken thus far against Brown and Princeton have raised concerns and questions about the team’s ability...
...Bears. Sophomore goaltender John Daigneau earns the start, junior defenseman Noah Welch is out because of a coach’s decision and junior defenseman Ryan Lannon is back in the lineup after serving a one-game suspension stemming from last year’s season finale against BU...
...breaker for the trustees was not Goldin’s stipulation that he frequently be allowed to spend weekends at his home in Malibu—in July, they agreed to provide him with first-class tickets. What ruffled their fiduciary feathers were his demands that former Chancellor of BU John Silber resign his office and that nearly all the school’s top administrators—who he felt were too closely tied to Silber—be fired...
...Silber’s power over three decades. In 1996, after Silber’s 25-year tenure as university president, the board of trustees created the position of “Chancellor” especially for him. The role allowed him to retain effective control over the BU administration while his chosen successor, Jon Westling, acted as president. When Westling was forced out of the presidency in 2002, Silber simply took over his powers, acting as Chancellor and president simultaneously...
Rather than reciprocate Goldin’s reasonableness, however. the board of trustees has chosen a reactionary course, demonstrating the ingrained resistance to change of the BU administration. Not only did the board’s reversal entail a costly settlement, it also tarnished the school’s credibility. After this move, BU is likely to face a great deal of difficulty in persuading qualified candidates to even bother applying for the seemingly-puppet presidency. BU’s leadership should take the opportunity to fix itself now—otherwise its predicament will only become more embarrassing...