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...about student protestors at Harvard. The Boston Globe has made several references to Summers’ “confrontational” nature over the course of their recent coverage, and the Washington Post, in their Jan. 19th report, mentioned his “reputation for blunt, sometimes brutal comments?? in the first paragraph. Meanwhile, when the official transcript of Summers’ lecture was released late last month, The Crimson was one of the only publications to explicitly point out that he had never actually uttered the infamous phrase about “innate differences...
Despite the dire situation—many faculty in open revolt, presidents of other schools publicly rebuking Summers in the media, and entire generations of female scientists bristling at his comments??we believe that President Summers can still lead himself out of this fiasco. Doubtless, he has dug himself a deep hole, and it will take a sincere, sustained effort to re-earn the confidence and respect of a majority of the faculty. An apology is not sufficient, as Summers has apologized enough in the past, with varying results. Neither are more task forces enough. Although we applaud...
Soon after University President Lawrence H. Summers made his now infamous remarks in January, I sent an email to a list-serve of campus progressives. “Rather than off-handedly dismissing Larry’s comments??—I call him Larry, we’re tight like that—“can we discuss them?” Until that point, comments on the issue had been limited to clever quips like, “Good thing he has a penis so he doesn’t need to worry about...
...this clarification still does not excuse his behavior. Summers is smart enough to know that as long as he maintains his office in Mass. Hall, he will never be considered just another professor. As the leader and spokesperson of this university, his comments??whether in public or private settings—are almost always taken as the thoughts of Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers, not economist Lawrence H. Summers. The controversy prompted by his comments illustrates the reality that, when Summers offers his thoughts on contentious issues, his words are taken very seriously and will reflect...
Last year, many observers agreed that the Pepsi ice was at least a little choppy, though Pepsi Arena general manager Bob Belber said he heard “very favorable comments?? on the playing surface...