Word: cornel
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...million) to help save the world. Rejecting the report’s recommendations forces you to challenge that assumption. That could get you in trouble, which is the last thing you need in the wake of your spat with everybody’s favorite prima donna, Brother Cornel. When Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 threw his temper tantrum, you got bloodied in the press. Surely you don’t want to give the liberal elite another excuse to go for your jugular, so I can’t blame you if you grit your...
...months into the job, HARVARD president Lawrence Summers is finding he still has much to learn. He offended black professor CORNEL WEST during an October meeting by criticizing West's nonacademic activities--reportedly including his support of the Rev. AL SHARPTON--and drew fire from the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others who questioned Summers' commitment to affirmative action. West and two colleagues in Harvard's renowned AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES department threatened a move to Princeton. But Summers made peace with West last week and reaffirmed Harvard's commitment to diversity. End of lesson...
Their message, in the wake of the recently resolved conflict between Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, is relatively clear. Their origin, however, remains a mystery...
While on New Year’s holiday in Japan I read of the fracas around Lawrence Summers and Cornel West and the broader issue of race relations at Harvard. That the University should have to make international news in this way was disconcerting...
...ongoing spat between Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 and University President Lawrence H. Summers is yet another example of how utterly out of touch members of academia are with reality (Editorial, “A Little Tact Goes a Long...