Word: cornell
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...York Times front page contained the usual cheery fare: a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, the resignation of a Venezuelan chief and a scandal in the Catholic Church. But there was one item that didn’t quite fit—the announcement that Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 would be departing for Princeton...
...initiatives—with the possible, amusing and more than slightly irritating exception of Springfest 2002 (aka Sketchifest), a comparatively small no-longer-student-centered project with few real long-term benefits—have really come to fruition yet. Following the departure of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, this leaves Summers in an unenviable public relations position: with his predecessor’s acclaimed Afro-American studies department in flux, several unfortunately well-publicized interpersonal gaffes, and the student body’s affections rapidly turning sour...
Many pre-frosh said this weekend they had been following coverage of the dispute between Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 in the national media and said they were unsettled by West’s allegations that Summers “disrespected” and “dishonored?...
...departure of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 for Princeton is undoubtedly a major blow to Harvard University. However, in the aftermath of his decision to leave, what is most shocking is not that West has chosen to leave, but rather the level of disrespect he and his supporters are being shown by members of this community. Nowhere is such insolence demonstrated more than in the Crimson staff’s editorial “A Childish Departure” printed April 18, 2002. The piece is little more than a shallow misrepresentation of student sentiments...
...would any responsible newspaper staff assert that “the Harvard community will not miss Cornel West?” The Crimson staff knows that over 1,200 students, faculty and alumni signed a petition asking him to remain at Harvard. West also received at least 50 personal notes from students and alumni thanking him for sharing his gifts as a leader and scholar with both the Harvard community and the national community. The audacity of the Crimson staff to speak on behalf of Harvard students in this misrepresentative manner is reckless and disrespectful to every individual who signed...