Word: derek
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Twice now Harvard has summoned Derek C. Bok to put out fires. When he arrived in 1971, the University was torn by the violent removal of anti-Vietnam War student protesters from University Hall. And while the campus environment was less revolutionary when Bok took the reigns again in July, he still had plenty of cleaning up to do to smooth relations with groups of professors, alumni, and students who were disaffected after the forced removal of a president. In Bok, the University found a shepherd to guide a prolonged curricular review, oversee a major campus expansion into Allston...
...many ways, Harvard’s campus provides a perfect venue for working to combat the “self-segregation” endemic to predominantly white colleges. One campus organization that works directly against isolating impulses is the Harvard Foundation. In 1981, then-University President Derek C. Bok and the deans of the College created the Foundation to “improve relations among racial and ethnic groups within the University and to enhance the quality of our common life,” according to the group’s mission statement. The Foundation, which organizes campus staples such...
...length. So just give up, surrender, and enjoy the gayest day of your life. FOOTNOTES: 1. Blockstab – v. to engage in any lying, deceit or betrayal associated with blocking 2. Fugmo - n. super ugly person, probably with a snaggletooth, the complete opposite of the lovely Derek C. Bok 3. Gay – adj. used to describe anything negative
...mutual funds. If the original investment was enough to merit divestment, this surely is, so Harvard should drop this stock immediately.We disagree, however, with the idea of a strict, preemptive policy rule. Harvard has only divested a few times in its history, and for good reason. As Interim President Derek C. Bok pointed out in a 1979 open letter that continues to guide Harvard’s policy on divestment today, Harvard’s academic mission puts constraints on how extensively Harvard can pursue ethical investing. As such, Harvard only divests in extremely rare and singularly egregious cases.Harvard...
...Derek C. Bok, in his first turn as president, likened the 1978 curricular review to “moving a cemetery.” His most recent book, “Our Underachieving Colleges,” assails the “self-interested behavior” of professors as the most significant barrier to reform in higher education...