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...Brien, former deputy dean of the College, from University Hall in 2006 remains a mystery, particularly when she was so popular among students. Supposedly she left to take an indefinite “personal leave of absence”; however, many speculate that she was forced out in what Eliot House Co-Master Lino Pertile said was an “absolutely sudden” departure. And even when Gross had the opportunity to give O’Brien credit for all she has done for the College—like taking a crucial role in setting up the Dean?...
Summers, currently the Eliot University professor, will serve on the advisory panel to the foundation’s Global Development Program...
Aidan E. Tait ’08, a Crimson sports writer, is a Latin American studies concentrator in Eliot House...
...studies professor Cornel R. West ’74. West, who is black, left for Princeton after Summers reportedly asked him to focus more on traditional scholarship rather than producing rap CDs. Richard C. Blum, chairman of the University of California board of regents, spoke with Summers, now the Eliot University professor, last Thursday and rescinded the invitation, according to University of California spokesman Trey Davis. Susan Kennedy, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chief of staff, will replace Summers at the event. Several Harvard professors, including some critics of Summers’ presidency, came to his defense over...
Right now, the only hope for a change is a prison sentencing reform committee set up by Gov. Eliot Spitzer that has only recently begun to hold preliminary meetings and whose final report is not expected until early 2008. The activists remain committed in their cause, but for now can only deal with the frustration of having a loved one jailed under what they feel are unfair rules. Critics say that the law ignores major drug dealers and only imprisons minor players in the drug trade. For this reason, they argue, it incarcerates a disproportionate number of minorities. Indeed, since...