Word: fenno
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Following promises of a printed apology and retraction, Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson '60 agreed Tuesday to drop Administrative Board charges spurred by the remarks of anonymous Harvard Law Record columnist Fenno...
According to Robert H. Friedman, publisher of the Record, in a series of meetings beginning last Friday, Record executives assured Nesson and other HLS professors that today's Record would include an apology from Fenno. They also promised that the controversial columnist would refrain from personal attacks in the future...
...What I wanted in general was for the Record to function responsibly as a campus newspaper, and what I wanted specifically was a retraction and an apology," Nesson said. "They asked me if it was OK if Fenno retracted and apologized, and I said...
...Fenno's column in today's record begins, "In this issue, Fenno repents," and continues with a list of retracted statements and explanations...
Although we again affirm the thought behind a Fenno, we are highly disappointed in the content of Fenno's writing and in the editorial staff of the Record that allowed such destructive and racist comments to flow freely in its pages. We encourage the Record to be more responsible in its selection of the individual whom it designates as a social critic and for whom it provides a public forum. Any free speech, especially with the latitude of anonymity, needs to be wielded responsibly. Both the human hand that holds Fenno's pen and the editorial board that oversees...