Word: gsas
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...first official gauge of student sentiment toward University President Lawrence H. Summers since his controversial remarks on women in science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) students voted that they do not lack confidence in his leadership...
...while the GSAS vote may lack the fanfare of last week’s Faculty meeting, the motions outlined in the poll were taken verbatim from the motions put on last Tuesday’s meeting agenda. The poll asks students whether they “lack confidence” in Summers and secondly, whether his remarks on women in science were regrettable...
...think [the GSAS vote] is as unprecedented as the faculty vote,” Trodd said. “Obviously if the faculty hadn’t been voting, the Graduate Student Council would not be organizing an effort...
Trodd said that after hearing support from GSAS students, deans, and professors, the GSC decided to offer students the chance to vote on the issue. They settled on an online format for the poll to address concerns about security and anonymity...
First-year GSAS student Danielle J. De Feo said that she thinks the opportunity is an important gauge of student opinion...