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...Former University President Neil L.] Rudenstine gave University Hall [the Faculty and College administration building] a large degree of autonomy on how they handled most things,” Mendelsohn said. “I think Summers wants a lot more influence??I felt that on a number of occasions on the Faculty Council, when we would be told, directly or indirectly, that the president really did want something to happen...
...addition, Limpert laments the loss of what he calls “New England and Boston influence?? on Harvard life. While he considers some aspects of Puritan sensibility “laughable,” Limpert says that its values promoted the ideal of a serious, earnest life...
Which is why the puritanical glee that has greeted this new trend is so creepy. Newspapers have heralded the “end of pop-tart influence?? with a self-satisfied, victorious air not seen since the conviction of Martha Stewart. One of Seventeen’s editors dubbed the new look “Miss Modesty.” Women interviewed for news articles cite a desire to avoid looking “trashy,” and state that “being a lady is big.” As one told the San Diego...
...Rudenstine gave University Hall [the Faculty and College administration building] a large degree of autonomy on how they handled most things,” he says. “I think Summers wants a lot more influence??I felt that on a number of occasions on the Faculty Council, when we would be told, directly or indirectly, that the president really did want something to happen...
...suppose there’s some fitting irony in the recent Harris Poll that found that 72 percent of respondents believe that public opinion has “too little power and influence?? on “policy, politicians, and policymakers in Washington.” I guess I’m in the uncomfortable minority on this...