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...that sports column “No Sense in Anti-Mascot Crusade” (Dec. 6) by Jonathan J. Lehman ’08 was hurtful and unacceptable would be an understatement. Not only were the actions of Dartmouth Athletic Director Josie Harper taken out of context, but an inappropriate comparison has been drawn between Harvard and Dartmouth, which the author wrongfully claims are “in...similar position[s]” regarding this issue. Further, the tone and wording of the article seem deliberately cruel to and ignorant of the native community on Harvard?...
...fair comparison can be drawn between Dartmouth and Harvard at this time, it is this: while Dartmouth’s athletic director, in light of campus events, felt the need to apologize to the Dartmouth community, so should The Crimson and Jonathan Lehman address the concerns of and apologize to Harvard’s native community for an article which was both misinformed and deliberately callous...
...editors: “No Sense in Anti-Mascot Crusade” by Jonathan J. Lehman ’08 is symptomatic of a narrow mind. What this column fails to recognize is that many mascot names are generally acceptable because they reinforce positive cultural stereotypes (e.g., Minutemen, Colonials) or challenge non-negative cultural stereotypes (e.g., Fighting Quakers). On the other hand, most mascot names that refer to Native Americans reinforce negative cultural stereotypes: the Redskins (harking back to the notion that all Native Americans have red skin), the Fighting Sioux (reminding us that even until the 1950s, American children...
...Creed should have held a news conference or made himself immediately available to reporters, says Jonathan Bernstein, president of Bernstein Crisis Management, a California-based consulting group. But the president has yet to do so, even as new cases of E. coli are reported. "Taco Bell is hiding behind the written word," Bernstein says. "The moment there is a threat to health or safety, that mandates the involvement and personal presence of the company's president. This action communicates to the public that the company cares and it ensures stakeholders that the company is doing the right thing...
...Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...