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...never been a dean before," Kidd said. "I'm extremely excited by that access and that forum--the intellectual energy of it is really what...
...appointment of Judith H. Kidd as assistant dean for public service comes as a shock and a rebuff to students involved with public service at the College. We are dumbfounded by the decision itself and also surprised at how the administration has handled its aftermath...
...College Harry R. Lewis '68 completely ignored the students' input into the process by choosing a candidate whose experience is not comparable to Johnson's. For whatever reason, his 15 years of consistent effectiveness in administration and fundraising as head of PBHA did not match up to Kidd. She is a vice president of Boston's City Year program who has never led an organization similar to PBHA; her previous work at Bank of Boston involved doling out grants, not time and energy, to groups such as PBHA...
...interview on Friday, Kidd said she thought that "the vehemence of the opposition against my selection is related to the vehemence of the reaction to the position being created." She's missing the point. It's bad enough that the new deanship will entail the dismissal of well-liked administrators Johnson and Epstein, but the hiring of an underqualified replacement makes the change even more detrimental to PBHA. Though the new deanship will bring more of PBHA and other campus-based public service programs under University supervision, the majority of students' objections were against Kidd herself...
Despite this immense difference in qualifications, Lewis chose Kidd. It's not surprising that Lewis hasn't tried to show students how Kidd lives up to their expectations--she doesn't. However, she might have one qualification that Lewis finds particularly attractive. According to PBHA Vice President Eric D. Dawson '96, all the candidates interviewed in the last round of the search process were asked how they would react to a protest backed by students at PBHA. Kidd was the only candidate who said she would side exclusively with the administration; most others said they would try to mediate...