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Christopher Lacaria??s column, “The Apotheosis of Dr. Faust,” (Feb. 14) is no small feat: it lacks as much in sound argument and logic as it does in politeness...
...start with Lacaria??s disregard for facts. Not one to spare pejorative words, he asks of the Radcliffe Institute, what do “these women” actually do for a living? He says that Drew Faust only writes about “gender” and “ritual.” Had he bothered to scroll down to the end of whatever Web site he was on, he might have found things more to his liking. For instance, he would have learned that one of Prof. Faust’s main works...
...these central historical issues are lost on Mr. Lacaria??s blunt rhetoric, there is nothing that our new president, our old one, myself, or a Harvard history degree, for that matter, can do for him. Perhaps good old Mephistopheles can help him, for a small...
...studies, comparing her obviously feminine position as head of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies to former President Lawrence H. Summers’ supposedly masculine post as Treasury Secretary. The column essentially pits masculinity against femininity, and, to no one’s surprise, masculinity wins. While Lacaria??s sexist column does not represent the views of the majority of the Harvard community, it does reflect the distinctly gendered tone of the campus conversation regarding Faust...
...also a Crimson editorial editor, and Justin S. Murray ’07 to reveal the sentiment that lies behind a statement like, “Gays are free to marry anyone, as long as that person is of the opposite sex” (one of Lacaria??s gems). And, likewise, for Eva Z. Lam ’10 and Katherine E. Smith ’10 to stop citing studies about two males’ rearing prowess and argue why those two men’s relationship is morally equivalent to that of a man and woman...
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