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...Where Harvard professors missed the board altogether, Kellaway, and, to a lesser extent, Bradley, hit the bullseye. Pundits who used Summers’ ouster to score political points—either against political correctness, the Left, or Harvard faculty proper—were blinded by their own prejudices to what has always been a case of clashing management styles. Eugene Robinson of the Post summarized these wrongheaded opinions brilliantly: “Summers came to be seen as the champion of those who believe that elite American campuses are under the evil sway of a smug, leftist, feminist, multi-culti...

Author: By Alex Slack | Title: Co-Opt and Discredit | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...both winners of the prestigious Obie awards, the Off-Broadway Theater Awards bestowed by The Village Voice. The Harvard theater community has maintained a close relationship with Durang, performing his plays and sketches several times over the past decades. Benjamin J. Toff ’05, who directed a lesser-known Durang play, “The Vietnamization of New Jersey,” just last year, was in contact with Durang throughout the production. Toff was also co-chair of The Crimson’s editorial board. Durang now teaches in the Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playwright Awarded Arts First Medal | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

...admire him for the humility and the dignity it took to step down," said J. Lorand Matory '82, professor of anthropology and of African and African American studies. "A lesser person wouldn't have done...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Summers Resigns; Bok To Serve as Interim President | 2/21/2006 | See Source »

...THIS FAR: Because Oscar totally overlooked his performance in last year's Sideways. The Academy has a long history of making good on its mistakes by giving a performer a prize for a later, often lesser, work. But there's nothing lesser about Giamatti's shrewd, loyal boxing manager. He is as confident and engaged as Sideways' oenophile was dithering and in retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Place Your Bets | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...said his teenager would "be dead before [the trial]". The girlfriend and the brother were both charged under the new law. Rather than face 20 years for witness intimidation, the brother struck a deal with prosecutors last week to testify against the girlfriend and plead guilty to a lesser charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Looking For A Few Good Snitches | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

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