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...tutors leave Dunster House at a rapid rate (eight will not be returning next year), one thing remains the same; the masters of the House, Karel F. And Hetty Liem, will be back...
...Liems were part of a controversy last year that featured allegations of nepotism in the hiring of several tutors. Last fall, eight Dunster tutors accused Vincent W. Li '87, assistant senior tutor in charge of hiring, of improperly influencing Karel Liem to hire Li's friends and relatives as tutors...
...Liems failed to take the steps necessary to rectify the situation and attempted to coverup the controversy. This cover-up consisted of a campaign aimed at silencing tutors in the House who were willing to speak against the unfair hirings. One tutor who has since left said, "[Karel] Liem trampled on all the principles of free speech and made many tutors and students afraid of speaking out." Liem was accused last year of threatening to fire tutors who criticized the hiring policies...
...Liem appears to have had sucess mending his reputation. A former tutor, David C. Bear '92, one of Liem's critics last year, said recently that Liem has "a good heart and good intentions...
...very much looking forward to continuingour work at Dunster House," Liem said. "We arestriving to build a harmonius community whichexcels academically, culturally, and socially