Word: liems
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Dunster House Master Karel F. Liem will be in charge of deciding whether to investigate complaints that he was influenced by a tutor in the hiring of the tutor's brother, girl-friend and two longtime friends, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said Wednesday...
Jewett said he will show Liem a copy of the petition without the names this week "to make sure he sees it and knows the concerns...
This university overflows with resources and administrators; one would think that students and tutors with serious grievances would find numerous routes for redress. But the normal channels seemed closed for the Dunster House tutors. They said they feared retribution if they took their concerns to Masters Karel and Hetty Liem. And when they appealed to Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57--who is supposed to have administrative authority over the house system--they said they were told he could do nothing unless somebody filed a formal complaint...
...beyond the institutional questions, there is an even larger problem at Dunster House: Karel Liem. His handling of the Nobel Ignatiev case last spring was despicable, too. When Ignatiev, a non-resident tutor, spoke out about, of all things, a kosher toaster, he was, as Liem would say, "non-rehired"--the tutorial equivalent of a firing...
...Liem's spending his days walking the house halls, trying to find out the names of the tutors who dared to tell the truth. He's made no effort to fix the situation, rein in Li, or reform the hiring process. If there's no accounting for these problems or changes in policy by the end of the school year, President Rudenstine should step in, fire Li, and replace Liem with someone who understands the principle of free speech by next fall...