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...most solid performance of the show comes from Ben Margo '04 in a turn as Petruchio, perhaps Shakespeares least likable comic character. Margo's relentless, efficient, emotionless portrait of the man who must break Kate's independent spirit focuses more upon the social necessity of curbing the Shrew's temperament and less upon the subsequent sexual conquest of her unwilling body. While this occasionally stands in contrast with the other themes brought out in the production, it is also one of its most successful elements...
...When Margo Selzter received tenure in the Computer Science department last week, she beat all the odds. Harvard's tenure process is notoriously unfriendly to its junior faculty and few women, parents or inspiring teachers receive tenure. Seltzer was tenured from within the University, not hired after making her significant contributions at another university. She is an excellent teacher--she won the Roslyn Abramson award and the Phi Beta Kappa award for excellence in teaching. And her near-perfect 4.9 score in the CUE Guide for her course entitled Computer Science 161: Operating Systems shows her commitment to undergraduates. Finally...
...programs, awards and policies which worked together to help Seltzer along her way should be expanded and improved so that Harvard can continue to attract, retain and nurture the best academics in the nation. We welcome you, Margo Seltzer, to the ranks of the tenured with great joy, for our sake as students, and for yours. We hope that your appointment shows the University that tenure is for mothers...
Your article on Margo I. Seltzer '83 (News, May 4) was offensive for its blatant sexism. I can't recall an article about a male tenured professor that focused on his family life and devoted only two sentences to his work...
...Margo's kids are so much nicer than mine," laughed Professor of Physics Melissa Franklin. "They're low maintenance...