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...some teachers in Harvard's required first-year writing course, the change will come as relief. Marius was roundly criticized for being erratic and even verbally abusive and many said the department was ruled by fear...
...Marius may be gone, but the way in which he structured the program remains...
...take student concern about Harvard's Expository Writing program. Proclaimed an integral and vital part of each undergraduate's education, Expos was, until recently, a department in turmoil--the victim of an intolerant and short-tempered director, Richard C. Marius, who verbally abused students and teachers on a regular basis...
...Marius resigned earlier this year after a Crimson investigation revealed widespread dissatisfaction with his leadership style among department members. In response, the University hired his longtime assistant, Nancy Sommers, to replace him, after a brief sham of a search for a successor that initially featured a two-week deadline for applications and virtually no advertisements...
Sommers is certainly a qualified administrator and instructor. But after all the havoc wreaked by Marius, students deserved a real search for the best possible successor...