Word: matoryã
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, long known for sparking debate at Faculty meetings, added levity to the afternoon by offering Matory??whom he called a close friend—suggestions concerning his addresses at faculty meetings...
After the March 15 meeting, Summers once again chaired the Faculty meetings. Now, Matory??s motion and the president’s decision to step aside as chair may suggest that discontent with Summers’ leadership has not dissipated. Tuesday’s meeting could reignite tensions that have been largely dormant since the March vote. Kirby wrote yesterday that he welcomes his Faculty to air their concerns to himself and the president...
...Matory??s motion, which passed with 218 affirmative votes from the Faculty, became the climax of the crisis of confidence in the University’s leadership that dramatically unfolded this semester...
...think he was coming from a very academic viewpoint” in criticizing Summers, says Shannon M. Kelly ’07, who took Matory??s course. “I think in general [Matory??s] views on social determinism are pretty cemented and he was pretty unforgiving to hypotheses that would put anything on biology rather than social arrangements...
Even after the negative response to her first proposal, Skocpol still strove to work towards a resolution between the Faculty and Summers. Skocpol says that she put forth a more moderate, cooperative motion concurrently with Matory??s because most Faculty members doubted that Matory??s would pass and she wanted something to express faculty concerns “if the no confidence motion failed...