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...accused some of the speech selection committee members of pursuing political agendas. Thomas signed the recent petition calling for Harvard and MIT to divest from Israel. And Shinagel said at a meeting with concerned students last Friday that while Hamas does support some terrorist activity, the group also does humanitarian work in the Middle East...
With this latest campaign calling for Harvard and MIT to divest from Israel, I feel isolated and alienated from supposedly “liberal” parts of the University. The people who have signed the petition use the left’s rhetoric and many of them are self-avowed liberals, including MIT Professor Noam Chomsky and Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Brad Epps. It is despicable that professors and House Masters have signed onto this petition. Israel is not perfect and has certainly made mistakes, but if anything, now it needs our support as it fights...
Thomas signed the recent petition calling for Harvard and MIT to divest from Israel. And Shinagel said at a meeting with concerned students last Friday that while Hamas does support some terrorist activity, the group also does humanitarian work in the Middle East...
Several councillors also objected that Councillor David P. Maher had not specifically requested the attendance of Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and MIT President Charles M. Vest...
...Maher, who chairs the subcommittee, defended his decision to invite only public relations officials—Harvard Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Alan J. Stone and MIT Executive Vice President John R. Curry—at the first meeting with the universities...