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...basic antipathy to recognizing the contributions, achievement and participation of women enrolled in Harvard College? In a four-sentence statement about his decision Dean Lewis implied that it would be a waste of his time "to go through the many layers of approvals needed" in order to "effect the modest alteration of adding a signature to women's diplomas." In contrast, on the day of his diploma veto, Dean Lewis promised to advocate for the reinstatement of Latin on baccalaureate diplomas, providing women with an example of an issue on which he apparently would prefer to spend his energy...
Feaster also became the only woman, and second player, ever to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in Ivy League history. Her final statistics for the season are remarkable: 28.5 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 3.3 spg and 2.6 assists per game. Still, the modest and soft-spoken Feaster will remember her final season in a Harvard uniform for what she accomplished together with her teammates...
...good reason, given the sharp division of opinion on this question, to go through the many layers of approvals needed to make this change, simply to effect the modest alteration of adding a signature to women's diplomas in their long-standing form," Lewis wrote in an e-mail message to Stewart...
Taking issue with Lewis' use of the term "modest," Emma C. Cheuse '98, a sponsor of the bill, said these changes are very important to women's rights...
...think it's just a modest alteration," she said. "We expected him to symbolically support women's full participation in Harvard College...