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...Faculty do business as usual,” Pinker continued, “then let’s just get a namby-pamby like all the other university presidents.”In the meantime, the six people who hold the key to Summers’ fate have stayed mum in the midst of the crisis. Last year, the Harvard Corporation, the governing board with exclusive power to fire the president, released two statements in support of Summers.But on Wednesday, Corporation member James F. Rothenberg ’68, the University treasurer, declined to say whether the board still...
...Mansfield, who ignited arguments but staved off flames last night, remained mum on whether he is a manly...
...part in the intervening time between last March’s no-confidence vote and the impending one at the end of this month. Last year, we argued that the president was wrong to make his infamous, dozen-word comment on women in science. We suggested that he stay mum on subjects likely to compromise his more important, presidential initiatives. As far as we can tell, he has.The two incidents Faculty members have cited as damning cause for another no-confidence resolution strike us as underwhelming. The first is Kirby’s resignation, which is significant but not necessarily...
...libraries.To their credit, people like Director of the University Library Sidney Verba and Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey have spoken out this semester against the provisions of the PATRIOT Act that let the feds obtain library and other student records on demand.But Mass. Hall has been mum on other intrusive programs like the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which keeps close tabs on international students, and the Pentagon database recently revealed to be tracking millions of people at colleges nationwide.On the home front, the Deans of the College have learned it’s generally...
...popular five-star hotel in Guangzhou were abruptly cleared out on Thursday without explanation; reporters then witnessed a large, official-looking motorcade arrive. The first confirmed sighting of the Dear Leader came on Friday, when he visited a university library in Guangzhou. Meanwhile North Korea and China remained characteristically mum on his movements, while South Korea has said it was completely in the dark. U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill said all he knew for sure was that he?Hill?definitely was headed for Beijing late last week to discuss North Korea's nukes...