Word: neils
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...semi-formal dance, in past years gave first-years the opportunity to meet then-University President Neil L. Rudenstine and his wife Angelica...
...woman or minority were chosen, the university might be able to make more progress in recruiting other prominent women and minorities to join the Faculty. If Summers does not choose a woman or minority, he should be sure to picks someone who expresses a strong commitment to diversity. President Neil L. Rudenstine revitalized the Afro-American studies department in the 1990s; Summers should find a new dean of the Faculty who can do the same in other long-marginalized fields...
Summers’ predecessor Neil L. Rudenstine tried for a decade to foster greater cooperation across departments—to mixed results at best...
Yesterday’s statement from the Harvard administration calling for stricter and more consistent punishment of students who illegally occupy University buildings sends a clear signal that President Lawrence H. Summers intends to enforce the University’s rules. In contrast to his predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, Summers says that students disrupting University employees will ordinarily face suspension. The new policy clarifies the University’s stance toward protests like last spring’s living wage sit-in and makes clear the potential risks to students taking such actions...
...Janitors” protest, we sometimes wonder, “Don’t these people have good enough arguments to rationally debate the issue instead of making all this noise and taking their cause to the streets?” This is essentially what former University President Neil L. Rudenstine was saying in his statement during last spring’s sit-in, which he e-mailed to every student in the College. He argued that “the view that efforts at coercion and disruptions, as opposed to discussion and persuasion, represent a proper means to achieve...