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...he’s going to be like every other college president—just a caretaker, fundraiser, and a mouther of platitudes—then why do we need someone who’s also going to offend people?” said psychologist Steven Pinker, who was one of Summers’ most prominent supporters last year.“If all he’s going to do is roll over and let the Faculty do business as usual,” Pinker continued, “then let’s just get a namby-pamby...
...think with Kirby resigning, the future is very much up in the air,” said Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, a member of the review’s Committee on General Education...
...Pinker said that he and some of his colleagues aren’t disappointed by the review’s derailment. “Frankly, I wouldn’t shed any tears if it didn’t pass,” Pinker said...
...didn’t know how to run a meeting,” the professor said.But other Faculty members disagreed with that professor’s characterization.“I didn’t see Larry mistreat Bill at those meetings,” committee member Steven Pinker wrote in an e-mail. “That’s the way he treats everyone!” Pinker, the Johnstone Family professor of psychology, added that Summers had not told Kirby that he did not know how to run a meeting—“at least...
...members of the General Education Committee present at the Nov. 10 Caucus meeting were Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, and Johnstone Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker...