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Tensions between University President Lawrence H. Summers’ supporters and opponents lingered at yesterday’s Faculty meeting, with one of the outgoing president??s critics, mathematician Wilfried Schmid, telling the pro-Summers Yiddish scholar Ruth R. Wisse to “stop poisoning the atmosphere at this University...
...passed but is not made retroactive, then Core course offerings should be increased substantially.) This is the most immediate advantage of an immediate debate and vote on the curricular review proposals.Furthermore, the notion that the Faculty cannot advance the curricular review effectively without a permanent dean or president??that the departure of two men could leave the process so crippled—has little basis in reality. If members of the College community can come together and focus their efforts on the curricular review, as Kirby suggests, it will need no figurehead. Although the impulse to wait...
...marked by an unusually contentious question-and-answer session focused almost entirely on Summers’ January 2005 remarks on women in science. But on Friday, a visibly supportive audience greeted the president with warm applause and posed friendly questions following his speech. One father, positing that the president??s Feb. 21 resignation was at odds with the University’s commitment to valuing ideas, asked Summers, “What the hell happened?” “You know, it’s a long and complicated story that I expect that...
...Yard. Our next president, however, should make a greater effort to reach out to students across the University’s campus including in its graduate and professional programs. To be fair, beyond opening ceremonies and commencement, there is an annual “meet the president?? event where GSAS students have the opportunity to pose questions. While we undoubtedly appreciate any occasion to interact with the president, our next leader should make a stronger effort to be accessible to graduate students throughout the year...
Summers brought energy to his job. Granted, he made some mistakes. But his cogence in debate should be lauded. Harvard is supposedly home to some of the greatest minds in the world; surely they are secure enough not to be threatened by a president??s assertive manner. What do professors say when students write unflattering course evaluations? Summers’ detractors have been right about one thing—bullying is rampant on the Harvard campus; unfortunately, it appears that Summers’ detractors, not the president, did most of the bullying...