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Regarding "Adams Residents Question HoCo Accountability" (News, May 17): As a former resident of Adams House, I feel an obligation to speak for the preservation of its culture. I feel it only right to remind the current residents of what made Adams such a wonderful place: diversity...
Concerning Shillinglaw and Worthem's contention that the House committee is unresponsive to residents' predilections, I ask only one question: Have these individuals bothered to attend House committee meetings? It has been my experience that House committee meetings have always been open to anyone willing to attend. These meetings, when I attended, were generally an open forum where the participants debated the rationale for taking actions as appropriate. What Shillinglaw and Worthem are suggesting is not responsiveness to a body of participating residents, but repression by a group of nay-sayers...
...appeal does not question the need for confidentiality in tenure review. Confidentiality can be critical to candid appraisal...
...appeal does not question the need for expert judgment in the tenure process. Competent and unbiased judgement is essential to the integrity of formal procedure...
...appeal does not question Harvard's commitment to academic excellence. I believe that Harvard should maintain its devotion to the highest ideals of scholarship and teaching...