Word: sacs
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...Sound philosophical. As Canton says, the movie business is "cycular." * And as his more eloquent boss Guber says, "Failure is not the end game -- it is an almost inevitable cul-de-sac on the road to success...
...grant application--submitted by Laila Sahyoun, then-president of the SAS--was the victim of its own poor preparation. Perhaps it was also the victim of the inconsistent application of grant guidelines by last year's SAC, of which I was not a member. But it was not the victim of any racial bias or mishandling on my part...
...presentation of the grant application had indeed been biased or otherwise unfair, the SAC undoubtedly would have reversed its decision on the grant when one of the SAC co-chairs represented the grant application before the full SAC in an appeal in November. But at that time the full SAC voted to reaffirm its earlier decision on the grant. Thus, on two separate occasions, following the grants guidelines, with different SAC members representing the grant each time, the full SAC--not just me--decided to fund only partially the grant application...
Finally, I am pleased that the Special Committee has recommended a review of the SAC's grant guidelines. While I property adhered to the guidelines, I agree that the process can and should be made fairer for the many minority groups that currently lack representation on the SAC. Indeed, I served on the SAC's grants reform committee that earlier this year proposed allowing student groups to represent their own grants. Unfortunately, this proposal was defeated by the full SAC vote in January...
...look forward to continuing to work on the SAC for the betterment of race and intercultural relations at Harvard. False and unsubstantiated charges of racism--like those with which Ms. Sahyoun and Ms. Rabie attacked me--are a source or racial and ethnic tension on this campus, not the solution...