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They give feminism—and science??a bad name...
...School of Government (KSG) hosted “Leadership 2006” from March 8 to 11, which included a keynote speech by University President Lawrence H. Summers, who spoke on the importance of women’s leadership. However, at the well-attended “Women in Science?? panel on Friday, chaired by Evelynn M. Hammonds, professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard, Summers’ name was not mentioned. Hammonds gave a historical account of women...
...called his work an “extension” of findings from social psychologists and evolutionary biologists, who—restricted by the rules of science??are reluctant to extrapolate differences between the sexes into important evaluative conclusions. Therefore, he turned to the literary annals of the past two millennia for affirmations of his “common sense” belief...
...Their reaction, or lack thereof, is historically consistent with the rest of Summers’ five-year stint, during which most students only perked up their ears when the big guy tripped up in the public eye. Whereas last year’s “women in science?? debacle polarized the student body, all this vague bureaucratic stuff with the faculty hasn’t really sparked our interest. Still, according to an oft-cited poll conducted by The Crimson two weeks ago, the kids wanted Summers to stay—Summers’ supporters...
...please remind the Faculty that the University’s primary responsibility is to its students, not to its pampered faculty? Families make large sacrifices to send their children to Harvard (as I can attest to with two kids currently enrolled in Harvard College). The Faculty of Arts and Science??s antics are becoming tiresome to say the least. Any faculty that deems itself above the interests of its students does not deserve to be at Harvard...