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...This entire ordeal—Summers’ presidency and the embarrassing controversies that plagued it from the beginning—boil down to two fundamental problems: style and ethics. Everyone knows that Larry Summers was brought to Harvard to “shake things up.” For better and for worse, he has done that. His penchant for brash, inflammatory, and often vulgar statements is legendary. Indeed, it is difficult to find a faculty member at Harvard who doesn’t have a “Larry story”: an account of some unpleasant encounter...
...when Lawrence Summers took the helm at Harvard in 2001, the idea was that he had to shake up an institution badly in need of change. "I have sought for the past five years to prod and challenge the university to reach for the most ambitious goals," he wrote last week in a letter announcing his resignation. Summers' view that he had inherited a university with urgent problems is in part a way of justifying the highly undiplomatic way he conducted himself as president, but he's hardly alone in his view. His temporary successor, former Harvard president Derek...
PHILADELPHIA—On Friday night, Harvard was able at long last to shake off the sedative effects of two crushing last-second losses.Whether due to wounded pride over eight straight losses to Penn, the inspiring atmosphere of The Palestra, or the realization that a once-promising season is nearly over, the Crimson fought back after a lackluster effort two weekends ago at home versus Brown and Yale. Its inspired play, however, was not enough to top the league’s leader in an extremely physical battle. The Crimson was unable to snap the five-game skid that began...
...three in the earlier victory, had 11 points and six assists, while Conway, called up from the junior varsity team earlier this year, added 10 to go along with five rebounds, five assists, and five steals. Harvard was paced by Goffredo, who scored 14 points after being able to shake himself free for some open looks, a rare occurrence of late. The team hit just one three-pointer on nine attempts, however, after making zero from beyond the arc in the first game against Princeton...
...left-right-left, booty-shake-shake-shake," chants the choreographer of "Chicago" as she teaches a dance to boys who try to master the counts. Kaszynski, though slower to learn the steps than the others, looks focused and comfortable...