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It’s a moment to seize. Larry Summers was hired to “shake things” up at Harvard and move us into the new millennium. This means, among other things, shaking off the vestiges of sexism, racism, and classism that are still very much present here, where existence as an undergraduate means having to deal with the legacy of a very, very old boys club. It’s not always easy...
...Crimson, Kevin Rogus was the bright spot on offense, shooting 8-of-15, including four second-half threes. But while Rogus was able to shake free of the defense for the first time in several games, the normally solid duo of junior center Brian Cusworth and junior forward Matt Stehle was held in check...
...NAMED. LIEUTENANT GENERAL DJOKO SANTOSO, 52, as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian army; in a military shake-up in which President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also named new chiefs of the air force and navy; in Jakarta. Santoso replaces hard-liner General Ryamizard Ryacudu and is considered a top candidate to replace the soon-to-retire General Endriartono Sutarto as overall commander of the armed forces. Some see his selection as a move by Yudhoyono to gain greater control over the military, Indonesia's most powerful institution...
...still can’t shake the feeling that if I changed my thesis topic to “Why Summers Should Not Be University President,” I would have trouble getting even a cum laude reading. Most of the Faculty’s objections are small potatoes. He is sometimes domineering in committee meetings. Cornel West left for Princeton. In 1991, he signed a paper that discussed exporting pollution to underdeveloped countries (yes, even this came up on Tuesday). The back of his shirt often isn’t tucked in. That is just a small problem...
...loyalty to a higher cause seems to have been lost in a rumble of power dynamics and showmanship. We can’t shake the depressing suspicion that the Faculty knows better, but seems keen on leveraging the threat of “no confidence” when they sit down at the bargaining table...