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...coveted tenure appointment on account of sexual harassment accusations, however. It would not make that move until early 1985, when Government Professor Douglas A. Hibbs Jr. was forced to resign, making him the third faculty member in the government department to be publicly accused of sexual misconduct in a six year period.“They were a huge deal,” Ann Pellegrini ’86, Radcliffe Union of Students President in 1985, said of the cases. But she added that “one positive thing that came out of them was conversation. People were talking...
...members, personal appearances—allowed when students may be required to withdraw—are difficult for everyone involved, and some students find it hard to coherently state their case. Next year, instead of appearing before the full Board, students will meet with a subcommittee of approximately six Board members. In this less intimidating setting, information can be more easily exchanged, lessons can be learned, and students can interact directly with board members. Additionally, in a smaller and more private location than the Forum room of Lamont Library—currently the venue for these appearances—students...
...Brown embarked on a two-year stint with the investment bank Smith Barney in the public finance division of their San Francisco office. But she could not keep her mind away from music and the banjo. Eventually, Brown said, she gathered up the nerve to ask for six months of leave.“When I [told my parents] I was quitting my I-banking job, there was a pregnant pause at the other end of the line,” Brown said. Her parents were initially skeptical about her decision to enter the uncertain world of the music industry...
...Visone says that when the two last met five or six years ago, with a group of friends at a Boston restaurant, Falcone secretly picked up the check...
...step for me, coming directly as I did from City Year, a youth service organization founded in Boston that was the model for President Clinton’s Americorps program. My position at City Year was already a personal and deliberate restart for myself, which I had taken after six years managing contributions for a bank and an additional two years raising funds and guiding donors at the Boston Foundation. I had craved a way to make a bigger impact on social problems and to be more hands-on in creating a new way for young people and adults...