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Times columnist Maureen Dowd excoriated Summers in four separate columns between January and March, at one point comparing him to steroid-popping slugger Jose Canseco. “The ‘different socialization?? Dr. Summers talks about may be getting worse, thanks to goofballs like him,” Dowd wrote in that column. “How did he get to be head of Harvard anyway...
Obviously venturing into territory where no twenty-first century man should ever find himself, Summers got entangled in a verbal thorn-patch of “differences in the standard deviation” and “different socialization?? and, most notorious of all, “issues of intrinsic aptitude.” The effect—and not just to grandstanders like MIT’s Nancy Hopkins—was to suggest that women are not as prevalent in math and science because they don’t deserve...
...ranked “socialization?? and “discrimination” a distant third in the list of causes for the lack of females in the sciences—after the much-maligned “natural abilities” hypothesis...
CRIMSON: Do you think President Summers should have given more weight to the ‘socialization?? hypothesis in his summary of explanations for female under-representation...
...College also needs new social spaces besides students’ cramped dorm rooms and the Final Clubs. A pub, which some universities include in their student centers, would be a great addition for campus socialization??as would social spaces for large club-sponsored formals and parties. Other amenities such as late night fast food, alternative performance venues (besides the prohibitively expensive Sanders Theater) and a movie theater that shows discounted second run films (also providing student groups with a place to feature regular screenings) could all be wonderful additions to a student center. Some schools have gone...
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