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Closer to home, this year's censure of Crimson President Ira E. Stoll bespeaks the same sort of misdirection. True, he offended the entire Crimson staff with a sexually explicit insult. And true, his action was entirely uncalled for and another example of remarkably poor judgement...
...Crimson is to be commended for its efforts to publicly discuss and resolve the censure of its president, Ira E. Stoll. Such openness about internal controversies is extremely rare in the larger world of American journalism. It's refreshing and laudable that the Crimson's staff recognizes all of the significant responsibilities that go along with the significant power media institutions wield...
Further, while I recognize that the matter of Mr. Stoll's continued tenure is for him and the Crimson staff to decide, I must say that in my dealings with him, I have found him to be a thoughtful and open-minded editor and person. I do not think the breach of civility and of institutional leadership he has acknowledged, as serious as it is, should be used to deprive The Crimson and the Harvard community of his services. Lee A. Daniels '71 Joint Fellow The Institute of Politics and the W.E.B. DuBois Center for Afro-American Research
Women, how will we ever achieve equality when we accept this double standard and use it to out advantage? I sincerely hope the women involved will reexamine both their accusations and actions, and judge themselves as harshly as they have Stoll...
...some other editors believe that Stoll is,if not sexist, at least insensitive--and havecalled his apologies insincere...