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...With Summers??€™ last months as president winding down, Bok’s selection of the current president’s critics reflects a willingness to hand further influence to some of the same faculty members who have previously pushed back against Summers??€™ attempts to gain more sway in the Faculty...
...perceived slights from Harvard. As any Harvard student can attest, there is a lot that the University could do to enhance the academic and social environment on campus. I know of at least one 2005 senior who didn’t give out of anger over University President Larry Summers??€™ comments about women in science. To Gift proponents, these stances seem petty and shallow. Seniors (and alums) should not give to Harvard blindly. But neither should they let the bad overshadow the good. Whether Harvard has a student center or not does not affect the fundamentally positive things...
...ideal dean. Graduate Student Council President Benjamin G. Lee, whose organization comprises master’s and doctoral candidates within FAS, said that he and other graduate leaders will meet today with Vice President for Policy A. Clayton Spencer and Kasia E. Lundy ’95, Summers??€™ chief of staff. Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok called for that meeting to explore graduate involvement in the dean search, though Lee said he was not sure if Bok would attend. Lee said he will push for representation on the Faculty’s dean search advisory committee...
...about improving undergraduate life by putting up enough money to make this concert free. In particular, University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 are to be commended for providing funds. We hope that interim President Derek C. Bok and Summers??€™ permanent successor will continue this fledgling tradition...
...Harvard were free, one could bet on significant change. Firstly, the 18 percent rise in applications after Summers??€™ introduction of the Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) two years ago proved many still saw Harvard education as inaccessible. Others consider the campus a snobbish dungeon. A free Harvard would remake Harvard’s public image, ensuring a truly universal applicant pool. Secondly, students could forget about their summer expected earnings or work-study requirements and could fully focus on their studies and extracurriculars. White-collar parents’ nightmares about college would diminish, if not cease. Such a transformation...