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Both Professor of English Robert J. Brustein, director of the Loeb Drama Center and Senior Lecturer on English and committee Chair Michael S. Shinagel say it was Symonds--and not the committee--that demanded the position be expanded.
"He refused to take the technical director position without teaching the design course. He forced the search," Brustein says, indicating that Symonds' lack of teaching experience was at issue.
Brustein says the committee offered Symonds the technical director position in response to "students' enthusiasm about Symonds," but Symonds says he was never clear on the committee's offer. He also says that the committee seemed unwilling to renegotiate his position.
The decision to replace Symonds angered many drama students who say they feel their opinions were not taken into consideration.
Michael D. Rosenbaum '94, president of the Gilbert and Sullivan Players, says he received more than 100 signatures on a petition in Symonds' support and embarked on a telephone campaign to committee members and top administrators.