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Thirty-nine Dunster House students signed a petition Tuesday calling for the resignation of Vincent W. Li '87, an assistant senior tutor in charge of hiring who came under fire last week for participating in the hiring of his brother...
...petition came one day before a resident tutor resigned and another "considered seriously" filing an official complaint against...
Circulated by Gregory C. Perry '93 and Emily C. McNeal '93, the petition also called for a student reevaluation of the four resident tutors hired this year. Li, who has assisted the masters with tutor hiring since the fall, was present at the interview of his brother, William...
There have been recent articles in The Crimson focusing on the tutor hiring process at Dunster House. Unfortunately these articles contained multiple misrepresentations, misquotes, and unsubstantiated accusations and innuendoes. Therefore we feel compelled to clarify these issues. Tutor hiring at Dunster has been conducted under the highest standards, and we are proud of our tutorial staff who are uniformly outstanding in their qualifications and dedication to the House. There have been no improprieties in our choice of tutors, despite the dogged attempts of The Crimson to portray this situation...
...concern that the appearance of nepotism could cause great upset to the Dunster community. I felt that the appearance of nepotism had already become a divisive issue within the House, and that the presence of a brother as well as a grade-school friend of the Assistant Senior Tutor among the new candidates could become cause for comment. I had attempted to speak to the Master, Karel Liem, about tutor hiring and did not get very far. My goal in going to Dean Jewett was to ask him to speak to Karel and Hetty Liem about making changes...