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While it’s hard to argue morally with lyrics such as “Why do we keep killing each other, what’s the reason?/God made us all equal in his vision,” the forced rhyme and general lack of fun make this song is a marked and jarring departure from the rest of the album...
...ultimately selected from a final group of 23 aspirants from the three target groups of the Committee: internal candidates, external academic leaders, and prominent intellectuals—including public servants and government officials. After Pusey’s lack of concern with the student body, Bok’s vision and tact were a welcome change.Unlike many of his predecessors, Bok exited with little controversy after a successful 20-year tenure.Following Bok’s long and popular administration, the search committee looked to Rudenstine for a quiet tenure, an increase in faculty salaries, and the enlargement of the endowment...
...acknowledging the benefits to administrative centralization, many critics are troubled by Summers’ tendency to carry top-down management into what professors see as their domain. The first Harvard president to review the tenure process instead of rubber stamping recommendations, Summers has also been accused of forcing his vision onto the curricular review and using a seemingly endless string of resignations and appointments to gain greater control over academic decision-making. To some, the distinction is simple: centralization is fine for administrative odds and ends, so long as the president’s office stays out of the educating...
...financing of an undergraduate women’s center. It does not matter whether these are good, bad or ill-conceived ideas; it matters only that they are pro-diversity.Follow these rules, but chiefly remember to be quiet and deferential, and avoid speaking of your own “vision.” Everywhere people are bandying about the buzz word “reform,” but don’t be fooled: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, your effectual boss, is profoundly satisfied with the status quo. So sit back, sign those fundraising letters, be personable...
...resigned his post as head of Common Cause, a nonprofit organization devoted to government accountability, two weeks ago, citing his age, 75, and saying that it was time for a new chair to bring “fresh energy and vision...