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...student’s interaction with Walcott landed the Boston University (BU) professor in the pages of the New York Times that year: a Harvard sophomore accused him of sexual harassment, and alleged that after declining his advances, she was given the only “C” in his class...
...According to Crimson reports of the incident at the time, in the spring of 1982, a sophomore—who remained anonymous throughout the drawn-out controversy—claimed that during a discussion of her poetry, Walcott suddenly said that he did not want to discuss poetry and began to discuss sex, asking the student, “Would you make love with...
...Walcott has acknowledged that the student described his conduct accurately, according to a letter to the freshman from assistant dean of the college, Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73,” The Crimson reported in a June 8 article of that year...
...response to the incident, then-Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky sent a letter to BU admonishing the then-55-year-old West Indian poet for his actions. Walcott retained his post at the University...
...Several professors and administrators who were involved with Walcott’s case were contacted by The Crimson say that while they appreciated the fact that the harassment cases prompted a change in policy, they do not remember the Walcott incident particularly clearly...