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...involvement in internal affairs often ruffles feathers. And in the instance of his now-infamous discussion with former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, when he attempted to redirect West??s energies from rap music to more traditional academic fare, it backfired completely. West subsequently left for Princeton, sparking the beginning of a decline for what used to be the world’s best department of African-American studies (Please see story, page...
Summers played a very public role in West??s 2002 departure, and now some professors pin blame on him for the losses of Bobo, Morgan, West, and Shaw...
Former Fletcher University Professor West??s departure for Princeton in 2002 after a bitter public dispute with University President Lawrence H. Summers heralded the end of the Af Am “dream team.” That same year, Appiah, the former Carswell professor of African American studies, also went to Princeton, citing personal reasons...
After starting the season with a shaky 6-1-1 record, the Crimson lost four in a row to the biggest guns out west??Wisconsin and Minnesota once, and twice to Minnesota-Duluth. The team finished 2004 7-6-1, leaving critics skeptical at best at their chances to make a repeat appearance in the Frozen Four...
...Post article, a 3,000 word in-depth account of the scandal from West??s point of view, was published in the newspaper’s Style section in August 2002, and although it did acknowledge Summers’ attempts at reconciliation, it also aligned him with the legions of conservatives who spoke out on his behalf—a trend that has continued with the most recent scandal. The article blamed Summers for opening the door to those who “question the intellectual competence of African American scholars” and recounted the outcry from...