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This weekend’s rallies represented a more organized manifestation of the current of discontent over Summers’ perceived role in West??s departure for Princeton...
...West??s resignation and students’ frustration at Summers’ “inactivity and indifference” towards issues like the creation of a Latino Studies department, the advancement of Queer Studies at Harvard, and the distribution of an Ethnic Studies certificate were chief among those factors...
Furthermore, the staff has no right to interpret the mood or feelings of the Black Students’ Association (BSA) in the aftermath of West??s decision to leave for Princeton. I do not recall seeing a Crimson poll circulating amongst BSA members asking what they thought of West??s perceived lack of communication with the organization. If their staff had taken the time to run a simple poll, they would have found that many BSA members have not interpreted West??s actions as “insulting” or having stemmed from...
Before he left, we lauded West as “a respected scholar and a mentor to many undergraduates” and asked him to stay. But after the manner in which he departed, the University is better off without him. West??s recent behavior is destined to tarnish his otherwise commendable legacy at Harvard...
Racial conflict has again beset Harvard. It was just a few months ago that the national media broke stories about a tense encounter between University President Lawrence H. Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 that ultimately led to West??s departure to Princeton. After West??s announcement that he has decided to leave the University, another racial controversy is brewing at the Law School...