Tension?
A possible moment of tension occurred during Peimer's speech, when she mentioned the elimination of the post of dean of Radcliffe College and the resultant loss of Philippa A. Bovet as an administrator.
Students had strongly objected to this change last spring.
Signs of tension could also be perceived in Wilson's conduct during the undergraduates' address.
While the president listened intently to all non-student speeches, she ignored Peimer and Funk as they spoke, instead reading the contents of a folder she carried on-stage with her, observers said.
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But other students said as to a possible controversy.
"I didn't see it on any visible level at Convocation," said Katherine H. Gibson '99, a coordinator of the Lyman Common Room.